Argentina

Thursday, February 28th 2013 - 01:50 UTC
Argentine soy bean crop despite late rainfall expected to reach 48 million tons

The Rosario Chamber of Commerce estimates Argentina’s soy production at 48 million tons, which is 9.4% below the 2012/13 harvest estimate of January, 53 million tons, mainly because of a prolonged drought which extended from early December to mid February.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 20:14 UTC
Cameron, ‘the most robust PM in the Falklands’ issue in the last 30 years’, says Professor Dodds

Britain went to war over the Falkland Islands over thirty years ago when the Argentine military invaded the Islands, but the issue of sovereignty disputed by Argentina has never really gone away. Germany’s Deutsche Welle looks at the current UK government's policy towards the Falklands and the coming referendum, in an interview with Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 06:53 UTC
Argentina/Iran accord could just make it in Wednesday’s vote in the Lower House

The bilateral memorandum of understanding, MOU, between Argentina and Iran to investigate the 1994 AMIA bombing was cleared for debate by the Lower House committees on Tuesday and will be discussed on Wednesday at the floor. Foreign Minister Hector Timerman clashed with opposition lawmakers during his briefing over the case.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 05:38 UTC
Environmentalists in Argentina manage to suspend Monsanto corn-seed drying facility

Another setback for Monsanto in South America: the Argentine province of Córdoba justice system ordered the suspension of the construction of a corn seed-drying facility in the district of Malvinas Argentinas, 14 kilometres outside the capital city of Córdoba.
Wednesday, February 27th 2013 - 01:52 UTC
Argentina’s industrial production marked a modest 0.2% rise in January

Argentina's industrial production started the year with a modest improvement rising 0.2% in January from a year earlier after output shrank 1.2% in 2012 as a whole, government data showed. Factory output rose 0.6% in January compared with December, seasonally adjusted.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 00:59 UTC
Argentine born MEP shocks UK politics by abandoning independents and joining the Tories

Argentine born Marta Andreasen a UK south east region MEP (Member of the European Parliament) for the UK Independent Party has said she is leaving the party to join the Conservatives.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 00:10 UTC
Argentina accused UK of sending submarines with nuclear weapons capacity to the Falklands

Argentina accused the UK of displacement of submarines with nuclear weapons capacity in the Falkland Islands, violating international treaties that established the South Atlantic zone as free of nuclear arms. The claim was made on Monday at the United Nations Disarmament Conference in Geneva.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:36 UTC
Argentina celebrates Africa’s 54 countries support for Malvinas sovereignty

Africa’s fifty four countries joined South America “in recognizing the legitimate sovereignty rights of Argentina over the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and the adjoining maritime spaces”, announced the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a communiqué in reference to the so called Declaration of Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 06:22 UTC
Argentina and ‘holdout hedge funds’ prepare for the final clash this week

The long-awaited showdown in a US appeals court this week pits Argentina against a group of investors who refused to swap their debt after the country's historic 2002 default.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 05:59 UTC
The Argentina/Iran understanding according to The Teheran Times

The Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, between Argentina and Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing in downtown Buenos Aires, will be discussed in Argentina’s Lower House after having received approval in the Senate.