Argentina

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:32 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez off to the UN General Assembly to claim Malvinas sovereignty

  

  President Cristina Fernandez leaves this weekend for New York to attend the UN General Assembly where two of the main issues of the Argentine agenda will be the Malvinas Islands claim and AMIA, the terrorist attack on an Argentine Jewish institution in which allegedly Iran could have been involved.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:22 UTC

  Timerman obtains Colombian support for Malvinas claim and UK/Argentina talks

  

  Foreign minister Hector Timerman thanked the Colombian government for supporting Argentine legitimate claims over the Malvinas Islands and for calling for a resumption of negotiation with the UK to find a peaceful solution to the South Atlantic islands dispute.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:08 UTC

  Argentina/Venezuela planning a basic training aircraft for Unasur members

  

  A Venezuelan military delegation is currently visiting Buenos Aires to advance cooperation agreements with Argentina and continue to consider the project for the development of a training jet aircraft for Unasur, Union of South American Nations.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 05:04 UTC

  Argentine opposition describes budget bill as “inconsistent and false”

  

  The Argentine opposition strongly criticized the budget bill sent to Congress and questioned the real growth of the economy during the current year, wondering who are the real holders of sovereign bonds tied to GDP growth maturing later this year.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2012 - 02:28 UTC

  Argentine economy growth flat in second quarter; full year estimate revised down to 3.4%

  

  The Argentine economy remained flat in the second quarter of the year compared to the same time period of 2011, the poorest performance in three years, according to the national statistics office Indec.

• Friday, September 21st 2012 - 06:20 UTC

  Argentina issues 2 Pesos coin to commemorate 30th anniversary of the Malvinas landing

  

  The Argentine Central bank has issued a new 100 Pesos bill to honour the figure of Eva Duarte de Perón, and a 2 Pesos coin commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of the landing of Argentine troops in the Malvinas Islands.

• Friday, September 21st 2012 - 06:13 UTC

  Argentine industrial production and outlook stable in August

  

  Argentina’s industrial output fell 0.8% last August when compared to the same month last year, according to the country’s stats office Indec. However it improved 0.7% when compared to July but dropped 1.2%, points out Indec Monthly Industrial Estimate

• Friday, September 21st 2012 - 06:06 UTC

  Brazil approves bill which allows the opening of tax-free shops along border towns

  

  The Brazilian congress approved this week a bill which enables the opening of free shops or tax free shops, along border towns currently suffering from the massive inflow of imported goods purchased at international prices in such stores in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

• Thursday, September 20th 2012 - 22:59 UTC

  Finance minister tells Congress world crisis will not affect Argentina

  

  Finance minister Hernan Lorenzino said on Thursday that the international crisis will not affect Argentina and attributed this to the policy of drastically cutting the country’s sovereign debt which now stands at only 40% of GDP.

• Thursday, September 20th 2012 - 06:09 UTC

  Argentine campaign to promote domestic tourism disqualifying Mercosur options

  

  Argentina launched an aggressive campaign to boost domestic tourism this coming summer season by publishing hotel, food and rent prices of resorts along the Atlantic coast and comparing them with similar options in Mercosur partners such a Uruguay, Brazil and Chile.