Argentina

Monday, September 17th 2012 - 17:29 UTC
Cruise convention underlines South America’s potential for the industry

South America was described as a ‘fantastic destination’ for the cruise industry but with an even greater potential said Chris Hayman at the closing ceremony of the two-day Seatrade South America Cruise Convention in Buenos Aires.
Monday, September 17th 2012 - 05:48 UTC
Spain dumps Paraguay from the Ibero-American summit not to offend Argentina

A top Spanish official made a low profile and unexpected visit to Paraguay last week with the purpose of trying to convince the administration of president Federico Franco to remain absent from the coming Ibero-American summit scheduled for November since Madrid fears his presence could turn the event into a failure.
Monday, September 17th 2012 - 05:37 UTC
Venezuela and Argentina sign 24 agreements in the oil-food industries

Venezuela and Argentina signed three institutional agreements and 24 among corporations during the two-day First Meeting for the Venezuela-Argentina Petro-industrial development with the purpose of intensifying trade, investment and cooperation between the two countries.
Monday, September 17th 2012 - 01:25 UTC
Cristina Fernandez lawmaker says “no formal decision” on constitutional reform

A close advisor to President Cristina Fernandez lawmaker Carlos Kunkel defended the possibility of amendments to the 1994 Argentine constitution but cautioned that “no formal decision about it has been made on a congressional or party level.”
Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 07:06 UTC
Argentine government says protestors are more interested about what happens in Miami

The Argentine government reacted strongly to Thursday’s massive demonstrations across the country and challenged them to organize in a political party and run for election. However the mayor of the city of Buenos Aires said the protests filled him with “pride” and called on the people to keep confronting the government.
Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 05:36 UTC
Argentina pledges to increase corn exports to help ease tight global markets

Argentina pledges to export an extra 2.75 million tons of corn from its 2011-12 harvest to a total of 16.45 million tons helping to ease tight international markets after this summer's drought in the US damaged crops there and fuelled fears of a food crisis.
Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 05:29 UTC
YPF/Chevron signed an understanding to explore for shale gas and oil in Neuquen

Argentina's recently nationalized oil and gas producer YPF SA and the US Chevron Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore for unconventional energy in Vaca Muerta, in the Patagonian province of Neuquen.
Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 05:13 UTC
Argentina’s money supply adjusted for inflation climbed 22.6% in last 12 months

A benchmark measure of Argentina's money supply rose 34.6% on the year in August, according to the central bank. In its monthly monetary report published late Thursday, the Central Bank of Argentina said its M2 measure of money supply averaged 403.93 billion Argentine pesos (86.6 billion dollars) last month.
Friday, September 14th 2012 - 05:18 UTC
Auction of Pluna’s Bombardier aircraft collapses: terms “non attractive” and “non viable”

Uruguay’s attempt to auction the bankrupt national airline Pluna aircraft collapsed because none of the groups that showed an initial interest turned up arguing that the 136 million dollars for the seven Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen was “not attractive” and considered the whole business deal “non viable”.
Friday, September 14th 2012 - 03:40 UTC
Thousands across Argentina take to the streets to protest against re-re-election

Appealing to social networks thousands of Argentines Thursday evening took to the streets of the country’s major cities to protest some of the latest measures from the government of President Cristina Fernandez including the re-re-election plans and the increasing restrictions to the purchase of dollars.