Argentina

Monday, January 28th 2013 - 20:13 UTC
An Argentine queen for the House of Orange; Beatrix steps down April 30

Dutch Queen Beatrix, who turns 75, announced she was abdicating in favour of her son, Prince Willem-Alexander, who will become king on April 30. Willem-Alexander, 45, is married to Argentine born Princess Maxima Zorreguieta and has three young children.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 19:00 UTC
“Fortress Falklands” Spanish version of G. Bound latest book launched in Uruguay

“Fortress Falklands, life under siege in Britain’s last outpost”, Graham Bound’s newest book on the subject of the Falkland Islands has been published in Spanish in Uruguay, allowing Argentines to, “learn a thing or two that might surprise them,” Graham told Penguin News this week.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 17:59 UTC
Argentine Jewish community blast agreement on ‘truth commission” with Iran

Argentine Jewish community organizations, DAIA and AMIA strongly rejected on Monday the government of President Cristina Fernandez decision to sign an agreement with Iran for the naming of a special ‘truth’ commission referred to the 1994 attack to a Jewish organization in Buenos Aires which left 85 dead and hundreds injured.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 06:27 UTC
Cristina Fernandez delaying Mercosur/EU discussions for a free trade agreement

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez downplayed immediate discussions for the trade and cooperation agreement between EU and Mercosur arguing that the South American block should elaborate and discuss new proposals to be presented to the Europe Union on the last quarter of this year.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 06:02 UTC
Hedge funds insist in New York court Argentina must pay defaulted bonds

Hedge fund investors who refused to join two sovereign debt restructurings by Argentina urged a US court in New York to force the country to pay them.
Monday, January 28th 2013 - 05:26 UTC
Argentina/Iran ‘Truth Commission’ to resolve 1994 bombing of Jewish centre in Buenos Aires

“Memorandum of Understanding” including the creation of a “Truth Commission” between the governments of Argentina and the Islamic Republic of Iran and intended to resolve the 1994 terrorist bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Community Centre AMIA in Buenos Aires was signed on Sunday according to the Argentine Presidential web site.
Sunday, January 27th 2013 - 02:03 UTC
With Argentine navy’ honour lying on her side, Minister Puricelli could be next official removed

The Argentine government has removed two top naval officers from their duties following the sinking, this week at her moorings pier-side of the destroyer “Santisima Trinidad” once the flagship of the service and which was actively involved in the invasion of the Falklands in 1982.
Saturday, January 26th 2013 - 20:44 UTC
Mercosur/Paraguay controversy reaches EU/CELAC summit in Chile

Chile confirmed that Paraguay finally decided not to attend the EU/CELAC summit in Chile putting an end to a controversy when it emerged that several Mercosur and Unasur members insisted that the landlocked country should not be invited.
Friday, January 25th 2013 - 17:48 UTC
Argentina easing imports’ restrictions mainly for Mercosur associates

The government of President Cristina Fernandez has decided to revoke non-automatic licensing requirements which had been placed on certain products before they could be imported into Argentina for consumption, according to a resolution published Friday on the Official Gazette. But earlier in the week Argentina increased the import tariff on a hundred products to the maximum authorized by WTO, which is 35%.
Friday, January 25th 2013 - 07:49 UTC
Brazil’s Vale suspends ‘indefinitely’ 6bn potash project in Argentina

Brazil’s government managed Vale and the world’s third-largest mining company, suspended works at its 6 billion dollars potash project in Argentina indefinitely. A suspension at the Rio Colorado potash project in the Argentine province of Mendoza since last month will be maintained, the Rio de Janeiro-based company said in an e-mail.