Tag: Argentina

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentine Peso slips on Tuesday; central bank sells debt notes at a rate of 71.39%

  

  Argentina’s peso slipped on Tuesday, a day after the central bank’s new governor reassured the public that its approach to taming the country’s rocky economy would be sustainable over the medium term. The peso closed 0.46% weaker at 36.65 per U.S. dollar. The currency has fallen 0.30% against the dollar this week, although it has climbed 12.63% since the beginning of the month.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Maximo Kirchner appeared in court but refused to answer questions

  

  Argentine national deputy Máximo Kirchner and eldest son of former presidents Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, appeared in court on Tuesday morning to testify in the so-called ‘notebooks’ corruption case, probing the alleged payments of millions of dollars in bribes and kickbacks siphoned off from public works projects.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 07:15 UTC

  Argentina reports trade surplus in September, the first since December 2016

  

  Argentina had a trade surplus of US$ 314 million in September, official statistics agency Indec said on Tuesday, the first since December 2016 and an early sign the devaluation of the peso currency has benefited the country’s exporters.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 15:24 UTC

  Aerolíneas Argentinas produces flight 1303 black box before judge

  

  The black box of Aerolineas Argentinas' flight 1303 from Miami where 15 passengers ended up injured Thursday due to an abrupt descent as the Airbus 330-200 aircraft wound up amid severe turbulence was handed over Monday to the judge investigating the incident.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentina's primary deficit falls to 1.1% of GDP, the lowest since 2012

  

  Argentina's primary deficit fell to 1.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between January and September this year, compared to 2.1% over the same period in 2017, the Finance Ministry announced on Monday.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 07:43 UTC

  Piñera denies any problems with Argentina over Patagonian glaciers in unmarked border

  

  Chilean President Sebastian Piñera insisted that he had no problem with Argentina despite a disputed claim over extensive Patagonian glaciers along the two countries' joint but unmarked border.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 06:57 UTC

  Argentine Pope “thumbs down” to the IMF agreement and austerity

  

  Argentina's powerful teamsters union organized on Saturday a well attended march to the Cathedral of Lujan under the rallying call of ”bread, peace and work (jobs)”, which concluded with a mass, homily and strong message from Archbishop Agustin Radrlzzani, the only speaker at the event.

• Monday, October 22nd 2018 - 06:42 UTC

  Identification process of Argentine remains in the Falklands will be praised by Red Cross in Geneva

  

  Next month, on the 21st the International Committee of the Red Cross will be holding a special ceremony in Geneva to acknowledge the identification process of the unknown Argentine combatants buried at the Argentine military cemetery in the Falkland Islands, a legacy of the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.

• Sunday, October 21st 2018 - 23:41 UTC

  British submariners honour ARA San Juan crew

  

  The British We Remember Submariners group, who pay tribute to “our Brothers who have sailed on Eternal Patrol over the 6 month period 1st July - 31st December 2017, along with the twenty three submarines that were lost during 1918” has made room to honour the crew of the Argentine Navy's ARA San Juan in this year's commemorative pin.

• Saturday, October 20th 2018 - 18:15 UTC

  Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires deemed most important opera house in the world

  

  The Italian tourism website Travel365.it has found Buenos Aires' Teatro Colón to be the most important of its kind in the world due to its architecture and history.