Tag: Argentina

• Monday, October 24th 2016 - 11:42 UTC

  Catholic Church and Macri have a 'mature relation of autonomy and cooperation'

  

  The relation between the Catholic church and the administration of president Mauricio Macri is “a mature relation” and “links are as they should be”, and this is based on “autonomy and cooperation which is good for both sides”, according to Monsignor Jose Maria Arancedo, head of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, CEA.

• Friday, October 21st 2016 - 07:29 UTC

  Falklands' military exercises trigger protests in Buenos Aires against Macri and UK embassy

  

  Extreme left wing organizations protested on Thursday outside Britain's embassy in Buenos Aires against UK military exercises which are being carried out in the disputed Falkland Islands. The groups also slammed the Argentine government's pursuit of closer ties with the United Kingdom.

• Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 20:31 UTC

  Argentine navy admits testing refurbished Exocet missiles and torpedoes last February

  

  The Argentine ministry of Defense has confirmed that the Navy was involved in military exercises in the high seas last February including firing an upgraded version of MM38 Exocet missiles and trials with a refurbished torpedo from a submarine, reports the Buenos Aires media.

• Thursday, October 20th 2016 - 08:50 UTC

  Women take to the streets in Buenos Aires to protest wave of gender violence

  

  Dressed in black, Argentine women took to the streets to protest the brutal rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl, the latest incident of gender violence to shock the country. Others walked off the job as a sign of protest, in what was described as women's first national strike. Similar demonstrations took place in solidarity in many Latin American cities from Montevideo to Mexico City.

• Wednesday, October 19th 2016 - 20:48 UTC

  Falkland Islands and Punta Arenas interested in increasing links and cooperation

  

  A delegation from the UK embassy in Chile and a member from the Falklands Legislative Assembly met in Punta Arenas with the Magallanes region finance minister Christian Garcia to increase science and education cooperation links and promote people and economic exchanges. Many Chileans mainly from Punta Arenas have jobs in the Falklands.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 10:31 UTC

  Argentina lowers interest rates for businesses as inflation tends to subside

  

  Argentina's main state-run bank said it lowered its headline interest rates for loans to businesses on Monday amid expectations that inflation will begin to slow in Latin America's third-largest economy, a move that will help put credit back within firms' reach. Banco Nacion, the country's largest financial institution and which also acts as a development bank, set its annual nominal reference rate for business loans at 27%, down from 32%.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 08:44 UTC

  Malcorra regrets no previous warning on the Falklands' military exercises

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that the recent diplomatic row with the UK over military exercises in the Falkland Islands shows that the consequences of the war persist and reiterated her disappointment with London for not giving the Argentine government any previous warning.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 08:11 UTC

  Argentina congratulates Guterres on appointment as next UN Secretary General

  

  Argentina extended on Monday its congratulations to Portuguese former prime minister and ex UN High commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres for his appointment by the UN General Assembly as the next UN Secretary General for the 2017/2021 period.

• Friday, October 14th 2016 - 05:48 UTC

  Falklands considers air link with Brazil including a monthly stopover in Argentina

  

  “Is a monthly stopover in Argentina too high a price to pay for a direct weekly flight to Sao Paulo, the biggest flight hub in South America,” is the question we all have to ask ourselves, said lawmaker MLA Mike Summers this week as he set out the situation and options available to progress and develop the Falkland Islands’ economy.

• Thursday, October 13th 2016 - 10:05 UTC

  Ushuaia celebrates 132th anniversary with a jumbo paella for 12.000 people

  

  Ushuaia in the extreme south of Argentina and capital of Tierra del Fuego province celebrated on 12 October the 132th anniversary of its foundation with several activities including a jumbo popular paella for 12.000 people. The gastronomic display was sponsored by city authorities and New San, a maquila group which assembles electronic products in Tierra del Fuego under a promotion system implemented by Buenos Aires.