Tag: Argentina

Tuesday, August 30th 2016 - 07:00 UTC
Argentina wants to make life easier for the Falklands: insists with air link to Buenos Aires

Argentine ambassador in the UK, Carlos Sersale Di Cerisano said that ”an association with Argentina will be favorable for the Falklands Islanders (kelpers)“ and added that ”the Argentine government will try to make life easier for Islanders”.
Monday, August 29th 2016 - 03:59 UTC
Court ruling and economy contraction push Argentine inflation down in August

Inflation in Argentina during the current month of August could drop to 0.7% because of the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the hikes in natural gas prices for residential users, according to the official stats office Indec. Similar stats also indicate a strong contraction of the Argentine economy.
Saturday, August 27th 2016 - 05:32 UTC
Tierra del Fuego gas field inauguración suspended; Macri wants to attend

The inauguration ceremony of the Vega Pléyade natural gas field offshore Tierra del Fuego scheduled for Friday, has been postponed, although no official explanation has been given, it is believed that Argentine President Mauricio Macri was determined to attend, but his political agenda is too full precisely over the energy controversy and the fact next week he flies to China for the G20 summit.
Friday, August 26th 2016 - 11:44 UTC
Total inaugurates gas field offshore Tierra del Fuego with potential production of 10m cubic meters per day

Argentina will officially inaugurate this Friday the Vega Pléyade natural gas field, twenty kilometers offshore Tierra del Fuego to the south of the San Sebastián bay. The field started production last February and as “a production potential of 10 million cubic meters per day”.
Friday, August 26th 2016 - 10:55 UTC
Argentina's economy contracts 4.3% year-on-year in June

Argentina's economy shrank 4.3% year-on-year in June, a much sharper contraction than expected in the first official growth data reported during President Mauricio Macri's term.
Friday, August 26th 2016 - 08:35 UTC
Malcorra behind the Portuguese candidate in her bid to become UN secretary-general

Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra visited Cairo courting Egyptian support for her bid to become the next UN secretary-general, following on from her visit to Angola earlier in the week. The minister also met with secretary-general of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit. However the emergent frontrunner to succeed Ban Kimoon is ex Portuguese prime minister is Antonio Guterres.
Friday, August 26th 2016 - 07:01 UTC
Macri claims Kirchnerism created 750.000 government jobs to hide a stagnant economy

President Mauricio Macri expressed concern that Argentina's employment rate “barely exceeds” 40% and criticized previous administrations for creating 750,000 government jobs to hide what he said was its inability to grow the economy.
Wednesday, August 24th 2016 - 09:01 UTC
Argentine Supreme Court back to full strength with two Macri nominated Justices

The Argentine Supreme Court is back to full strength with the inclusion of two Justices nominated by president Mauricio Macri. The Court had been understaffed for months following absences left by previous Supreme Court Justices Carlos Fayt and Raúl Zaffaroni upon their respective retirements.
Wednesday, August 24th 2016 - 07:25 UTC
Argentina unemployment in second quarter, 9.3%; first official data since Macri took office

Argentina had 9.3% unemployment in the second quarter of the year, the government's Indec statistics agency said in a report on Tuesday. It was the first official unemployment data to be published by Argentina since Mauricio Macri became president in December.
Wednesday, August 24th 2016 - 06:06 UTC
A Mercosur/EU trade agreement will not include UK, warns European Parliament president

The president of the European Parliament Martin Schulz said in Buenos Aires that if finally a trade and cooperation agreement is reached between the European Union and Mercosur the United Kingdom will not benefit as a consequence of Brexit.