Tag: Argentina

• Wednesday, December 16th 2015 - 06:57 UTC

  Malvinas is central for Argentina, but 'there are a lot of other areas to work with the UK'

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra said on Tuesday the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty conflict “can't be sidestepped because it's a historic and central issue” for Argentina, although this “does not impede” acknowledging that relations between the two countries “have a lot of other areas in which we have to work”.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2015 - 08:18 UTC

  Macri slashes agriculture export duties; farmers promise 30% larger crop next year

  

  Argentina's business friendly president Mauricio Macri, announced on Monday large tax cuts on agricultural exports and emphasizing that “the camp was essential to get Argentina back on its feet”. Macri, who took office Thursday, had promised to slash the steep taxes on agricultural exports, which triggered major protests by producers against former president Cristina Fernandez administration.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2015 - 07:09 UTC

  Tragedy in north Argentina: bus runs off a bridge killing 43 gendarmes

  

  At least 43 officers were killed and nine others injured when a National Gendarmerie bus went off a bridge Monday in Salta, a province in northwestern Argentina, officials said. The bus was carrying about 60 officers when it went off the bridge and plunged into the Seco River.

• Tuesday, December 15th 2015 - 06:03 UTC

  Controversy over Argentine navy recently incorporated Russian sloops

  

  Argentina's Defense minister Julio Martínez has only been in office a few days but he already has a huge challenge on his desk: the four Russian sloops recently arrived in Buenos Aires and which according to the previous administration of Cristina Fernandez cost ten million dollars and are very appropriate for naval patrolling.

• Monday, December 14th 2015 - 08:23 UTC

  Macri meets with governors to talk about creating jobs, but not in the public sector

  

  Argentina's new president Mauricio Macri met with governors on Saturday in another major change of tone from his predecessor Cristina Fernandez' confrontational style.

• Saturday, December 12th 2015 - 07:11 UTC

  Argentina's new administration package of economic measures next week

  

  Argentine finance minister Alfonso Prat-Gay announced on Friday that next week levies on farm (grains and oilseeds) exports will be lowered, the half year bonus of wage earners if below 30.000 Argentine Pesos will be exempt from income tax, and the policy of “looked-after prices” at supermarkets will continue.

• Saturday, December 12th 2015 - 02:55 UTC

  All presidents confirmed attendance of Mercosur summit, including Macri and Maduro

  

  The presidents of Mercosur member-countries have confirmed attendance to the group's summit scheduled for next 21 December and hosted by Paraguay, the country that currently holds the rotating chair, according to diplomatic sources in Asuncion.

• Friday, December 11th 2015 - 11:54 UTC

  International banks commit 8bn dollars to the new Argentine administration

  

  The incoming government of Argentine president Mauricio Macri is about to receive its first financial boost from overseas, which according La Nacion sources could be in the range of 8 billion dollars.

• Friday, December 11th 2015 - 08:22 UTC

  “Obviously we will stand by all our sovereign claims”, anticipated Macri

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri outlined on Thursday his administration's foreign policy during the message to Congress when he stressed, with an overall non specific commitment, “we believe in the unity and cooperation of Latin America and the world”, and in strengthening democracy as the only possibility to solving the problems of diverse societies.

• Friday, December 11th 2015 - 08:00 UTC

  Macri pledges an open government, calls for unity and 'the art of agreement'

  

  Business friendly Mauricio Macri was sworn in on Thursday as Argentina's new president pledging an open and transparent government and issuing a call for unity among Argentines, leaving aside useless confrontation and arrogance, and putting all emphasis on learning “the art of agreement”.