Tag: Argentina

• Friday, November 6th 2015 - 07:49 UTC

  Malvinas war Argentine film screened to Falklands veterans at embassy

  

  British veterans of the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict met with Argentine ex-combatant Edgardo Esteban at the Embassy of Argentina in London where an Argentine produced film about the war was screened.

• Thursday, November 5th 2015 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentine women are the most fluent English speakers in Latin America

  

  Argentines are the most fluent English-speakers in Latin America according to the EF English Proficiency Index 2015 report — a study that analyzes the State of Worldwide English Proficiency. Globally the country came in 15th place out of the 70 countries that participated in the study, which uses test data from 910,000 adults.

• Thursday, November 5th 2015 - 05:51 UTC

  Argentine farmers hold on to their crops waiting for electoral promises, but 'dry' central bank reserves

  

  Argentina's election season has dramatically changed the agricultural landscape in the country, one of the world's breadbaskets. Exporters are now more confident than ever that profits will soar next year, creating a short term impact of plunging sales abroad and reduced cash-flow in the Argentine Central Bank’s coffers, although that could change in 2016.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 07:55 UTC

  Moody's bets are on Macri: upgrades Argentina's debt rating to 'stable' from 'negative'

  

  Following the first round of presidential elections in Argentina on Oct. 25, which the ruling party won by a lower-than-expected margin, credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service upgraded on Monday the country's debt rating to “stable” from “negative.”

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 07:41 UTC

  Argentina defaulted bonds dispute pushed into the US Republicans' presidential campaign

  

  One of the wealthiest and most influential Republican donors — who also happens to be in the midst of a legal battle with Argentina over defaulted-debt — is throwing his support behind the presidential campaign of US Republican Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, according to a New York Times report.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Falklands lawmaker meets Red Cross chief to discuss identification of Argentine soldiers remains

  

  The President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, met on Monday with representatives of the authorities of the United Kingdom and of the Falkland Islands to discuss a process seeking to identify the remains of a number of unidentified Argentine soldiers buried at Darwin cemetery in Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 06:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernández reinstates benefits for exports shipped from Patagonia ports

  

  The outgoing government of president Cristina Fernandez reinstated benefits for all exports that are handled through Patagonian ports. Decree 2229/15 published in the Federal Gazette establishes the extent and percentage of benefits, for the next five years, as long as they are shipped from ports and customs to the south of the Colorado River.

• Saturday, October 31st 2015 - 07:04 UTC

  Griesa accepts 'me too' claims and raises Argentina's bond debt to US$ 9bn

  

  US judge Thomas Griesa on Friday accepted the priority repayment claims of hundreds more Argentine bondholders who did not join a huge debt restructuring. The ruling, on 49 complaints representing debt worth $6.1 billion, added fresh pressure on Buenos Aires which has refused to pay off two hedge fund creditors that already won court support for their claims.

• Friday, October 30th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez calls at emotional rally to defend her progressive policies

  

  Argentina's outgoing leader Cristina Fernandez gave an emotional campaign speech on Thursday in her first public address since a surprisingly weak performance by her handpicked candidate in the first-round presidential election on Sunday. Without mentioning allied candidate Daniel Scioli by name, the outgoing president implicitly backed him by calling for support for her progressive social policies to go on after she hands the presidency over to her successor in six weeks.

• Friday, October 30th 2015 - 06:21 UTC

  Malvinas Cause pamphlet to be released this week in Tierra del Fuego

  

  Tierra del Fuego governor Fabiana Ríos and members of the Malvinas Observatory met at Ushuaia government house to thank Ushuaia Bureau for the design and elaboration of the Malvinas Cause pamphlet which outlines the Argentine position in the Falklands Islands sovereignty claim and will be released later in the week.