Tag: Argentina

• Saturday, March 14th 2015 - 10:30 UTC

  Cruise season in Ushuaia with 71.000 visitors and 251 calls

  

  Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego and considered the most southern city of the world, received over 70.000 cruise visitors and 251 vessel calls during this cruise season, which took off last September and was computed until the end of February, which also proved to be the most active month of austral summer.

• Friday, March 13th 2015 - 11:18 UTC

  Griesa blocks Citigroup from paying interest on Argentine bonds; group will appeal

  

  A United States federal judge on Thursday said Citigroup Inc cannot process interest payments by Argentina on some bonds issued under that country's law. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa in Manhattan said letting Citigroup process the payments on so-called dollar-denominated exchange bonds would violate a requirement that Argentina treat bondholders equally.

• Friday, March 13th 2015 - 11:02 UTC

  Argentine Judge elected by peers head of the International Criminal Court

  

  An Argentine has been elected by her peers to lead the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. Judges of the ICC, sitting in a plenary session, elected Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi as president of the court for a three-year term with immediate effect, the organization said in a news release.

• Wednesday, March 11th 2015 - 06:08 UTC

  French team to investigate choppers' collision in Argentina; “immense sadness”, said president Hollande

  

  A manslaughter investigation into the helicopter crash in La Rioja province that killed eight French nationals and two Argentines was opened on Tuesday in Paris, Le Monde reported. Two experts from France's crash investigation agency (BEA) were travelling to Argentina.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 06:33 UTC

  Journalist who first reported Nisman's death sues Aerolineas and Telam

  

  Following the death of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, an Argentine-Israeli journalist who first reported the death has sued two state-owned companies that publicized his private data.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2015 - 06:12 UTC

  Former French Olympic sports' figures die in helicopter collision in Argentina

  

  Two helicopters have collided in mid-air in northern Argentina, killing 10 people including cast members filming a French reality show, officials said. The crash happened Monday afternoon in a mountainous part of La Rioja, a scenic area popular with tourists, around 1,100 kilometres north of the capital Buenos Aires.

• Monday, March 9th 2015 - 07:16 UTC

  Taiwanese fishing boat with 49 crew missing in the South Atlantic

  

  A Taiwanese fishing boat that has gone missing in waters off southeastern Argentina could have lost power, Fisheries Agency Deputy Director-General Huang Hung-yan said this weekend, about a week after the vessel was reported missing.

• Saturday, March 7th 2015 - 08:11 UTC

  Obstruction of justice complaint against Cristina Fernandez dismissed

  

  Argentine Federal Judge Ariel Lijo has dismissed the obstruction of justice complaint filed by journalist Cristian Sanz against President Cristina Fernández for lacking “solid argumentation”.

• Saturday, March 7th 2015 - 07:59 UTC

  Argentina's beef production tepid recovery forecasted to remain flat in 2015

  

  Argentina's revival as a major force in beef has been slowed by a dent to calving rates from poor weather, besides by a reluctance by producers to maximize animal weights, in the face of export restrictions.

• Saturday, March 7th 2015 - 07:27 UTC

  Ambassador Mamet impressed by Argentina and “profoundly optimistic” about relations with US

  

  US ambassador to Argentina Noah Mamet expressed his “profound optimism” about ties between Washington and Buenos Aires, saying he has been left “impressed” by the people he has had the opportunity to meet here so far.