Tag: Argentina

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 09:06 UTC

  Mercosur has failed, Argentina needs new partners: the Pacific Alliance?

  

  “Mercosur as a unified space has failed and Argentina must start thinking in a new partner, which could be the Pacific Alliance” said one of Argentina's main businessmen with interests in a diversified portfolio, Eduardo Eurnekian. He made the statement on the sidelines of the World's Chambers Federation executive board meeting in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 08:48 UTC

  Argentine farmers and government clash over next week's three day walkout

  

  Argentine farmer organizations lashed back at Agriculture minister Carlos Casaquimela who questioned a three-day strike announced for next week to protest government policies, and which he described as 'unjustifiable'.

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 08:08 UTC

  “Nisman did not commit suicide, Nisman was murdered” concludes independent forensic report

  

  The ex-wife of late special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was found fatally shot in his Buenos Aires apartment on Jan. 18, hours before he was supposed to brief Argentina's Congress about his accusations against President Cristina Fernandez, said Thursday that an independent forensic report shows that he was murdered.

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  Argentina denies any devaluation to compensate for the plunge of Brazil's Real

  

  Despite Brazil's 'violent devaluation' of its currency, Argentina will not pursue the same path because the country needs “to give certainty” and “avoid instability” said Economy minister Axel Kicillof. This week the Real plunged to its lowest level in over a decade burdened by economic and political uncertainty

• Friday, March 6th 2015 - 06:56 UTC

  Argentine central bank chairman defends the 50-peso Malvinas bill

  

  Argentina's Central Bank Governor Alejandro Vanoli defended the new 50-peso banknote which features the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, after it was belittled by the a minister of state at the British Foreign Office.

• Thursday, March 5th 2015 - 07:39 UTC

  Prosecutor appeals ruling dismissing Argentine president involvement in Iran cover up complaint

  

  While Argentina's Federal Prosecutor Gerardo Pollicita filed an appeal against Judge Daniel Rafecas’ ruling dismissing late Alberto Nisman’s AMIA cover-up complaint against President Cristina Fernández and top administration officials, the government published in major newspapers an ad praising Rafecas' decision and suggesting a 'destabilization plan'.

• Thursday, March 5th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  Car sales in Argentina plunge; worst February since 2009

  

  The second month of the year marked another negative result for auto sales in Argentina, which dropped 28% compared to February last year, showing how the sector’s downward trend appears to have no end in sight. Only 41,998 vehicles were sold last month, according to the ACARA Argentine car dealership association, the lowest figure for the month since 2009.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2015 - 22:14 UTC

  Argentina/Chile celebrate Tierra del Fuego mines-free; Rossi claims UK impedes mine-clearance in Falklands

  

  Argentina and Chile defense ministers, Agustín Rossi and Jorge Burgos, attended this week a historic ceremony in which they signed a document declaring Tierra del Fuego free of anti-personal mines. During the meeting minister Rossi blamed the UK for not allowing Argentina to clear the mines in the Falklands/Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2015 - 06:17 UTC

  Argentine Justices call for an end to impunity and to disputes among government branches

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court opened on Tuesday a new term with the head Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti delivering a very much awaited speech calling for 'an end to impunity' and a strong reply to harsh comments by President Cristina Fernandez on Sunday, renewing her administration’s criticism against the judicial system.

• Wednesday, March 4th 2015 - 05:27 UTC

  Israel demands Argentina continues with investigation into terrorist attacks

  

  The Israeli government has said that the investigation into the Israel Embassy bombing of 1992 is responsibility of the Argentine State, following President Cristina Fernandez comments on the matter during her address to Congress.