Tag: Argentina

• Monday, January 19th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Found dead prosecutor who denounced Argentina president for covering up Iran

  

  The body of AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found in the bathroom of his apartment in the Buenos Aires City neighbourhood of Puerto Madero late on Sunday.

• Monday, January 19th 2015 - 06:27 UTC

  'D Day' for Argentine prosecutor who charged Cristina Fernandez with 'Iran cover up'

  

  Argentina's ruling coalition lawmakers will insist on Monday in Congress that special prosecutor Alberto Nisman lacks evidence to charge President Cristina Fernández and other administration officials with the cover-up of the AMIA Jewish community centre bombing that killed 85 people and injured 300 in 1994.

• Saturday, January 17th 2015 - 09:20 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez first twit reaction to 'Iran plot' claim; Nisman to Congress next week

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández made her first public statement since AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman accused her of allegedly covering up Iran’s role in the 1994 attack that left 85 dead and 300 injured. Nisman is scheduled to visit congress next week invited by opposition lawmakers to reveal further details of the alleged plot.

• Saturday, January 17th 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Argentina downplays WTO adverse ruling and considers possible negotiations with litigants

  

  The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling against Argentina triggers “no immediate modification” of the country’s trade administration, Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich pointed out adding a “comprehensive and detailed analysis of the ruling’s terms” is needed.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 07:10 UTC

  Timerman accuses Nisman of 'investigating the president clandestinely'

  

  Argentina's government called a leading prosecutor a 'despicable liar' on Thursday for accusing President Cristina Fernandez of secretly negotiating with Iran to avoid punishing those responsible for the country's worst terrorist attack, and insisted the whole thing was a 'media show'.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

  Prosecutor Nisman confirms case against Cristina Fernandez and reveals further evidence

  

  Argentina's AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman confirmed his complaint against President Cristina Fernandez and several other officials over an alleged “criminal deal of impunity” with Iran and explained the role of every one of those he accused for “covering up” Teheran’s involvement in the attack against the Jewish centre in 1994 in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 06:49 UTC

  Bilateral trade between Mercosur main partners dropped 21.2% in 2014

  

  Bilateral trade between Mercosur two main partners, Brazil and Argentina (first and third largest economies in Latin America) dropped 21.2% last year and with a 139 million dollars deficit for Argentina, according to the Argentine Commerce Chamber, CAC.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 06:10 UTC

  US, EU and Japan win case at WTO against Argentine import restrictions

  

  The World Trade Organization on Thursday rejected Argentina’s bid to overturn a ruling in favour of the United States, the European Union and Japan against the Buenos Aires licensing rules used to restrict imports.

• Friday, January 16th 2015 - 05:23 UTC

  YPF increased output during 2014; refinery strike threatens supply of fuel

  

  YPF's oil and natural gas production rose in 2014 for the second year running, Argentina's state-run energy company said on Thursday. Oil production rose 8.7% last year, while gas output was up 12.5%, YPF said, although the company did not publish annual output volume.

• Thursday, January 15th 2015 - 05:42 UTC

  Argentine government bluntly rejects 'Iran cover up' accusation as 'nonsense'

  

  Argentina's Presidency Secretary General Anibal Fernandez bluntly rejected the accusations by the prosecutor in the AMIA bombing probe against president Cristina Fernández, foreign minister Hector Timerman and other Kirchnerite officials for allegedly “covering up” Iranian citizens in the investigation.