Tag: Argentina

• Saturday, April 5th 2014 - 02:51 UTC

  Diego García and Falklands in the same 'claim basket', anticipates Chagos leader

  

  The leader of thousands of displaced Chagos islanders fighting Britain for a return to their Indian Ocean archipelago (Diego García) has said they will wage a joint diplomatic battle alongside Argentina as it seeks sovereignty over the Falklands, according to a report from The Telegraph credited to Hannah Strange.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:32 UTC

  Former president Menem back on trial for the controversial sale of Palermo show land

  

  Former Argentine president Carlos Menem and his former economy minister Domingo Cavallo were both formally indicted for embezzlement over the sale of the Rural Society property in the Buenos Aires high income Palermo neighborhood in 1991 at a price the court yesterday described as “vile.”

• Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:25 UTC

  Argentina's YPF sells one billion dollars in 10-year bonds at 8.75% rate

  

  Argentina’s nationalized oil and gas producer, YPF, sold 1 billion dollars in a bond sale on Tuesday, the company said in a statement. The 10-year bonds will pay 8.75% interest and were five times oversubscribed, YPF said. The U.S. dollar-denominated securities were issued under Argentine law and was considered a great success by the company.

• Thursday, April 3rd 2014 - 07:16 UTC

  Controversy in Argentina over a spate of street lynching of suspected criminals

  

  Argentina's security secretary said on Wednesday that those who take justice into their own hands are “murderers,” referring to recent cases of lynching of suspected criminals, and which has caused a serious controversy among politicians and members of the Judiciary branch.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 20:06 UTC

  Ambassador Castro calls for dialogue; but ignores Falkland Islanders rights and wishes

  

  On the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine military invasion of the Falkland Islands, 2 April 1982, the Argentine embassy in London made public a release saying that the UK and Argentina have the opportunity to set an example to the world, and future generations by resolving the Malvinas question through peaceful and diplomatic means.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 20:03 UTC

  Apostle Matthew and the Falklands/Malvinas controversy

  

  A Falkland Islands supporter has sent the following caricature referred to the alleged “double standards” to which Argentine president Cristina Fernández and former Senator Daniel Filmus, head of the Foreign Ministry Malvinas Affairs office, repeatedly invoke when discussing the Falklands/Malvinas dispute and the policy of ignoring the Islands population and their rights.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  Malvinas bilateral sovereignty negotiations are 'inevitable' because of growing world consensus

  

  Bilateral negotiations with the UK over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty are 'inevitable' because of the growing international pressure and consensus among countries, forecasted Daniel Filmus head of the Argentine Foreign ministry Malvinas Islands Affairs Office. His statement comes on the 32nd anniversary of the Argentine military invasion on the Falklands in 1982.

• Wednesday, April 2nd 2014 - 07:43 UTC

  UK interest in the Malvinas is '100% economic', claims Argentine official

  

  Britain's interest in the Malvinas Islands is “100% economic” and if hydrocarbons exploration in the waters surrounding the archipelago advances “we could be facing a major ecologic disaster”, said Daniel Filmus, head of the Argentine Foreign Ministry Malvinas Affairs Secretariat.

• Tuesday, April 1st 2014 - 01:24 UTC

  Malvinas war veterans plan symbolic repeat of Falklands invasion in Ushuaia

  

  Ushuaia Malvinas war veterans are planning a symbolic repeat of the Falklands military invasion by Argentine forces on the night of April first 1982, although this time the landing will take place along the Beagle Channel coast, according to reports from the capital of Tierra del Fuego in the extreme south of Argentina.

• Monday, March 31st 2014 - 19:28 UTC

  Mercosur expects to exchange tariff-reduction proposals with EU next June

  

  Mercosur expects to present a joint proposal regarding tariff reductions to the European Union during a meeting next June, according to Brazil's Minister of Development, Trade and Industry, Mauro Borges who apparently convinced a reluctant Argentina to join the group.