Tag: Argentina

• Tuesday, February 11th 2014 - 07:53 UTC

  Paraguay concerned with Argentine plans to move nuclear facilities to border area

  

  Paraguay has instructed its ambassador in Buenos Aires to collect information on Argentina's plans to set up an uranium processing plant in the northern province of Formosa, neighboring with the land-locked country.

• Monday, February 10th 2014 - 03:47 UTC

  Timerman calls two US Senators 'extremists', ideologically opposed to US public opinion

  

  Argentine foreign minister Hector Timerman called US senators Marco Rubio and Robert Menendez “extremists”, who don't represent the will of the Senate, the US government or the US people.

• Monday, February 10th 2014 - 03:33 UTC

  Francis denies any involvement in Argentina's complicated situation: 'pure nonsense'

  

  Pope Francis dismissed on Sunday reports that he had called for a meeting between representatives from President of Cristina Fernández government and members of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) and organized labor CGT union, with the supposed aim of discussing economic issues.

• Monday, February 10th 2014 - 03:08 UTC

  Argentine ultra-Kirchner militants call for government control over foreign trade

  

  Following on President Cristina Fernandez administration strategy of blaming big business and banks as speculators that force price increases and the devaluation of the Peso, this weekend a group which brings together intellectuals who support the Argentine Kirchnerite Victory Front have published a new letter titled “The Nation in Danger”.

• Saturday, February 8th 2014 - 09:10 UTC

  Capitanich reacts to US Senators statements on Cristina Fernandez government

  

  Argentina's cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich reacted on Friday to US Senators' remarks who on Thursday harshly criticized the economic policies of President Cristina Fernandez administration and forecasted an economic collapse sooner than later.

• Saturday, February 8th 2014 - 09:00 UTC

  Foreign Office Minister Hugo Swire message to the Falkland Islands

  

  I am honoured to hold Ministerial responsibility for the Falkland Islands, which has a very special place in the British consciousness and in British history. And next week I am finally able, for the first time, to come down to see the Islands and their people for myself. I could not be looking forward to it more.

• Friday, February 7th 2014 - 07:13 UTC

  Two leading US Senators anticipate an economic crisis in Argentina, soon

  

  The current Argentine economic situation reached the US Capitol during the hearings to consider President Obama's nomination for future ambassador in Buenos Aires, and what was said was not encouraging.

• Friday, February 7th 2014 - 06:59 UTC

  Falklands trip by Uruguayan lawmakers condemned by Argentine embassy

  

  The Argentine embassy in Montevideo through a “Forum Malvinas Uruguay” release “totally rejected” the decision from a group of Uruguayan lawmakers, representing all parties in parliament, accepting an invitation from the British embassy to visit the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, February 7th 2014 - 06:42 UTC

  Malvinas recovery needs of a State policy argues Argentine opposition leader

  

  The superficialities and inconsistencies of the last Justicialista governments (Presidents Carlos Menem, Nestor Kirchner and Cristina Fernandez) have facilitated the consolidation of British presence in the South Atlantic and this will continue unless the Argentine political system agrees on a state policy regarding the recovery of the Malvinas Islands.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2014 - 23:43 UTC

  Paris Club prepared for talks with Argentina over debt repayment

  

  The Paris Club is open to talks with Argentina on repaying its debt, the group of creditor nations said on Wednesday, moving closer towards launching formal negotiations with Buenos Aires.