Tag: Argentina

Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 07:54 UTC
Former president to stand trial in relation to Argentina’s deadliest terrorist attack

Former Argentine president Carlos Menem was ordered Friday to stand trial for obstruction of justice in a probe of the 1994 bombing of a building housing Jewish charity that killed 85 people.
Saturday, March 31st 2012 - 23:45 UTC
Cristina Fernández picks a fight

By Jimmy Burns - ‘La Presidenta’ relishes a battle – not least with the old enemy over the future of the Falklands. But is she losing her grip at home in Argentina?
Saturday, March 31st 2012 - 06:17 UTC
Uruguay reveals the existence of an “Argentina 2020: imports substitution” plan

Uruguay’ Foreign Affairs Minister Luis Almagro revealed that the government of President Cristina Fernandez is fully involved in the implementation of a plan called “Argentina 2020: substitution of imports” and therefore bilateral trade negotiations that are difficult, will continue on that same path for several years.
Friday, March 30th 2012 - 22:54 UTC
Argentina reiterates ‘serious suspicions’ about UK nuclear weapons in Falklands’ region

Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli reiterated Argentina’s “militarization” claims in the Falkland Islands and highlighted “serious suspicions” that Britain is using nuclear weapons in the South Atlantic region.
Friday, March 30th 2012 - 20:18 UTC
Argentina blasted at WTO for its trade-restrictive measures and lack of transparency

Argentina received a barrage of criticism at the World Trade Organization on Friday where the United States, European Union, Japan and 10 other countries accused it of tying imports up in red tape. They also requested Argentina provide a detailed written explanation of why in its view “these measures and practices are consistent with WTO rules”.
Friday, March 30th 2012 - 07:42 UTC
US Judge criticizes Argentine ‘continued intransigence’ in refusing to honour lawful debts

A US judge threw out claims by bondholders on up to 2.21 billion dollars of Argentine funds held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, but criticized the country’s “continued intransigence” in refusing to pay creditors holding defaulted debt.
Friday, March 30th 2012 - 07:31 UTC
YPF announces discovery of huge unconventional shale oil deposits in Mendoza

Argentina's biggest energy company YPF, has found unconventional shale oil and natural gas in Mendoza province, confirming the extension of the massive Vaca Muerta area, officials said on Thursday.
Friday, March 30th 2012 - 06:47 UTC
Uruguay against any Falklands’ blockade; supports trade with the Islands

Foreign Affairs minister Luis Almagro said that the Uruguayan government does not oppose trade with the Falkland Islands and any undertaking to that effect by the private sector is welcome since “Uruguay does not agree with any commercial or economic blockade of the Islands”.
Friday, March 30th 2012 - 06:39 UTC
Argentina promises to reopen book imports: ‘lead poisoning ink argument too heavy’

Argentina’s restrictions on books imports based on the ‘lead content of the ink in which they are published’ and the fact the Argentine government described the implementation as a “safeguard for human health” echoed worldwide, and official sources have now promised the situation will “be back to normal” in a few weeks.
Friday, March 30th 2012 - 06:31 UTC
UK says there is no evidence at all, Argentina has the capacity/strength to invade the Falklands

On the verge of the South Atlantic conflict 30th anniversary, the UK’s Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said that the Falkland Islands “do not face a current credible military threat from Argentina”, and brushed aside the rumours published by the British sensationalist media.