Tag: Argentina

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 07:58 UTC

  Paris Club group lays out terms for Argentina to repay defaulted debt

  

  Members of the Paris Club group of creditors want Argentina to repay an estimated 9 billion dollars in defaulted debt within three years and to make a big initial payment, Buenos Aires newspaper La Nacion reported over the weekend.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 05:41 UTC

  CFK election win could be largest since return of democracy to Argentina in 1983

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, CFK, is poised for an easy win with over 50% of vote intention for the October 23 election, according to several public opinion polls published over the weekend in the Buenos Aires press.

• Sunday, October 9th 2011 - 09:45 UTC

  Killers of French women tourists in Argentina described as ‘psychotic fabulist”

  

  At least two of the three suspects currently under arrest in connection to the murder of two French tourists in the Argentine northern province of Salta last July, show signs of “psychotic, fabulist” behaviour, police authorities indicated.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 22:12 UTC

  Half a million families live in Buenos Aires slums and keep expanding vertically and horizontally

  

  Over half a million families live in 864 slums and irregular settlements in metropolitan Buenos Aires surrounding Argentina’s capital. Of this number 66% have over fifteen years since founded and in 65% of them expansion either horizontally or vertically continues.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 21:17 UTC

  Freedom of expression oppressed and endangered in Argentina claims independent media

  

  Argentina’s main private media association, ADEPA, launched a devastating report on freedom of expression in Argentina and warns of the existence of “a mechanism geared to divulge official reports and aggrieve those who think differently”.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 17:59 UTC

  Argentina confident it can cope with a “global contraction”

  

  Argentina has the ability to sustain its economic growth amid a slowdown in the global economy, thanks to domestic demand and trade with other South American nations, said Deputy Economy Minister Roberto Feletti.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 08:30 UTC

  Chile expels Argentine military involved in crimes against humanity

  

  The Chilean government ordered the immediate expulsion of international fugitive and human rights violator Alejandro Duret on Tuesday. The order was given just hours after his arrest was confirmed in Talca, located in central Chile’s Maule Region.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 01:45 UTC

  FIFA bribery allegations: Grondona apologizes for ‘unacceptable’ insults about England

  

  Julio Grondona, Argentina's FIFA vice-president has apologised for his “unacceptable” insults about England, David Bernstein the chairman of the English Football Association said. The controversy at the time also involved bribery allegations and the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 22:05 UTC

  Canadian rating agency upgrades Argentina, but warns about external shock

  

  DBRS rating agency from Canada upgraded on Wednesday its ratings on Argentina's long-term foreign and local currency securities to “B” from B (low). The trends have been revised to Stable.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2011 - 21:44 UTC

  Global financial crisis “starting to affect” Argentina says manufacturers union

  

  The head of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), José Ignacio de Mendiguren, warned on Wednesday that Argentina “is starting to be affected” by the global financial crisis, furthering that the country “is not protected” against the situation.