Tag: Argentina

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 21:09 UTC

  Argentina (and South America) “prepared to face rich countries economic crisis”

  

  Argentina’s Minister of Economy and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running mate for the upcoming presidential elections Amado Boudou stressed Tuesday that the country is ready to face the recent international economic crisis that has pushed world markets down for the past week.

• Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 19:25 UTC

  “Demanding Falklands’ sovereignty talks before anything else, states Argentina’ current default position”

  

  In an interview with the Buenos Aires Herald, Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli demands that Falklands’ sovereignty talks must be started before any other issues can be discussed.

• Monday, August 8th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  For Argentina Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty legitimacy conditions any other negotiation

  

  Argentina is not going to make things easy for Britain in the Falkland Islands and the first discussion, before any other issues are addressed, must be the legitimacy of the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, said Argentine Defence Minister Arturo Puricelli in a Sunday interview by Carolina Barrios published in the Buenos Aires Herald.

• Saturday, August 6th 2011 - 00:06 UTC

  Paraguay/Uruguay sale of power remains blocked by Argentina

  

  The sale of power from landlocked Paraguay to Uruguay remains in suspense given a “difference” in the toll price for the use of the Argentine grid to deliver the power.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 18:50 UTC

  Argentina blasts US and EU: only way out of crisis is expanding public spending

  

  Argentina's Deputy Economy Minister Roberto Feletti criticized the fiscal austerity measures being implemented in Europe and the US, saying those policies will only hurt the global economy.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 18:35 UTC

  France opens court investigation into killing of two students in Argentina

  

  A court investigation over the “kidnapping, rape and murders,” of the two French women killed in Salta, northern Argentina was opened Friday in Paris, French court sources informed.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 08:05 UTC

  Developed countries “will try to pass the crisis down on us”, claims CFK

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) referred to plummeting global markets and blasted developed countries for the potential consequences of the crisis. Economy minister Amado Boudou said Argentina was closely following events with concern.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 01:43 UTC

  China takes over South Africa’s Standard Bank network in Argentina

  

  Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) announced Friday it would buy stakes in Standard Bank Argentina and another two institutions from Standard Bank Group Ltd for about 600 million dollars as it expands into South America as part of its global strategy that includes Europe, India and Pakistan.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 22:57 UTC

  French students’ killed in Argentina: claims of suspects beaten by police

  

  The family members of the French tourists who were murdered in Salta, north of Argentina were taken to the scene where the bodies were found to walk across the area, accompanied by the judge in charge of the case.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 19:32 UTC

  Argentina manufacturers demand similar ‘Brazilian package’ to prop industry

  

  Following on the steps of her Brazilian peer who this week unveiled an ambitious plan to prop industry, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met with the country’s leading business and corporate representatives and promised her government would take all the necessary measures to defend the market from the massive influx of outer region imported goods.