Tag: Argentina

• Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:22 UTC

  President Cristina Fernandez “disregards and looks down on the rural sector”

  

  A respected reference in Argentine politics, Senator Carlos Reutemann came out strongly this week in support of farmers saying that the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, (CFK), “disregards and looks down on the rural sector”.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 04:54 UTC

  Argentina confident negotiations on Malvinas question ‘will take place’

  

  Britain can’t go on shielding behind its membership of the UN Security Council to avoid dialogue on the Falklands/Malvinas question, but Argentina is confident “negotiations will take place” said Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman in Paris following a meeting with his French peer Alain Juppé.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  Argentine farmers furious with government’s wheat export policy

  

  Argentina liberated 450.000 tons of wheat for export, a decision which is believed to be closely linked to Sunday’s election in the farming province of Santa Fe where the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner suffered a major defeat.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 12:25 UTC

  Argentina’s trade surplus shrinking under a strong influx of imports

  

  Argentina's trade surplus fell 22% on the year in June. Trade surplus last month 1.02 billion dollars, down from a revised 1.31 billion in June 2010, according to the national statistics agency, Indec.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 05:59 UTC

  Argentine farmers accuse government of “obsession with power” and exploiting misery

  

  The head of the Argentine Rural Society, Hugo Biolcati carried out a harsh speech against the administration of President Cristina Fernandez saying it was time “to stop punishing farmlands and Argentina”.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 04:26 UTC

  US Congress de-lists Argentina from regional ‘democratic leaderships’

  

  For the second time in less than a month the United States Congress has sent a strong message to Argentina warning it “does not belong” to the group of countries that abides by international law and strongly promotes democratic values.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 01:53 UTC

  Argentine president called IMF chief and had a half hour conversation

  

  The IMF confirmed that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner phoned incoming Managing Director Christine Lagarde last week, a few hours before the Fund reiterated its objections to Argentina’s official statistical data.

• Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Uruguay-Argentina agree 60-day hake ban on CFZ fearing ‘bio-hazard’ status

  

  The Joint Technical Commission for Maritime Front (CTMFM) ordered a 60-day winter ban on hake (Merluccius hubbsi) in the Argentina-Uruguay Common Fishing Zone (CFZ), effective August 1 until September 30.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 22:23 UTC

  Auschwitz “angel of death” writings and records on auction

  

  More than 4,000 pages of journal entries and other material written by Dr. Josef Mengele, the “angel of death” are to go under the hammer Thursday at a United States auction house.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 07:10 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade talks ‘only after the October election’, requests Argentina

  

  On request from Argentina advance on EU/Mercosur trade talks will be delayed until after next October’s presidential election, revealed the EU Trade Commissar Karel de Gucht.