Tag: Argentina

Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 23:18 UTC
Argentina human rights group money spent on Ferraris, yachts and villas

A major scandal has unfolded in Argentina involving one of the cherished and exploited banners of the two Kirchner administrations (Nestor and Cristina, 2003/2011): human rights policy and the organization of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo.
Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 15:10 UTC
Falklands: Argentina deplores PM Cameron’s “regrettable act of arrogance”

The Argentine Government said it “deplores that, in a regrettable act of arrogance, the United Kingdom claims to have the authority to ‘put an end’ to the unresolved conflict regarding the Malvinas Islands sovereignty, a case that is currently being recognized by the United Nations.”
Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 13:20 UTC
Argentina about to have its first gay divorce: a lesbian couple

Argentina is about to have its first gay divorce, not quite a year after a groundbreaking law legalized homosexual marriage.
Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 06:07 UTC
Another provincial election confirms support for CFK re-election bid

Another provincial ally of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, was re-elected Governor in the Patagonian province of Neuquen confirming the ample support for the head of state’s re-election bid next October.
Thursday, June 16th 2011 - 01:48 UTC
Under pressure Argentina returns seized cargo from US military plane

The US embassy in Buenos Aires announced this week that the Argentine government has finally returned the cargo seized from an American military plane that landed at the Ezeiza airport amidst espionage accusations last February.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 23:35 UTC
Argentina’s official May ‘fantasy’ inflation 0.7%; private consultants, 1.5%

Inflation in Argentina reached 0.7% in May compared to the volume reported in the previous month, the Indec national statistics bureau announced on Wednesday. The official rate is less than half what was presented on Tuesday by opposition lawmakers, which they assured reached 1.5% and 23% in the last twelve months.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 22:46 UTC
Argentina attracted 40% of all Chinese investments in the region in last 12 months

Argentina attracted 40% of all Chinese investments in the region in the last twelve months (June 2010/May 2011) and prospects remain “optimistic” reveals a report from Deloitte.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 21:37 UTC
Siemens manager charged for allegedly bribing Argentine officials with 27 million USD

A former management board member of Germany’s Siemens AG has been charged with breach of trust for alleged bribery payments made to win a project in Argentina, the Munich State Prosecutors office said this week.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 19:30 UTC
Argentina industrial output up 7.9% in April and 9.2% in first four months

Argentina’s industrial output rose 7.9% on the year in April and was down 0.2% on the month, the country's manufacturers association, UIA, said in a statement. In the first four months of the year industrial output was 9.2% higher than the same period in 2010.
Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 18:36 UTC
Falklands’ sovereignty “is not negotiable. Period”, says British PM Cameron

British Prime Minister, David Cameron, sent a clear message on Wednesday during a Parliamentary speech regarding Argentina’s claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands as the British leader stated that sovereignty “is not negotiable. Period!”