Tag: Argentina

Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 06:52 UTC
China-Argentina trade differences increase and are openly aired

Production Minister Débora Giorgi came out to stage on Thursday to support Argentina's trading policies after comments made by China's Vice Minister of Commerce JIang Yaoping, who claimed the Argentine Government is increasingly promoting trade protectionism against Chinese products.
Friday, April 23rd 2010 - 01:26 UTC
Latam growingly dependent on Chinese demand for commodities

Latinamerican countries with a greater link to China such as Chile, Brazil and Peru are moving out of the crisis faster and stronger according to a World Bank report which underlines the increasing significance of the Asian giant for the region.
Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 03:23 UTC
Taiana calls Gualeguaychú activists to reconsider position and lift pickets

Argentine Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana called on Gualeguaychú activists that keep international San Martín bridge blocked for more than three years to “reconsider their ways of action, mostly after the International Court of Justice ruling”.
Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 03:11 UTC
Cristina and Mujica to address Court ruling’s effects next Wednesday

Uruguayan President Jose Mujica and his Argentine peer Cristina Fernández de Kirchner are to meet next Wednesday afternoon in Buenos Aires in what is to be the first encounter after The Hague International Court's ruling on Botnia paper mill was made public Tuesday.
Thursday, April 22nd 2010 - 00:34 UTC
Banco do Brasil buys 51% of Argentina’s fourth largest private bank

Brazilian government controlled Banco do Brasil will pay 480 million US dollars for a 51% stake in Banco Patagonia, Argentina’s fourth largest private bank. The deal is pending regulatory approval both banks said in a release.
Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 17:24 UTC
Falklands’ sovereignty: a bilateral issue between Argentina and UK, says Spain

Spain will not be supporting Argentina’s Falkland Islands sovereignty claim during the coming European Union and Latinamerican summit to be held next May 18 in Madrid, according to Falklands Legislative Assembly Member Roger Edwards recently back from Brussels.
Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 03:24 UTC
Argentine military Junta president sentenced to 25 years in prison

Retired General Reynaldo Bignone, 82, the last leader of Argentina’s 1976-1983 military regime was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison for crimes against humanity.
Wednesday, April 21st 2010 - 03:11 UTC
Argentina and Venezuela announce a “new world order of relationships”

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Venezuela’s leader Hugo Chávez said “the new world requires a new logic to accept a new order of relationships” during a meeting held at the presidential palace of Miraflores in Caracas.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 21:20 UTC
Mujica and Mrs. Kirchner to address “bi-national relations and pickets”

“There are no miracles; we feel cool about the decision”, said Uruguayan president Jose Mujica following the International Court of Justice ruling which means there will be no relocation of the Orion pulp mill which besides does not contaminate, as was claimed by Argentina when it presented its case back in 2006.
Tuesday, April 20th 2010 - 21:11 UTC
“Argentina’s environmental hypocrisy”

In its judgement on ”Pulp mills on the River Uruguay (Argentina vs. Uruguay)”, the International Court of Justice, (UN principal judicial organ) declared that Uruguay has not breached its substantive obligations for the protection of the environment provided by the Statute of the River Uruguay by authorizing the construction and commissioning of the Orion (Botnia) pulp mill.