Tag: Argentina

Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 09:00 UTC
Paraguayan group buys 124 YPF gasoline stations in 17 Argentine provinces

The Paraguay group Delta Patagonia has signed an agreement with Argentina's managed oil company YPF for the acquisition of 124 gas stations in 17 provinces. The service stations will now operate under the brand Gulf Combustibles.
Thursday, January 3rd 2019 - 07:09 UTC
Macri and Cristina Fernandez, most influential Argentines during 2018

Who have been the most influential Argentines during 2018, is a traditional public opinion survey which Consultants Giacobbe & Associates have been releasing annually uninterruptedly since 1995. And this last year there were no big surprises: the main characters have been president Mauricio Macri and ex-president Cristina Fernandez.
Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 07:14 UTC
Cristina Fernandez ex foreign minister, Hector Timerman, dies 65

Hector Timerman, a former Argentine foreign minister who was charged with treason in 2013 for his role in negotiating an agreement with Iran relating to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, died Sunday at his home here. He was 65. His lawyer, Graciana Peñafort, said the cause was respiratory failure. Timerman had been under treatment for liver cancer, she said.
Wednesday, January 2nd 2019 - 06:52 UTC
Nisman's ex-wife, fearing for her family, drops out of lawsuit into the death of her former husband

Argentine federal Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado, ex-wife of the late AMIA Jewish center prosecutor Alberto Nisman, removed herself from a lawsuit that prompted an investigation into the death of her former husband.
Monday, December 31st 2018 - 00:51 UTC
South America does not help self-employed individuals thrive, study shows

Uruguay and Argentina finished last and next respectively in a study carried out by international consultants Expert Market on the difficulties faced by self-employed individuals in 57 countries, it was reported Saturday.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 08:34 UTC
Argentina's 2019 TACs for hoki, blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and hake

Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) set the total allowable catches (TACs) for hoki, Southern blue whiting, Patagonian toothfish and common hake for the year 2019. The new TACs were set on the basis of the results of the stock assessments carried out by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP).
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 07:49 UTC
Identification Plan of Argentine remains in the Falklands to be extended

Argentina and the United Kingdom are to discuss the extension of the current Humanitarian Project Plan to identify Argentine combatant remains buried in the Falkland Islands, to include possible errors in the names of some graves, and other burial sites such as Pebbles island, according to a report from Martin Dinatale published in the news agency Infobae.
Saturday, December 29th 2018 - 07:22 UTC
Argentina's energy secretary steps down following leaks on the increase of power rates

Argentina's energy secretary resigned on Friday, the government said in a statement, less than 24 hours after news leaked that the administration of President Mauricio Macri plans to increase electricity prices by an average 35% next year.
Friday, December 28th 2018 - 09:20 UTC
Argentina's economic activity in October falls 4%, year-on-year

Economic activity in Argentina fell 4.0% in October versus the same month last year, the government said on Thursday, marking the seventh straight month of declines as the country grapples with recession and high inflation.
Friday, December 28th 2018 - 09:05 UTC
Buenos Aires public transport rates up 40% in three months, beginning January

The Argentine government announced on Thursday new increases in public transport rates, some 40% on average that will apply from next January to travel by bus, train and metro.