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Brazilian Arrested After Trying to Assassinate Argentinian Vice President Cristina Fernandez
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, vice president of Argentina, received a threat from a guy in a car outside her Buenos Aires residence. The man was observed pointing a pistol at the vice president’s face before he was taken away to safety. The official was unharmed, and there were no firearms fired.
On Thursday night, when Fernandez de Kirchner made her way through a busy gathering outside her...
Fitch Ratings downgrades Argentina on default concerns
The Fitch ratings agency has downgraded Argentina five notches, saying the country could default on its obligations to US creditors. That’s after a US judge ordered Argentina to set aside $ 1.3bn for debt repayment by December 15.
The rating agency cut its long-term rating for Argentina to “CC” from “B,” with the short-term rating being cut to the level one step above default – to “C”...
Argentina warns Ghana over detained ship
A sailor from the Argentinian frigate Libertad seized in a port in Ghana in connection with a debt dispute, runs pas the frigate at Tema Port near Accra. Argentina prepared, October 21, 2012
Argentina has warned Ghana that it will take legal action in an international court if it refuses to release a naval vessel it has seized.
“The Ghanaian government has until tomorrow, Tuesday 13, to sort out...
Argentina workers protest new labor risk legislation
Workers in Argentina have staged a massive protest to voice their anger at the new labor risk legislation which they say protects only the insurance companies, Press TV reports.
The demonstrators gathered outside the National Congress in the capital city, Buenos Aires, to protest a bill submitted by President Cristina Fernandez last week which the workers say seeks to defend profits of Labor Risk...
Argentina opens talks with Iran about AMIA
Making a U-turn, Argentinean President Cristina Kirchner has announced she is now willing to talk to Iran, a country she accuses of master-minding the worst ever terror bombing on Argentine soil 18 years ago.
Immediately, Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman met with his Iranian counterpart Ali Akbar Salehi with the explicit goal of “reaching the truth”.
Dangerous Truths…
Zionists...
Argentina’s president lashes out at IMF over 'red card' warning
Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez addresses world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2012 in New York City.
Argentine president has blasted the International Monetary Fund after the financial institution warned the Latin American country could get ‘a red card’ for failing to provide reliable data on its economy.
The head of the IMF Christine Lagarde on Monday...
Argentina’s president to personally attend UN committee on Malvinas
Argentina’s president plans to personally attend a session of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization on June 14 as her country tries to assert its sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, Press TV reports.
June 14th marks the anniversary of the end of the war between Argentina and Britain over the islands in 1982.
Ahead of President Cristina Fernandez’s address in New York, a group of local...
Argentineans back president over YPF decision
A rally has been held to back Argentine president for her decision to expropriate 51 percent stake in energy company YPF from its controlling shareholder, Spain’s Repsol, Press TV reports.
Ruling party top officials and lawmakers joined the rally on Friday at Velez soccer stadium in Buenos Aires, where demonstrators waved national flags.
“When I announced I was sending this project to the congress,...
Argentina seizes gas company owned by Repsol
A YFP Gas tanker
Argentina has ordered the seizure of YFP Gas, another company controlled by the Spanish firm Repsol, as part of plans to take control of the country’s natural resources and increase production.
“There’s a division (of Repsol) called YPF Gas and that’s what will be expropriated,” Argentine Senator Marcelo Fuentes said on Wednesday.
The move to declare YPF Gas...
Argentina thanks Chileans for supporting its Malvinas bid
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez has expressed appreciation to the people of Chile for their support in her country’s bid over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands.
During a recent visit to Chile’s capital city, Santiago, on Friday, Fernandez expressed her gratitude to the Chilean people for saying that the Malvinas Islands belong to...
Argentina calls on firms to halt imports of UK products
Argentina’s Industry Minister Debora Giorgi
Amid an ongoing dispute over the Malvinas Islands between Argentina and Britain, the Argentinean industry minister has called on the country’s top companies to stop importing British products, Press TV reports.
Argentina’s Industry Minister Debora Giorgi on Tuesday called the bosses of at least 20 top firms to urge them to import goods produced elsewhere...
Argentina legalizes gay marriage in historic vote
Argentina legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first country in Latin America to declare that gays and lesbians have all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to heterosexual couples.
After a marathon debate in Argentina’s senate, 33 lawmakers voted in favor, 27 against and 3 abstained in a vote that ended after 4 a.m. Since the lower house already...