Buenos Aires - Argentina's Congress voted to move up the date for congressional elections by four months to June 28 as the government seeks to avoid the full impact of the world economic crisis on the ballot box.
The Senate approved the date recommended by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's government Thursday night by a 45-25 vote after a nine-hour debate.
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's national development bank mulls a 700-million-dollar loan to Argentina's national carrier Aerolineas Argentinas to finance the acquisition of Brazilian-made planes.
Luciano Coutinho, the president of Brazil's national development bank BNDES said Friday that the country would provide a loan to the Argentinian government.
Aerolineas Argentinas is said to plan buying 26 of Brazil's Embraer 190 passenger planes to replace older Boeing and McDonnell Douglas jets.
Buenos Aires - Argentina's agricultural producers were to launch a week-long strike starting Saturday to press for lower taxes.
The Argentine Rural Confederation said Friday that it would stop selling grains and livestock, set up roadblocks and thwart exports for a week.
They are protesting the government's refusal to lower taxes on the country's main crop, soya beans, as well as its handling of the crippling drought that has wiped out many farmers.
Buenos Aires - Talented midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme's decision to refuse to play for Argentina in the future has strengthened Diego Maradona's control over the national team and his position in the face of internal conflicts.
Riquelme announced his decision late Tuesday, but it hardly upset many fans in the football-crazy South American country. A few people backed the player at the Boca Juniors training session Wednesday, but an online poll in the Argentine daily Clarin said that 62.5 per cent of those who replied were in favour of Riquelme's exit.
Buenos Aires - Tango is often associated with macho culture in Buenos Aires, but times are clearly changing, and as society undergoes modifications so does the melancholy and sensual dance.
Buenos Aires - Retired Argentina striker Gabrial Batistuta has now switched sports and made his formal debut as a polo player alongside his friend and compatriot Adolfo Cambiaso.
In a game that was played Monday in Canuelas, some 50 kilometres southwest of Buenos Aires, Batistuta - the most prolific striker in the history of the Argentine national team - scored two goals on horseback, although he missed several others.
Buenos Aires - Argentina's Congress voted to move up the date for congressional elections by four months to June 28 as the government seeks to avoid the full impact of the world economic crisis on the ballot box.
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil's national development bank mulls a 700-million-dollar loan to Argentina's national carrier Aerolineas Argentinas to finance the acquisition of Brazilian-made planes.
Buenos Aires - Argentina's agricultural producers were to launch a week-long strike starting Saturday to press for lower taxes.
Buenos Aires - Talented midfielder Juan Roman Riquelme's decision to refuse to play for Argentina in the future has strengthened Diego Maradona's control over the national team and his position in the face of internal conflicts.
Buenos Aires - Retired Argentina striker Gabrial Batistuta has now switched sports and made his formal debut as a polo player alongside his friend and compatriot Adolfo Cambiaso.
