International Business News - Argentina http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A senior U.S. Homeland Security official is in Argentina to discuss money laundering, human trafficking _ and dinosaur eggs. Julie L. Myers, assistant secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said Monday that she plans to hand over to Argentina's government a cache of more than 8,100 pounds (3,675 kilograms) of fossils seized two years ago by ICE agents at a gem and mineral show in Tucson, Arizona. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/us-to-return-argentine-dinosaur-eggs.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 19:57:32 EDT Ternium SA wants to retain a share in Venezuela's largest steelmaker _ even as a minority partner in the company that President Hugo Chavez nationalized last week, a newspaper reported Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/ternium-seeks-stake-in-venezuelan-steel.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 12:20:07 EDT Thousands of farmers plan to mark the end of a 30-day "truce" with the government over export tax hikes by taking to the streets again this weekend _ but without blocking roads or causing the food shortages that crippled the country during a farm strike in March. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/argentine-farmers-on-alert-as-truce-ends.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 21:24:30 EDT A human rights activist whose disappearance prompted an intense government manhunt was released by his captors after being tied up and beaten, he said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/human-rights-activist-is-released-by-captors-in-argentina.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 11:31:23 EDT A human rights activist who has testified about the treatment of political prisoners during Argentina's military dictatorship has gone missing, President Cristina Fernandez said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/another-dirty-war-witness-goes-missing.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:13:59 EDT The departure of an independent-minded economy minister is re-igniting questions about Argentina's ability to tame soaring inflation and resolve a farmbelt tax rebellion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/argentina-changes-economy-ministers.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:50:00 EDT Argentina's economy minister has resigned in the first major departure from President Cristina Fernandez's four-month-old administration, a government official said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/42085-argentina-economy-minister.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/official-argentine-economy-minister-out.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/official-argentine-economy-minister-out.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:27:01 EDT Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau has resigned, a government official told The Associated Press Thursday. The official is close to the Economy Ministry, but asked not to be identified further because he is not authorized to speak on behalf of the government and the announcement is not yet official. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/42068-argentina-economy-minister.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/official-argentine-economy-minister-resigning.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080425/official-argentine-economy-minister-resigning.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:03:29 EDT Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau is resigning, the country's official news agency reported Thursday. The Telam news agency cites unidentified Economy Ministry sources as saying that the 37-year-old minister submitted his resignation late Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/42049-argentina-economy-minister.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/report-argentine-economy-minister-resigning.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/report-argentine-economy-minister-resigning.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:47:16 EDT Authorities detained a politician and former police officer targeted in a Dirty War-era human rights probe in Argentina, just hours after Congress barred him from taking up a seat that would have afforded him immunity. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/argentine-dirty-war-suspect-detained.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:06:20 EDT President Cristina Fernandez surveyed more than 200 raging brush fires by air, vowing to prosecute anyone who lit the blazes that have sent smoke billowing across the capital, clouding highways and grounding jetliners. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41028-argentina-fires.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/argentine-leader-vows-penalty-for-fires.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080419/argentine-leader-vows-penalty-for-fires.htm Sat, 19 Apr 2008 23:49:06 EDT The top U.S. diplomat for Latin America signaled a thaw in relations with Argentina on Thursday after meeting with President Cristina Fernandez. U.S. relations with Argentina have been tense since U... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/us-diplomat-mends-fences-with-argentina.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:48:00 EDT Argentina is billing its Olympic torch run Friday as an easygoing street fiesta, set to a tango beat. At the same time, worried officials are sending in thousands of police after chaos in other citi... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080410/olympic-torch-to-tango-in-argentina.htm Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:29:35 EDT An Argentine court on Thursday sentenced the adoptive parents of a baby born to a missing political prisoner to up to eight years in prison for concealing the child's identity, in a landmark case da... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080404/3-convicted-in-argentine-adoption-trial.htm Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:37:49 EDT A court has convicted two adoptive parents and a former army captain on charges stemming from the irregular adoption of a baby born to a prisoner who disappeared during Argentina's "dirty war." The... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080404/convictions-in-dirty-war-adoption-trial.htm Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:38:41 EDT Cattle trucks returned to the main stockyard in the Argentina capital Thursday after a 21-day farm strike against rising export taxes, but shortages of beef and produce remained a headache for consum... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/argentine-strike-ends-shortages-persist.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:39:22 EDT Pilots at Argentina's flagship airline walked off the job briefly Thursday, suspending international and domestic flights and temporarily stranding hundreds of passengers. The Aerolineas Argentinas... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/argentine-pilots-stop-flying-for-4-hours.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:50:50 EDT Pilots at Argentina's flagship air carrier have walked off the job, suspending international and domestic flights by the airline. The strike by pilots of Aerolineas Argentinas stranded thousands of... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080403/striking-argentine-pilots-cause-havoc.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:18:36 EDT Argentine farmers rebelling over soaring export taxes on their crops on Wednesday suspended a three-week-long strike that has stripped grocery shelves of beef and produce, granting Cristina Fernandez... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37779-argentina-farmbelt-rebellion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/argentine-farmers-suspend-strike.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/argentine-farmers-suspend-strike.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:58:49 EDT President Cristina Fernandez blasted striking farmers at a rally of 20,000 supporters Tuesday, comparing their nearly three-week-old protest to a 1976 strike that sowed chaos one month before a milit... http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37600-brazil-dengue.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/argentine-president-end-farm-protests.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080402/argentine-president-end-farm-protests.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:56:59 EDT