Fires continue to hit Argentina hard

Fires continued to ravage Argentina’s northeastern province of Corrientes on Monday, according to authorities.

‘Another hellish day’: Argentina swelters under record heat wave | Al Jazeera

Parts of Argentina and neighbouring countries in South America have been setting record-high temperatures as the region swelters under a historic heatwave.

Argentina roasts in record-setting heat wave

 

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Industria petrolera en la mira

 

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State of emergency due to droughts in Argentina

Agribusiness has declared the agricultural emergency due to drought in Corrientes and Santiago del Estero.

'No deadline' in search for missing submarine

Efforts to locate an Argentine submarine that went missing in the south Atlantic in mid-November will continue as long as needed, naval spokesman Enrique Balbi said on Monday.

Argentine YPF Reaches Preliminary Deal With Shell on Vaca Muerta Field Project

YPF Argentine energy company has signed a preliminary agreement with the Anglo-Dutch Shell oil and gas company for a development project in the Vaca Muerta field.

6.4-magnitude quake reported in west-central Argentina (local time: 17:57, Depth 116 km)

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake occurred in west-central Argentina at 5:57 p.m. local time (20:57 GMT) Sunday, the US Geological Service (USGS) reported.

Plane wreckage found in Argentina 50 years after crash

Half a century after crashing in southern Argentina, the wreckage of a twin-engine Piper Apache aircraft has been found with the bodies of the four people on board, Argentina's National News Agency DyN reported Thursday.

Flooding 'worst in 50 years', as 150,000 flee in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay

Vast areas in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil are being hit by the worst flooding in 50 years, forcing the evacuation of more than 150,000 people.

Argentine scientists clone endangered Asiatic Cheetahs

Scientists from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) have successfully cloned an Asiatic Cheetah, a species in danger of extinction, local media announced Saturday.

Thousands evacuated as flooding hits Argentina

At least three people have died and 11,000 have had to be evacuated from their homes in the Buenos Aires province of Argentina following heavy rain.

Three companies say discover oil north of the Malvinas Islands

Three oil companies said today they had discovered oil north of the Malvinas Islands, setting up potential further confrontation with Argentina which disputes British sovereignty over the islands.

Argentina reclamó ante la OMC contra la Unión Europea por el biodiésel

El Gobierno solicitó a la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) un panel contra la Unión Europea por la imposición de medidas antidumping contra el biodiésel argentino, informó la Cancillería.

Argentina hizo la presentación ante el Organo de Solución de Diferencias de la OMC, al considerar que las medidas europeas "son inconsistentes con el Acuerdo Antidumping de la OMC y el artículo VI del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio (GATT)".

Biodiésel: Argentina presentó un reclamo a la OMC por la sanción europea

La queja es contra la medida antidumping que encareció las exportaciones a la Unión Europea.

El Gobierno presentó hoy ante la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) un reclamo formal contra la "medida antidumping impuesta" por la Unión Europea (UE) a las exportaciones de biodiésel provenientes de la Argentina, informó la Cancillería, que consideró "arbitraria" la decisión del bloque.
"La manifiesta ilegalidad de la medida decidida por la Unión Europea, su espíritu netamente proteccionista y el perjuicio económico que ocasiona a la industria del biodiésel argentino ha movilizado, sin dilaciones, las acciones pertinentes en el ámbito de la OMC que permitirán satisfacer el reclamo del gobierno argentino", aseguró el Palacio San Martín a través de un comunicado.

Europa sigue adelante con el plan de subir los aranceles al biodiésel argentino...

Terminó el plazo de dos semanas para observaciones de las partes. La cámara de productores argentinos no logró convencer a la Comisión Europea y se mantiene la propuesta de subir los aranceles hasta un 26%.

A partir del 28 de noviembre, la Unión Europea impondría los temidos aranceles de entre 22% y 26% contra la industria argentina del biodiésel por presunto dumping. Según un comunicado de la Cámara Argentina de Biocombustibles (CARBIO), ese fue el mensaje que escucharon los representantes de los productores durante la reunión con los técnicos de la Comisión Europea celebrada este miércoles en Bruselas.

Volcano alert on Chile-Argentina border

Low-level alert issued after Copahue Volcano began spewing ash, but officials say no need yet to evacuate people.
Southern Chile's Copahue Volcano has begun spewing plumes of ash skyward, prompting authorities there and in neighbouring Argentina to issue a low-level alert.
The 2,965-metre-high Copahue volcano, which straddles in Argentina's Neuquen province and Chile's Biobio region, began belching ash and gas early on Saturday, but officials said on Sunday it's still in an early eruption stage.

Argentina protests renaming part of Antarctica in honour of Queen

The Argentine Foreign Ministry has summoned the British Ambassador and handed him a formal note of protest against renaming part of Antarctica in honour of Queen Elizabeth II.


Buenos Aires has totally rejected London’s claims to that part of the sixth continent, which is better known in the UK as the British Antarctic Territory, and insists that it is Argentine territory.

ΠΟΕ: Η Αργεντινή προσέφυγε εναντίον της ΕΕ για τους περιορισμούς που επέβαλε η Ισπανία στις εισαγωγές αργεντίνικων βιοκαυσίμων

Η κυβέρνηση της Αργεντινής προσέφυγε σήμερα εναντίον της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης στον Παγκόσμιο Οργανισμό Εμπορίου (ΠΟΕ) αρχίζοντας μιαν αντιδικία για να αμφισβητήσει τους κανόνες που εφαρμόζονται στην Ισπανία και, σύμφωνα με το Μπουένος 'Αϊρες, κάνουν διακρίσεις σε βάρος των εξαγωγών βιοντίζελ της λατινοαμερικάνικης χώρας [1].