Argentina Sends Letter to EU Trade Head on Spain Biodiesel Ban

The move will affect 10 percent of its biodiesel exports to the European Union, Argentina’s Foreign Ministry said in a press release on its website today. Argentina said it sent a letter to EU Director General for Trade Jean-Luc Demarty.

Exclusive: Brazil targets Argentina with trade licenses

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil escalated a growing trade fight with Argentina on Monday by increasing the bureaucratic obstacles for importing a list of perishable products, a senior government official told Reuters, putting at risk its involvement in a major regional trade group.

Exclusive: EU to lodge suit against Argentina with WTO

MADRID (Reuters) - The European Union has agreed to file a trade suit against Argentina's import restrictions with the World Trade Organization (WTO), a senior Spanish government source said on Monday. The suit is not directly linked to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's decision to seize control of its biggest oil company, YPF, a subsidiary of Spain's Repsol

Argentina's Banco Frances Sees Loan Growth Slowing To 25% In 2012

Argentina's BBVA Banco Frances SA (BFR, FRAN.BA) said Monday it expects its loan portfolio to grow about 25% this year, after increasing almost 49% in 2011.

Argentina's Seizure Of YPF May Come Back To Hurt Country's Energy Ambitions

Argentina's nationalization of YPF, the country's largest oil and natural gas producer, may come back to hurt its energy ambitions, said this month's International Energy Agency oil market report.

Farms in main Argentina grains province to strike

By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES, May 14 (Reuters) - Farmers in Argentina's mainagricultural province will hold a strike this week against aproposed tax increase, but the planned five-day halt in cropsales ...

Argentina backsliding into nationalizing

On May 3, Argentina's Congress, spurred by President Cristina Fernandez, voted to expropriate ...

Argentina: Ten-man Boca draws, falls from first

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- A 10-man Boca Juniors settled for a lackluster 0-0 draw against Velez Sarsfield on Sunday, a result that handed first place to Newell's Old Boys in Argentina's first division.

Argentina: Ten-man Boca settles for tie, loses first

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- A 10-man Boca Juniors settled for a lackluster 0-0 draw against Velez Sarsfield on Sunday, a result that handed first place to Newell's Old Boys in Argentina's first division.

Argentina sex-change, 'right-to-die' laws make waves

Argentina, the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage, created a fresh stir this week by making sex-change operations and end-of-life decisions by relatives a legal right.