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here has been three decades that Argentina and Britain joined a war at the Falklands. The war has a bunch of issues to be explored. Author of the book Rabinos de Malvinas (Rabbis from the Falklands), Hernan Dobry is an Argentinian journalist who has been a Bloomberg TV editor, a correspondent for Brazilian and Spanish channels in Buenos Aires, managing editor of Inversor Global, among other major publications. Dobry decided to write the book about the Falklands conflict to describe the unhumane struggles of the Argentine fighters at the time. Also, Dobry wanted to explore the relantionship between rabbis and the Armed Forces of his country. In an interview to Timizzer, the journalist explains more on the book and talks about the economic issues of Argentina...

Argentina was not in the best time already for international investments when Cristina Kirchner had announced the nationalization of YPF last week. The announcement scared a lot of investors fearing that the trend could widespread throughout the region. The event, however, was predictable, as told to Timizzer Argentinian business journalist Hernan Dobry. The airline company Aerolíneas Argentinas, the enegy maker Enarsa, and water distributor Aysa were also previously nationalized by the Kirchner government...

Mariano Otálora is an Argentinian figure who has tried to spur investments in his country. His third book "Invesiones para todos" (Investments for all) is a new attempt to explain the difficulties, risks, and mainly, the importance to do bold investments. In an exclusive interview to Timizzer, Otálora criticizes the irresponsibility of some investment recommendations...

Timizzer.com HSBC to negotiate four operations in Latin America Pemex gets US$ 9 billion trading with the US Telefônica Brasil profits fall by 15.2% América Movil looks to expand business in the US Batista's LLX has US$ 4.5 billion in losses Scandal drops in 19% Walmart's value in Mexico Argentinian industry slows down Continue: Timizzer.com

US suspends benefits to Argentinian exports US to buy wind energy from Mexico Codelco reports US$ 7 billion in profits Uruguay grew by 5.7% in 2011 América Móvil was the most profitable telecommunications company in 2011 LAN, TAM report US$ 24 million spending due to fusion OGX to deliver first shipping of crude

An unexpected 8.5 percent purchase of YPF by the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, has brought also optimism for the Buenos Aires stock exchange Merval. After weeks of losses due to the seizure of 51 percent of the company by the Argentinian government, YPF's stocks had a high of 9.08 percent last Friday. The stocks in New York also grew - by 6.89 percent and closing the trades at US$ 11.17. It also reflected on other oil companies traded at Merval such as Petrobras Energía, which had a 10.79 percent high. The Merval index had a 3.5 percent high, after some bad weeks.

Latin America Investment and Market News Weekly 17/04/2012 by Leonardo Gottems