Argentina’s lower house of congress last night gave final approval to legislation that pardons tax dodgers who invest undeclared funds in either the construction industry or to finance increased oil and gas production. The government says the legislation will help bring part of the $160 billion Argentines hide from the authorities into the economy, and rejected opposition arguments the amnesty provides an opportunity for drug dealers and other criminals to launder money. Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina –  Iran is "infiltrating" South America and setting up intelligence networks to carry out terrorist attacks in the region, an Argentine prosecutor said Wednesday. The prosecutor, Alberto Nisman, has been engaged for 20 years in the effort to charge a handful of former Iranian officials with masterminding the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center. Nisman accused Mohsen Rabbani, Iran's former cultural attaché in Buenos Aires and a suspect in the attack that killed Read more [...]

<![CDATA[ ]]>NEW YORK, May 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WTP Advisors, a global tax and business advisory firm, has opened an office in Argentina.  WTP Advisors Argentina is comprised of the Buenos Aires-based team from Elbert Vagedes Abogados (EVA) and Associates, a prestigious international legal counseling, accounting, tax and business services firm, and will be led by Matias Vagedes, partner.  (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130530/NY23075)"Adopting Read more [...]