Stories for April 2015

Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 05:55 UTC
Gazprom and YPF will sign agreement to develop Argentina shale oil and gas deposits

Argentine energy company YPF CEO Miguel Galuccio is scheduled to sign on Wednesday in Moscow a contract on joint exploitation of shale oil and gas in the rich Vaca Muerta fields of Patagonian province Neuquén. The contract is part of the bilateral agenda to be addressed by visiting Argentine president Cristina Fernandez on Thursday, when she meets with Vladimir Putin.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 03:18 UTC
Falklands' Argentine cemetery remains' identification turns into controversy

The United Kingdom regretted that Argentina was 'making politics out of a humanitarian issue”, following the claim from the administration of President Cristina Fernandez that UK was delaying the identification process of 123 Argentine soldiers, who died during the 1982 Falklands War and were buried as the Unknown Warriors on the Islands Argentine cemetery.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2015 - 01:58 UTC
Argentina sues Falklands' oil and support companies involved in hydrocarbons drilling

The Argentine government on Tuesday sued several energy and support companies that are drilling for oil near the Falkland Islands, the latest chapter of a longstanding dispute over the South Atlantic archipelago, though analysts say it will have little practical effect. The criminal case was filed in Rio Grande, Tierra del Fuego province which according to the Argentine constitution includes the Falklands and Antarctica.
Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 08:09 UTC
Jewish association denies any link with hedge funds demanding Argentina, as claimed by Cristina Fernandez

Top Argentine Jewish association, DAIA, on Monday denied that there was any relationship linking the Argentine Jewish community with deceased prosecutor Alberto Nisman and hedge funds involved in a U.S. court case in response to accusations made on the weekend by President Cristina Fernandez.
Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 08:00 UTC
Appeals court dismisses Nisman's case against President Cristina Fernandez

A Court of Cassations (Appeals) prosecutor on Monday refused to take on the criminal complaint formulated by late AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman, in which he accused Argentine President Cristina Fernández and other government officials of covering up the identities of those responsible for the deadly bombing at the Jewish community centre.
Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:36 UTC
Falklands' public consultation period on oil industry impact extended until Friday

The Falkland Islands government (FIG) announced it has extended the public consultation period for the Oil & Gas Social Effects Monitoring Program, which was originally intended to end this week. The new deadline is Friday 24 April.
Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:22 UTC
Significant blow to toothfish poaching in Antarctica and Patagonian waters

Operation Icefish, Sea Shepherd's first campaign to target Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported (IUU) fishing of toothfish in the waters of Antarctica, and the organization's longest, continuous at-sea campaign to date has concluded with unexpected success.
Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:12 UTC
New York governor and a large business delegation land in Havana

Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo arrived in the Cuban capital on Monday heading a large delegation of business people interested in learning firsthand the Cuban reality and making contacts for future business endeavors. Cuomo was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Josefina Vidal, head of the USA desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.
Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 06:59 UTC
Argentine opposition gets most votes in primaries of two main electoral districts

Argentine opposition parties came ahead in the regional primaries for governors held on Sunday in two important electoral districts, Santa Fe and Mendoza. Argentina is holding general elections next October but the law makes mandatory the open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries, PASO, which also help to give an idea of the electoral map and political feeling of public opinion.
Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 01:16 UTC
World Bank warns Latin America about permanent slowdown in the absence of structural reform

In its latest semiannual report, “Latin America Treads a Narrow Path to Growth: The Slowdown and its Macroeconomic Challenges,” the World Bank´s Office of the Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean forecasts a fourth year of slow growth for the region.