Argentina

• Wednesday, November 11th 2015 - 06:11 UTC

  Argentina's Supreme Court orders YPF to publicly release 2013 contract with Chevron

  

  Argentina's supreme court has ordered state-controlled YPF to publicly release all clauses of a 2013 contract with Chevron to develop shale oil in the country's vast Vaca Muerta formation. In a 3-1 ruling, the justices sided with opposition Socialist Senator Hector Ruben Giustiniani, ruling that the state's 51% stake in the firm effectively makes it a public company subject to transparency laws.

• Monday, November 9th 2015 - 08:30 UTC

  North of Chile rattles with a series of tremors which were felt in Argentina

  

  North of Chile has been rocked by a series of tremors during early Saturday and most of Sunday, but no injuries or damage has been reported, the University of Chile's Seismology Institute said. The earthquake shook an estimated 20 cities, Arica, Cuya, Pocon Chile, Camina, Mamiña and Pisagua, the national emergency management office said.

• Monday, November 9th 2015 - 07:58 UTC

  Macri leads by eight points, but one in ten voters remains undecided, says poll

  

  With two weeks to Argentina's presidential runoff on 22 November and to decide who will succeed Cristina Fernandez on 10 December, opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has a several points lead over the incumbent Daniel Scioli, although there still is a significant percentage of undecided voters, according to a public opinion poll released on Sunday.

• Monday, November 9th 2015 - 07:41 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez cancels trip to G20 summit and joins Scioli's presidential campaign

  

  Argentina president Cristina Fernandez has suspended her attendance to the G20 summit in Turkey to campaign for the incumbent presidential candidate, Daniel Scioli, ahead of the 22 November runoff, when he confronts opposition hopeful Mauricio Macri, the big surprise of the electoral dispute.

• Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 07:48 UTC

  YPF focusing on boosting natural gas production; investors waiting for “post-election clarity”

  

  Argentina's state-run energy company YPF said on Friday it plans to focus on boosting natural gas production in 2016, while also pursuing a gradual reduction in drilling and completion costs and looking for more partnerships for shale and tight play projects. It also admitted that potential investors are waiting for post-election clarity on economic and energy policies before “making any decisions”.

• Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 07:33 UTC

  Argentina: Massa tells FT he has been given the task of controlling government

  

  Sergio Massa is seen as the kingmaker in Argentina’s approaching presidential election runoff next 22 November, with the power to influence more than a fifth of the electorate after taking third place in last month’s first round.

• Saturday, November 7th 2015 - 07:08 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas soldiers' remains: Argentine delegation meets Red Cross chief

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry Secretary for Malvinas affairs Ambassador Daniel Filmus, and Argentine ambassador before international organizations in Geneva, Alberto D'Alotto, met on Thursday with the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Peter Maurer, to address the issue of identifying the remains of 123 soldiers Argentine fallen during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982 and buried in the Argentine cemetery at Darwin, in the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 6th 2015 - 18:56 UTC

  Falklands' maps and 'The Times' report manipulated in Argentine embassy pamphlets

  

  By Justin A Kuntz - There are many examples of the power of social media to quickly form and mould world opinion. One recent example is that of Dr Tim Hunt, a Nobel Prize winner, whose professional reputation was utterly destroyed on Twitter whilst airborne during a return flight from Korea. Increasingly social media is also seen as a crucial communication tool for politicians and opinion makers to master.

• Friday, November 6th 2015 - 11:20 UTC

  Malvinas-distance electronic boards to be posted in Buenos Aires City

  

  Buenos Aires City legislative council approved on Thursday a bill by which road electronic boards must be posted in the Argentine capital indicating direction and distance to the Falklands/Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, which are claimed by Argentina.

• Friday, November 6th 2015 - 07:49 UTC

  Malvinas war Argentine film screened to Falklands veterans at embassy

  

  British veterans of the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas conflict met with Argentine ex-combatant Edgardo Esteban at the Embassy of Argentina in London where an Argentine produced film about the war was screened.