MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 16th 2012
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Monday, April 16th 2012 - 21:48 UTC
Argentina sends bill to takeover control of YPF from Spain’s Repsol
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent to Congress a draft bill to expropriate Spain’s Repsol’s holdings of YPF oil and gas company. The announcement was made on Monday at the Government House during a sudden meeting with officials, political leaders, unionists and businessmen.
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Monday, April 16th 2012 - 06:54 UTC
Americas’ summit ends divided with no final declaration on the Cuban issue
Unprecedented Latin American opposition to US sanctions on Cuba left President Barack Obama isolated at a summit on Sunday and illustrated Washington's challenged influence in a region being aggressively courted by China.
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Monday, April 16th 2012 - 06:52 UTC
Obama insists Cuba must change and move to democracy
President Barack Obama pressed on US policy toward Cuba by other leaders from the Americas, on Sunday voiced hope for a transition to democracy in the region's only one-party system state.
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Monday, April 16th 2012 - 06:49 UTC
Timerman says summit left “a very positive balance” for Argentina
Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman indicated that Argentina’s participation in the 6th Summit of the Americas “left a very positive balance,” and stressed on the importance of the bilateral meeting between President Cristina Fernández and US president Barack Obama.
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Monday, April 16th 2012 - 06:02 UTC
Uruguay became prisoner of Argentina, when it rejected a free trade accord with the US
Uruguay has fallen prisoner of Mercosur and Argentina because it did not sign the free trade agreement with the United States which was offered to the country in the previous government of Tabare Vazquez, said two-times President Julio Maria Sanguinetti.
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Monday, April 16th 2012 - 04:55 UTC
Obama confirms at the summit US neutrality on the Falklands/Malvinas question
The US will remain on the sidelines in the dispute between the UK and Argentina over the Falkland Islands sovereignty, said President Barack Obama on Sunday at the conclusion of the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
