Stories for June 19th 2012

Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:56 UTC
Argentina invites Russia’s Gazprom to consider investing in YPF operations

The technical teams of Argentine nationalized hydrocarbon companies YPF and Russia’s Gazprom will begin to do joint work in the area, said Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:44 UTC
Coca Cola confronts NY Mayor Bloomberg: denies responsibility for US obesity epidemics

Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent insists his company is not responsible for the rise in US obesity despite New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's recent moves to limit the consumption of sugary drinks.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:36 UTC
Peña Nieto comfortably ahead for July 1 Mexican presidential election

Mexico's presidential front-runner Enrique Peña Nieto has maintained a wide lead over his rivals with less than two weeks remaining until the July 1 election, an opinion poll showed this week.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:23 UTC
Slim downplays meaning of YPF shares deal: “it was the exercise of a financial guarantee”

Carlos Slim Domit, son of tycoon Carlos Slim who recently acquired 8.4% of the shares of YPF oil company, confirmed on Monday that their arrival “was not a share purchase but the exercise of a financial guarantee,” which they have been working on in the last four years.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:06 UTC
Chavez comfortably ahead of opposition candidate Capriles, show opinion polls

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez has a 16-percentage-point lead over opposition candidate Henrique Capriles ahead of an election in October, a new opinion poll showed on Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 22:45 UTC
Falklands at G20: brief exchange between Cameron and Cristina Fernandez

UK PM David Cameron has refused to accept a letter from Argentina's president about her country's claim to the Falklands Islands. PM Cameron approached President Cristina Fernandez before the first session of the G20 summit in Mexico, No 10 said.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 06:59 UTC
Brazil/Argentina agree G20 common position, but will wait to listen to Germany

Brazil and Argentina agreed on Monday “to oppose any financial adjustment plan” and sponsor development and growth policies to face the world crisis, in the framework of the two-day G20 summit taking place in Mexico.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 06:55 UTC
Chinese PM Wen Jibao to visit Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Chile

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is to attend the upcoming UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) in Rio De Janeiro, and pay official visits to Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile from June 20 to 26, it was announced in Beijing the Foreign Ministry
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 06:51 UTC
Spain warns UN Decolonization Committee not to de-list Gibraltar

Spain made a calm but classic contribution before the United Nations Decolonization Committee (C24) last week defending territorial integrity arguments but also warning the Committee not to de-list Gibraltar without sticking to the current UN criteria.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 06:46 UTC
Argentina with the largest number of protectionist measures worldwide

Argentina has implemented the largest number of protectionist measures worldwide, according to a Latin Business Chronicle analysis of Global Trade Alert data from the UK-based Centre for Economic Policy Research.