Argentina

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 16:52 UTC

  Falklands’ spot: UK regrets Argentina’s attempts to exploit and politicise Olympic Games

  

  The British Foreign Office criticized a controversial spot showing an Argentine athlete training for the London Olympic Games in Port Stanley, in the Falklands as an attempt to exploit and politicise the Games.

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 06:35 UTC

  The plot behind the Argentine Olympics-Falklands political spot

  

  The controversial Argentine government Olympic spot allegedly in support of the delegation that will competing in the coming London games had everybody on the black: public opinion, the athlete who ignored who really paid for his acting, obviously the Falklands where it was filmed and even the Argentine Olympic Committee.

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 06:15 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez admits the challenge of turning YPF competitive and efficient

  

  President Cristina Fernández said that YPF will be a “great challenge for Argentina” since it will have to turn into a modern competitive oil company in line with the interests of the country.

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 06:11 UTC

  YPF vote splits opposition Radical party; dissenters blame government for the energy policy

  

  Even when the YPF nationalization bill in the Argentine Lower House was passed with support from most opposition parties, including the two main groupings the event was not without incidents.

• Friday, May 4th 2012 - 06:01 UTC

  Euphoric Argentine lawmakers celebrate final approval of YPF seizure

  

  After a two-day session, Argentina’s Lower House voted late Thursday night 207-32 in favour of expropriating energy corporation YPF, clearing the way for President Cristina Fernandez to sign the controversial bill into law.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 13:38 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Reaction to Argentine Olympic Advert

  

  We were very disappointed this morning to see the advert from the Argentine Presidential Office, attempting to politicise the Olympics in service of their territorial ambitions. This video was filmed without the knowledge of the Falkland Islands authorities.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 07:39 UTC

  US and EU concerned with “investment climate” following Bolivia’s seizure of Spanish power company

  

  Bolivian President Evo Morales Government’s decision to nationalize the main power transport company that was in hands of Red Eléctrica Española (REE) generated claims from Spain, while United States and the European Union showed their “concern.”

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 07:24 UTC

  CFK supports Ambassador Castro during the opening of a ‘Malvinas patio’ in government house

  

  President Cristina Fernández defended Argentine Ambassador to the UK Alicia Castro, who tackled British Foreign Minister William Hague over Falklands/Malvinas Islands dialogue and stressed the fact that “the right to talk cannot be invalidated.”

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 06:38 UTC

  Olympic Games joins Falklands’ dispute: “To compete in English soil, we train in Argentine soil”

  

  As was somehow anticipated by Ambassador in UK Alicia Castro’s attitude, Argentina is determined to take advantage of the London Olympic Games global exposure to press for its claims over the Falklands Islands, as part of a plan allegedly called “Sowing for the Malvinas claim”.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 02:19 UTC

  UK describes incident of Ambassador Castro with Hague as “disappointing”

  

  The United Kingdom ratified on its refusal to start any negotiation over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, and considered “disappointing” the episode occurred on Monday between Argentine ambassador to London Alicia Castro and British Foreign Secretary William Hague.