Argentina

Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 06:35 UTC
A possible Chinese exit for the ongoing clashes between Repsol YPF and Argentina

China National Offshore Oil Corporation, CNOOC, could prove to be the solution for the ongoing clash between the Argentine government and Spain’s Repsol which holds a majority stake in YPG, Argentina’s main oil and gas company.
Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Petrobras and Argentine government reach tentative agreement to increase investments

The escalade between the Argentine government and the oil companies seems to have cooled off for a few hours on Tuesday following a meeting of Planning Minister Julio De Vido with top officials from Petrobras Argentina, and which was described as ‘productive’.
Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 02:13 UTC
Half a million Argentine tourists ‘invaded’ Chile during the first quarter of 2012

In the first quarter of this year, 1.2 million foreign tourists arrived in Chile, which represents a 14% increase over the same period a year ago, reported the Under Secretary of Tourism Jacqueline Plass.
Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 00:35 UTC
UK confirms it claims repayment of £ 45m loaned to Argentine Junta that invaded the Falklands

The UK is seeking repayment of a loan granted to Argentina in 1979 which was invested in military procurement some of which was used during the Falkland Islands conflict.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 23:10 UTC
US confirms poor soy crops in Argentina and Brazil; prices soar to 2008 levels

Drought in major soybean producers Brazil and Argentina cut their production more deeply than expected the US government said on Tuesday in a report that drove prices to near their highest since 2008.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 23:05 UTC
Argentine Foreign ministry says BP not interested in developing Falklands’ oil

British oil giant BP will not be involved in exploration or production activities in the Falkland Islands, according to the Argentine Foreign Affairs ministry which just a few days ago sent threatening letters to oil industry and financial corporations which could be working or assessing in the disputed South Atlantic waters.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 15:32 UTC
Argentina denies ‘political opportunism’ in Malvinas sovereignty-claim campaign

The Argentine government said that the Malvinas Islands sovereignty claim is “not political opportunism” or geared “to remove other issues from the country’s political agenda” and is coherent with the political and ideological thinking of both Presidents Cristina Fernandez and her late husband and former president Nestor Kirchner.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:59 UTC
Fidel wonders about Canada’s position on Falklands issue at the Americas summit

Fidel Castro accuses Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper of suffering from illusions and says Canada should take a stand in the Falkland Islands dispute in a rambling new essay that lashes out against Cuba’s exclusion from a coming Organization of American States summit.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 06:54 UTC
Uruguay will enjoy “positive discrimination” in bilateral trade with Argentina

Argentina and Uruguay presidents Cristina Fernandez and Jose Mujica agreed Monday evening to discuss their trade differences in the framework of Mercosur and promote “positive discrimination” measures for Uruguayan exports to help compensate the restrictions imported to all imports by the Argentine government.
Tuesday, April 10th 2012 - 05:40 UTC
Repsol CEO in Argentina trying to prevent YPF takeover by the government

Repsol's chairman Antonio Brufau has asked for a meeting with officials from the Argentine government, which investors fear could seize control of the Spanish oil major's unit in Argentina, YPF.