Argentina

• Sunday, September 8th 2013 - 00:38 UTC

  Argentina before the NY appeals court hoping ‘vulture’ funds litigation extends into 2014/15

  

  Argentina filed two appeals before the New York Appeals Court over the dispute with the so called ‘vulture (hedge) funds’. The presentation was made a few moments before the Friday deadline and in the petition Argentina requests the revision of the 23 August ruling which orders Argentina to make effective the full payment of 1.4bn dollars (full face value of defaulted sovereign bonds plus interests) to the claimants.

• Sunday, September 8th 2013 - 00:08 UTC

  Pemex confirms interest in YPF shale deposits, but nothing formal yet

  

  Pemex, Mexico’s state oil and gas monopoly and the world’s fifth-largest crude producer, would consider an offer to partner with YPF in developing shale projects in Argentina, said a director of the corporation.

• Saturday, September 7th 2013 - 01:14 UTC

  Extremist group protest against Prince Anne outside Buenos Aires Opera House

  

  With faces covered, flags and sticks the Argentine fundamentalist group Quebracho staged a protest in front of Buenos Aires Colon Opera House where the opening ceremony of the International Olympic Committee took place on Friday evening and which includes among its members Princess Anne.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 02:25 UTC

  Malvinas/Gibraltar has ‘enormous similarities’ and Spain could vote jointly with Argentina

  

  Spain could vote jointly with Argentina resolutions on Gibraltar and the Malvinas Islands in international forums, although with some reserves, admitted Spanish Foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo during his visit to Uruguay.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 02:20 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court delays crucial ruling until after mid-term October election

  

  Amid high social and political expectations over the Argentine Supreme Court’s ruling to determine whether the controversial Broadcast Media Law is constitutional or not, a top judge said the decision is not expected to come before October’s mid term legislative elections.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 02:00 UTC

  Mujica confirms: no intention of irritating Argentina on pulp mills’ controversy

  

  Uruguay’ President Jose Mujica said the decision authorizing a possible expansion, or not, of the UPM/Botnia pulp mill is closely linked to Argentina and the construction of a third plant along an inside Uruguayan river and not a shared one as is the case now.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:30 UTC

  “Go ask Obama why US refuses to support Argentina in dispute with vulture funds”

  

  President Cristina Fernández spoke out against the US refusal to discuss Argentina’s dispute with the so-called ‘vulture funds’, (and its inclusion in the final declaration) during the G-20 meeting in Moscow, Russia.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:17 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez meets WTO chief and blasts world powers ‘protectionism’

  

  With a busy agenda prior to her G20 Summit address, Argentine President Cristina Fernández renewed her criticism of so called world powers’ “protectionism” and warned about a “crisis of the multilateral system” both in the economic and political arenas.

• Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 03:53 UTC

  Argentine politicians warn Uruguay on possible expansion of pulp mill production capacity

  

  The bilateral conflict between Argentina and Uruguay over the UPM/Botnia pulp mill, on the Uruguayan side of the Uruguay River is once again leading to tension between the two neighbours amid reports that the plant’s Finnish owners plan to increase production from 1.1 to 1.3 million tons of cellulose paste per year.

• Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 02:46 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez anticipates she will address ‘vulture funds’ issue at G20 summit

  

  After arriving in Russia for the two-day G20 summit, Argentine President Cristina Fernández stressed she will be addressing the “vulture funds issue” during the summit despite the US rejected to mention it in the final statement.