Argentina

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 - 06:46 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.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 05:59 UTC
Jewish centre asks for arrest of Iranian terrorist-suspects if they attend Rio+20

The Simon Wiesenthal Centre has requested the Brazilian government “to arrest and extradite” any Iranian officials with pending arrest warrants from Interpol because of their links with a terrorist attack in Argentina, if they arrive in Brazil for the Rio+20 conference as members of the official delegation from Teheran.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 05:57 UTC
Canadian company buys gold-silver mines in Santa Cruz, Argentine Patagonia

Canada’s Yamana Gold Inc. plans to buy Extorre Gold Mines Ltd. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at 403.6 million dollars, the companies announced Monday.
Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 01:30 UTC
PM Cameron accuses Argentina of colonialism and protectionism ahead of G20

British Prime Minister David Cameron has fired a broadside at Argentina ahead of the opening of the G20 summit in Mexico, accusing the country of colonialism over the Falklands and protectionism in world trade.
Monday, June 18th 2012 - 07:35 UTC
Argentine government denies any re-re-election plan; opposition don’t believe them even if written on stone

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez main political spokesperson, Senator Alberto Fernández assured that the government has no plans of carrying out a constitutional reform and said that speculation about the 2013 legislative elections is “obscene.”
Monday, June 18th 2012 - 03:12 UTC
“An agreement over the Falklands is a matter of time”, says world affairs analyst

Analyst of the Investigation Conflicts Unit at The Hague, Ivan Briscoe said that some kind of agreement involving the Argentine claim of sovereignty of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands is only a matter of time.
Monday, June 18th 2012 - 02:24 UTC
Ban Ki-moon good offices on Falklands issue if “both parties are willing to engage”

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his good offices to help resolve the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the UK, but also pointed out “as long as the parties are willing to engage”.
Monday, June 18th 2012 - 00:56 UTC
Chile’s ENAP recovers oil concession revoked when Argentina seized YPF from Repsol

Chile's state-owned oil and gas company ENAP, Empresa Nacional del Petroleo, recovered the Southern Argentine concession revoked in March by Chubut province, when the dispute over YPF, ENAP said in a statement Friday.
Monday, June 18th 2012 - 00:12 UTC
Cameron will personally present Falklands message to Kirchner

By Graham Bound, London - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez will get her wish on Monday or Tuesday, when she meets Prime Minister David Cameron in the fringes of the G20 meeting in Mexico to talk about the Falkland Islands.