Argentina

• Saturday, December 22nd 2012 - 08:08 UTC

  Argentina strongly protests UK’s naming Queen Elizabeth land in Antarctica

  

  Argentina strongly protested on Friday Britain's decision to name a vast swath of Antarctica as Queen Elizabeth Land. The Foreign ministry handed a formal protest note to British Ambassador John Freeman in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, December 22nd 2012 - 08:03 UTC

  World Bank’s arbitration unit receives Repsol’s complaint over YPF nationalization

  

  The World Bank's arbitration unit has agreed to hear a complaint by Spanish oil firm Repsol over Argentina's nationalization of the company's former energy affiliate YPF.

• Friday, December 21st 2012 - 22:39 UTC

  Looting extends in Argentina: two people shot dead, dozens injured in clashes with police

  

  A rash of looting and ransacking of supermarkets in Argentine major cities and several provinces left two people killed, dozens injured and hundreds arrested. The looting and vandalizing of supermarkets began in the Patagonian resort of Bariloche on Thursday and seemingly triggered a knock-on effect across different provinces, as similar incidents began to arise in Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos and Chaco provinces.

• Friday, December 21st 2012 - 00:12 UTC

  Buenos Aires sends Border guard to contain rioting and looting in Bariloche

  

  The Argentine government is deploying four hundred border guards to the Patagonian resort of Bariloche following violent looting in several local supermarkets and other businesses on Wednesday. Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina made the announcement on national television.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 18:00 UTC

  ARA Libertad: Ghana port authority lost 7.6m dollars; could demand NML Capital

  

  Ghana’s Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) admits to having lost 7.6 million dollars as a result of the Argentine frigate ARA Libertad's occupation of its prime berth for a period of 76 days, reports Accra’s Graphic Online.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  “Madame President: pls address inflation and rampant crime” demands Argentine organized labour

  

  Argentine dissident organized labour concentrated at the emblematic Plaza de Mayo and claimed the government of Cristina Fernandez was applying IMF recipes by halting wage hikes for workers and called on the Lady to address inflation and rampant crime.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 23:17 UTC

  Argentine government appeals to Supreme Court on the Media Law case

  

  Argentine Justice Minister Julio Alak announced the government presented the “per saltum” recourse before the Supreme Court as it seeks to put an end to the case over the constitutionality of the Media Law’s divestment article.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 23:10 UTC

  ARA Libertad is in the high seas; great reception in Mar del Plata on 9 January

  

  The Argentine Navy flagship ARA Libertad set sail for Mar del Plata on Wednesday four days after a UN court ordered its release from the Tema port in Accra, Ghana, following a 77 day embargo (since 2 October) due to a claim by vulture fund NML Capital.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 20:45 UTC

  Chevron/YPF sign pilot accord to drill 100 wells in Vaca Muerta shale deposits

  

  US Chevron and Argentina’s nationalized YPF signed a partnership to on Wednesday to invest 1 billion dollars to develop the shale-oil reserves of Vaca Muerta in the hydrocarbons rich Patagonian province of Neuquén.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Temporary relief for Clarin Group; case delayed for another two months

  

  Argentine media group Clarin SA was granted temporary relief on Tuesday from the government's effort to implement a media law that would force the conglomerate to sell some of its most profitable assets.