Argentina

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 08:16 UTC

  Italian lawmakers support “a more relevant role” for Argentina in the Malvinas dispute

  

  Forty-eight Italian senators and lawmakers expressed their public support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands in a letter sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Argentine Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 08:09 UTC

  Argentina’s top journalists demand “we want to ask” and list the ten issues ‘banned’ by CFK

  

  Tens of leading Argentine journalists gathered in Buenos Aires in a television program where each of them was invited to make public what question they would like to ask President Cristina Fernandez in obvious reference to the difficulties to have access to the Argentine head of state and her very limited contact with the press.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 01:36 UTC

  YPF’ golden boy in 2009 was offered the same job but his demands were considered ‘excessive’

  

  Miguel Galuccio the new CEO of seized oil corporation YPF had already discussed conditions with the Argentine government for the job back in 2009, reveals the Spanish press. At that time no agreement was reached because the salary and other conditions he demanded were considered excessive.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2012 - 00:52 UTC

  EU agrees to file a trade suit with WTO against Argentina’s import restrictions

  

  The European Union has agreed to file a trade suit against Argentina's import restrictions with the World Trade Organization (WTO), a senior Spanish government source said on Monday, reports Reuters.

• Monday, May 14th 2012 - 23:22 UTC

  Bio-fuels expert forecast Argentina will become EU main supplier in spite of Spain

  

  Bio-fuels expert Christopher Berg and head of F.O. Licht forecasted that Argentina this year will become the largest exporter of bio-diesel to the European Union in spite of the Spanish veto to imports in retaliation for the seizure of YPF.

• Monday, May 14th 2012 - 23:17 UTC

  Argentina writes to EU expressing “great concern” because of Spanish ban on bio-diesel

  

  The Argentine government expressed “great concern” on Monday following the decision from the Spanish government to ban bio-diesel “not produced within the European Union” from the country.

• Sunday, May 13th 2012 - 09:10 UTC

  Argentina doesn’t want to start a trade war

  

  By Jorge Argüello (*) - What defines a protectionist country nowadays? Is it when a developing country takes precautions against a flood of products with plummeting prices due to an international crisis? Or, is it when an export powerhouse delivers large subsidies exclusively for domestic production? In a world economy like today’s can protectionism be measured solely by Customs measures or those targeting imports?

• Saturday, May 12th 2012 - 09:21 UTC

  Argentina/Spain dispute moves from oil corporation to too quality hams

  

  Just days after finalizing the hostile takeover of Spanish-owned oil and gas company YPF, the Argentine government got even more hostile, freezing imports of Spain’s signature delicacy: ham.

• Saturday, May 12th 2012 - 09:19 UTC

  Poor year for Argentine exports of apples and pears: lesser volumes and lower prices

  

  The Argentine Chamber of Integrated Fruit Exporters, CAFI reported that apple and pear exports continued a sharp decline in terms of exported volume, with a downfall of 30% (about 90.000 tons in total) compared to the previous year and 15% less in relation to 2010.

• Friday, May 11th 2012 - 21:15 UTC

  IAE warns Argentina YPF seizure could scare away international oil companies

  

  Argentina's seizure of 51% of the shares of Spanish oil group Repsol's YPF unit could scare away international firms from investing in the, the International Energy Agency said on Friday.