Argentina

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 10:54 UTC

  Falkland Islanders fight for their sovereignty

  

  (By COHA*) - Taking advantage of the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War (April 2/June 14), Argentine President Cristina Fernández and her administration have become increasingly confrontational toward the United Kingdom regarding the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:49 UTC

  Antarctica Chinstrap penguins suffering the effects of a warming climate

  

  The population of chinstrap penguins is feeling the heat, with more than one-third of a breeding colony lost in the past 20 years, new research finds.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  Brazilian bank purchases 3.6% stake in nationalized YPF

  

  Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco purchased a 3.6% stake in Argentina’s nationalized oil company YPF, an operation involving 157.8 million dollars.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:56 UTC

  Argentina invites Russia’s Gazprom to consider investing in YPF operations

  

  The technical teams of Argentine nationalized hydrocarbon companies YPF and Russia’s Gazprom will begin to do joint work in the area, said Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:23 UTC

  Slim downplays meaning of YPF shares deal: “it was the exercise of a financial guarantee”

  

  Carlos Slim Domit, son of tycoon Carlos Slim who recently acquired 8.4% of the shares of YPF oil company, confirmed on Monday that their arrival “was not a share purchase but the exercise of a financial guarantee,” which they have been working on in the last four years.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 22:45 UTC

  Falklands at G20: brief exchange between Cameron and Cristina Fernandez

  

  UK PM David Cameron has refused to accept a letter from Argentina's president about her country's claim to the Falklands Islands. PM Cameron approached President Cristina Fernandez before the first session of the G20 summit in Mexico, No 10 said.

• 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.