Argentina

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 07:09 UTC

  Argentina launches tender for 90 cargoes of LNG in 2012; up 80% from 2011

  

  Argentina's state energy company Enarsa has launched an international tender for the delivery of a more-than-expected 90 cargoes of LNG in 2012 to meet rising energy demand, a source said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Falklands’ conflict facsimiles of Argentine “instruments of surrender” go under the hammer

  

  Four rare artifacts from the Falklands War are to go under the hammer next November 17, including surrender documents which would normally be housed in government archives, reports the Daily Mail.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:41 UTC

  Mujica says Argentina was not involved in the “tax haven” claim incident

  

  Uruguay’s President, José Mujica said on Monday that Argentina had nothing to do with the comment made by France’s leader Nicolas Sarkozy indicating that Uruguay was a “tax haven.”

• Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:32 UTC

  Argentina names trade expert as next ambassador in Brazil

  

  Luis Maria Kreckler currently Argentina’s Foreign Ministry’s Trade and Economic Affairs secretary and who was also considered a strong candidate to be the Foreign Minister in the next presidential cabinet, was appointed as Argentina’s Ambassador to Brazil.

• Tuesday, November 8th 2011 - 08:13 UTC

  YPF announces a billion barrels shale-oil discovery in Argentina

  

  Oil company YPF confirmed Monday the finding of its biggest oil discovery in Argentina yet to the Buenos Aires stock exchange. The discovery was made in the Neuquén province and is equivalent to 927 million barrels.

• Monday, November 7th 2011 - 05:54 UTC

  Major oil company sale collapses after Argentina impones forex controls

  

  China’s Cnooc Ltd.'s deal to buy BP Plc's 7.1 billion dollars stake in Argentine crude producer Pan American Energy LLC collapsed, ten days after Argentina's president ordered oil companies to repatriate export revenue.

• Monday, November 7th 2011 - 05:45 UTC

  The Peronist and Kirchner fad reaches a set of different beer blends

  

  Peronist militancy in Argentina has now reached beer brands with the presentation of different names dear to followers of the country’s main political force: “Evita”, “17 de Octubre”, “Montoneros” and “Doble K”.

• Monday, November 7th 2011 - 05:43 UTC

  Argentine car exports felt in October the cooling of the Brazilian market

  

  Argentina's car makers, a key pillar of the industrial sector, saw production cool in October from the record levels seen in recent months as demand from neighboring Brazil dropped off.

• Saturday, November 5th 2011 - 07:51 UTC

  Obama praises CFK and Argentina as “great friends of the US”

  

  US President Barack Obama defined Cristina Fernández and Argentina “a great friend” of the United States in a meeting between both Head of States. The bilateral meeting Friday lasted around thirty minutes and took place in the Carlton Hotel in Cannes in the framework of the G20 summit.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:45 UTC

  Obama is right: much to learn from CFK re-election; final vote count 54.11%

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández obtained over 54% of votes in the presidential elections, according to the definitive vote count released Thursday by Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo.