Argentina

• Wednesday, December 2nd 2009 - 05:38 UTC

  Repsol-YPF makes major oil discovery in Neuquen basin

  

  Spain’s Repsol YPF confirmed in Buenos Aires local media reports that it has hit oil in Argentina's Neuquen province, but the potential from the well has still not been technically certified, a company spokesman said.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 12:59 UTC

  Argentina protests Lisbon Treaty which has Falklands as associate territory

  

  With the coming into effect December first of the European Union Lisbon Treaty, Argentina has instructed its embassies to protest EU pretensions that Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and surrounding maritime spaces, and the Argentine Antarctic sector are EU associate territories.

• Tuesday, December 1st 2009 - 10:35 UTC

  Mujica and Mrs. Kirchner to meet next week in Montevideo

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be meeting next week with Uruguay’s president-elect Jose Mujica, announced Argentine ambassador in Montevideo, Hernán Patiño Mayer.

• Saturday, November 28th 2009 - 21:48 UTC

  Pope says treaty between Argentina and Chile was ‘an example of peace before barbaric violence'

  

  Pope Benedict XVI hailed a 1984 Vatican-mediated friendship agreement between Argentina and Chile as a “luminous example” of peace winning out over war during an audience Saturday with the presidents of both countries.

• Friday, November 27th 2009 - 05:12 UTC

  South America backs Argentina/Uruguay bid to host 2030 World Cup

  

  South American football's governing body CSF has backed a bid by Argentina and Uruguay to jointly stage the 2030 World Cup finals to commemorate the centenary of the first tournament that was also held in Uruguay.

• Thursday, November 26th 2009 - 13:43 UTC

  Chile and Argentina celebrate 25 years of peace treaty with Benedict XVI

  

  Pope Benedict XVI will receive Saturday in the Vatican the presidents from Argentina and Chile to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the peace treaty which avoided a full fledged war between the neighbouring countries over the Beagle channel and three mostly uninhabited islands in the extreme south of Tierra del Fuego.

• Thursday, November 26th 2009 - 13:37 UTC

  Argentina admits delay in bonds swap offer for holdouts

  

  Argentina’s planned offer to swap as much as 20 billion US dollars of defaulted debt to help it re-enter international credit markets for the first time since 2001 may be delayed until January, admitted Economy Minister Amado Boudou.

• Thursday, November 26th 2009 - 07:51 UTC

  Argentina contracts icebreaker for Antarctic 2009/2010 campaign

  

  Argentina’s Ministry of Defence announced the contract of an icebreaker and a helicopter for the coming 2009/2010 Antarctic campaign. The news was published in the government’s official bulletin and involves almost 8 million US dollars.

• Thursday, November 26th 2009 - 05:31 UTC

  First Argentine marine commander to land in Falklands in April 1982 arrested

  

  Three Argentine retired naval officers including Rear Admiral Carlos Busser who in April 1982 commanded the first group of Argentines marines to land in the Falkland Islands, have been arrested for alleged human rights abuses during the last military government.

• Wednesday, November 25th 2009 - 15:02 UTC

  Distinguished academic next Argentine ambassador in London

  

  A distinguished solicitor who has dedicated his life to social and political sciences and promoting culture, Jose Nun is tipped as the next Argentine ambassador in Britain.