Argentina

Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 20:01 UTC
Ghana rejects Argentine plea to drop case of impounded frigate ARA Libertad

Ghana rejected on Wednesday Argentina’s plea for Accra City’s Commercial Tribunal to drop the case that kept the ARA Libertad navy training frigate impounded at Tema port since October 2nd.
Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:53 UTC
Cristina Fernandez: “no one is going to pressure me especially with bullying or thugs”

After the first national strike against her administration, Argentine President Cristina Fernández blasted the CGT and CTA-led protest claiming they appealed to “bullying” tactics and called on workers to defend the “economic development and inclusion model”.
Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:48 UTC
Day of protest a “complete success” and “much stronger than we expected”

Argentine labour unions leaders said that support for the successful national strike was “much stronger than we expected” and urged President Cristina Fernández to listen to “people’s message.”
Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 07:41 UTC
General strike, supported by pickets paralyzed Argentina

Two main opposition umbrella trade unions and other organizations protesting Argentina's economic policies paralyzed the country on Tuesday in the first general strike since President Cristina Fernandez took office five years ago.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 19:05 UTC
Falklands claims UN Decolonization chair is not acting with impartiality

The Falkland Islands government complained on Tuesday that the Chairman of the UN Decolonization Committee, Ambassador Diego Morejón Pazmiño is not acting with the impartiality that his role demands and revealed a letter, which remains unanswered, inviting the ambassador to visit the Falklands matching his informative trip to Argentina on the sovereignty of the Islands dispute.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Major national strike in Argentina with pickets to implement the measure

Argentina’s three main organized labour groupings, and in opposition to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, have called for a national strike on Tuesday which counts with the support of several tens of camp and city organizations plus hundreds of pickets in the main cities ‘to ensure there is no activity’.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 01:36 UTC
Repsol presses charges against Chevron for making business with nationalized YPF

Spanish oil company Repsol has pressed charges against Chevron over “disloyal competition”, after the US company reached an agreement with its former Argentine branch YPF to conduct explorations in the Vaca Muerta reservoir, a company spokesman announced.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 00:46 UTC
Repsol wants fair compensation from Argentina; will appeal to all legal resources

Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau has expressed his determination to reach a solution on compensation for the nationalisation of its shares in YPF, and says that he is willing to take the matter to an international court level to ensure a fair amount is paid.
Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 00:02 UTC
Argentina “will not enter in default” and will honour all re-scheduled bonds

“The only possibility” Argentina contemplates regarding its debt is “to honour all payments” of creditors that entered debt swaps after the sovereign default of 2001, said Economy minister Hernan Lorenzino who underlined that Argentina “cannot and will not enter in default”.
Saturday, November 17th 2012 - 23:29 UTC
Argentina in last minute effort argues possible ‘technical default’ before Judge Griesa

Argentina asked a US judge late Friday night to maintain his order blocking payment on defaulted sovereign bonds to holdout investors until lingering questions are settled in a higher court's appeals process.