Argentina

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 23:17 UTC

  Argentine government appeals to Supreme Court on the Media Law case

  

  Argentine Justice Minister Julio Alak announced the government presented the “per saltum” recourse before the Supreme Court as it seeks to put an end to the case over the constitutionality of the Media Law’s divestment article.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 23:10 UTC

  ARA Libertad is in the high seas; great reception in Mar del Plata on 9 January

  

  The Argentine Navy flagship ARA Libertad set sail for Mar del Plata on Wednesday four days after a UN court ordered its release from the Tema port in Accra, Ghana, following a 77 day embargo (since 2 October) due to a claim by vulture fund NML Capital.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 20:45 UTC

  Chevron/YPF sign pilot accord to drill 100 wells in Vaca Muerta shale deposits

  

  US Chevron and Argentina’s nationalized YPF signed a partnership to on Wednesday to invest 1 billion dollars to develop the shale-oil reserves of Vaca Muerta in the hydrocarbons rich Patagonian province of Neuquén.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Temporary relief for Clarin Group; case delayed for another two months

  

  Argentine media group Clarin SA was granted temporary relief on Tuesday from the government's effort to implement a media law that would force the conglomerate to sell some of its most profitable assets.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 04:06 UTC

  Europe opens state of the art satellite tracking station in Argentina

  

  A new satellite tracking station at Malargue, Mendoza, Argentina, was formally inaugurated on Tuesday, completing the trio of deep-space stations and confirming ESA, European Space Agency, as one of the world's most technologically advanced space organisations.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 22:37 UTC

  Organized labour challenges Cristina Fernandez with a demonstration on Wednesday

  

  Argentina’ so organized CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano, and CTA umbrella union leader Pablo Micheli confirmed on Tuesday a downtown march against the government of President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 22:33 UTC

  Ghanaian government confirms the release of ARA Libertad

  

  The Ghanaian government confirmed on Tuesday it would comply with the UN Law of the Sea court decision to release the Argentine navy flagship ARA Libertad, impounded in Tema since October 2, over a debt dispute between a US hedge fund and the Argentine government.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Argentine government begins process to dismember Clarin media group

  

  Argentina's government Monday began the process of auctioning off media licenses and related assets held by the media conglomerate Grupo Clarin SA. The move, which government officials say should take about 100 business days to complete, comes after a lower court judge ruled Friday that a three-year-old media law requiring Clarin to be dismantled is constitutional.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 04:01 UTC

  Argentina says Belgian highest court rules against seizure of diplomatic accounts

  

  The Belgian Supreme Court threw out an attempt by hedge funds to seize Argentina’s diplomatic accounts in that country, according to a release on Monday from the Argentine Foreign ministry.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 03:56 UTC

  IMF board to consider Argentina’s stats case at the end of January

  

  The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund will again meet at the end of January to debate Argentina’s improvement in the quality of its official economic index, IMF spokesman announced on Monday.