International

Tuesday, April 7th 2015 - 07:51 UTC
World soy production forecasted to fall next season; Argentina could be the exception

World soybean production will fall next season for the first time in four years, undermined by a drop in US output, although the fall may not prove sufficient to support prices, Oil World said. However in South America, Argentina and Paraguay could be heading for new record crops.
Tuesday, April 7th 2015 - 06:25 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas war documents declassified; Argentine Defense ministry has 30 days to make them available

The Argentine government on Monday officially declassified secret files relating to the country's 1982 war with Britain over the Falkland Islands. The Defense Ministry has 30 working days to establish a mechanism for members of the public to consult the records, according to a resolution published in the official gazette.
Tuesday, April 7th 2015 - 05:43 UTC
Europe at center of debate in UK electoral campaign that anticipates no clear winner

Several lawmakers from British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservatives will join the anti-EU UK Independence Party if he renews a coalition with the pro-EU Liberal Democrats, UKIP’s leader Nigel Farage forecasted.
Monday, April 6th 2015 - 17:07 UTC
Unlikely Gibraltar talks in 2015: elections in UK, Spain and the Rock

If tripartite talks were restarted between Gibraltar, Spain and UK and agreements reached, as they were under the ‘Cordoba’ experience, these would almost certainly need to take the form of treaties so that Spain can be relied on to stick to them. Nevertheless 2015 is year of elections in UK, Spain and Gibraltar.
Monday, April 6th 2015 - 06:20 UTC
International legal actions against Petrobras keep climbing

One of Sweden’s largest investors has pledged to take direct legal action against Petrobras, becoming the third large investor to seek damages individually from the Brazilian oil group.
Monday, April 6th 2015 - 06:02 UTC
UK ratifies support for Falklands' oil and gas industry development

The British government has dismissed a reported threat from Argentina to prosecute oil firms drilling near the  Falkland Islands. Argentine authorities said that the explorations “carry a huge environmental risk” and claimed that the London-registered companies, which announced last week they had found oil and gas in a remote field off the Islands, should be tried in Argentina
Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 07:08 UTC
Falklands first well of current drilling program declared “oil and gas discovery”

The Falkland Islands government welcomed on Thursday the announcement by Premier Oil and partners that the 14/15b=5 “Zebedee” well has been declared an oil and gas discovery following the completion of its evaluation program, Zebedee is the first of six wells from the current drilling campaign planned to take place in Falklands waters during 2015.
Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 06:52 UTC
Cable & Wireless consolidates in the Caribbean and targets Latin America

British telecommunication company, Cable and Wireless Communications, Plc (CWC) Tuesday announced it had completed its US$1.85 billion acquisition Columbus International Inc (CII).
Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 06:32 UTC
“Argentina poses no military threat to Malvinas. We need dialogue”, says Ambassador Castro

On the occasion of the 2nd April, when Argentina commemorate the veterans and those fallen in the Malvinas conflict, and following the UK government’s recent announcement to increase military spending in the South Atlantic, the Embassy of Argentina wishes to reiterate the following statements from Ambassador Alicia Castro.
Friday, April 3rd 2015 - 06:03 UTC
Argentina poses no military threat to the Malvinas Islands. So why is the UK ratcheting up tension?

The following column by Alicia Castro (*) was published 02 April by the Independent - On 24 March, the day that a debate was held in Parliament over the increase in defense expenditure for the Malvinas Islands, Argentina was commemorating the anniversary of the 1976 military coup.