Tag: Argentina

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 13:11 UTC

  US Court of Appeals will hear Argentine case on assets disclosure

  

  US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan this Wednesday morning will hear Argentina’s appeal against US Judge Thomas Griesa’s order to Argentine banks to provide information on the state’s assets.

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 04:52 UTC

  Filmus: Scholar approach at Malvinas Question

  

  Argentina's Secretary of Malvinas (Falklands) Daniel Filmus moves spotlight onto juridical, historical knowledge, continental platform and international relationships to back sovereignty claims

• Wednesday, December 17th 2014 - 03:46 UTC

  Cristina makes major castling on eve of Mercosur Summit

  

  Evo Morales, Governor Urribarri play football - New Intelligence boss appointed.

• Friday, December 12th 2014 - 05:50 UTC

  New US ambassador in Argentina sworn in at White House ceremony

  

  Noah Mamet has sworn as new United States ambassador to Argentina during a ceremony held in the White House, together with US vice president Joseph Biden and Argentine ambassador to the US Cecilia Nahon.

• Thursday, December 11th 2014 - 12:46 UTC

  Falling world oil prices shatter Argentine stocks for second day running

  

  Argentine stocks closed down 6.85% Wednesday, weighted down by falling oil prices for a second day of heavy losses. As oil prices sank to new five-year lows, the Merval stock index in Buenos Aires shed more than 600 points to 8,279.04, after losing 7.22% Tuesday.

• Thursday, December 11th 2014 - 12:27 UTC

  BBC team authorized to film wildlife in Tierra del Fuego under certain conditions

  

  A BBC crew is currently filming in Tierra del Fuego a documentary on the wildlife of the Beagle Channel Islands. The crew is escorted by an observer from the provincial government and according to local officials it had to sign a document by which when the material is edited it must clearly establish that it was filmed in Argentine territory, with support from local authorities.

• Thursday, December 11th 2014 - 12:16 UTC

  Busy weekend in Ushuaia for Antarctica cruises: 1.249 visitors

  

  Over the weekend 1.239 visitors in six luxury cruise vessels landed in Ushuaia en route to Antarctica according to local reports from Tierra del Fuego, to which must be added another two that called in on Monday and Tuesday.

• Thursday, December 11th 2014 - 12:04 UTC

  Malaysia's Petronas and YPF sign 550 million deal to develop shale deposits in Patagonia

  

  YPF SA and Petroliam Nasional Bhd, state-controlled companies from Argentina and Malaysia, signed a 550 million dollars deal to drill fields at the world’s fourth-largest shale oil deposit in Patagonia’s Vaca Muerta, south Argentina.

• Thursday, December 11th 2014 - 11:55 UTC

  Argentine government discards 'social outbreaks' this end of the year despite 'destabilizing' groups

  

  Fearing a repeat of last year's police mutiny which led to rioting and looting, one of President Cristina Fernandez most trusted aides, Oscar Parrilli, Secretary General of the Executive, pledged that Argentines will be able to spend some quiet, peaceful year-end celebrations with no “element” proving a social outbreak.

• Wednesday, December 10th 2014 - 08:19 UTC

  Summit supports Argentina in its struggle with bond holders

  

  The two-day summit of Ibero American leaders meeting in Mexico, besides the traditional declaration, also put out a special statement in support of Argentina and its ongoing struggle with speculative funds.