Tag: Julio de Vido

• Thursday, November 8th 2012 - 07:11 UTC

  Heat causes massive blackout and the collapse of Buenos Aires city

  

  A heat wave which reached 36 Celsius caused on Wednesday a massive blackout in Argentina’s capital with an estimated three million people suffering lack of power plus such emblematic sites as Government House (Casa Rosada), Congress and the posh district of Puerto Madero.

• Thursday, November 1st 2012 - 06:47 UTC

  Leading Argentine corporation claims the economy is in ‘very fragile situation”

  

  One of Argentina’ leading international corporations, Techint, made public a 200 pages report sent to the Buenos Aires stock exchange with a devastating picture of the country’s economy which “continues in a state of fragility”.

• Friday, September 7th 2012 - 03:06 UTC

  Argentine state formalizes its participation in the mobile phone sector

  

  The Argentine government signed the decree on Thursday formalising the decision for the state to begin to control a part of the mobile phone sector, a measure announced on Wednesday by Planning Minister Julio De Vido.

• Thursday, September 6th 2012 - 03:16 UTC

  Argentina cancels bid and opens 20% of 3G spectrum for government company

  

  Argentina announced the government has rejected the proposals made by bidders seeking to gain a public contract to manage up to 25% of the 3G telecommunications frequency nationwide. Instead the federal government satellite and communications company Arsat will get 20% of the available 3G spectrum.

• Friday, August 24th 2012 - 06:14 UTC

  YPF announces massive exploration program and calls on private investors

  

  Argentina’s nationalized oil and gas corporation YPF announced it has plans to drill 250 wells in the next five years to further advance the country’s “hydrocarbons frontier”. During a presentation at a posh hotel in Buenos Aires under the heading of “Argentine Exploration Plan”, YPF CEO Miguel Galuccio called on investors to trust him and support the plan.

• Thursday, August 2nd 2012 - 07:31 UTC

  YPF after Chinese cooperation for development of Vaca Muerta shale deposits

  

  Federal Planning Minister Julio de Vido announced that several members of the Argentine Government would be flying to China in September in order to close several cooperation agreements between Chinese oil companies and YPF, intended to deepen the bilateral relations.

• Tuesday, July 31st 2012 - 01:19 UTC

  Chavez after an energy alliance with Argentina and Brazil in the framework of Mercosur

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez announced he expected to sign an oil/gas alliance between Argentina’s YPF and PDVSA (Venezuelan Petroleum) when he meets with his peer Cristina Fernandez in Brasilia in the framework of the Mercosur extraordinary summit to officially incorporate the country as full member of the trade group.

• Monday, July 30th 2012 - 07:19 UTC

  Argentina denies plans to intervene the energy sector: “only ensuring investments”

  

  Planning Minister Julio De Vido denied that the Government plans the “intervention” of the energy sector and clarified that “we demand investment and production plans. This is not an intervention, simple more planning.”

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 08:52 UTC

  Blackout in Buenos Aires plazas and public spaces until it pays the power bill

  

  The fountains in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires emblematic Plaza de Mayo were left unlit Tuesday and Wednesday night, after electricity company Edesur cut off power due to the city’s government's failure to pay the bill.

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 20:57 UTC

  Chavez in a veiled threat tells Spain’s Repsol to seek agreement with Argentina

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez advised Repsol to seek a friendly agreement in its dispute with Argentina and noted that the Spanish energy company held important assets in his country.