Tag: Julio de Vido

Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 22:34 UTC
Brazil feels YPF dispute will not interfere with Petrobras operations in Argentina

Brazil’s Mines and Energy minister Edison Lobao discarded that operations of Petrobras in Argentina could be affected by the decision from the administration of President Cristina Fernandez to expropriate YPF from Spain’s Repsol.
Wednesday, April 18th 2012 - 08:30 UTC
Debts and environmental cleanup to subtracted from YPF compensation says Argentina

Argentina accused Spain's Repsol oil company on Tuesday of hiding the true value of its Argentine YPF unit and said a thorough review of its books after seizing control of its offices will affect the compensation paid to its shareholders.
Monday, April 16th 2012 - 21:48 UTC
Argentina sends bill to takeover control of YPF from Spain’s Repsol

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent to Congress a draft bill to expropriate Spain’s Repsol’s holdings of YPF oil and gas company. The announcement was made on Monday at the Government House during a sudden meeting with officials, political leaders, unionists and businessmen.
Wednesday, April 11th 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Petrobras and Argentine government reach tentative agreement to increase investments

The escalade between the Argentine government and the oil companies seems to have cooled off for a few hours on Tuesday following a meeting of Planning Minister Julio De Vido with top officials from Petrobras Argentina, and which was described as ‘productive’.
Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 15:41 UTC
Argentina denies plan to acquire stake in YPF but provinces continue to rescind concessions

Argentina’s Planning Minister Julio de Vido denied a report by Buenos Aires newspaper Clarin that the government is working on a plan to use state-controlled pensions Anses to buy a stake in oil corporation YPF, he said in a statement.
Thursday, March 22nd 2012 - 01:55 UTC
Argentine government and YPF can’t agree on the future of the oil company

Argentina and Repsol-YPF oil corporation again clashed on Wednesday over the future of the Spanish owned company while members of President Cristina Fernandez administration said measures “can not be discarded” thus re-launching fears about further government actions.
Tuesday, March 20th 2012 - 23:51 UTC
Spain vows to defend Repsol-YPF interests in Argentina; board meeting to decide on YPF profits

Adding fuel to the quarrel between Argentina and Spain for disagreements over Spanish investors administrated YPF, Spanish Industry minister of José Manuel Soria vowed on Tuesday to defend his country’s interests.
Thursday, March 15th 2012 - 02:52 UTC
Cristina Fernandez censors television program; former CNN reporter privileged witness

A former CNN in Spanish journalist Alberto Padilla was a privileged witness of censorship in Argentina, minutes before he was to be interviewed by a television channel in Buenos Aires: “the order to stop the program came directly from (Federal planning) minister De Vido”.
Thursday, March 1st 2012 - 04:34 UTC
Argentine government preparing legal framework to grab YPF from Spain’s Repsol

The government of President Cristina Fernandez is preparing the legal framework to take control of Spain’s Repsol-YPF subsidiary in Argentina which it has accused of not investing sufficiently and has triggered a round of discussions with the Spanish corporation’s top official, reports the Buenos Aires media.
Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 19:07 UTC
Argentine government takes over train line involved in tragic accident

The Argentine government announced on Tuesday it was taking over two train lines, one of which was involved in last week’s tragic accident in a downtown Buenos Aires terminal which killed 51 people and left another 704 injured.