Tag: US Department of State

• Saturday, October 5th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Mexico does not seek control of Zama, the country's major oilfield discovery in decades

  

  Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his government is not seeking to take control of the Zama oilfield discovery, which is currently operated by a private consortium led by U.S.-based Talos Energy. The statement follows on a report from Reuters earlier in the week saying that Mexico’s national oil company, Pemex, wants to take control of Zama from Talos.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2014 - 04:30 UTC

  US reply to Argentina: Soderberg's responsibilities as public servant not linked to bonds' dispute

  

  The US Department of State has backed the appointment of Nancy Soderberg as Chair of the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB), saying her “responsibilities” as public servant are “not linked” with Argentina’s dispute with the holdouts, Argentina's Telam news agency reported.

• Friday, August 19th 2011 - 01:59 UTC

  US Terrorism report: Argentina has not advanced in ‘anti-money laundering activities”

  

  The US Department of State released it’s 2010 Country Reports on Terrorism, in which it praised Argentina for “cooperating well” with the US in analyzing possible terrorist threat information,” although it warned about the country’s “virtually no progress toward addressing anti-money laundering and counterterrorist finance activities.