Friday 18th May, 2012
Repsol files lawsuit in response to Argentina's takeover of YPF
MADRID -- Spanish oil giant Repsol said Wednesday it had filed a class action lawsuit in a New York court against Argentina after the country nationalized the company's local unit ...
Argentine Farmers Stops Lawmakers On Land Tax Increase
BUENOS AIRES, May 18 (BERNAMA-NNN-MERCOPRESS) - A last-minute lobbying blitz by farmers in Argentina's top grains-producing province stopped lawmakers from approving a tax increase that some ...
South Korean Foreign Affairs MInister will Tour Latin America
Seoul, May 18 (Prensa Latina) South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, will tour four Latin American countries during the next week, when he will promote economic cooperation as a priority in ...
Latin American Markets: Brazilian, Mexican stocks stretch losing streaks
CBS MarketwatchLOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Brazilian and Mexican stocks fell Thursday, with the markets extending a run of losses as anxiety over Europe's debt crisis overshadowed better-than-expected ...
YPF second shareholder misses 400 million dollars payment to creditor banks
Merco PressArgentina's Petersen Group missed a 400 million dollars payment to creditor banks on Wednesday, which could allow them to seize the shares of oil company YPF backing the ...
Boca, Velez win first-leg quarterfinals
General SourcesArgentina's Boca Juniors' Pablo Mouche celebrates after scoring against Brazil's Fluminense during a Copa Libertadores soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 17, ...
Libertadores: Boca vence 1-0 a Fluminense
General SourcesBUENOS AIRES -- BUENOS AIRES (AP) Boca Juniors, con gol de Pablo Mouche, derrot 1-0 el jueves a Fluminense en partido de ida por los cuartos de final de la Copa Libertadores. Mouche convirti de ...
Boca Juniors beat 10-man Fluminense
General SourcesBrazil's Fluminense's Fabio grimaces in pain after being tackled during a Copa Libertadores soccer match against Argentina's Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 17, ...
Tevez insists he won’t apologise to Fergie
General SourcesBUENOS AIRES: Striker Carlos Tevez insisted Wednesday he would not apologise to Sir Alex Ferguson after waving a mocked-up tombstone of the Manchester United boss during Manchester City's ...
UNC professor, jailed in Argentina, has his defenders
WRALChapel Hill, N.C. - A University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor has spent months in an Argentinian prison while colleagues in Chapel Hill advocate on his behalf.Paul Frampton, a physics ...
Made in the UK for Astra
TVNZSource: Reuters General Motors opted to build the next generation of its Astra compact in Britain, leaving its plant in Bochum, Germany in danger of closure as it revamps the business to counter ...
Buenos Aires metro paralysed
General SourcesA strike paralysed the metro system in Buenos Aires yesterday, causing huge traffic jams and long lines at bus stations as commuters struggled to get to work. Metro workers walked off the job at ...
US unlikely to condemn Argentina’s ‘outlaw behavior’ — yet
General SourcesA U.S. congressional proposal aimed at expelling Argentina’s populist-leftist government from the G-20 group of the world’s leading economies faces an uncertain future, not the least ...
Tax-info-exchange accord could see middle-class Argentines abandon Uruguayan banks
Merco PressThe recent tax-info exchange agreement reached between Argentina and Uruguay will make many investors in the Uruguayan financial system take their deposits back to "safes" or ...
Argentina's Kirchner in Angola
General SourcesAngolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoty welcomed Kirchner at the capital Luanda's international airport. Travelling with Kirchner were the ministers of foreign affairs, as well as industry ...
Argentina for Joint Work with Latin America
Prensa LatinaAsuncion, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Deputy Minister for Social Action of Argentina Ines Paez said on Thursday that her country is willing to jointly work, even more, with all Latin America in achieving ...
Uruguay's Cavani voices Olympic ambition
SoccernetEdinson Cavani has been linked with a number of European clubs Cavani, 25, is highly-rated having impressed in Serie A for Napoli, whom he joined from Palermo in 2010, scoring 23 goals in the league ...
GM Picks UK for Opel/Vauxhall Astra Upgrade
IBTimesDetroit-based GM has been struggling for years in Europe, where the market is glutted with excess vehicles, and the company took a $300 million loss on the continent in the first quarter. Rumors ...
Argentina, Angola Strengthen Cooperation
Prensa LatinaLuanda, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on Thursday began a three-day official visit to Angola to strengthen cooperation between both countries, official sources ...
CP World Report: Muslim School, Argentina, Eritrea, London Olympics
Christian PostThe Toronto District School Board has suspended the license of a Muslim school that was using teaching materials which denigrated Jews and encouraged boys to keep fit for jihad. The Islamic Shia ...
Repsol sues Argentina over YPF takeover
General SourcesArgentina after the country nationalised the company's local unit YPF. The suit was filed on Tuesday by Repsol and another YPF shareholder, US ...
GM's Vauxhall announces new Astra at UK plant
The Seattle TimesGeneral Motors' Vauxhall plant in northern England will build the company's top-selling Astra vehicles, the automaker said Thursday - a relief for U.K. politicians who had lobbied its ...
Astra deal lifts cloud over plant
BBCWorkers at a Cheshire car factory under threat of closure spoke of their relief and jubilation after the owner announced a deal to build the new Vauxhall Astra. General Motors (GM) said it would ...
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