Argentina Repsol struggle to bridge gap over YPF compensation

, there seems little prospect of a quick deal on compensation despite signs that both sides would rather avoid a costly, drawn-out legal battle.The Latin American country's lack of funds and its limits on the control private firms have over their investments - which could deter Repsol from accepting other assets in any settlement - pose major obstacles to a deal, according to ...

UAE President and Vice President Congratulate Argentina and Eritrea on National Day

May 23, 2013 - 02:22 - WAM ABU DHABI, May 23th, 2013 (WAM)-- Congratulatory cables were sent today by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and to the President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki, on the occasion of their respective countries' National ...

Music Review Pablo Ziegler Metropole Orkest - Amsterdam Meets New Tango

Gustavo Conde 's liner notes explain, is "a key exponent of contemporary Buenos Aires urban music, centered on pure tango" seasoned with "aspects of jazz improvisation." This is the new tango, a genre pioneered ...

Argentina’s ex-dictator Videla dead at 87

General Jorge Rafael Videla, who headed the bloody military junta that seized power in Argentina in 1976, died last Friday in a Marcos Paz prison cell. The coup that toppled the government of President Isabel Peron unleashed both economic devastation as well as mass repression against the working class for seven years (the "dirty war") until it fell following the defeat of ...

World Briefing | The Americas Argentina Increases of Cash Handouts to Poor

Argentina 's president has announced increases of as much as 35 percent in cash handouts to the poor, students, pregnant women and retirees. ...