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The EU has initiated a legal complaint in the World Trade Organisation against Argentina’s import restrictions, a move which escalates tension with the country in the month after it seized oil assets held by Spanish group Repsol.

La UE denunció ayer a Argentina ante la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) por sus persistentes trabas a las importaciones. Aunque Bruselas desligó el procedimiento del reciente conflicto con Repsol, la decisión refleja el malestar comunitario por la expropiación de YPF. La Comisión explicó que la reclamación responde a la imposición sistemática de licencias previas para la venta de produc...

ANELO, Argentina – In a desert-like stretch of scrub grass and red-colored buttes, oil companies are punching holes in the ground in search of what might be one of the biggest recent discoveries in the Americas: enough gas and oil to make a country known for beef and tangos an important energy player. Read full article >>

IPOH  - New Zealand demolished Argentina 5-2 on Friday to make it two wins out of two at the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and underline their Olympic credentials, while Malaysia held Britain to a draw. India meanwhile, thrashed 5-1 by the free-scoring Kiwis on the opening day Thursday, gained a measure of redemption by beating fellow London Olympic hopefuls South Korea 2-1. “We did well ...

Argentina's Neuquén provincial government has reached an agreement with the local branch of Brazilian federal major Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) regarding the decision to revoke the firm's Veta Escondida lic...

The European Union said Friday it would challenge what it called Argentina's "protectionist" import restrictions at the World Trade Organization.

BRUSSELS (AP) -- The European Union on Friday filed a suit with the World Trade Organization against Argentina, claiming the South American country stifles imports to protect its own industry....

The EU files a suit against Argentina's import restrictions at the WTO in the latest stage of a trade row between the two.

Brussels files a complaint with the WTO accusing Buenos Aires of restricting foreign imports and points to a deteriorating investment climate in Argentina

La Unión Europea tiene planes de presentar hoy viernes una queja ante la Organización Mundial del Comercio contra las regulaciones argentinas a las importaciones, como parte de un plan para presionar a la presidenta Cristina Fernández de Kirchner por las políticas económicas que ha implementado recientemente y que han causado la ira de las mayores economías del mundo.

OPINION:A joint article by Latin American ambassadors María Esther Teresa Bondanza, of Argentina; Pedro Fernando Bretas Bastos, of Brazil; Teresita de Caridad Trujillo Hernandez, of Cuba; Leonel Fernando Searle Couve, of Chile; and Carlos Garcia de Alba Zepeda, of Mexico

China's exports to Argentina in April declined 34.4 percent from last year, the largest monthly drop since the 2009 global recession.

La economía argentina sigue perdiendo su ímpetu y es probable que entre en un período de recesión este año, de acuerdo con un informe publicado por Capital Economics. La firma indicó que Argentina ...

A small explosive device was found in a Buenos Aires theater a day before Colombia's former president Álvaro Uribe was scheduled to speak at the venue.

Las fuerzas de seguridad de Argentina han desactivado en un teatro de Buenos Aires un artefacto explosivo programado para explotar este miércoles durante una conferencia del expresidente de Colombia, Álvaro Uribe.

Two bombs discovered at a theatre in Buenos Aires where former Colombian president was due to speak.

Team GB men will face Argentina at the Olympics with memory of distasteful Falkands video still fresh in the minds.

Great Britain men's hockey team will open their Olympic campaign against Argentina on July 30 at the Riverbank Arena. The woman's squad open up a day earlier against Japan.

La historia de incumplimientos de sus compromisos internacionales es interminable. Se trata del país con más causas activas por denuncias presentadas por empresas e inversores de toda condición

The Faena Arts Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina currently presents a solo exhibition of the collective Los Carpinteros. Los Carpinteros (The Carpenters) are considered as...

El centrocampista también habló de la relación con Neymar, asegurando que no tiene ninguna envidia hacia él

FEARSOME Navy super sub HMS Talent on way to the Falklands in show of power

The Argentina international beat Mario Gomez and Cristiano Ronaldo to the individual trophy this term following his 14 strikes throughout the season

Until the man he believed to be his father asked him to pull the truck over to the side of a road, because he needed to tell him something, Alejandro Rei had never heard of the “disappeared” generation of Argentina. He certainly had no inkling that his real identity had been robbed.

Move comes just weeks after country seized control of Spanish oil giant’s majority stake in YPF

Move comes just weeks after country seized control of Spanish oil giant’s majority stake in YPF

First and foremost, this weekend is about the UEFA Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea on Saturday. Here are all the ways you can see the match and festivities: 1 p.m. ET: Pregame show on Fox Soccer and Fox Deportes Read full article >>

La cantante mexicana promocionará "Pecados y Milagros", su más reciente producción

The Argentine government’s takeover of YPF SA looks like a clear signal to foreign investors that their investments aren’t safe, at least in Argentina. But investors should try to answer two questions before they make reach that conclusion.

Renowned Spanish-language novelist Carlos Fuentes died Tuesday in Mexico City at age 83, authorities announced. Fuentes was a prolific, politically engaged writer, best known in the U.S. for books including “The Death of Artemio Cruz,” “Aura,” “Terra Nostra,” “The Good Conscience” and “The Old Gringo,” which was made into a film starring Gregory Peck. In an interview published Monday in the Spa...

Amado Boudou, the vice-president of Cristina Kirchner, is to face an investigation for embezzlement that would see him jailed for six years and handed a lifetime ban from public office, an Argentine public prosecutor has announced.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Influence peddling and money laundering allegations haven't been enough to topple Argentina's vice president, Amado Boudou. On Monday, illegal enrichment accusations were added to the mix when a federal prosecutor asked an investigative judge to open yet another probe against him.Prosecutor Jorge Di Lello also asked Judge Ariel Lijo to investigate 10 businesses, inclu...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Activists say Argentina now leads the world in transgender rights after giving people the freedom to change their legal and physical gender identity simply because they want to, without having to undergo judicial, psychiatric and medical procedures beforehand....

MADRID, May 10 (Reuters) - Spain's Repsol vowed on Thursday to pursue legal action against Argentina for seizing energy firm YPF even as forecast-beating profit eased concerns about the loss of the...

The Chinese national team holds on to its 66th spot as soccer' world governing body FIFA released the latest world rankings on Wednesday.

Anteanoche estuve de fiesta con Guti. Dicho así suena a insufrible resaca o a próxima exclusiva en ¡Hola! Pero no, nada que ver. La realidad es que acudí a la fiesta post-desfile de Rosa Clará, celebrada en La Lonja de Barcelona y, entre otros muchos invitados famosos, estaba Guti. Ver a Guti no tiene demasiado mérito. Se le distingue a la legua. No precisamente por alto y corpulento, sino por ...

Argentina's dilemmas after the YPF nationalisation

The trade row between Argentina and Spain took another twist on Tuesday after the Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica was ordered to pay $43m (£26.6m) for an interruption in mobile phone services lasting just a few hours.

Foreign Secretary Hector Timerman (pictured) took a swipe at Britain by saying it was better to use creativity than bombs to target civilians in neutral countries.

Alicia Castro tells Britain to give back "colonial enclave" to Latin America.

Español!». La utilización del gentilicio a modo de insulto era patrimonio de los independentistas vascos o catalanes. Hasta ahora. En Buenos Aires, una diputada que osó oponerse a la nacionalización de la filial argentina de Repsol pudo comprobarlo cuando desde la bancada del partido gubernamental la motejaron de «¡española!». Es una anécdota que no merece elevarse a categoría de xenofobia, per...

The Argentine government has sparked media buzz with a 90-second television ad that ties its dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands to this summer’s Olympics in London.

Olympics:British Foreign Secretary William Hague has accused Argentina of trying to misuse the Olympic Games for political purposes and said provocative sports footage from the Falklands would not affect Britain’s position on the islands.

Advertisement claiming Falkland Islands as Argentinian soil was filmed secretly at British landmarks, including war memorialBritain has criticised Argentina for broadcasting a television advertisement referring to the Falkland Islands as "Argentinian soil", accusing it of staging provocative and insensitive stunts to garner support for its claim to the overseas territory.The ad was filmed secre...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Congress nationalized the country's biggest oil company, YPF, by an overwhelming lower house vote that underscored wide popular support for a measure that has rattled foreign investors and trade partners.

State grabs in Argentina and now Bolivia can only make companies wary of Latin American diversification

The USA's group for the London Olympics also includes Tunisia and two teams to be determined.

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "The Avengers" flexed its muscles overseas, opening at No. 1 in all 39 markets and rolling up $178 million a week ahead of its U.S. debut. Joss Whedon's superhero spectacular earned a whopping $24.7 million in the U.K., Disney's best three-day weekend ever there. It also took in $19.7 million from Australia, a record $15.9 million from Mexico and another $12.9 millio...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) The U.S. will play Argentina, France and Tunisia in the first round of the Olympic men's basketball tournament in London.

La jefa de Estado argentina cuenta ya con los medios políticos necesarios para alcanzar su gran meta de ir por todo en el país

The decision to nationalize the oil taken by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is a transcendental step in winning the second independence of Argentina and throughout Latin America. The hydrocarbon is being controlled by the state for the first tume since the government of Hipólito Irigoyen...

A view of the day in sports, with tennis in Germany, auto racing in Argentina and soccer in Spain.

The takeover caused an uproar outside the country, but many Argentines supported the move, and the economy is still projected to grow, albeit more slowly.

Its iconic blue and gold kit makes it the most famous football team in Argentina. But now Boca Juniors has branched out into the travel industry - with a football-themed hotel.

So dumm wie bei der Verstaatlichung der Repsol-Tochter hat sich noch nie ein Land angestellt.

The move last week by Argentina to nationalise oil company YPF came as a bolt from the blue and stunned the markets.

Thirty five years after the "Dirty War," a trial in Argentina is still struggling to shed light on a bloody legacy.

Critics say Argentina's takeover of an oil firm is a smokescreen to mask the country's rampant social and economic woes.

WHEN CRISTINA Fernandez de Kirchner was reelected president of Argentina last October, we posited that she had a choice to make between continuing to pursue the autocratic populism she practiced before the election and leading her country back toward global markets and the democratic world. Read full article >>

Argentina's government announced a brazen takeover of the country's largest energy company this week, potentially quashing a domestic shale gas boom.

Energy companies are proving to be some of the top gainers on a bull day for the market. The positive momentum comes even as news about the sector is mixed: President Obama plans to crack down on speculation among oil traders and otherwise boost oversight of the sector. And Argentina decided to nationalize oil company [...]

Argentinian President Kirchner said she will send a bill to Congress to nationalize the country's largest oil-and-gas company, YPF.

The IRFU have announced the dates and kick-off times for the Guinness Series of games in November. Ireland will play two full internationals in the Aviva Stadium against South Africa and Argentina, who will both be battle-hardened following their participation in the newly-established Southern Hemisphere Rugby Championship, the new format of the Tri Nations.

YouTube‘s Partner Program, previously opened only to producers of very popular content, is now open to all content creators from the 20 co…

GLAMOUR model is going to appear on hit dancing show - in Argentina

GLAMOUR model is going to appear on hit dancing show - in Argentina

A premature baby who had been declared dead was found alive 12 hours later in the morgue, a health official in northeastern Argentina said.

Britain wants Argentina to pay back £45 million in loans that the country's former military junta used to fund equipment that was later used in the invasion of the Falkland Islands.

Argentine police are investigating a possible manslaughter on Saturday after a bus ran off a road into a ravine, killing 10 people and injuring 50 in the country's northwest.

I was privileged to travel from Salta, a city in northwestern Argentina, along the valley of Quebrada de Humahuaca (a Unesco cultural World Heritage site) to the town of Humahuaca. This valley, carved out by the Rio Grande, has been a major cultural and trade route for 10000 years, and part of the Incas' efficient road system.

Today, 30 years on, Argentina is rattling its sabre again in the South Atlantic. And, once more, there are many who doubt our ability to liberate the Falklands if the worst should happen.

Latin American and Caribbean countries reaffirmed their commitment to eradicate hunger during a United Nations conference on food and agriculture in Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the weekend.

Have you given any thought to your retirement? Planning on pottering? Catching up on reading? Thinking you'll cross that bridge when you come to it? According to Prof. Bernardo Vidne, retirement can be more like jumping out of a plane than crossing a bridge - even if you are prepared. The story of Vidne's working career is almost archetypical: From a poor childhood in Argentina, he rose to bec...

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) -- Andy Roddick lost his fourth-round match Tuesday at the Sony Ericsson Open to Juan Monaco of Argentina, 7-5, 6-0....

Britain has denied sending a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic amid rising tensions with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Falkland islands.

Esteemed North Carolina physics professor denies accusations that he tried to smuggle drugs out of ArgentinaUS Teacher Murdered in Yemen Honored by Activists, Protesters

Argentina striker expected to take part in Wednesday's Premier League match against Chelsea

The three-time champion cruises to a 6-2, 6-3, victory over the Argentine player to advance to the tournament semifinals.Roger Federer , a three-time champion, waltzed his way into the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament at Indian Wells on Friday with a surprisingly easy 6-2, 6-3 victrory over Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina.

On November 24, 1976, eight months after a military junta took power in Argentina, launching the Dirty War that introduced the term los desaparecidos—“the disappeared”—to the world, a house in a peaceful, tree-lined neighborhood of La Plata, about forty miles southeast of Buenos . . . (Subscription required.)

Global financial services giant HSBC Holdings Plc today said it will sell its general insurance businesses in Hong Kong, Singapore, Mexico and Argentina for $ 914 million in two separate cash transactions

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States could soon suspend trade benefits for Argentina because of that country's failure to pay awards in two long-running investment disputes with U.S. companies, a U.S. trade official said on Monday.

by mayur D Dicosta Fenugreek seeds have many nutritional and medicinal benefits. Many years ago in the Mediterranean this herb was used as both spices in cuisines and natural herb for diverse home remedies. Currently, India is one of the few countries that has produced and used Fenugreek seed in various forms; in both food and medicine. Though India is the world's largest producer, China, Ar...

Dozens of alleged Anonymous members have been arrested in a global clampdown, spanning Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain. More »

PatPending sends this quote from an AFP report: "Interpol has arrested 25 suspected members of the Anonymous hackers group in a swoop covering more than a dozen cities in Europe and Latin America, the global police body said Tuesday. Operation Unmask was launched in mid-February following a series of coordinated cyber-attacks originating from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain,' Interpol said...

Britain said on Monday it was creating one of the world’s biggest marine reserves around a cluster of South Atlantic islands claimed by Argentina, a move that may fuel tensions already rising before the 30th anniversary of the Falklands war.

An Argentine province turned away two Carnival cruise ships on Monday, the latest salvo in Argentina’s dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

TWO British cruise ships that visited the Falkland Islands were refused entry to an Argentinian port today.

Some 49 people are killed and at least 600 injured in Argentina after a commuter train crashes as it arrives into one of the city's busiest stations in Buenos Aires.

At least 49 people, including a child, were killed and 600 injured on Wednesday in a railway accident in Buenos Aires, Argentine officials said.

At least 550 people were injured and 30 others remained trapped in debris after a packed commuter train ran into the buffers at a railway terminus in central Buenos Aires.

Britain and Argentina fought over the islands in 1982. With the rhetoric heating up again, this time Argentina should try making connections, not war.Some of the biggest winds in the world blow through the stormy South Atlantic, but none stormier than the political hyperbole that's sweeping through the region lately. It's just 30 years since the Falkland Islands war that took 900 young lives an...

Argentine govt commemorates 30th anniversary of Falkland's War by naming 2012 football season after naval ship sunk by British torpedoes.

As tensions escalate between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, the Margaret Thatcher biopic, "The Iron Lady", starring Meryl Streep, opened in cinemas across the South American nation on Thursday Feb. 2.

Prince William was off to the Falkland Islands late Wednesday as Argentina fumed and called him a 'conquistador.'

After protests by Argentine environmental campaigners, a Canadian mining firm is suspending its exploration work on a project in La Rioja province.

The blonde actress, wife to singer Michael Bublé and a successful actress in her home country of Argentina, has won many fans since signing up as the face of the brand in October last year.

The pleasure of outdoor e-reading just got more pleasurable. One of the joys of the Kindle, as I've discovered anew while traveling in summery Argentina, is that it enables you--indeed, encourages you--to read in the brightest of sunlight. Now, with a new cover called SolarKindle, that benefit becomes a gift that keeps on giving.

In Rom gibt's auch so einen sehenswerten Ort, am Torre Argentina: http://gattomania.de/ Ich traf letztens eine Dame, die Bücher über Hunde und Katzen verlegt (ja, so was gibt's in Berlin), die kannte diesen historischen Katzenplatz nicht. Und F.F.?

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Unrelenting sun in Argentina has scorched as much as a fifth of its corn crop and the drought will start biting into the country's vast soy harvest unless rains come to the rescue this month or next.

PILAR, Argentina (Reuters) - Argentina's popular president, Cristina Fernandez, was undergoing an operation for thyroid cancer on Wednesday, months after she was re-elected to a second four-year term.

Argentine motorcycle rider Jorge Martinez Boero was killed when he crashed early in the first stage of the Dakar Rally in Argentina on Sunday.

Robby Gordon's multiple victories in different types of racing define him as one of the most versatile drivers in American history. Gordon has wins in NASCAR's Sprint Cup, CART's Indy car, sports car's Daytona 24-Hour and Sebring 12-Hour and the Baja 1,000 off-road race. Starting Sunday, on the day before his 43rd birthday, Gordon will try to become the first American to win the Dakar Rally, a ...

Saudi Arabia's largest dairy company, Almarai, is buying Argentine farm operator Fondomonte for $83 million.

La Réunion (avec Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), la Barbade (avec Victoria Azarenka, Venus Williams et John Isner), Buenos Aires (défaite en finale de la Copa Argentina face à Marcos Baghdatis 4-6, 7-6, 7-5), avant Abou Dhabi. A partir du 29 décembre, le Français retrouvera Novak Djokovic dans...

World Sportsman of the Year:Usain Bolt (Jamaica) - athleticsNovak Djokovic (Serbia) - tennisCadel Evans (Australia) - cyclingLionel Messi (Argentina) - footballDirk Nowitzki (Germany) - basketballSebastian Vettel (Germany) - motor-racingWorld Sportswoman of the YearVivian Cheruiyot (Kenya) - athleticsMaria Hofl-Riesch (Germany) - alpine skiingCarmelita Jeter (United States) - athleticsPetra Kvi...

Argentina is quietly reaching out to Iran, worrying key Western powers and Israel as they try to tighten Tehran's isolation over its nuclear program.

Rafael Nadal recovered from a terrible start and beat Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina 1-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-6 (0) Sunday to give Spain its fifth Davis Cup title

Defendant convicted of several offenses in 2008, but fled to South America before sentencing.

Unseen footage from a stop on Michael Jackson's Dangerous tour in 1993 failed to sell at an auction in England on Saturday The film shot from the stage at a concert in Argentina by Jackson's production crew was rejected by the singer The only copy of the footage was presented...

New conservative leaders in Greece, Italy, and now Spain should look to Argentina for inspiration on how to turn their economies around quickly

CARLOS TEVEZ has won a golf tournament in Argentina – despite suffering depression

BUENOS AIRES (AP) -- Sammy Ellis can dance the tango any way she wants, with anyone she wants. And the California woman has come to Argentina to celebrate that at a festival known as Tango Queer....

But in speech to Jewish group, Timerman fails to mention alleged Iran complicity in attacks.

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Six people were killed and eight others injured in a fire that erupted early Monday at an elderly care center in the Argentine town of Pergamino, police said. Neighbors called for help, and four fire engines rushed to put out the blaze. "The front door was locked and we had to break windows and window bars to try to rescue the victims," one of the neighbors told a local tel...

Zionist organization holds first parlay outside Israel in decades; aims to strengthen Jewish identity, fight anti-Semitism.

ARGENTINA striker Carlos Tevez is not planning a Manchester City return this week

Three players -- one each from Spain, US and Argentina - were found taking dope as their samples had nandrolone and a stimulant.