BUENOS AIRES (Sputnik) – The dispute emerged in May 2012, when then-Argentine President Christina Kirchner signed a law on expropriating 51 percent of YPF stock previously held by Spain’s oil and gas firm Repsol and its subsidiary YPF Gas S.A. In late February 2014, the sides reached a $5-billion compensation agreement for the YPF renationalization. "Once we overcome the differences that have arisen in connection with the expropriation of YPF, our relations should become extremely intense," Read more [...]

After a defeat against conservative Mauricio Macri in the presidential elections, Justicialist Party and Front for Vicory leader Daniel Scioli called for unity among the nation’s Peronist and Read more [...]

Olympic legend Ed Moses on Wednesday called for Russian track and field athletes to be barred from next year's Olympics as the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prepared to rule on the key findings of the scandal.The ruling means that Russian Federation can not host global events and 'cannot conduct operations until they reinstall quality anti-doping programs and are deemed compliant again'.The World Anti-Doping Agency is entering the second day of a critical meeting a week after a damning report it Read more [...]

Follow @atulabhas Atul SinghAtul Singh is the Founder, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Fair Observer, and he teaches Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley. He st.... Read moreWE BRING YOU PERSPECTIVES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. HELP US TO INFORM AND EDUCATE. YOUR DONATION IS TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.Thanksgiving is a good time to remember that the vast majority of Americans migrated to the New World and that climate change is real.This week, Americans celebrated Thanksgiving. In a time-truncated Read more [...]

COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptlyHundreds of feminist activists gathered at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires on Saturday to call for the full legalization of abortion. The protesters, gathered under the title of 'March of the prostitutes,' reenacted female casualties from clandestine abortions to raise awareness about sexual violence and to advocate for access to safe and legal abortions. Currently, abortion is permitted in Argentina Read more [...]

PRESIDENT OF THE Uruguayan Football Association (AUF), Wilmar Valdez, wants Uruguay and Argentina to co-host World Cup 2030. The pair competed in the first final of the tournament in 1930, with hosts Uruguay winning 4-2 at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo. Valdez believes history demands the World Cup return to South America for its centenary, and he considers the first finalists to be perfect for the event. “The day after the result, in addition to congratulating the winner in the AFA elections, Read more [...]

Raipur: Three youths have been arrested in connection with the alleged stoning of a bus carrying Argentina's hockey team in Chhattisgarh's capital Raipur where the Hockey World League (HWL) final is being hosted, police said. (Hockey World League: Argentina Hockey Team Bus Stoned in Raipur)The accused identified as Rajnarayan Tiwari (31), Meghesh Sahu (24) and Govind Sahu (26), all natives of Santoshi Nagar area, were rounded up for their involvement in stoning of the bus, Inspector General of Police, Read more [...]

With glimpses of old Indian bad habits coming to the fore, Oltmans feels it will be a concern if this form continues throughout the tournament. "The team stuck to their gameplan till the last minute today", the Dutchman, who is also the High Performance Director of Indian hockey, said at the post-match press conference. “We have indeed improved, but you never know how much unless you play the best teams in the tournament”, he said.The first of India's only four shots at goal came in the 26th Read more [...]

President-elect Mauricio Macri won the election last Sunday on a platform of wholesale change. He has vowed to end interventionist measures like these taxes that have hobbled growth in Latin America's third largest economy."The wheat and corn taxes will be eliminated from the first day, in line with what we promised," Buryaile was cited as saying by Clarin."The tax on soy will drop by 5 percent from the start of Mauricio Macri's term," he added. "What we are examining is which methodology we will Read more [...]

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