Argentina’s president plans to personally attend a session of the UN Special Committee on Decolonization on June 14 as her country tries to assert its sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, Press TV reports. June 14th marks the anniversary of the end of the war between Argentina and Britain over the islands in 1982. Ahead of President Cristina Fernandez’s address in New York, a group of local... 

A flag reading "Fight and Comeback" with the logo of the Argentine oil company YPF is seen at the front of the presidential palace Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires, April 12, 2012. The Argentinean government has seized the country’s biggest oil company, Yacimientos Petroliferos Fiscales (YPF), ousting the Spanish controlling shareholder, Repsol. In the first shareholder meeting since the takeover,... 

A rally has been held to back Argentine president for her decision to expropriate 51 percent stake in energy company YPF from its controlling shareholder, Spain’s Repsol, Press TV reports. Ruling party top officials and lawmakers joined the rally on Friday at Velez soccer stadium in Buenos Aires, where demonstrators waved national flags. “When I announced I was sending this project to the congress,... 

View of the Senate Plenary Session, while voting on a presidential decree to allow the expropriation of YPF, in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires, April 26, 2012 Argentina’s senate has endorsed a presidential decree to nationalize Spain-owned oil company YPF amid widespread domestic support for the plan. At the Wednesday session of the senate, legislators from both the ruling party and the... 

A YFP Gas tanker Argentina has ordered the seizure of YFP Gas, another company controlled by the Spanish firm Repsol, as part of plans to take control of the country’s natural resources and increase production. “There’s a division (of Repsol) called YPF Gas and that’s what will be expropriated,” Argentine Senator Marcelo Fuentes said on Wednesday. The move to declare YPF Gas... 

Damage caused by strong storm in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday morning, April 05, 2012 At least 14 people have died and more than 20 others have been injured in Argentina following Wednesday night severe storms in the province of Buenos Aires and surrounding regions. Six people were crushed and one was electrocuted near capital Buenos Aires, while three others died in a neighborhood to the south... 

Daniel Filmus, a seasoned Argentinian statesman, made headlines recently with his bold assertion regarding the Falkland Islands, claiming that Argentina would eventually assume control over the disputed archipelago currently held by Britain. As the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the Senate in Buenos Aires, Filmus stirred controversy by forecasting the Falklands’ fate under Argentine... 

A protester carries a placard that reads "Britons get out from Las Malvinas" during a demonstration outside the British Embassy over the Las Malvinas in Buenos Aires, Argentina on January 20, 2012. Peru has cancelled a visit by a British navy frigate planning to dock at the country’s port of Callao to show support for Argentine’s claims of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands. The decision... 

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez has expressed appreciation to the people of Chile for their support in her country’s bid over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands. During a recent visit to Chile’s capital city, Santiago, on Friday, Fernandez expressed her gratitude to the Chilean people for saying that the Malvinas Islands belong to... 

Britain’s deployment of nuclear weapons in response to Argentina’s peaceful efforts to resolve the Malvinas issue is a grave violation of Chapter 1 Article 2(4) of the UN Charter (which prohibits the threat of force), a new report says. According to the report, the Malvinas were terra nullius [no man’s land] when the French colonized the islands in the 18th century. They were then sold to... 

Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner delivers a speech in front of a picture displaying the Malvinas Islands painted in the same colors as Argentina’s national flag, the government palace, Buenos Aires, February 7, 2012. Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has announced plans to build a museum dedicated to the Malvinas War to honor the marines that were killed... 

Argentina’s Industry Minister Debora Giorgi Amid an ongoing dispute over the Malvinas Islands between Argentina and Britain, the Argentinean industry minister has called on the country’s top companies to stop importing British products, Press TV reports. Argentina’s Industry Minister Debora Giorgi on Tuesday called the bosses of at least 20 top firms to urge them to import goods produced elsewhere... 

Here in Argentina, when we watch the terrible things that are happening today in Greece, we can only exclaim, “Hey!! That’s exactly what happened in Argentina in 2001 and 2002…!” ­A decade ago, Argentina too went through a systemic Sovereign Public Debt collapse resulting in social turmoil, worker hardship, rioting and street fights with the police. Some months before Argentina exploded,... 

February 22, 2012 picture shows the commuter train that crashed into in the Argentinean capital Buenos Aires’ Once train station at the rush hour after its brakes failed. At least 49 people have been killed and over 600 others injured after a packed train slammed into the end of the line in the capital Buenos Aires’ busy Once station, officials said. Federal Police Commissioner Nestor Rodriguez... 

Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner delivers a speech in front of a picture displaying the Malvinas Islands painted in the same colors as Argentina’s national flag, the government palace, Buenos Aires, February 7, 2012. Argentina says it will file a formal complaint with the United Nations over Britain’s “militarization” of the disputed Malvinas (Falklands) Islands. Amid growing tensions...