19/04/2012 | Editorial English

Yoked Petrol Fireworks II

The compensation did not waste any time in occupying centre stage of the YPF expropriation — only one day after the announcement itself. In the Senate on Tuesday YPF trustees Julio...

18/04/2012 | Columnist

A deal in the works with Iran?

18/04/2012 | Editorial Spanish

Yacimientos Patrióticos Fiscales

18/04/2012 | Editorial English

Yoked Petrol Fireworks

The expropriation of YPF oil giant opens up a veritable Pandora’s box — a panoply which includes success as well as failure. In the most optimistic scenario the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration stands not only to reverse a multi-billion fuel ...

17/04/2012 | Editorial Spanish

Cumbre en el llano

17/04/2012 | Editorial English

Low-lying summit

We now know that last week’s delay in announcing the expropriation of YPF oil company was purely tactical in order not to inject this delicate issue into last Saturday’s meeting with United States President Barack Obama in particular or the mostly Ibero...

17/04/2012 | Columnist

The Last Summit

The Summit of the Americas held in Cartagena this past weekend could very well be the last of these hemispheric gatherings. In addition to the request — unacceptable to the US — that Cuba be...

16/04/2012 | Columnist

Please do not rescue us

Drunk on cheap money and awash with late-night promises, the minders of the eurozone last week awoke from their stupor with a start. Peering about the cupboard with an eye on...

16/04/2012 | Editorial English

Tough job with labour

While the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner presidency is joining battle on various overseas fronts over YPF oil and Malvinas sovereignty (not to mention trade barriers against the rest...

16/04/2012 | Editorial Spanish

Trabajo muy trabajoso