ENERGY & GAS Petrobras eyes Argentina deals to boost energy imports 26-08-2024 14:42 Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer Petrobras is hunting for shale gas deals in Argentina.
GAS & ENERGY Milei in Neuquén to tour Vaca Muerta, meet businessmen 08-08-2024 19:09 President Javier Milei visits Neuquén, heart of energy production, and crosses over to Chile for the first time as head of state – but without holding a bilateral meeting with Gabriel Boric.
GEOPOLITICAL ROW Argentine delegation inspects Chinese space station in Neuquén 18-04-2024 14:42 Group of government officials, scientists and experts visit controversial deep space station run by Beijing; Inspection comes after heavy pressure from Washington.
INTERVIEW Milei official ‘repents’ remarks against Pope, Judaism, Islam 26-01-2024 06:09 Former PRO deputy Francisco Sánchez, President Milei’s new Cults (Worship) Secretary is self-critical about campaign trail bashing the Supreme Pontiff, Judaism and Islam. “Anything implying emotional damage makes me repent,” he confides in an interview. by Juan Pablo Kavanagh
ENERGY & GAS Massa launches ‘Dólar Vaca Muerta,’ seeking US$1.2 billion 28-09-2023 09:09 Economy minister and ruling coalition presidential candidate looks to boost reserves and trim possibilities of exchange rate tensions in lead-up to general elections.
LOOTING ATTACKS Inflation or politics? Nation hit by wave of looting 24-08-2023 17:28 Since last Friday, groups of people, sometimes dozens at a time, have forced their way into supermarkets and other stores. But who's behind the unrest?
GAS & ENERGY Election won’t derail shale growth, oil executives say 11-08-2023 15:36 Shale oil and gas industry will be shielded from any violent swings after upcoming elections, according to executives at the nation’s biggest energy companies.
CLIMATE & ENERGY At Argentina’s biggest gas field, residents lack heat and power 28-07-2023 13:59 A decade after production began at the vast reserves of Vaca Muerta, a town still waits on promises of a better future.
BLOOMBERG - OPINION JP Spinetto: Oil boom could save Argentina from economic crisis 17-07-2023 06:43 To seize a remarkable opportunity before hydrocarbon demand peaks, it must somehow keep its trademark political volatility and mismanagement in check.
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS PRO or provincial? 21-04-2023 09:56 Does the end of six decades of one-party rule in Neuquén mark a new era for the province now and for the nation later this year? by Michael Soltys
ELECTIONS 2023 ‘Historic triumph’ in Neuquén governor’s race as MPN loses power 17-04-2023 00:58 Notable results in gubernatorial races in twin Patagonian provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro as 2023 elections get underway; MPN loses control of Neuquén after 60 years in power as Rolando Figueroa secures victory; Alberto Weretilneck returns in Río Negro after four-year absence.
CAMPAIGN COMMENTS Of palindromes and black rivers (and this city) 15-04-2023 06:36 It’s impossible to ignore the fireworks over this city’s electoral system, but we should also cast an eye down south – this year’s voting begins in earnest with tomorrow’s provincial elections in Neuquén and Río Negro. by Michael Soltys