Argentina–Spain relations were made declassified and stated that Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher feared that during the Falkland war, Spain would join Argentina by invading Gibraltar. A dispute arose in 2012, when Argentina sought to nationalize the energy company YPF, owned by the Spanish multinational company Repsol. Spain warned against such a move stating that it would harm bilateral relations if such a move were to happen. On 16 April, Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced the nationalization of YPF, to which Spain warned of a "clear and decisive" response. Since then, Argentina has recompensed the Spanish government and Repsol over the
Public image of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of activity. Martín Bossi parodied Cristina Kirchner in 2009 at "Gran Cuñado" (), which featured parodies of Argentine politicians. The show itself was a parody of the "Big Brother" reality show Bossi's masks were prepared by Andrés Parrilla and the scripts written by Nik and Pablo Semmartín. Bossio commented that he watched videos of Kirchner to prepare and that the main trait of the parody character, was that the character's face and words would suggest completely different things. Minister Anibal Fernandez criticized this parody, arguing that, "In some ways I think there were excesses, it should be regulated because it