YPF military coup against Yrigoyen backed by, among others, foreign oil interests. YPF was privatized in 1993 and bought by the Spanish firm Repsol S.A. in 1999; the resulting merger produced 'Repsol YPF'. The renationalization of 51% of the firm was initiated in 2012 by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The government of Argentina eventually agreed to pay $5 billion compensation to Repsol. The company, specializing in the exploration, production, refining and commercialization of petroleum, had its origin in 1907, when oil was discovered near the city of Comodoro Rivadavia in Chubut. Following World War I, oil had become an important
Infanta Cristina of Spain Infanta Cristina of Spain Infanta Cristina of Spain ("Cristina Federica Victoria Antonia de la Santísima Trinidad de Borbón y de Grecia", born 13 June 1965) is the younger daughter of King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía. she is sixth in the line of succession to the Spanish throne, after her brother King Felipe VI's children, her sister Elena, and Elena's children. From 2013 she was under investigation and later tried for fraud relating to accusations of corruption involving a company owned by Cristina and her husband. Cristina de Borbón was born at Our Lady of Loreto Clinic in Madrid