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Montevideo, April 19th 2024 - 01:43 UTC

Tag: Mauricio Macri

  • Wednesday, February 20th 2019 - 10:11 UTC

    Argentine foreign minister gives India some advice on Chinese penetration

    “India has to be absolutely active in Latin America. The Chinese have been in the region for many years already, for almost 20 years”, Faurie told Indian businesses

    If India has to compete with China in Latin America, then it has to be “absolutely active” in the region, Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Faurie said on Tuesday during the business forum in New Delhi.

  • Tuesday, February 19th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

    Macri on a state visit to India condemns terrorism and signs ten agreements

    Indian PM Narendra Modi and Argentine President Mauricio Macri, held bilateral talks on Monday in New Delhi and strongly condemned terrorism.

    India and Argentina inked ten agreements including in defense, agriculture, space, pharmaceuticals, Antarctic cooperation, agriculture, IT and nuclear cooperation. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Argentine President Mauricio Macri, accompanied by a high-level official delegation and around 100 top industry representatives of Argentine companies held bilateral talks on Monday.

  • Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

    Argentine Security minister making headlines with her tough on crime policy

    Patricia Bullrich, 62, is pushing new tough-on-crime measures: dropping the age for juvenile convictions, equipping cops with stun guns and facial recognition

    Argentina's government, with one eye on elections later in the year, is getting tough on crime, and one figure is taking centre stage: the country's security tsar. Patricia Bullrich, 62, the security minister, is pushing a series of new tough-on-crime measures, including dropping the age for juvenile convictions, equipping cops with stun guns and trialling facial recognition at train stations.

  • Monday, February 18th 2019 - 09:29 UTC

    Macri and business delegation in India for trade, investment and cooperation promotion

    Macri arrived in India on Saturday and was first flown to Agra to visit the Taj Mahal. From there to New Dehli ahead of round of political contacts on Monday

    New Delhi and Buenos Aires are expected to sign up to eight agreements during President Mauricio Macri’s three-day state visit to India to promote trade, investment and cooperation in several fields including defense, Argentine ambassador Daniel Chuburu said. Macri is accompanied by several ministers, members of Congress and a hundred business leaders.

  • Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 11:00 UTC

    Uruguayan president Vazquez now supports free credible elections in Venezuela

    The Uruguayan administration continues to support Maduro as legitimate president, it “understands” but not necessarily justifies the existence of political prisoners and the humanitarian situation

    As advanced by Mercopress, Uruguay and Argentine presidents', Tabare Vazquez and Mauricio Macri open agenda surprise meeting was in effect to address the Venezuelan situation, particularly what has been described in Buenos Aires as the erratic accommodative stance to circumstances and environment, of the Vazquez administration.

  • Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

    “Food emergency” demand march in Argentine cities

    Since President Macri came to power in 2015, electricity bills have gone up 210% and gas 300%, following on the removal of significant subsidies

    Thousands took to the streets in 50 Argentine cities and towns Wednesday demanding that the government declare a “food emergency” and put an end to suffocating price increases. Since President Mauricio Macri came to power in 2015, electricity bills have gone up 210% and gas 300%. The government blamed the increase on the removal of significant subsidies in place under the previous administration.

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

    IMF mission in Argentina to collect data on compliance of the standby loan accord

    The head of the mission Roberto Cardarelli is scheduled to meet ministers, central bank officials, members of congress from the ruling coalition and opposition

    An IMF team is back in Buenos Aires to review the Argentine economy performance and how it is complying with the fiscal and monetary conditions established in the stand-by US$ 57 billion loan agreed last year. The head of the mission Roberto Cardarelli is scheduled to meet ministers, central bank officials, members of Congress from the ruling coalition and opposition, academia and different lobbies.

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

    Unexpected meeting of Uruguay and Argentina to address the Venezuelan situation

    Vazquez and Macri will meet on Wednesday at the Anchorena park, a twenty minutes helicopter flight from Buenos Aires

    Presidents from Uruguay and Argentina, Tabare Vazquez and Mauricio Macri, will be meeting on Wednesday to discuss an open agenda, but which according to Buenos Aires sources will be centered on the Venezuelan situation, where the two countries hold different positions. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Colonia, at the Anchorena Park, which is an official resting place of the Uruguayan Executive, and a twenty minutes helicopter flight distance from Buenos Aires.

  • Monday, February 4th 2019 - 08:05 UTC

    Macri on an ambitious trade and cooperation visit to India

    Macri's state visit will extend from February 17 to 19, in the framework of the 70th anniversary of diplomatic relations (Photo file G20)

    Argentine president Mauricio Macri will be visiting India from February 17 to 19 as part of an ambitious bilateral agenda to expand trade and cooperation in a range of sectors including renewable energy, nuclear energy, space and agriculture, aviation, mining (lithium, gold and copper), pharmaceuticals and automobiles.

  • Saturday, February 2nd 2019 - 08:59 UTC

    Argentine central bank “ready” to counter surprises ahead of this year's presidential election

    Economic volatility is common during election years in Argentina, which has one of the highest inflation rates in the world at nearly 50% last year.

    Argentina’s central bank has sufficient dollar firepower to deal with a spike in demand for the greenback if uncertainty over the country’s upcoming presidential election prompts another run on the peso, bank sources said on Friday.