Argentina

• Thursday, February 27th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Argentine farmers with a “deep sense of deception”, ahead of grains export tariffs

  

  Argentina's Ministry of Agriculture suspended on Wednesday the registration of agricultural exports until further notice, it said in a statement, a move that traders said likely foreshadowed a steep increase in grains export tariffs.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina Forensic Anthropology Team nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

  

  The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, EAAF, a non-profit scientific NGO, was nominated for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its investigative work into human rights violations in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2020 - 09:42 UTC

  Argentina implements additional controls for Covid-19 at Ezeiza airport

  

  The Argentine government has started to implement additional controls to identify potential cases of coronavirus in flights from Italy, where the number of Covid-19 infections keeps increasing. Additionally, the first case confirmed in South America has been a Brazilian businessman who for work reasons visited the north of Italy.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2020 - 07:31 UTC

  Argentine ambassador in US meets Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

  

  Argentine ambassador in Washington Jorge Argüello held a meeting on Monday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, with the purpose of strengthening bilateral relations and which was described as “highly productive”.

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 07:59 UTC

  Argentina will allow IMF to inspect its accounts under Article IV consultations

  

  Argentina agreed to start consultations with the International Monetary Fund that could lead to a new financing program, days after the global lender said the country’s debt situation had become “unsustainable”.

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 07:13 UTC

  UK interested in partnership with Argentina to develop the railway system

  

  Ambassador Mark Kent said the United Kingdom wants to be a partner of Argentina in such areas as the development of railways, following a meeting of a British trade mission with the head of the country's Railways infrastructure Administration, ADIFSE, Ricardo Lissalde.

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 06:30 UTC

  US Treasury Secretary welcomes Argentina's talks with IMF on Article IV

  

  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday welcomed Argentina's talks with the International Monetary Fund after the heavily indebted country said it would launch consultations, starting Monday, that could lead to a new funding program.

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 06:25 UTC

  Argentine beef exports to China fall almost a third in January plus price disputes

  

  Argentine beef exports to its top buyer China fell almost a third in January due to a price dispute with Chinese importers and the effects of a coronavirus outbreak, the head of the country's meat export chamber revealed.

• Sunday, February 23rd 2020 - 05:29 UTC

  Argentina manages a US$ 1.02bn trade surplus in January

  

  Argentina's economic activity expanded in December as retail sales and manufacturing advanced, while the country posted a trade surplus in January that almost tripled the surplus the same month a year earlier.

• Saturday, February 22nd 2020 - 10:15 UTC

  Could China end going to the rescue of crisis-prone Argentina?

  

  Argentina is thought to be on the brink of falling into its ninth sovereign default, prompting some analysts to speculate whether the crisis-prone South American country might be tempted to accept funding from China.