Argentina

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina's Peso takes a rest after a hectic week but the country risk shoots to its highest this year

  

  Latin American stocks were flat on Monday, partly subdued by delays in important pension reform in Brazil, while currencies in the region rose against a weak dollar but Argentina's peso hovered around record-low levels on political uncertainty and the highest country risk so far this year.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  Florencia Kirchner's lawyer presented her medical history and address in Cuba

  

  The defense of Florencia Kirchner presented before the Federal Oral Court 5 in charge of the “Los Sauces” case, her complete medical record and her residence address in Cuba on Monday, as requested by the Argentine Justice.

• Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 06:02 UTC

  Baroness Fairhead visits Argentina and Brazil to bolster trade and investment relations

  

  Minister of State for Trade and Export Promotion Baroness Fairhead, is travelling to Brazil after visiting Argentina this week to meet with key Brazilian and Argentine businesses and government ministers to discuss the UK’s commitment to trade and investment in both countries and the wider Latin American and Caribbean (LATAC) region.

• Monday, April 8th 2019 - 10:40 UTC

  Argentine soy harvest with “excellent” yields expected to reach 53 million tons

  

  Argentina's soy harvest has progressed at a brisk pace over recent days, showing “excellent” yields that could push the crop higher than the currently forecast 53 million tons, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in a report last week.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Argentina combats violence in football: 128 hooligans banned from stadiums during four years

  

  More than 100 members of Boca Junior's 'barra bravas' – among them hooligan leaders Rafael Di Zeo and Mauro Martín – will not be able to enter Argentine football stadiums for the next four years, according to a resolution posted in the Argentine Official Gazette on Thursday.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  IMF releases US$10.8 billion to Argentina and insists on fiscal prudence

  

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed on Friday the third review of Argentina’s economic performance under the 36-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) that was approved on June 20, 2018. The completion of the review allows the authorities to draw the equivalent of SDR 7.8 billion (about US$10.8 billion), bringing total purchases since June 2018 to SDR 28.01371 billion (about US$38.9 billion).

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Brazil automakers confident of domestic market despite collapse of exports to Argentina

  

  Automobile production in Brazil fell 0.6% in the first quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the national automakers’ association said on Thursday, as an economic crisis in Argentina continued to weigh on output.

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 09:26 UTC

  Argentines take to the streets under pouring rain to protest Macri’s austerity

  

  Argentine unions, small business owners and activists took to the rain-drenched streets of Buenos Aires on Thursday to protest against austerity measures under President Mauricio Macri, which they blame for amplifying worker hardships and sapping growth.

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Top Gear “Patagonia Special” cars shredded to nut size in “hush-hush” operation

  

  Imagine three top-line sport vehicles, worth tens of thousands of dollars, from some of the most famous world brands coming to their proud end rolled over by caterpillars and shredded to pieces no greater than nuts. And the vehicles did not belong to drug dealers or arms trafficker or were part of some US extravagant show.

• Thursday, April 4th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentine soybean farmers sign delayed-price contracts hoping for a US/China trade deal and higher prices

  

  Soybean growers in Argentina are playing a waiting game, wagering on better prices ahead as the U.S. and China inch toward a trade deal and as nation’s currency keeps depreciating. Farmers on the Pampas arable belt have signed delayed-price contracts for almost three quarters of the 12.2 million metric tons they’ve sold to crushers and exporters so far, according to government data. That compares with 60% at the same stage last year.