Argentina

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Argentine public service unions strike to protest IMF deal halts the country

  

  Argentina ground to a halt on Monday as public service unions blocked road, rail and air transport with a nationwide 24-hour strike in protest at the government's latest deal with the International Monetary Fund. In a massive show of force against the conservative government of President Mauricio Macri, organizers said at least one million workers were taking part in the industrial action which halted trains, subways, buses and flights in Latin America's third-largest economy.

• Tuesday, June 26th 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Latam stocks and currencies hit by global trade disputes

  

  Latin American stocks and currencies mostly fell on Monday as the trade dispute between the United States and other leading economies worsened, but central bank intervention kept the Brazilian real steady.

• Monday, June 25th 2018 - 10:24 UTC

  General strike in Argentina to protest president Macrí's economic reforms

  

  Argentina labor's umbrella organization CGT, has organized a strike for Monday to protest the economic reforms being implemented y the administration of president Mauricio Macri's business friendly administration.

• Friday, June 22nd 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  Stocks up 6% and the Peso stabilized following MSCI upgrade of Argentina

  

  Argentine stocks surged on Thursday after index provider MSCI upgraded the country to its emerging markets index a day earlier, a respite from months of dismal economic news for market-friendly President Mauricio Macri. The local Merval stock index closed up 6%, led by industrials and banks. Investment bank Grupo Financiero Valores led gains, rising 18.3%, while aluminum producer Aluar rose 13%.

• Friday, June 22nd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Sampaoli takes the blame for the crushing defeat to superb Croatia

  

  Argentina coach Jorge Sampaoli has promised the team will give everything they have to try and qualify for the World Cup's round of 16 after their hopes of progression suffered the hammer blow of a 3-0 loss to Croatia.

• Friday, June 22nd 2018 - 09:02 UTC

  Malvinas question dispute: new phase in Argentina/UK relations will create favorable conditions

  

  Foreign minister Jorge Faurie reiterated before the United Nations Decolonization Committee or C24, that Argentina wishes to establish a dialogue with the UK to solve the Malvinas Islands dispute, and underlined he believed that “favorable conditions” for such a scenario have been created and are advancing.

• Thursday, June 21st 2018 - 14:38 UTC

  “The Argentine claim to our Falkland Islands is unfounded and unwelcome”

  

  ”We have a right to live in peace, in freedom and to determine our own future”. “We have a right to live in peace, we have a right to our freedom and above all we have a right to determine our own future”, Falkland Islands elected lawmaker, MLA Ian Hansen told the United Nations decolonization committee or C24 on Wednesday, in New York.

• Thursday, June 21st 2018 - 11:16 UTC

  Falkland Islands approve exhumation and repatriation of Argentine Soldier

  

  Last week the Falkland Islands Government approved under Falkland Islands law the exhumation of the body of Flight Lieutenant Luis Dario Jose Castagnari. Mr Castagnari is buried at the Argentine Cemetary near Darwin in the Islands, having perished during the 1982 war.

• Thursday, June 21st 2018 - 08:03 UTC

  IMF Executive Board approves US$50bn Stand-By Arrangement for Argentina

  

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on Wednesday a three-year Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) for Argentina amounting to US$50 billion (equivalent to SDR 35.379 billion, or about 1,110 percent of Argentina’s quota in the IMF).

• Thursday, June 21st 2018 - 06:55 UTC

  A good one for Macri: MSCI decides to reclassify Argentina as an emerging market

  

  Index provider MSCI said on Wednesday it will reclassify Argentina as an emerging market and begin including Saudi Arabia in that classification, sharply broadening the investor base for both countries in a move that could be supportive of their equity markets. The decisions will be effective beginning in mid-2019.