Argentina

• Wednesday, January 20th 2016 - 06:23 UTC

  Without dropping Falklands claim, Macri wants “a new era” in relations with UK

  

  Argentina's new president, Mauricio Macri, says he wants to start “a new era” in relations with Britain, long strained by the two nations' dispute over the Falkland Islands, according to remarks published Tuesday.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2016 - 04:38 UTC

  Macri and Cameron are scheduled to meet thirty minutes at the Davos conference

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri will fly this Tuesday to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual World Economic Forum, during which he has a full agenda of interviews and meetings with business moguls and political leaders, including Prime Minister David Cameron, US Vice president Joe Biden, Frech PM Manuel Valls and Mexican president Enrique Peña Nieto. among others.

• Monday, January 18th 2016 - 09:32 UTC

  One year on death of Argentine special prosecutor remains in controversy and unsolved

  

  The mother of Argentine special prosecutor Alberto Nisman broke her silence and made it clear she did not believe her son had committed suicide. “He was killed,” Sara Garfunkel said in an interview with the Jewish News Agency (AJN) published on Saturday.

• Monday, January 18th 2016 - 09:07 UTC

  Labor leader calls for “accommodation” on the Falklands issue with Argentina

  

  British Labor leader and head of the opposition Jeremy Corbyn has called for “accommodation” with Argentina in the Falkland Islands, and anticipated that any discussions over the future of the Islands should give inhabitants an “enormous say”, but stopped short of giving them a veto.

• Monday, January 18th 2016 - 08:15 UTC

  Petrobras increased pre-salt oil production by 56% during 2015

  

  Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras said it increased its crude production last year by 4.6% relative to 2014, exceeding the target set forth in its business plan for the first time in 13 years. Oil output in 2015 amounted to an average of 2.128 million barrels per day (bpd), up 0.15% from the 2.125 million bpd forecast by the company.

• Monday, January 18th 2016 - 05:52 UTC

  All negotiations with holdout funds will be made public, announced Argentina

  

  Argentina announced that all the details of the negotiation with the speculative funds, taking place in New York, will be made public in order to guarantee the transparency of the process. The news from the Finance Ministry dismissed reports that the holdouts were demanding the Argentine government sign a confidentiality agreement before talks can begin.

• Friday, January 15th 2016 - 07:31 UTC

  Departing Spanish minister joins Argentine bandwagon claiming 'Malvinas dialogue'

  

  Spanish Foreign Secretary Jose Manuel Garcia Margallo has delivered what could possibly be his last comment on Spain’s claim to Gibraltar’s sovereignty in his current role. The official has jumped on the bandwagon of a new Argentine platform seeking international support for the return of the Falkland Islands and urging UK to agree to bilateral talks over Gibraltar’s sovereignty.

• Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 06:54 UTC

  Argentina needs to reach an agreement with holdouts, insists Prat-Gay

  

  Argentina's new finance minister said on Wednesday it was imperative to resolve the country's legal dispute with U.S. creditors over unpaid debt because financing of the country's fiscal deficit this year may depend on progress on the issue.

• Thursday, January 14th 2016 - 06:42 UTC

  Argentina targets 25% inflation and fiscal deficit of 4.8% of GDP this year

  

  Argentina Finance Minister Alfonso Prat Gay revealed on Wednesday that the fiscal deficit registered in 2015 was of 5.8% of GDP and 7.1% of GDP is all debts are computed, and complained that “there has been wasteful spending and when there is an expense it’s not well done.”

• Tuesday, January 12th 2016 - 07:24 UTC

  Sour victory for Macri: all fugitives captured after 15-days on the run; 'the whole system is rotten'

  

  Fifteen days of a major embarrassment for the government of Argentine president Mauricio Macri came to an end on Monday after police commandos recaptured two of the country's most notorious convicts in a rice mill plant, ending a 15-day manhunt through backwater towns and two provinces.