Argentina

• Thursday, July 9th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina with a daily record of Covid-19 cases, 3,604

  

  Argentina posted a daily record of 3,604 confirmed cases of COVID-19 as the country grapples with rising infections that are threatening its early success in stalling the spread of the virus.

• Wednesday, July 8th 2020 - 08:38 UTC

  IMF praises Argentina's latest debt offer to creditors

  

  A spokesperson for the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that Argentina’s latest debt offer to its creditors is “an important step” in the restructuring process.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 10:10 UTC

  An out of plan shock bomb goes off in Cristina Fernandez' backyard

  

  The violent death of a former secretary of Argentine ex-president and currently vice president, Cristina Kirchner, in El Calafate, Santa Cruz province triggered a strong clash between the Argentine government and congressional opposition since there was speculation that Fabian Gutierrez, 48, a potential whistleblower in several corruption cases, had met his destiny to the hands of an alleged Kirchner conspiration.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine journalists reject a new impulse of Cristina Kirchner's harassing habits

  

  Three hundred Argentine journalists have made public a document rejecting claims from Vice-president Cristina Fernandez that several media professionals have colluded in an illicit association to spy on her.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 09:35 UTC

  Argentina unveils its “final effort”, with sweeteners, to bondholders and an August 4 deadline

  

  Argentina’s government unveiled an amended debt restructuring proposal on Sunday and set a deadline of Aug. 4 for creditors to accept it, adding some key sweeteners as it looks to defuse recent tensions with bondholders and strike a deal.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Six out of ten children in Argentina live in poverty, UN data

  

  The global pandemic has hammered Argentina's economy, which is now expected to shrink around 12% this year, driving millions into poverty and leaving almost six out of every 10 children and adolescents below the poverty line, United Nations data show.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 08:25 UTC

  Argentine economy expected to contract 12% this year, according to central bank poll

  

  Argentina's economy is expected to contract by 12% in 2020, a monthly central bank poll of analysts showed on Friday, worse than the previous estimate of a 9.4% decline, as output is ravaged by measures to tame the coronavirus outbreak.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 08:02 UTC

  Creditor group tables new offer to Argentina's debt negotiations

  

  One of Argentina's main creditor groups, the Argentina Creditor Committee, confirmed on Friday that it had tabled a new offer to the country's government as part of ongoing debt renegotiations.

• Saturday, July 4th 2020 - 08:00 UTC

  International banks accuse Argentine major soy crusher of “diverting hundreds of millions of dollars” in a US court

  

  Banks owed money by cash-strapped Argentine soy crusher Vicentin are accusing the company of diverting hundreds of millions of dollars and have asked a U.S. court to subpoena records as part of a lawsuit, including wire transfers and bank statements.

• Friday, July 3rd 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Mercosur presidential summit can't forget support for Argentina's claim over the Falklands

  

  Mercosur full-member presidents and their associate peers backed Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands in the framework of the 56th Heads of State summit, which took place in Paraguay through a video conference when the pro tempore chair was delivered by Brazil to Uruguay for the second half of 2020.