Argentina

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 11:55 UTC

  Argentina and main creditors on the last leg of negotiations: reviewed exchange of payment proposals

  

  Some of Argentina’s largest creditors presented a new debt proposal to the government over the weekend as the two sides edge closer to a US$ 65 billion restructuring deal, according to people familiar with the matter.

• Tuesday, June 16th 2020 - 10:30 UTC

  Solá confirms end of fisheries info exchange with Falklands: on this, they decided how many licenses to award

  

  Higher fines to those illegally fishing in Argentine waters, including around the Malvinas Islands, is directed to discourage poachers, indicated Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá who also defended the decision to interrupt the exchange of fisheries information on the South Atlantic bio-mass with the United Kingdom and the Falklands.

• Monday, June 15th 2020 - 07:45 UTC

  Argentina without football any time soon because or resurgence of Covid 19 cases

  

  Football in Argentina will not return any time soon as the country grapples with rising Covid-19 infections, according to health minister Gines Gonzalez. Organized sport in Argentina has been suspended since mid-March and there has been no indication of when it might resume, reported the local media.

• Sunday, June 14th 2020 - 14:32 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas, the priority of Argentina/UK relations, Felipe Solá

  

  Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá anticipated that the Falklands/Malvinas Islands will be the priority in relations with the United Kingdom, and to protect the South Atlantic fisheries, fines have to be much harsher since now they are “ridiculous” low.

• Sunday, June 14th 2020 - 14:04 UTC

  New version of Nisman's death supplied by ex Mossad agent directly involves Cristina Fernandez

  

  Israel’s Mossad provided the intelligence information that enabled Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman to prove that Iran orchestrated the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were killed, an Israeli TV documentary claimed.

• Sunday, June 14th 2020 - 13:51 UTC

  Argentine and bond holders negotiations extended to at least 19 June

  

  Argentine bonds rose on Friday as the government said that negotiations with creditors to restructure around US$ 65 billion in sovereign debt would continue into next week and that a deadline for reaching a deal would be pushed back to at least June 19.

• Saturday, June 13th 2020 - 07:16 UTC

  Argentina: May inflation 1,5% and 43,4% in the twelve months

  

  Argentina's 12-month inflation slowed in May as many consumers stayed home while shops and other businesses mostly remained closed because of social distancing measures intended to control the spread of the coronavirus.

• Friday, June 12th 2020 - 07:08 UTC

  “Falkland Facts and Fallacies”, a new contribution to the Falklands' debate

  

  By historian David Tatham (*) - This book by Graham Pascoe describes itself as a refutation of a work by two Argentine lawyers, Professor Marcelo Kohen and Facundo Rodríguez – and that is just what it is.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 13:08 UTC

  Argentine president and agro-exporter Vicentin CEO scheduled to meet on Thursday

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez will receive this Thursday the board members of one of the country's largest agro-exporter groups, Vicentín, following the government's decision to intervene the company, a controversial measure that triggered an immediate reaction from congressional opposition and public opinion.

• Thursday, June 11th 2020 - 07:55 UTC

  Argentine couple finally collects their child in Kiev born to a surrogate Ukrainian mother

  

  For parents Jose Perez and Flavia Lavorino, the wait is finally over. On Wednesday, the couple from Buenos Aires met their baby son Manu for the first time, 71 days after he was born to a surrogate mother 12,875km away in Ukraine.