Argentina

• Friday, March 13th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Argentina soybean output forecast to reach 52 million tons, down 6% year on year

  

  Soybean output for Argentina -- the world's third-largest soy producer and exporter -- is forecast to be at 52 million tons, down 4.6% on February estimates and 6% year on year, in 2019-20 crop year (November-October), on dry conditions in Córdoba and Santa Fe, a Buenos Aires Grains Exchange report said on Thursday.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 18:01 UTC

  Argentina ready to begin restructuring of US$ 70bn in foreign law bonds

  

  Argentina will revamp as much as US$ 68.8 billion in foreign law bonds as it restructures its debt, the government said in a decree on Tuesday, paving the way for tense negotiations as the country looks to strike a deal with creditors this month.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Argentine risk jumps on Monday to a record of 2,768 points, not seen since 2005

  

  Argentine risk spreads on Monday shot to levels not seen since 2005 and sovereign bond prices fell 7.5%, as the coronavirus slammed global markets and the cash-strapped country prepared to restructure debt.

• Tuesday, March 10th 2020 - 08:15 UTC

  Coronavirus cases in Argentina climbs to 17; minister admits the virus arrived faster than expected

  

  Argentina's health ministry announced on Monday five new confirmed cases of coronavirus, taking the total number to 17. All of them were described as imported cases since they involved people who arrived from overseas. They include a patient in Buenos Aires City, two from Chaco province, one from San Luis and the fifth in Patagonia Rio Negro province.

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentine farmers begin four day sales strike to protest higher export taxes

  

  Argentina’s main farm groups will hold a four-day sales strike this week, officials with local growers groups said on Thursday, to protest a tax hike that soy crushing companies warn will cripple investment in the key sector.

• Monday, March 9th 2020 - 08:43 UTC

  First Covid-19 death in Latin America; twelve positive cases in Argentina

  

  A 64-year-old man died in Argentina as a result of the Covid-19, the first such death in Latin America, health authorities announced Saturday. The Ministry of Health said the patient lived in Buenos Aires and had been confirmed with COVID-19 after coming down with a cough, fever and sore throat following a recent trip to Europe.

• Saturday, March 7th 2020 - 06:58 UTC

  Argentina reports eight confirmed cases of Covid-19

  

  The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Argentina has risen from two to eight within the past 24 hours, the national Health Ministry said.

• Friday, March 6th 2020 - 11:00 UTC

  Argentina reports second confirmed case of Covid-19

  

  Argentina's health officials confirmed the country's second Covid-19 case, a young man currently interned in a private hospital in Buenos Aires. The patient, a 23-year old staff member of a Buenos Aires elected councilor visited the north of Italy and was back on March first, but two days later had a peak of fever and other suspicious symptoms.

• Friday, March 6th 2020 - 11:00 UTC

  IMF has held “productive talks” in Buenos Aires and leaves this Friday

  

  An International Monetary Fund team currently in Argentina has held “productive” talks with local officials, a spokesman said on Thursday, though there was little detail on concrete progress about reaching a deal over the country’s debt crisis.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  A list of 12.000 Nazis in Argentina with accounts in Credit Suisse has surfaced, confirms Simon Wiesenthal Center

  

  A research by Argentine investigator Pedro Filipuzzi revealed a list of 12,000 Nazis in Argentina that apparently have money in accounts at the Zurich-based Credit Suisse investment bank, the Simon Wiesenthal Center said in a statement.