Argentina

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 21:08 UTC

  Fernandez insists Argentina needs more time to honor its debt with IMF

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernandez said that the country “needs more time” to honor its debt with the IMF and underlined he would like “a commitment of the Fund with Argentina”. He also welcomed what he described as a “common sense dialogue with the IMF mission” currently in Buenos Aires for a review of the country's finances and economic prospects.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 20:46 UTC

  Cristina Fernández/IMF controversy over the Fund's responsibility in Argentina' flight of capital

  

  Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner insisted in her criticism of the IMF for the alleged violation of its statutes by awarding the previous Argentine administration of president Mauricio Macri a disproportionate credit, despite the fact the Fund rejected the accusation and ratified that no debt shaving is possible under its rules.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Fernandez/Bolsonaro summit in Montevideo in doubt, but both sides willing to meet

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernández said he was not sure to attend the inauguration of Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou, next March first, when he was expected to meet his Brazilian peer Jair Bolsonaro. Anyhow Fernandez insisted he was most willing to have an interview with Bolsonaro whenever possible.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  British forces during Falklands' war benefited from CIA Crypto AG decoded messages

  

  The Royal Navy, RAF, and British Army benefited from the CIA's secret ownership of a code-making machine company during the Falklands' War, a new investigation has claimed.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 08:40 UTC

  Argentine inflation drops to 2.3% in January, helped by the freeze of several items

  

  Argentina inflation decelerated to 2.3% in January, the official statistics agency said on Thursday, well below analyst expectations for a 3.4% rise.

• Friday, February 14th 2020 - 08:28 UTC

  Argentina anticipates rough times for bondholders in any of three possible economic scenarios

  

  Argentina’s economy minister confirmed bondholders’ worst fears, telling them to brace for significant losses as the country restructures its debt amid an economic crisis. Martin Guzman warned that holders of Argentine debt will probably be disappointed by the restructuring, without providing specifics on how steep losses could be.

• Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 10:15 UTC

  Argentina/Falklands dispute at the Badminton Pan Am Cup 2020 in Brazil

  

  Argentina is threatening a Falkland Islands team to play under the name “Islas Malvinas” or to pull out of an international competition, it has been claimed. Falkland Islands Badminton are vowing to “not give in to bullies” amid alleged tensions ahead of the Badminton Pan Am Male & Female Cup 2020, which is due to commence on Thursday.

• Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 10:12 UTC

  IMF mission begins talks in Argentina; Government presented his fiscal plan to Congress

  

  Recession-hit Argentina opened talks on Wednesday with a team from the IMF, seeking relief from what President Alberto Fernandez says is an unsustainable foreign debt. The delegation, led by Julie Kozack and Luis Cubeddu, arrived in Buenos Aires for a week-long visit as left-wing groups staged public protests to demand a suspension of debt payments.

• Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 10:10 UTC

  Bolsonaro-Alberto Fernandez summit and “cordial embrace” in Montevideo next March first

  

  Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has proposed a meeting with his Argentine peer Alberto Fernandez on March first in Montevideo when Uruguayan president-elect Luis Lacalle Pou takes office. The information was announced by Argentine foreign minister Felipe Solá, after meeting president Bolsonaro for fifty minutes at his office in Brasilia.

• Thursday, February 13th 2020 - 09:50 UTC

  Eight malnourished children die in northern Argentina indigenous reservations

  

  News of the death of at least eight extremely malnourished children in the province of Salta, in northwestern Argentina, has exposed a crisis of hunger of immense proportions in this country, an important exporter of food to the rest of the world. A seventh victim was an adult woman, who died giving birth.