Argentina

Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Alberto Fernandez and Jeremy Corbyn talked about the Falklands/Malvinas claim

Argentine president-elect Alberto Fernandez revealed that last week he received a call from UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn, and despite the ideological affinity, the incoming president said that Argentina under his administration would, always, claim the Falklands/Malvinas Islands sovereignty.
Thursday, November 7th 2019 - 09:23 UTC
Brazil's leading bank affected by political instability in Argentina and Chile

Political instability in Argentina and Chile is taking a toll on Itaú Unibanco Holding SA’s businesses beyond its home market of Brazil, Chief Executive Candido Bracher said on Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 6th 2019 - 12:50 UTC
IAATO has suspended One Ocean Expeditions; Falklands' call of “Resolute” cruise cancelled

The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) has essentially suspended One Ocean Expeditions’ (OOE) membership in the group, according to a statement sent to members and obtained by Cruise Industry News. One Ocean’s future continues to raise a question mark as departures are cancelled and the RCGS Resolute continues to sit in Buenos Aires.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Fernandez with Lopez Obrador, “satisfied in meeting with someone who thinks so similarly to me”

Argentine President-elect Alberto Fernández met with his Mexican soon-to-be counterpart on Monday seeking to boost bilateral and regional cooperation in his first foreign trip since winning election last month.
Tuesday, November 5th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Malvinas “Virgin of Lujan” image finally arrives to Buenos Aires

An image of Argentina Patroness, the Virgin of Lujan which was left behind by the Argentine soldiers at the end of the Falklands/Malvinas war, and was recently returned by the United Kingdom and blessed by Pope Francis in the Vatican, finally arrived in Buenos Aires early morning Monday, 37 years after the conflict was over.
Monday, November 4th 2019 - 19:32 UTC
Fernández's government “won't change” its vision regarding Venezuela for debt renegotiation

The Peronist Felipe Solá, one of the candidates for minister of foreign affairs in the government of the president-elect of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, said Monday that the next administration, to renegotiate the debt, will not change its vision regarding Venezuela.
Monday, November 4th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
“No one from the Fernandez team has spoken officially on the Malvinas issue”

Felipe Sola is a pragmatic Peronist, ex Agriculture minister with president Carlos Menem, former elected governor of the Buenos Aires province, the most significant electoral circumscription of Argentina and is increasingly mentioned as the next minister of foreign affairs and worship. Solá is currently with president-elect Alberto Fernandez in Mexico and before leaving was interviewed and made some announcements referred to the “Malvinas Islands”.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:59 UTC
Argentina: official transition with incoming administration takes off next week

Argentina's official transition in anticipation of 10 December when elected president Alberto Fernandez takes office, is scheduled to begin next Wednesday when Fernandez returns from his first overseas trip to Mexico.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Argentina imposes more money exchange restrictions to defend reserves

Argentina’s central bank is setting a price floor under the volatile peso in hopes to avoid a sharp plunge in the currency after an opposition-won presidential election last Sunday shifted the country firmly back to the left.
Friday, November 1st 2019 - 09:52 UTC
US expects Argentina to uphold its commitments to IMF, Mnuchin said

The United States expects Argentina’s incoming Peronist government to uphold the country’s commitment to the terms of its US$ 57 billion International Monetary Fund loan program, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.