Argentina

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  Prosecution opens extortion case against Argentine President Macri

  

  Argentine Federal Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan was appointed Thursday to lead an investigation against President Mauricio Macri for allegedly extorting a media businessman to relinquish spectrum frequencies which the government was interested in passing on to a rival group.

• Friday, September 20th 2019 - 10:22 UTC

  Argentine Central Bank will produce more Pesos: higher inflation is expected

  

  According to estimates among analysts, the Argentine Peso's production will be around $ 300,000 million for the remainder of the year, estimating inflation for 2020 even higher than this year. 80% of that issuance corresponds to the last month of the year, breaking the objective that the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA) of “zero-emission” had set and jeopardized the exchange control as it works since August.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 11:49 UTC

  Argentine firefighter hospitalised in Bolivia for smoke poisoning

  

  Argentine forest firefighter Jhonatan Villalva had to be ferried Wednesday to a medical facility after suffering from poisoning by smoke as a result of his deployment to the fire-plagued Chiquitanía area in Bolivia.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 11:24 UTC

  Senate passes emergency food bill in Argentina

  

  Argentina's Senate Wednesday passed the food emergency bill submitted by the opposition parties as protests mount against the inflationary policies carried out by the administration of President Mauricio Macri, who is yet to sign the draft into law and has hinted he would do so without exerting his veto powers.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 10:43 UTC

  Argentine veteran decries planned Cordoba-Mt Pleasant flight

  

  Former Argentine Army conscript Edgardo Esteban Wednesday claimed LATAM Brasil's planned Sao Paulo-Mount Pleasant passenger flight with a stop in the Argentine city of Córdoba serves only the interests of the Falkland islanders.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 10:32 UTC

  Argentina defreezes fuel price meaning 4% increase at pumps

  

  Effective this Thursday, the government of Argentina agreed to defreeze the price of fuel and thus authorize a 4 percent increase after yielding to pressure from province governors and oil companies as the barrel of crude also goes up globally.

• Tuesday, September 17th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Image of Virgin of Lujan taken to Falklands during the war to be returned at ceremony blessed by the Pope

  

  An image of Argentina's saint patron, the Virgin of Lujan, which was carried to the Falklands during the 1982 conflict, and remained unaccounted for during years, will be returned by the United Kingdom. In retribution, the Argentine military bishop will hand a replica of the image to the head of British military chaplains in a ceremony to take place next month in the Vatican with Pope Francis blessing the images.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:47 UTC

  IMF choice: to unlock or not to unlock the last tranche of funds for Argentina

  

  The International Monetary Fund has a tough choice to make in Argentina: unlock US$5.4 billion in funds under the country’s loan deal as the government strains to stave off default, or hold the money back and risk sparking more market panic.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 09:05 UTC

  Gas well catches fire at Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation

  

  Argentina’s state-controlled oil company YPF said a gas well caught fire at its vast shale oil and gas formation of Vaca Muerta early on Sunday following a gas leak on the previous day.

• Monday, September 16th 2019 - 06:43 UTC

  Spain wins basketball World Cup crushing Argentina 95/75

  

  Three-time All-Star Marc Gasol became only the second man to win an NBA crown and the World Cup in the same year after Spain brushed aside Argentina 95-75 on Sunday.