Argentina

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 09:19 UTC

  EU approves increase in US beef imports to ease bilateral trade tensions

  

  European Union lawmakers approved an increase in U.S. beef imports to the EU on Thursday, a move likely to ease transatlantic tensions. But they also criticized tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on metal imports and a threat he has made to target EU cars and car parts.

• Friday, November 29th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  Argentine president elect wants to pay debt, and promises no haircuts

  

  Argentine president-elect Alberto Fernandez said on Thursday he did not want to fall short on debt obligations even as his government puts a premium on growth. Fernandez, who takes office on Dec. 10, will need to negotiate with creditors including the International Monetary Fund as Argentina buckles under the weight of about US$100 billion in sovereign debt.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands: Argentina and UK agree to extend Humanitarian Plan to identify remains in multiple grave

  

  The outgoing government of Argentine president Mauricio Macri and the United Kingdom are in talks for an extension of the humanitarian plan which, with Falkland Islands consent and under the guidance of the International Committee of the Red Cross had enabled the identification of 115 remains buried in the Islands with the sole reference, “Argentine soldier, only known to God”, the tragic legacy of the 1982 conflict.

• Wednesday, November 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez renounces to IMF loan: “I want to stop asking for money”

  

  Argentina's president-elect Alberto Fernandez said on Tuesday he would renounce the remaining US$11 billion tranches of the country's International Monetary Fund loan as soon as he takes office next month.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Alberto Fernandez prepared to reignite abortion debate despite warnings from the Catholic Church

  

  The inauguration of Argentina's president-elect Alberto Fernandez next month has reignited a debate over the legalization of abortion, a year after conservatives narrowly blocked its decriminalization, leaving the country bitterly divided over the issue.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  New IMF head of mission in Argentina, as Macri prepares to step down from office

  

  The International Monetary Fund has named as head of its mission in Argentina, Luis Cubeddu, 53, replacing Italian born Roberto Cardarelli. Cubeddu is knowledgeable in Argentina since he was in Buenos Aires between 2002/04, during a similar financial pre-default situation, as a member of the IMF representation.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina 2019: annual inflation of 55% and economy contraction of 2.7%

  

  Argentina will finish 2019 at 55% annual inflation, the country’s treasury minister said on Monday, capping off a tumultuous year for Latin America’s No. 3 economy that also saw voters usher in a new leftist government.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  One Ocean Expeditions “Resolute” under injunction in the port of Buenos Aires

  

  A cruise ship belonging to Squamish, British Columbia-based One Ocean Expeditions has been ordered by an Argentine federal judge to stay in the port of Buenos Aires due to a “significant debt.”

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Two Catholic priests sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for sexually abusing deaf children in Mendoza

  

  Two Roman Catholic priests were each sentenced to more than 40 years in prison in Argentina for sexually abusing deaf children, a court in the city of Mendoza ruled on Monday.

• Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentine send first shipment of chilled pork for China

  

  Argentina has sent its first shipment of chilled pork to China, the government announced, as China's pork imports rise due to a devastating outbreak of African swine fever at home.