Argentina

• Friday, October 25th 2019 - 04:00 UTC

  Uruguay’s wealth management specialist booming under Argentine financial issues

  

  Argentina has been facing significant financial issues in the last decade, and Uruguay wealth management teams are poised to take advantage.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro warns next Argentine government: Mercosur must continue with Macri's trade policies

  

  A possible victory of opposition candidate Alberto Fernández in Argentina's presidential election on Sunday could put the Mercosur trade bloc at risk, Brazil's right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine markets concerned about what happens on Monday 28 October

  

  Argentine markets are set for another bout of nerves after the country holds a presidential election on Sunday, likely to confirm defeat for business-friendly President Mauricio Macri.

• Thursday, October 24th 2019 - 09:28 UTC

  A majority of Argentine public is dissatisfied with the state of their democracy, Pew Research

  

  Argentines are headed to the polls for their general election on Sunday Oct. 27. They will cast their votes against a backdrop of wide discontent with the way things are going in the country and little faith in their elected officials and public institutions, according to a Pew Research Center survey.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentine central bank has lost some US$ 19.500 million in reserves since 11 August 

  

  Argentine central bank international reserves stand at US$ 46.885 million following on Monday's rescue of different maturing bonds and support in the local market to help stabilize the price of the US dollar. This demanded some US$ 600 million.

• Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 - 06:01 UTC

  Argentine navy's school vessel, tall ship ARA Libertad arrives in London on Friday

  

  Next Friday, Argentina's Frigate A.R.A. Libertad, the navy's school vessel will dock in London after 17 years. Under the command of Captain Romay, the arrival of one of the largest and fastest tall ships at the docks of South Quay in Canary Wharf will mark the half-way point on the 48th midshipman training voyage.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 10:10 UTC

  Macri comes ahead in Argentina's second presidential debate, but will it be enough?

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri and the leading opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez exchanged blows and strong accusations during the second and last debate before next Sunday's election

• Sunday, October 20th 2019 - 09:38 UTC

  Argentine president Macri tells a massive rally in Buenos Aires the election result can be turned around

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri called voters on Saturday to get behind him ahead of presidential elections next week in a massive rally called the “March of the Million”, held in downtown Buenos Aires next to the obelisk and in the widest avenue of the city, 9 de Julio.

• Saturday, October 19th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentina awards hydrocarbons exploration licenses in the West Malvinas basin

  

  The Argentine government awarded ENI Argentina Exploración y Explotación; Tecpetrol, and MEMPLO, a subsidiary from Japan's Mitsui hydrocarbons licenses to explore an offshore area. MLO/124 in the so-called West Malvinas basin.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:56 UTC

  Argentina's opposition confirms and displays a unified front in a massive rally

  

  With less than ten days for the Argentine presidential election, the catch-all Peronist movement that has dominated the country's political scene for decades managed a family picture with all groupings united in support of the presidential ticket headed by Alberto Fernandez and ex-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.