Argentina

• Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Opposition candidate pledges to respect Argentina's debts and rejects defaulting

  

  Argentine presidential candidate Alberto Fernández said on Thursday that no one wants a default for the country and he's ruling it out if elected. The center-left candidate appeared to be trying to calm investors who reacted to his strong finish against conservative President Mauricio Macri in an initial round of voting by battering Argentina's stocks and currency.

• Friday, August 23rd 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Norway's Equinor and YPF team up to explore Argentina offshore block

  

  Norway Equinor’s executive vice president for Exploration, Tim Dodson, and YPF's CEO Daniel Gonzalez have signed an agreement to jointly explore the CAN 100 offshore block, located in the North Argentine Basin.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 16:26 UTC

  Argentina will support the Peso with international reserves

  

  Argentina will not allow a chaotic fall in the peso and will use its dollar reserves to bolster the currency against political uncertainty that has swept the country since the Aug. 11 primary election, Treasury Minister Hernan Lacunza said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 10:58 UTC

  Falklands' competition for students criticized by University of Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina's leading tertiary institution and one of Latin America's highest-rated for academic excellence, the University of Buenos Aires, UBA, has again, rejected the announced cultural project, “Why I would like to meet my neighbours from the Falkland Islands”, organized by the disputed Islands' government and the British embassy.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina default “possible”, but not “probable”, says credit rating agency Fitch

  

  Argentina could be downgraded again by Fitch Ratings if further weakness in the Peso boosts the risk of default, the agency’s head of sovereign ratings said in an interview. Argentina has issued billions of dollars worth of bonds denominated in U.S. currency.

• Thursday, August 22nd 2019 - 08:09 UTC

  Tango championship in Buenos Aires suspends violent Russian participant

  

  A Russian participant in the World Tango Championships in Buenos Aires has been disqualified for violence towards his partner, the organizers said on Wednesday. The incident happened after the duo, a husband and wife, took part in the semi-final of the competition on Tuesday in the Argentine capital.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentine presidential candidate Fernandez favors the Mexico/Uruguay position in the Venezuela conflict

  

  Argentine presidential candidate Alberto Fernandez said on Tuesday that if he wins the October election he would join Mexico and Uruguay in promoting dialogue with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Stabilizing the Peso, priority of the new Argentina finance minister; markets still unconvinced

  

  Argentina's new finance minister made stabilizing the country's battered currency his top priority on Tuesday, while still pledging to meet commitments made to the International Monetary Fund, which is sending a team to Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner leads call to free ex Brazil president Lula da Silva

  

  Presidential frontrunner Alberto Fernandez and running-mate Cristina Kirchner led calls by dozens of Argentine personalities on Tuesday to free Brazil's jailed leftist icon Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Human rights activists, lawmakers, trade unionists, artists and scientists signed a petition published in the left-leaning Pagina 12 daily.

• Wednesday, August 21st 2019 - 08:52 UTC

  Argentina’s Economic Crisis: Who to blame?

  

  Argentines remember the role the IMF played in the last depression. They also remember the improvement in their lives under Kirchnerism. The following was published by The New York Times.