Argentina

Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine president puts a deadline to renegotiates public debt: March 31

President Alberto Fernandez said he has set a March 31 deadline to renegotiate Argentina’s rampant public debt and that a more “innovative” International Monetary Fund approves of the direction his government is taking.
Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:30 UTC
Iran upsets Argentine president with comments on the still unsolved death of special prosecutor Nisman

An Iranian accused of involvement in the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Argentina has added to speculation over the mysterious death of a prosecutor who investigated the attack.
Monday, January 13th 2020 - 09:28 UTC
Argentine finance minister confident the sovereign debt situation will be resolved

Argentina’s new government is working “nonstop” to resolve its sovereign debt crisis, the country’s Economy Minister Martin Guzman said, a month after center-left Peronist President Alberto Fernandez took office.
Friday, January 10th 2020 - 14:10 UTC
Argentine jiggers begin squid season south of parallel 44

This Friday begins the Argentine squid season to the south of parallel 44, and west of meridian 62. Last year's season was encouraging with daily catches averaging 25/30 tons per jigger, however towards the end of April tonnage dropped dramatically, and the season was cut short.
Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:57 UTC
Buenos Aires province US$ 227 million debt payment on Jan 26, a major test for creditors

Argentina's debt talks will face their first big test this month with a US$ 277-million payment due on a Buenos Aires provincial bond, seen as a gauge of how the indebted nation's new government will handle its creditors.
Friday, January 10th 2020 - 09:53 UTC
Mercosur summit in Paraguay will address a review of the external tariff

The upcoming Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Common Market Mercosur, to be held in late June or early July this year, will be held in Encarnacion, capital of Itapúa Department, Paraguay.
Thursday, January 9th 2020 - 09:59 UTC
US district judge dismissed lawsuit against Argentina filed by hedge fund Aurelius

A U.S. district judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by New York-based hedge fund Aurelius Capital against Argentina, related to an alleged payment shortfall under securities offerings linked to the country’s gross domestic product.
Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:49 UTC
S&P admits a mistake and raised its debt grade for Argentina to CCC

S&P Global Ratings raised its debt grade for Argentina on Tuesday, acknowledging the agency made a mistake when it changed the rating in late December for the crisis hit country.
Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:45 UTC
Argentina will begin distribution of food cards to low income families later this month

Argentina's government will begin to distribute food cards to low-income families beginning later this month as part of its anti-hunger program. Social Development Minister Daniel Arroyo announced during a live presentation of Argentine Plan Against Hunger the government reached an agreement with the Governor Jorge Capitanich from the northern province of Chaco to fight with hunger.
Wednesday, January 8th 2020 - 09:40 UTC
Guaidó's ambassador has her diplomatic credentials withdrawn by Argentine government

In a blow to Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido, Argentina's government said on Tuesday it did not recognize him as his nation's interim president and had revoked the credentials of his representative in Buenos Aires.