Argentina

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentina's recession steams on: industrial output in March dropped 13.4%

  

  Argentina's industrial output slid a steeper-than-expected 13.4% in March compared with the same month last year, the government's Indec statistics agency said on Monday, as the recession-hit economy struggles to return to growth.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 08:32 UTC

  Pope Francis tells Argentine bishops he desires to visit his homeland in the near future

  

  Despite stating at the outset that he didn’t like travel and didn’t plan to do much of it, during the first six years of his pontificate Pope Francis made close to 30 international trips, including visiting virtually every country of Latin America. Yet there’s one glaring exception: his home country, Argentina and neighbouring Uruguay.

• Monday, May 6th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Eighteen Argentine military officers face torture charges from the Malvinas war

  

  Next June/July eighteen former Argentine officers will be facing formal torture charges, allegedly committed against conscripts during the Falklands conflict 37 years ago, and twelve years since the beginning of the official investigation by the Tierra del Fuego federal court.

• Saturday, May 4th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Former Argentine army chief (under Cristina Fernandez) on trial for kidnapping and torture

  

  A former Argentine army chief went on trial Friday for the kidnapping and torture of a father and son during the country's military dictatorship.

• Saturday, May 4th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Brazil and Argentine currencies recover against a weaker US dollar

  

  Latin American currencies ended on a high note on Friday against a weaker dollar after robust U.S. jobs data painted a brighter picture for global growth and gave the U.S. central bank more reason to stay on its dovish path.

• Friday, May 3rd 2019 - 11:46 UTC

  Latin American currencies softened against a strong US dollar following the Fed's two days meeting

  

  Latin American currencies softened against a stronger U.S. dollar on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Federal Reserve kept interest rates steady, while most regional stock markets broadly fell along with their global peers.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 03:10 UTC

  Tens of thousands demonstrated in partial strike in Argentina; unions divided as to how face Marci’s austerity measures

  

  Tens of thousands of Argentines demonstrated on Tuesday in a partial strike that grounded airplanes and shut banks and other businesses to protest the economic policies of President Mauricio Macri.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 02:49 UTC

  The Argentine Peso responds to central bank measures sponsored by the IMF

  

  Argentina’s embattled peso currency gained briefly against the dollar on Tuesday after the central bank announced measures aimed at controlling volatility of the currency amid a grinding recession.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 02:40 UTC

  Argentine pork to China, which is suffering from an African swine fever epidemic

  

  Argentina announced on Tuesday it had struck a deal with Chinese authorities that would allow it to begin exporting pork to the Asian giant from 25 of the country’s meat-packing plants.

• Tuesday, April 30th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentine Peso gains strength as IMF agrees to more central bank flexibility

  

  Argentina’s embattled peso gained strength on Monday after the central bank said it would ease limits on its foreign exchange market interventions, signaling its willingness to sell reserves in an effort to better control the volatility of the local currency. The peso began the session up 3.37% and closed 3.56% stronger at 44.37 per U.S. dollar.