Argentina

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 12:03 UTC

  Former Argentine VP Amado Boudou arrested

  

  Following orders from Federal Judge Ariel Lijo, Argentine Coast Guard officers placed Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's second vice president Amado Boudou under arrest early Friday for illicit enrichment.

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 07:52 UTC

  EU support: Argentina sells 30-year Euro bond, first time in history

  

  Argentina finalized its foreign bond sale plan for 2017 on Thursday, selling 2.75 billion Euros in three bonds in an offering that was more than four times oversubscribed, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 07:45 UTC

  Macri's ambitious infrastructure investment plan begins with 7.700kms of roads

  

  Argentina hopes to attract US$26.5 billion in infrastructure investments through 2022 in the form of public-public private partnerships (PPPs), government officials told a gathering of construction and finance executives this week.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2017 - 08:46 UTC

  Argentina unveils plan to slash corporate income taxes to promote investment

  

  Argentina plans to cut corporate income taxes to 25% by 2021 for companies that reinvest profits, it said on Tuesday, part of a wide-reaching tax reform bill intended to accelerate investment in Latin America's no.3 economy. The bill, which would slash taxes for companies willing to reinvest in Argentina from 35%, will be sent to Congress in the coming days, Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne said.

• Wednesday, November 1st 2017 - 07:17 UTC

  Terrorist attack in Manhattan kills five Argentine tourists

  

  Five of those killed after a terrorist plowed a truck through a Manhattan bike path in New York were Argentine high school pals celebrating three decades of friendship. The Argentine government identified the slain victims as Hernán Mendoza, Diego Angelini, Alejandro Pagnucco, Ariel Erlij and Hernan Ferruchi.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2017 - 07:50 UTC

  Argentina's top prosecutor resigns, under pressure of corruption charges

  

  Argentina’s top prosecutor quit on Monday under pressure from the government over accusations that she hampered corruption investigations into officials from the previous administration of President Cristina Fernandez.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  Macri vows reforms to lower taxes and achieve fiscal balance

  

  Argentina's President Mauricio Macri vowed to press ahead with reforms to the country's tax, labor and retirement systems in a speech on Monday, a week after his “Let's Change” coalition swept to victory at the polls in midterm elections.

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 09:59 UTC

  Macri will present his government's plan for the next two years, supported on governance accords

  

  A week after his coalition's sweeping victory in the midterm elections, Argentine president Mauricio Macri will present this Monday the economic and institutional reforms which are to the core of reaching “governance basic accords”.

• Saturday, October 28th 2017 - 07:58 UTC

  Argentina formally protests Rapier missile exercise in the Falklands

  

  Argentina presented on Thursday a formal protest to the United Kingdom embassy in Buenos Aires rejecting the military exercises with Rapier missiles in the Falkland Islands, scheduled to take place next week.

• Friday, October 27th 2017 - 09:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez testifies in alleged cover up of deadliest terrorist attack in Argentine history

  

  Ex Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has denied in court that she covered up for Iranians accused of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in which 85 people were killed.