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Montevideo, November 5th 2025 - 01:11 UTC

Argentina

  • Monday, November 2nd 2015 - 09:51 UTC

    Cracks in the incumbent strategy to win Argentina's presidential runoff

    “The president decided that Scioli was to be the candidate, and you just have to look at the results”, said Randazzo

    Following claims of 'friendly fire', cracks are clearly surfacing in the Argentine ruling coalition strategy to conquer lost ground in the 25 October presidential vote which has forced a runoff on 22 November. Daniel Scioli was expected to beat his runner up by almost ten votes, but this did not happen, in effect Mauricio Macri was defeated by a mere 2.5 percentage points and his PRO party won the governorship of the strategic Buenos Aires province, Argentina's main electoral district.

  • Saturday, October 31st 2015 - 07:14 UTC

    Falklands' visit early next year for Shadow Foreign minister Stephen Doughty

    “The Labor party has a very clear and unchanged position on the Falklands; any decision on their future has to be one made by Falkland Islanders”.

    Cardiff South and Penarth MP Stephen Doughty has become the shadow minister responsible for Africa, South Asia and the Falkland Islands, reports Walesonline. The Labour MP takes on the role at a time when the UK is responding to the migrant crisis in North Africa and tensions have heightened between Britain and Argentina over the future of the Falklands, the Islands which he plans to visit early next year.

  • Saturday, October 31st 2015 - 07:04 UTC

    Griesa accepts 'me too' claims and raises Argentina's bond debt to US$ 9bn

    Griesa said the 530 bondholders behind the 49 complaints have the same claim to be paid the full value of their defaulted bonds as NML Capital and Aurelius

    US judge Thomas Griesa on Friday accepted the priority repayment claims of hundreds more Argentine bondholders who did not join a huge debt restructuring. The ruling, on 49 complaints representing debt worth $6.1 billion, added fresh pressure on Buenos Aires which has refused to pay off two hedge fund creditors that already won court support for their claims.

  • Friday, October 30th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez calls at emotional rally to defend her progressive policies

    “I am not a candidate for anything, I'm going home” said Fernandez “but when I leave, please God, I don't want to see ruined what it took us years to build!”

    Argentina's outgoing leader Cristina Fernandez gave an emotional campaign speech on Thursday in her first public address since a surprisingly weak performance by her handpicked candidate in the first-round presidential election on Sunday. Without mentioning allied candidate Daniel Scioli by name, the outgoing president implicitly backed him by calling for support for her progressive social policies to go on after she hands the presidency over to her successor in six weeks.

  • Friday, October 30th 2015 - 06:21 UTC

    Malvinas Cause pamphlet to be released this week in Tierra del Fuego

    Governor Fabina Ríos met with members of the Malvinas Observatory to thank the Ushuaia Bureau for their contribution to the piece

    Tierra del Fuego governor Fabiana Ríos and members of the Malvinas Observatory met at Ushuaia government house to thank Ushuaia Bureau for the design and elaboration of the Malvinas Cause pamphlet which outlines the Argentine position in the Falklands Islands sovereignty claim and will be released later in the week.

  • Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

    Macri ahead of Scioli, with 8.8% still undecided shows first poll following Sunday's vote

    The poll done on Monday and Tuesday has Macri with 45.6% vote intention and Scioli with 41.5%, and 8.8% of interviews undecided.

    The first public opinion poll released since Argentina's Sunday presidential election and ahead of the 22 November runoff indicates that the opposition candidate Mauricio Macri is a few points ahead of incumbent Daniel Scioli in a tight race but still with a large percentage who remain undecided.

  • Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 06:39 UTC

    Argentina's dollar clamp intensifies following on Sunday's election results

    Currency market traders said the central bank called commercial banks with a verbal directive to slash daily limit on dollars' transfers to $75,000

    Argentina on Tuesday halved the daily amount of dollars companies can transfer abroad without authorization, currency traders said, while the country's insurance regulator put new limits on the amount of hard currency assets insurers can hold.

  • Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 06:31 UTC

    Argentina: Holdouts dispute, a Cristina Fernandez legacy for the next government

    Griesa said he assumed Argentina's refusal to negotiate “at this late date in this very lengthy litigation that attitude is over with”

    US District Judge Thomas Griesa of New York on Wednesday urged Argentina to resume talks to settle bondholder litigation flowing from its $100 billion default in 2002. The judge made the remarks as creditors suing over defaulted bonds urged him to expand to nearly $8 billion the amount Argentina must pay them to service its restructured debts.

  • Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 06:15 UTC

    An overwhelming majority, 65% voted for change in Sunday's election, said Massa

    Massa and the main leaders of his Renewal Front made public on Wednesday their promised program document, ahead of the 22 November runoff

    On Sunday 35% of Argentines voted for continuity of Kirchnerism and 65% voted for a political change, and between the two options, change overwhelmingly won, said Sergio Massa, the third ranked candidate who with his 21% has become kingmaker between the two presidential hopefuls for the November runoff, incumbent Daniel Scioli and market friendly opposition, Mauricio Macri.

  • Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 08:41 UTC

    The defense of the Falklands must take centre stage in Anglo-Chinese relations

    Xi Jinping and Prime Minister David Cameron share a beer at an English pub during the Chinese leader's visit to UK

    By Alex Calvo (*) - Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United Kingdom has been met with grand-sounding headlines, including references to a “golden era”. Public statements by both governments have focused on growing economic links, while some voices referred to human rights and US commentators expressed their concern at London’s closeness to Beijing at a time of increased tensions in the Indo-Pacific, above all the South China Sea.