Argentina

• Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 11:00 UTC

  Pollack's hope is that dialogue between holdouts and Argentina will continue

  

  Argentine officials and holdout investors met separately with the New York court-appointed mediator or 'Special Master' for five hours on Friday, presenting their cases in hopes of resolving a litigation on defaulted bonds that has dragged on for years.

• Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 10:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez will miss the Maracana final; ten leaders are expected to attend

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will not be attending the Brazil World Cup final in Maracana stadium on Sunday when Argentina clashes with Germany, but will be present for the BRICS-Unasur-Mercosur summit scheduled for next week.

• Saturday, July 12th 2014 - 10:13 UTC

  CFK invites regional presidents to the official dinner for Russia's Putin

  

  President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, invited her peers from Bolivia, Uruguay and Venezuela, Evo Morales, Jose Mujica and Nicolas Maduro respectively to participate in a special dinner after her meeting with the Russian head of state, Vladimir Putin on Saturday.

• Friday, July 11th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

  JP Morgan requests 'clarification' from Judge Griesa to pay Japanese bondholders

  

  JP Morgan bank, the entity responsible for the payment to Argentina's Japanese bondholders has sent a letter to US Federal Judge Thomas Griesa, requesting “a clarification” in order to deliver the funds to the nation's creditors.

• Friday, July 11th 2014 - 06:14 UTC

  Pollack says Argentina, hold-outs and legal representatives will meet on Friday

  

  Special master Daniel Pollack revealed on Thursday he has been talking with holdout funds and Argentine lawyers “on a daily basis”, one day before an Economy Ministry committee travels to New York to meet the mediator in the funds/Argentina litigation case for the second time.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:21 UTC

  Kicillof blasts holdouts: “they never negotiated or lent money to Argentina”

  

  Argentine Economy minister Axel Kicillof responded fiercely to criticisms directed at him and the Argentine government by Elliott Management portfolio manager Jay Newman, reminding the representative of the holdout investors that they have never lent a cent to Argentina.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:14 UTC

  Mediator Pollack will receive Argentine delegation Friday in follow up meeting

  

  Argentina confirmed on Tuesday that the delegation headed by Economy Minister Axel Kicillof will continue talks with mediation Daniel Pollack, next Friday in New York, a 'follow up' of Monday's first appointment.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 08:00 UTC

  Kerry wishes the Argentine team 'good luck' in the World Cup

  

  US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated the people of Argentina on the country’s Independence Day on July 9 and wished the national team good luck in Brazil’s World Cup.

• Wednesday, July 9th 2014 - 07:07 UTC

  Falklands experience, according to former Argentine vice-president Cobos

  

  Fresh back from the Falkland Islands where he spent a week, Argentina's former vice-president and currently lawmaker Julio Cleto Cobos calls for closer links with the Islands, and insists that the “Malvinas Experience” (“Vivir Malvinas”) challenge should not be banned to nobody, rather the contrary.

• Tuesday, July 8th 2014 - 08:43 UTC

  Indicted Boudou will replace Cristina Fernandez on Argentine Independence Day

  

  Controversial vice-president Amado Boudou will fill in for President Cristina Fernández and head Wednesday's Argentine Independence Day celebration in San Miguel de Tucumán. The deputy was entrusted with leading the ceremony following a meeting Monday afternoon at the presidential residence in Olivos, as Cristina continues her recovery from pharyngeal laryngitis.