Argentina

Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 - 17:10 UTC
Argentina imposes strict controls on buying on line

Argentines buying online must now submit a statement to the tax agency, AFIP, before they can receive the goods at the Post Office, as the government seeks to make such purchases more expensive and help curb capital flight.
Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 - 11:19 UTC
Malvinas: Timerman happy because region summit will state that the Islands are Argentine

Argentina is looking forward to the coming Celac summit because there will be an overwhelming acknowledgement that the Malvinas Islands are Argentine and the need for bilateral negotiations, as well as a unanimous rejection of the US blockade on Cuba, said Foreign minister Hector Timerman.
Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 19:12 UTC
Falkland Islands Government Press Release: Visiting footballer Ardiles in a road taffic collision

Ex-Tottenham Hotspurs player, Ossie Ardiles, was involved in a single vehicle road traffic collision (RTC) on the Darwin to Stanley road shortly after 1900hours on Monday 20th January 2014. Mr Ardiles is here filming part of a documentary on his football career for ESPN, alongside his friend and fellow Spurs star, Ricardo ‘Ricky’ Villa. Ossie’s son Federico Ardiles also joins the group.
Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 19:05 UTC
Argentine former soccer player Ardiles is 'doing fine' and thanks Falkland Islanders

Ex-Tottenham Hotspur player, Ossie Ardiles injured in a road accident in the Falkland Islands yesterday has thanked Falkland Islanders for their help
Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 15:43 UTC
Argentina in France trying to work out a debt deal with the Paris Club

Desperately credit-short Argentina outlined on Monday its conditions for repaying some 9.5 billion dollars in debt to the Paris Club, a senior official at the group of creditor nations said, as the government of President Cristina Fernandez seeks to revive long-stalled talks. Argentina's international reserves have fallen to its lowest level since 2006.
Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 14:55 UTC
Argentina and Brazil with the largest and fastest growing fiscal pressure in Latam

Argentina’s tax revenue was at last count the largest and fastest growing in the region, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) revealed on Monday. At 37.3%, the latest tax revenue-to-GDP data put Argentina ahead of Brazil, with tax revenue worth 36.3% of its GDP in 2012 — and a few percentage points above the average for OECD countries at 34.6%.
Tuesday, January 21st 2014 - 02:21 UTC
Argentine and Spurs old soccer stars in Falklands car crash

Falkland Islands Government sources tonight confirmed reports that former Argentine and Tottenham Hotspur star, Osvaldo Ardiles, was among those injured when a vehicle left the road between Darwin and the military base at Mount Pleasant on Monday evening.
Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:39 UTC
US dollar approaching the 12 Pesos mark in Argentina

The US dollar in Argentina reached a new record on Friday at the end of nerve racking week which saw the greenback in the parallel market climb another 40 cents and close at 11.90 and 11.95 Pesos purchase and sale prices. During the week the US dollar soared 1.15 Pesos, and closed the week with a gap of 75.6% between the official dollar exchange and the 'blue' dollar.
Friday, January 17th 2014 - 08:05 UTC
US dollar keeps breaking records in Argentina; central banks reserves fall a further 100 million

The US dollar reached a new record high on Thursday as purchase pressure on the so called “blue” or informal market continues pushing the price which closed 35 cents up at 11.50 pesos for buyers and 11.55 pesos for sellers.
Thursday, January 16th 2014 - 09:34 UTC
Argentine central bank reserves fall below the 30bn dollars threshold

Argentine central bank international reserves continued to erode and on Wednesday pierced through the 30bn floor threshold reaching 29.858bn dollars, the lowest level since November 2006. On Tuesday reserves stood at 30.019bn.