Argentina

Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 08:10 UTC
Lagarde praises Argentina's 'positive progress' in reforming economic data quality

Argentina has made “positive progress” in reforming the quality of its economic data, the head of the International Monetary Fund said on Sunday, adding that the IMF's board is set to review the country's moves in a few days.
Tuesday, November 12th 2013 - 00:21 UTC
Cristina Fernandez returns to office next Monday 18, but tests will continue

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will resume official functions as of next Monday 18 November, after completing a month of convalescence, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced on Monday. However further tests are programmed to check when the president can again travel by air.
Monday, November 11th 2013 - 23:46 UTC
Falklands oil companies bombarded with warning-letters from Argentina

Argentina has begun a determined campaign to deter companies from drilling for oil in disputed waters around the Falkland Islands in the south Atlantic. On the eve of a visit by UK parliamentarians to Buenos Aires this week, the Argentine embassy in London warned that legal action was being ramped up against drillers and their suppliers, reports Terry Macalister in The Guardian.
Monday, November 11th 2013 - 18:41 UTC
YPF announces discovery of conventional oil well in Mendoza: 15m barrels

Argentina's nationalized YPF has discovered a new conventional oil well in the western Mendoza province, which will add 15 million barrels of crude to its reserves. Initial production at the El Manzano bloc and the Mirador del Valle x-1 well at 1,789 meters deep is expected to be around 535 barrels per day, the company said.
Monday, November 11th 2013 - 15:31 UTC
Argentina pledges full access to secret minutes from the 1976/83 military dictatorship

Argentina's Defense minister Agustín Rossi said that secret minutes dating back to the military dictatorship of 1976-83 will be available for the public to read and study, while admitting that he did not know why the documents had not been discovered previously.
Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 19:14 UTC
On Monday Cristina Fernandez will know when she can resume duties and at what rhythm

Following a new round of medical checkups at the Buenos Aires Fundación Favaloro clinic Friday evening, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has been discharged from the inpatient phase regarding her neurological and neuro-surgery conditions, presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced Saturday morning.
Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 03:31 UTC
Group of Argentine bondholders plan 'private debt swap' to holdouts

A group of Argentine bondholders will offer creditors suing for the repayment of defaulted sovereign debt a private deal to get them to abandon their litigation, the state-run Télam news agency said.
Saturday, November 9th 2013 - 03:27 UTC
IMF holding constructive talks with Argentina on inflation and GDP data

International Monetary Fund announced it was holding “constructive” talks with Argentina about addressing flawed economic data that led to an unprecedented IMF censure of a member country.
Friday, November 8th 2013 - 14:32 UTC
Mercosur cancels summit until end of January waiting for Cristina Fernandez

The Mercosur summit scheduled for December in Venezuela has been suspended and will most probably take place sometime in late January announced Uruguayan president Jose Mujica who on Friday cancelled a trip to Brasilia to meet with his peer Dilma Rousseff.
Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 23:05 UTC
Advice for Mujica: “professional, not presidential diplomacy” to deal with Cristina Fernandez

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica is fed up with problems with Argentina but must abandon the 'presidential diplomacy' and turn to 'professional diplomacy' because President Cristina Fernandez will not modify her conduct, warned one of Argentina's most respected political analysts, Rosendo Fraga.