International

Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Investor confidence in Uruguay allows for local currency bond issue

Uruguay placed on the market a new 10-year peso bond for the equivalent of US $ 1,166 million at an interest rate of 8.25% per year, reported the Minister of Economy, Azucena Arbeleche. It is the lowest interest rate in the historical comparison of emissions by Uruguay.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 09:27 UTC
Argentine President meets Italian PM, the Pope and a top World Bank official

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday met with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Mattarella, with Prime Minister Mario Draghi and with Pope Francis in another stop of his one-week European tour.
Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:36 UTC
US advises against travel to Israel as violence escalates in conflict

The Government of the United States has advised against travel to Israel after evacuating some 120 Pentagon staff members from the war-torn region, it was announced Thursday.
Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:29 UTC
French President Macron supports Argentina regarding IMF, Paris Club talks

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday expressed his gratitude to his French colleague Emmanuel Macron for the latter's support with regards to debt renegotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Paris Club.
Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Argentine Economy Minister brokering presidential meeting with IMF's Georgieva

Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán stepped ahead from President Alberto Fernández's European tour and flew to Rome Wednesday to meet with International Monetary Fund Deputy Director for the Western Hemisphere Julie Kozak.
Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 08:46 UTC
Will Argentina squeeze exporters as soybeans rise above US $ 600 in Chicago?

Argentine economists are eyeing the recent increase in the international price of soybeans as some sort of light at the end of the tunnel following a severe recession, high indebtedness amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:33 UTC
Brazil's Anvisa advises against AstraZeneca vaccines for pregnant women after one fatal case

Brazil's Health Ministry Tuesday announced that vaccination of pregnant women and mothers in Brazil against Covid-19 will be restricted only to patients with comorbidities (pre-existing diseases) and they would only be given CoronaVac or Pfizer vaccines, following a death which might be linked to the AstraZeneca immunizer.
Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine President Fernández vows strategic agreement with Spain to be built

Argentina's President Alberto Fernández Tuesday said in Madrid after separate meetings with King Felipe VI and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez that “we are going to consolidate a strategic agreement and we can relaunch it with your visit and deepen it as much as necessary.”
Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Israel's Ambassador concerned over Argentine Foreign Ministry's statement regarding armed conflict in Gaza

Israel's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Galit Ronen voiced her disagreement regarding an Argentine Foreign Ministry statement criticizing Tel Aviv's “excessive use of force” in retaliating against rockets fired from the Gaza strip but never mentioning the involvement of the Hamas group.
Wednesday, May 12th 2021 - 08:00 UTC
Queen makes first public appearance after Prince Philip's funeral

Queen Elizabeth II Tuesday made her first public appearance as British head of state after the death of her husband of 73 years, the Duke of Edinburgh.