Politics

Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:25 UTC
Macri, Trump bound for closest relationship ever after phone call

Argentine President Mauricio Macri spoke with US President-elect Donald Trump, who invited him to visit him in Washington next year. “Argentina is a great country, and we will have the closest relationship between our countries in history,” Trump reportedly said.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 10:12 UTC
It stays in the family: CFK's mother involved in irregularities

Ofelia Wilhelm, mother of former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, is under judicial investigation for alleged irregularities worth millions of pesos to a firm of which she was a partner.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 09:55 UTC
Conference in Buenos Aires: Snowden fears domestic intelligence will spread in US under Trump

Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said on Monday, that Donald Trump's election may increase the intrusiveness of domestic intelligence gathering and warned that the democratic checks and balances were losing ground to authoritarianism.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 09:02 UTC
Trump promises Argentina, a great country, “the closest relation in history”

“Argentina is a great country” and Argentina and the US will have “the closest relation in history”, according to the official version from the administration of president Mauricio Macri who on Monday was on the phone with president elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his presidential victory.
Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 08:40 UTC
Cristina Fernandez demands the immediate start of oral trial proceedings in the dollar futures case

Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez has desisted from appealing her prosecution on charges of fraudulent administration in detriment of the Argentine state in the so called “dollar futures” case involving the Central bank sale of US currency and demands an immediate oral trial.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:54 UTC
Lousteau to leave Washington before Trump's inauguration

The move is seen as a token of exchange following the Argentine government's open decision to support Hillary Clinton. Martín Losteau, who was also economy minister under Cristina Fernandez, ran for Mayor of Buenos Aires last year and lost to the Macrist candidate Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, wants to race again in 2019.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:43 UTC
Colombia and FARC announce modified peace accord

Colombia's government and its largest rebel group announced a new, modified peace accord Saturday, after voters rejected an earlier deal in a referendum. The government and Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) - a Marxist guerrilla group - said in a joint statement they had incorporated proposals from various groups in the new deal.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:04 UTC
Kirchner years “downed” more aircraft than the 1982 Falklands conflict

The dismal state of the Argentine armed forces was revealed by Defense minister Julio Martínez who claimed that the ten/twelve Kirchner years “downed” more Air Force aircraft than those lost during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 07:54 UTC
Petrobras cleans balance sheet and posts unexpected third quarter loss

Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petrobras posted an unexpected third-quarter loss after drastically reducing the value of oil fields and other assets amid a severe downsizing and weak oil prices. Petrobras lost a net 16.458 billion reais (US$4.9 billion) last quarter, five times more than a year earlier. Despite that, operational and cash flow trends improved and, without an impairment, profit could have totaled 600 million Reais, Chief Financial Officer Ivan Monteiro said.
Monday, November 14th 2016 - 07:31 UTC
Argentina looks forward to a good relation with president Trump, who is no longer “candidate Trump”

Argentina has an excellent relation with the Obama administration and this will be the case with a government led by Trump, pointed out Argentina's cabinet secretary Marcos Peña adding that the first signals from the elected president are positive since he is moderating his electoral campaign speech.