Tag: Alberto Fernandez

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 08:00 UTC

  Buenos Aires' American Club closes its doors after 103 years

  

  The traditional meeting point of Buenos Aires's banking and industrial elites has shut its doors after it was unable to cope with financial hardships stemming from the COVID-19 restrictions.

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• Tuesday, October 19th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Argentine Government extends tax benefits to Tierra del Fuego

  

  The Argentine government of President Alberto Fernández has extended the so-called industrial promotion regime for the Province of Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands (which technically includes British Overseas Territories like the Falkland Islands claimed by Argentina), it was announced.

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• Saturday, October 16th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina has become a Chinese Yuan testing ground in trade and investment

  

  Following several currency swaps by which China has helped to support the Argentine central bank depleted international reserves, the administration of president Alberto Fernandez intensified relations with Beijing and a year ago allowed transactions between the two countries to be made in Yuan.

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• Wednesday, October 13th 2021 - 09:52 UTC

  Argentine Economy Minister and IMF Director hold meeting in Washington DC

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Martín Guzmán Tuesday met in Washington DC with International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva to further discuss renegotiations of the country's US $ 45 billion debt.

• Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Argentina replaces domestic trade secretary in a move to curb inflation

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Saturday reassigned Domestic Trade Secretary Paula Español to other duties within the Interior Ministry and chose former National Deputy Roberto Feletti to replace her, it was announced.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine FM needs to solve international mess to rebuild credibility

  

  Argentine Foreign Ministry Santiago Cafiero is to travel to Brasilia by the end of the week in a move to patch things up between President Alberto Fernández and his Brazilian colleague Jair Bolsonaro, ahead of the upcoming Mercosur summit.

• Monday, October 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  Eurnekian confirmed a US$ 2,300 million contract to build a dam in Neuquen

  

  The Argentine government has confirmed that the Heliport and Panedile associated partners have been awarded the contract to build the Chihuido hydroelectric complex in the Patagonian province of Neuquen. The first company belongs to Eduardo Eurnekian and the second to the Dragonetti family.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 23:44 UTC

  Federal forces to be deployed in violence-riddled Argentine city of Rosario

  

  The Argentine Government Tuesday announced the sending of a 1.575-strong federal security team to the Rosario area in the province of Santa Fe within the next two to three weeks, as drug violence and crime are increasingly on the rise since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina's ruling party keeps losing political ground, poll says

  

  Argentina's ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) coalition looks poised to a defeat at Nov- 14's mid-term elections worse than the one suffered Sept. 14 during the Mandatory, Open and Sim, simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections, according to a Solmoirago poll released Monday.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Brazil's Economy Minister favors one-on-one deals despite Mercosur's current ban

  

  Brazil's Economy Minister Paulo Guedes Monday said Mercosur would “modernize” and anyone against that was free to leave the bloc.