Tag: Alberto Fernandez

• Saturday, July 23rd 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  Alberto Fernández warns rural producers they “will not twist” his arm

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted that many of the country's problems stemmed from the reluctance of agriculture exporters to liquidate the over US$ 20 billion they have collected from sales abroad over the past few months, out of speculation regarding the exchange rate between US currency and local pesos.

• Thursday, July 21st 2022 - 21:20 UTC

  Uruguay refuses to sign Mercosur Summit's joint statement

  

  The Government of Uruguay Thursday refrained from signing the joint document penned at the Mercosur Summit in Asunción, on the grounds that it lacked any mention of flexibilization, which the Luis Lacalle Pou administration needs to broker one-on-one deals with other blocs or countries or blocs of the block.

• Tuesday, July 19th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Yet another AMIA bombing anniversary and nobody jailed

  

  Relatives of the 85 casualties and the entire Argentine society Monday wondered once again how it could be that 28 years after the bombing of the AMIA welfare Israeli Association nobody has ever been held accountable.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Scioli off to Brazil in a move to cut down Argentina's trade deficit

  

  Argentina's Productive Development Minister Daniel Scioli is taking center stage this week as he leaves Wednesday for Sao Paulo on a mission to overcome the sustained trade deficit between his country and Brazil, where he has served as Ambassador up until last month when he was summoned to Buenos Aires to replace Matías Kulfas.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 22:22 UTC

  Batakis announces spending cuts for Argentine gov't

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Silvina Batakis Monday warned that the government of President Alberto Fernández “will not spend more than we have,” while launching a series of measures aimed at curbing inflation and restoring federal reserves.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  US Ambassador insists on no special IMF treatment for Argentina

  

  The United States Ambassador to Buenos Aires Marc Stanley insisted there would be no special treatment for Argentina following President Alberto Fernández Government's request to cut down the International Monetary Fund (IMF) surcharge.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:17 UTC

  Argentine authorities ready to launch batch of economic measures

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and newly-appointed Economy Minister Silvina Batakis reviewed over the weekend a series of measures to be launched shortly in a move to curb inflation and strengthen the Treasury's coffers.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 08:28 UTC

  Batakis: Dollars needed from agriculture and from not vacationing abroad

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Economy Minister Silvina Batakis Wednesday insisted the country needed a more efficient agricultural productivity and the ensuing liquidation of assets through the official currency exchange scheme to add to the Treasury's coffers.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2022 - 10:40 UTC

  US ambassador in Argentina, “would like to see negotiations on Malvinas question, but it is a complicated issue”

  

  United States ambassador to Argentina, Mark Stanley admitted he would like to see negotiations between Argentina and the United Kingdom on the Falklands/Malvinas question, but “I admit it is a very complicated issue”.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 20:16 UTC

  IMF vows to keep working alongside Argentina

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has insisted on the need to keep working together with Argentina following the resignation of Martín Guzmán as Economy Minister and the subsequent appointment of Silvina Batakis.