Tag: Argentina

Wednesday, June 26th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
C24 reiterates call for Argentina/UK negotiations on Falklands/Malvinas dispute

The United Nations Decolonization Committee, C24, reiterated its call on Argentina and the UK to resume bilateral negotiations for a “peaceful and long-lasting” solution to the Falkland/Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
The Economist: “In Argentina, the IMF has been neither toxic nor triumphant”

“What good is it to throw a man ten feet of rope if he is drowning in 20 feet of water?” asked Kenneth Rogoff, former chief economist of the IMF, to The Economist 15 years ago. His question still bothers the institution he used to advise.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:07 UTC
Argentina sowing what is forecasted as an excellent crop of wheat, some 22 million tons

Argentine farmers are expected to plant 6.5 million hectares of wheat in the 2019/20 season, the government said in a report, citing good rainfall as the reason for the increase from its previous forecast of 6.46 million hectares.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 09:05 UTC
US Supreme Court upholds lower court shareholder lawsuit against YPF

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rejected Argentina’s bid to fend off a lawsuit by energy company Petersen Energía Inversora, S.A. seeking compensation for shares it owned in the now-nationalized YPF S.A. energy company.
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Tuesday, June 25th 2019 - 08:48 UTC
YPF back in the money market issuing US$ 500 million ten year notes

YPF, Argentina’s biggest oil company, sold overseas bonds for the first time in more than a year after a plunge in borrowing costs opened a window of opportunity. The state-owned driller issued US$ 500 million of 10-year, dollar-denominated notes to yield 8.75%.
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Monday, June 24th 2019 - 12:02 UTC
Uruguay and Argentina with a “dry border” for the first time in history

Uruguay and Argentina will have for the first time a “dry border”. This is not because historians, cartographers or geographers suddenly found out, or Uruguay grabbed land from its larger neighbor.
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Monday, June 24th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Argentina lines up for the August primaries; three leading presidential tickets

Months of intense political negotiations and last minute nerve breaking deals came to an end in Argentina on Sunday's zero hour deadline, when the different political groupings had to present to electoral authorities their list of presidential hopefuls, as well as future lawmakers.
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Saturday, June 22nd 2019 - 11:18 UTC
Argentina with a multi-party delegation to claim the Falklands at the C24 meeting

It's an election year in Argentina so a pluralistic delegation will be travelling to New York to make the country's annual claim over the Falkland Islands sovereignty before the United Nations Decolonization Committee, next Tuesday, according to reports in the Buenos Aires media.
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Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
Unemployment in Argentina jumps to 10.1% in the first quarter of 2019

Argentina's unemployment rate rose to 10.1% in the first quarter from 9.1% in the first three months of last year, the official INDEC statistics agency said. This is the highest level since current president Mauricio Macri took office, and the worst in thirteen years.
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Thursday, June 20th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina's economy contracted 5,8% during the first quarter of 2019

Argentina’s economy contracted 5.8% in the first quarter of 2019, the country’s statistics agency said on Wednesday, a reflection of the biting recession that has hammered domestic consumption and production.
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