Tag: Argentina

• Monday, January 29th 2018 - 06:31 UTC

  Argentina will not recognize Venezuela election results, anticipates Macri

  

  Argentina will not recognize the results of upcoming elections in Venezuela, President Mauricio Macri has said accusing strongman Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro of running a “dictatorship”.

• Saturday, January 27th 2018 - 08:57 UTC

  Tillerson's first tour of several Latin American countries in early February

  

  United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will travel to Austin, Texas, and then to Mexico City, Mexico; Bariloche and Buenos Aires, Argentina; Lima, Perú; Bogotá, Colombia; and Kingston, Jamaica on February 1-7. According to a release from the State Department, Secretary Tillerson will engage with regional partners to promote a safe, prosperous, energy secure, and democratic hemisphere.

• Friday, January 26th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  “Argentina has left the populist experiment, and no other country has its potential”

  

  Argentina has left behind its populist experiment, and there is no other country with greater potential, Argentine president Mauricio Macri told the World Economic Forum in Davos during a speech to the forum of world political and business leaders.

• Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentine economy expanded 3.9% in November over a year ago

  

  The economic activity index in Argentina, a proxy for the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), rose 3.9% in November from a year before - decelerating from October, when the index posted an annual rise of 5.2%.

• Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 09:47 UTC

  Macri meets EU leaders in Davos; Argentina sells research reactor to Holland

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri held on Wednesday a meeting with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in which they discussed German investments in Argentina through Private-Public Partnership (PPP).

• Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 06:39 UTC

  Macri and Putin in Moscow reaffirm Argentina/Russia strategic relationship

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, signed on Tuesday a declaration aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation during a press conference at the Kremlin. Macri told Putin that he hoped this marked the first of many visits to the Russian capital and highlighted their countries’ mutual interests.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2018 - 06:42 UTC

  Macri in European tour to promote Argentina: Moscow, Davos and Paris

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri arrived on Monday evening to Moscow the first leg of his latest tour of European countries, and the first of 2018, with the purpose of promoting Argentina and attracting investments. In Moscow president Macri and First Lady Juliana Awada are scheduled to meet with president Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.

• Monday, January 22nd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Good start for Argentine squid season: daily average catches of 28 to 35 tons

  

  The squid fishing season in the South Atlantic, operating with Argentine licenses, has started with good prospects and a moderate optimism of the sector. During the first week jiggers reported daily average catches that oscillated between 28 and 35 tons, according to Pescare, an Argentine fish industry publication. .

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:26 UTC

  Argentina drastically slashes docking services to lower exports' costs

  

  Argentina has set a maximum rate paid for port docking and undocking services, the government said in its official gazette, a change the Transportation Ministry said would slash docking costs by up to 40%. The move comes as President Mauricio Macri seeks to lower the cost of exporting food from the world’s No. 3 soy and corn exporter and the leading shipper of soybean livestock feed.

• Saturday, January 20th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Argentina posted a primary fiscal deficit of 3.9% of GDP during 2017

  

  Argentina posted a primary fiscal deficit worth 3.9% of GDP in 2017, below its 4.2% goal and the 4.6% figure posted in 2016, Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne told reporters. He said the government’s 2018 target for a primary fiscal deficit remained at 3.2% of GDP, with targets of deficits worth 0.6% in the first quarter, 1.6% in the second quarter and 2.2% in the third quarter.