Tag: Argentina

• Wednesday, May 11th 2016 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentina prepared to support Malcorra's nomination to UN Secretary General post

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra most probably will be sponsored by president Mauricio Macri as a candidate to replace the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon who is stepping down next November, according to government sources quoted by La Nacion.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2016 - 08:55 UTC

  Macri strikes deal with business leaders to suspend layoffs but Congress criticizes

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri has struck a temporary deal with local businessmen and some unions to suspend layoffs for 90 days. Macri's announcement of the deal on Monday comes as job cuts and high inflation rate are worrying many Argentines and Congress is in the process of approving an anti-layoffs bill that doubles severance pay and bans layoffs without cause for 180 days.

• Monday, May 9th 2016 - 09:17 UTC

  S&P raises Argentina's credit rating, but warns about the 40% inflation

  

  Argentina’s credit rating was raised to B- from selective default by S&P Global Ratings, which cited the country’s payment last Thursday of $2.7 billion of past-due interest on bonds in default since July 2014.

• Monday, May 9th 2016 - 07:33 UTC

  Massive protest in Comodoro Rivadavia against the oil industry weak activity

  

  More than 50,000 workers blocked the centre of Comodoro Rivadavia, in Argentina's Patagonia main oil-producing region in a protest against layoffs. Striking oil workers were joined by teachers, truck drivers, builders and other sectors in the demonstration.

• Monday, May 9th 2016 - 07:14 UTC

  Jobs, layoffs and severance payment at the heart of Argentina's public debate

  

  Unemployment and jobs are in the heart of public debate in Argentina. A public opinion poll released last week revealed that 48.3% of Argentines fear he/she or a relative might lose their jobs in the next six months.

• Saturday, May 7th 2016 - 06:20 UTC

  Lord Price said UK and Argentina at the start of a new era of bilateral relations

  

  British Trade and Investment Minister, Lord Price said that Argentina and the UK are at the beginning of a new era in bilateral relations and in an excellent position to turn common interests into concrete business interests. Lord Price together with a mission of UK top business leaders ended on Friday a two-day visit to Argentina, the first in ten years.

• Friday, May 6th 2016 - 08:32 UTC

  Four million Argentine children live in poverty conditions, according to Unicef

  

  Almost four million children in Argentina are poor and 8.5% live in extreme poverty, according to a report from UNICEF which measures multidimensional poverty which considers 28 indicators such as nutrition, access to healthcare, exposure to violence, among other more traditional references.

• Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:54 UTC

  British ambassador celebrates 'the renewed and revitalized' UK/Argentina bilateral relationship

  

  On 28 April, the British Ambassador’s Residence in Buenos Aires welcomed more than 400 people to celebrate the 90th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II. The last time that Buenos Aires held a celebration like this was in 2009 and it was an opportunity to praise the resumption of bilateral ties.

• Friday, May 6th 2016 - 07:27 UTC

  First UK trade mission in ten years begins contacts in Argentina

  

  British Trade and Investment Minister, Lord Price, leads the UK’s first trade mission to Argentina in ten years, which arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday. The mission looks to strengthen trade and investment relations with the third largest economy of Latin America.

• Friday, May 6th 2016 - 06:38 UTC

  Bad news for Macri: Moody's forecasts Argentine economy will shrink 1.5%

  

  Despite the Argentine government’s forecast of a much better economic scenario in the second half of the year, credit rating agency Moody’s disagrees, saying the economy is set to shrink by 1.5%, followed by a growing unemployment and an inflation rate well above 30%.