Tag: Argentina

• Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 07:18 UTC

  Macri ahead of Scioli, with 8.8% still undecided shows first poll following Sunday's vote

  

  The first public opinion poll released since Argentina's Sunday presidential election and ahead of the 22 November runoff indicates that the opposition candidate Mauricio Macri is a few points ahead of incumbent Daniel Scioli in a tight race but still with a large percentage who remain undecided.

• Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 06:39 UTC

  Argentina's dollar clamp intensifies following on Sunday's election results

  

  Argentina on Tuesday halved the daily amount of dollars companies can transfer abroad without authorization, currency traders said, while the country's insurance regulator put new limits on the amount of hard currency assets insurers can hold.

• Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 06:31 UTC

  Argentina: Holdouts dispute, a Cristina Fernandez legacy for the next government

  

  US District Judge Thomas Griesa of New York on Wednesday urged Argentina to resume talks to settle bondholder litigation flowing from its $100 billion default in 2002. The judge made the remarks as creditors suing over defaulted bonds urged him to expand to nearly $8 billion the amount Argentina must pay them to service its restructured debts.

• Thursday, October 29th 2015 - 06:15 UTC

  An overwhelming majority, 65% voted for change in Sunday's election, said Massa

  

  On Sunday 35% of Argentines voted for continuity of Kirchnerism and 65% voted for a political change, and between the two options, change overwhelmingly won, said Sergio Massa, the third ranked candidate who with his 21% has become kingmaker between the two presidential hopefuls for the November runoff, incumbent Daniel Scioli and market friendly opposition, Mauricio Macri.

• Wednesday, October 28th 2015 - 08:41 UTC

  The defense of the Falklands must take centre stage in Anglo-Chinese relations

  

  By Alex Calvo (*) - Chinese Leader Xi Jinping’s state visit to the United Kingdom has been met with grand-sounding headlines, including references to a “golden era”. Public statements by both governments have focused on growing economic links, while some voices referred to human rights and US commentators expressed their concern at London’s closeness to Beijing at a time of increased tensions in the Indo-Pacific, above all the South China Sea.

• Tuesday, October 27th 2015 - 06:36 UTC

  Falklands' “full agreement and involvement”, for any Argentine cemetery remains identification

  

  “If any identification is to take place of combatants buried in the Falkland Islands, it would have to be done with the full agreement and involvement of the Falkland Islands Government”, said the local government in a Monday release from Stanley.

• Monday, October 26th 2015 - 08:21 UTC

  Argentine presidential run-off in November but with completely different scenario

  

  Argentina's presidential election is headed for a November 22 runoff between incumbent Cristina Fernández chosen successor Daniel Scioli and conservative rival Mauricio Macri, according to results released into early Monday.

• Monday, October 26th 2015 - 05:34 UTC

  Argentina announced Malvinas basin huge gas prospect off Patagonia

  

  Argentina' Energy company, Enarsa, in association with Venezuela's PDVSA, allegedly has detected very positive natural gas deposits off the Patagonia coast, which according to reports in the Buenos Aires press could be equivalent a third of the country's reserves.

• Sunday, October 25th 2015 - 10:43 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego inflation in September jumped 1.2% and 25.1% in 12 months

  

  September inflation in the Argentine extreme south province of Tierra del Fuego reached 1.2% and 18,8% in the nine months of the year, and 25.1% in the last twelve months according to the provincial stats and census office.

• Saturday, October 24th 2015 - 08:57 UTC

  Argentina's Electoral Court calls for cool heads on Election night before beginning celebrations

  

  Keen to avoid any kind of turmoil, Argentina's high electoral court called on all the parties running in the presidential election on Sunday to be prudent with their public statements on election night and to wait for a clear trend in the results before making any kind of comments that could affect the vote.