Tag: Argentina

Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:08 UTC
Argentina’s political rivals must face up to urgent economic realities

By Héctor Torres (*) for Financial Times - Argentina went to the polls on Sunday to choose the candidates in the presidential election to be held on October 27. However, there were no competing candidates as all the main parties only presented one option.
Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
Macri vows to win a second term in October despite Sunday's trouncing

Argentina's president Mauricio Macri vowed on Monday to win a second term despite a surprisingly strong performance by the opposition in the primary election that set off a shockwave through markets, crashing the peso currency and sending stocks and bonds tumbling.
Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 06:38 UTC
Bolsonaro warns of Argentine exodus into Brazil if the “leftist scoundrel” Cristina Fernandez returns to office

Conservative president Jair Bolsonaro warned on Monday that Brazil could see a wave of migrants fleeing Argentina if a presidential election in that country returns leftist politicians to power, after their strong showing in a Sunday primary vote.
Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 06:30 UTC
US/China trade war and the Argentine situation impacts on Brazil's central bank policy of lower interest rates

Brazil’s central bank will have to weigh potential price pressures from the U.S.-China trade war against prospects of a disappointing recovery when determining how long its easing cycle will last.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 20:18 UTC
A Monday of financial turmoil in Argentina as markets digested Sunday's primary results

Argentina's currency collapsed 30.3% to a record 65 Pesos to the US dollar while government bonds sold off steeply on Monday after the country’s market-friendly, President Mauricio Macri, performed worse than expected in Sunday primary elections.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:40 UTC
Argentine electoral roll for Sunday's vote included four voters with Falklands' addresses

The electoral roll for Sunday's primary election in Argentina included four names with Falkland Islands' addresses, according to reports in the Argentina media.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 05:55 UTC
Landslide victory for the opposition in Argentina: Macri's reelection undermined; challenging Monday for markets

President Mauricio Macri suffered a crushing defeat as Argentines voted in party primaries on Sunday ahead of October's general election. Given that all of the recession-hit country's major parties have already chosen their presidential candidates, the primaries effectively served as a nationwide pre-election opinion poll.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 05:43 UTC
Joint Falklands/UK/Argentina scientific fisheries cruise in September

Argentina and the Falkland Islands will be involved in a scientific assessment cruise of Southern Bluewitting stocks beginning next 9 September. The cruise, the second this year, will take place in the Argentine state of the art scientific vessel “Victor Angelescu”, belonging to the Mar del Plata based Fisheries Investigation and Development Institute, INIDEP.
Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 09:59 UTC
On Sunday 33.8 million Argentines will decide if they still believe in populism

Argentines are facing what is probably the tightest presidential race since the return of the country’s democracy in 1983 with conservative President Mauricio Macri facing an opposition ticket including ex-President Cristina Fernández, and the primary elections Sunday are expected to provide a hint of who might win October’s vote.
Friday, August 9th 2019 - 10:59 UTC
Argentina's Sunday primaries, a first test for President Macri's reelection aspiration

Argentina’s election primary on Sunday will determine President Mauricio Macri’s chances of winning a second term in October, with the country’s embattled peso currency expected to take a fresh beating next week if the business-friendly does not accomplish as expected.