Tag: Argentina

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina claims Boris Johnson is willing to dialogue on the Falklands issue

  

  Boris Johnson, the leading candidate in the current process to replace Theresa May as UK prime minister is open to dialogue on the Falklands/Malvinas issue, said Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie during a meeting with the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  ARA Belgrano relatives will travel next October to the spot where she went down torpedoed in May 1982

  

  Relatives of the sailors who lost their lives when the sinking of the Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano, during the Falklands' conflict will be travelling to the area where she went down, sometime in mid-October.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:34 UTC

  US and Argentina sign revised agreement to boost air travel and cargo

  

  The United States and Argentina on Wednesday signed a revised agreement on air services that could boost air travel and cargo between the two nations.

• Thursday, June 27th 2019 - 09:16 UTC

  First shipment of Argentine beef to the Japanese market

  

  The first-ever shipment of Argentine beef to Japan was sent on Wednesday, a significant achievement for both countries made possible through an effective and coordinated effort between health authorities, Agro-Industry Ministries, Foreign Ministries, and the respective embassies.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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%.

• 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.