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Montevideo, November 25th 2024 - 02:37 UTC

Tag: Argentina

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

    Macri admits his father was part of an extortion system during the Kirchner years

    Prior to his recent passing, Franco Macri had been tied up in the so-called “notebooks” corruption scandal, along with President Macri's brother and cousin.

    Franco Macri's dealings with the former Kirchnerite governments amount to a “crime,” Argentine president Mauricio Macri declared on Sunday in a wide-ranging primetime interview that touched on corruption, influence peddling, the October elections, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's legal situation and his recently deceased father, Franco.

  • Tuesday, March 19th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

    Danish Royals visit Argentina with a delegation to promete business and trade

    President Macri received Queen Margrethe II at the Presidential Palace, Casa Rosada

    Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and Crown Prince Frederik are spearheading an official state visit to Argentina which started this Monday ahead of a larger business delegation which seeks to make inroads in the country. 

  • Monday, March 18th 2019 - 06:30 UTC

    Iranian couple caught in Argentina with fake Israeli passports

    Police first thought the passports were stolen but numerous misspellings in Hebrew let both Argentine and Israeli officials realize the passports were forged

    Argentine security officials say that an Iranian couple was arrested in Buenos Aires for travelling on fake Israeli passports. Local reports say a 27-year old man and a 30-year old woman were arrested on March 12, travelling on forged Israeli passports under the fake names of Netanel and Rivka Toledano. The couple travelled from Spain to Argentina.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

    IMF prepared to help Argentina stabilize exchange market volatility in election year

    The announcement followed a sharp fall in the Peso, dragged down by emerging doubts about the economy and rising political uncertainty by elections in October

    Argentina’s central bank wants to license market makers to help stabilize its embattled peso currency when the Treasury starts newly announced dollar sales in April. The bank hopes the market makers, dealers who agree to buy and sell at set prices, would bolster liquidity in the exchange market to help avoid the sharp gyrations the peso has suffered in recent weeks when it hit a record low of 42.5 pesos per dollar in thin trading.

  • Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

    China and Argentina resume talks for the construction of a nuclear power plant

    Argentina had hoped to announce an agreement on China-financed construction of Atucha III, during a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping last November

    A delegation from China will visit Argentina this month to discuss the construction of a nuclear power plant, signaling possible progress in a deal that could increase Beijing’s deepening influence in Argentina. Accordingly, the “technical team” from China would meet local suppliers about the long-stalled nuclear power plant project, reportedly worth up to US$8 billion.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

    Argentine inflation in February, 3.8% and 51% in twelve months; central bank new measures

    Inflation rose 3.8% in February, INDEC said, as President Mauricio Macri struggles to bring down prices ahead of key national elections this year.

    Argentina’s stubbornly high inflation accelerated again in February, the government said on Thursday, sparking the central bank chief to pledge new measures to rein in rising prices that have dogged the South American economy over the last year.

  • Friday, March 15th 2019 - 04:40 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez flies to Cuba to be next to her sick daughter

    CFK suggested Florencia's poor health was caused by “the fierce persecution to which she has been subjected to”, a reference to ongoing criminal investigations

    Ex-Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left on Thursday for Cuba to assist her 29-year-old daughter Florencia, who is receiving medical treatment. In a dramatic video posted on her Twitter, the senator for Buenos Aires province said that her daughter was suffering from ”severe health problems” and began special treatment in Cuba last December.

  • Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

    Argentine foreign minister receives next of kin who returned from “our Malvinas”

    Argentine Foreign minister Jorge Faurie at Ezeiza airport receives the next of kin delegation and underlines the significance of the Malvinas Humanitarian Plan

    “I imagine you have gone through moments of great emotion in the Islands, next to the graves with the 112 full names, which until now remained unidentified”, Argentine foreign minister Jorge Faurie was quoted in an official release, on receiving the delegation of next of kin, on their return trip from the Falkland Islands, Wednesday evening.

  • Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

    Argentina and Colombia will host the 2020 Copa America; US proposal rejected

    The next edition of the tournament, usually played by all 10 South American nations and at least two invited guests, is due to be held in Brazil in June.

    The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) has rejected a proposal from the United States and awarded the 2020 Copa America tournament to Argentina and Colombia. CONMEBOL officials meeting in Miami on Wednesday said the joint bid was accepted as a way of “bringing South American football to the fans” and would be subject to a more detailed presentation by both countries.

  • Thursday, March 14th 2019 - 09:48 UTC

    Argentina forecasted to increase the wheat area planted for the 2019/20 season

    The area could reach up to 6.9 million hectares, which would be the fourth consecutive increase and a rise from 6.3 million hectares in the 2018/19 season

    Argentina's wheat planting area will rise again in 2019/20, industry experts anticipated, which could mean another bumper harvest after a record wheat crop last season. The area could reach up to 6.9 million hectares, analysts and farmers said, which would be the fourth consecutive increase and a rise from 6.3 million hectares in the 2018/19 season when the country produced a record 19.5 million tons of wheat.