Tag: Argentina

• Tuesday, March 24th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Covid 19 testing: Argentina offers to help Falklands, which has no identified cases yet

  

  Argentina on Monday said it had reached out to Britain`s ambassador in Buenos Aires to offer material support to the inhabitants of the Falkland Islands hit by the coronavirus outbreak.

• Monday, March 23rd 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez is back in Buenos Aires from Cuba with her daughter

  

  Argentine vice president Cristina Fernandez is back in Buenos Aires from Cuba with her daughter who has been under medical treatment in Havana for a year. The two immediately left for their home where they will comply with the mandatory fourteen day self isolation for any passengers arriving in Argentina from overseas because of the coronavirus pandemic.

• Saturday, March 21st 2020 - 09:24 UTC

  IMF's technical guidance on Argentine public debt sustainability

  

  At the request of the Argentine authorities and reflecting close collaboration with them, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released on Friday a technical note prepared by IMF staff on Argentina’s public debt sustainability.

• Friday, March 20th 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentina: mandatory quarantine and everybody must remain at home until March 31st

  

  Argentina declared a mandatory preventive social isolation extensive to the whole country beginning midnight Friday until March 31st to mitigate the spread of Covid 19. President Alberto Fernandez made the announcement on national broadcast and standing with him were the leaders of the main political parties.

• Friday, March 20th 2020 - 09:43 UTC

  Argentina successfully rolls over local bonds in Pesos

  

  Argentina’s economy ministry said on Thursday it had exchanged around 257 billion pesos (US$ 4 billion) in a debt swap for new instruments maturing between 2021-2024, as the government looks to restructure its debt amid a credit crunch.

• Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  Coronavirus: Argentina unveils stimulus package; ample support from the political system to the strategy

  

  Argentina unveiled this week a 700 billion Pesos (some US$10 billion) stimulus package to try to sustain economic activity, avert shortages of food and medical supplies, help companies and protect workers and vulnerable groups affected by the worsening Covid 19 pandemic.

• Thursday, March 19th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Coronavirus: Mercosur members coordinate actions and frontier movements

  

  Mercosur country members agreed on Wednesday to share information and statistics on the coronavirus evolution as part of a common strategy destined to combat the pandemic, which included facilitating the return of ex-pats and ensuring the movement of goods among the block.

• Wednesday, March 18th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Covid 19: Mercosur countries isolated from the world and among themselves

  

  The number of Coronavirus cases tested positive are increasing significantly, in the exponential leg of the process, in Mercosur country members and in Chile. Brazil reported the first death, a 62 year old man in Sao Paulo with a medical record of high pressure and diabetes.

• Tuesday, March 17th 2020 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentine researchers find fossilized wing skin of a 43 million year old penguin in Antarctica

  

  Argentine researchers have announced the discovery of fossilized skin on the remains of the wing of a 43-million-year-old penguin on Marambio Island in the Antarctic.

• Monday, March 16th 2020 - 11:20 UTC

  Coronavirus: Argentina closes borders for 15 days and suspends classes until March 31

  

  Argentina will close its borders for 15 days to non-residents in order to combat the spread of coronavirus, President Alberto Fernandez announced on Sunday. Public and private school classes would also be suspended until March 31, Fernandez said. National parks would also be closed.