Tag: Club de Paris

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:28 UTC

  Rootyling for cash, the central bank has become Argentina’s Piggy bank

  

  The Economist argues that with the latest legislation, the Argentine central bank has lost its legal independence and become the piggy bank of President Cristina Fernandez government.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2011 - 05:58 UTC

  World Bank reminds Argentina of G20 duties and urges payment of defaulted debts

  

  Argentina should pay its debt with the Paris Club group of creditor nations if it wants to continue receiving foreign investment, said Paolo Martelli, director for Latin America of the World Bank’s International Finance Corp, reports Buenos Aires daily La Nación.

• Thursday, September 1st 2011 - 05:38 UTC

  Argentina’s big business warms up to CFK: confrontation is ‘pointless’

  

  Big business in Argentina agreed to prolong the current ‘truce’ with the government of President Cristina Fernandez but called for more investment and improved competitiveness with more accessible financing, besides a return to the international voluntary credit market and an agreement with the Club of Paris.

• Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 01:53 UTC

  Argentine president called IMF chief and had a half hour conversation

  

  The IMF confirmed that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner phoned incoming Managing Director Christine Lagarde last week, a few hours before the Fund reiterated its objections to Argentina’s official statistical data.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2010 - 16:12 UTC

  Argentina sends the Paris Club a possible road map for negotiations

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Amado Boudou confirmed that the ministry sent a letter to the Paris Club in order to initiate negotiations and establish a course of action for the cancellation of debt, although no specific dates were mentioned.