Tag: Marcos Peña

• Monday, September 23rd 2019 - 10:56 UTC

  Argentine president's wife trip to Spain viewed as preparation for future exile

  

  Argentina's political future seems to be no mystery regarding the upcoming October 27 presidential elections. So much so that First Lady Juliana Awada's snap trip Sunday to Madrid citing entertainment and social engagements was announced by the media as a preparation for a post December 10 exile that looks inevitable after the outcome of the August 11 primaries.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Falklands/Sao Paulo weekly air link with stopover at Cordoba, officially authorized by Argentina: Decree 602/2019

  

  The Argentine government made official the authorization for a second weekly flight between the South American continent and the Falklands Islands, this time to Sao Paulo, Brazil with a stopover once a month, on both ways in the city of Cordoba. This means all is ready for the inauguration.

• Saturday, September 22nd 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentine Peso strengthened for the third straight day on Friday

  

  Argentina’s peso strengthened for the third straight day on Friday, driven by optimism that the government would sign a revised financing deal with the International Monetary Fund to include stricter fiscal measures and faster cash disbursements.

• Thursday, June 7th 2018 - 08:08 UTC

  Theresa May confirms her trip to Argentina next December for the G20 summit

  

  UK Prime Minister Theresa May confirmed on Tuesday to Argentine cabinet chief Marcos Peña that she will be attending the G20 summit scheduled for next December in Buenos Aires. Mrs. May turned up at an office where her principal private secretary Peter Hill was holding a meeting with Peña at 10 Downing Street.

• Wednesday, June 6th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  China and Argentina reinforce financial links with increased currency swap arrangement

  

  Argentina is looking to expand an existing currency swap arrangement with China, as Buenos Aires looks to stabilize the economy one month after applying for financial aid from the International Monetary Fund. In an interview with the Financial Times, Argentina’s Chief of Cabinet Marcos Peña, said “we have an active swap with China that the previous government left us and we will try to make it bigger.”

• Tuesday, June 5th 2018 - 07:51 UTC

  Argentine cabinet chief honors all Falklands' conflict fallen at St Paul's cathedral in London

  

  Argentine cabinet chief Marcos Peña honored all combatants fallen during the Falkland Islands conflict and laid a wreath at the crypt in London's St Paul Cathedral, which remembers the 1982 South Atlantic war.

• Monday, June 4th 2018 - 08:00 UTC

  Honoring Falklands' fallen begins full agenda for Macri's cabinet chief in London

  

  Argentine cabinet chief Marcos Peña arrived on Sunday in London for a two-day full agenda beginning Monday, with a round of ministerial meetings, media interviews, a visit to Parliament, a conference, even a visit to 10 Downing Street, but it will all take off at St. Paul's cathedral to honor the fallen in the Falkland Islands war.

• Tuesday, May 29th 2018 - 08:09 UTC

  Falklands: Argentine cabinet chief will honor fallen British combatants, at St. Paul's cathedral

  

  Argentine cabinet chief Marcos Peña will be honoring the British combatants fallen during the South Atlantic conflict when he travels to the UK. The ceremony is scheduled for next 4 June at St Paul's cathedral in London

• Monday, January 29th 2018 - 11:01 UTC

  Macri and ministers expected to freeze their salaries, for one year, as part of the austerity measures

  

  The government of Argentine president Mauricio Macri is expected to announce on Monday as part of the overall austerity and adjustment programs, a freeze on all top government salaries and the reduction of at least 20% in political nominee posts in the Executive branch.

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 09:32 UTC

  Argentina increases inflation targets for 2018/19, closer to private estimates

  

  Argentina changed its inflation target for 2018 to 15%, up from the central bank’s previous goal of 8-12%, Treasury Minister Nicolas Dujovne said on Thursday, raising expectations for interest rate cuts. The government will postpone by one year its goal of lowering inflation to 5%, pushing it back to 2020, Dujovne said.