Tag: Mauricio Macri

Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Multilateralism, Iran, Venezuela and Falklands in Macri's address to the UN General Assembly

Argentine President Mauricio Macri defended the trade agreement of Mercosur with the European Union, as part of his government's strategy to open Argentina to the world, demanded Iran cooperates with the judicial system to help clear the 1994 AMIA attack in Buenos Aires, condemned the Venezuelan dictatorship of president Nicolas Maduro and called on the United Kingdom for dialogue on the Falklands/Malvinas dispute, although reaffirming his country's “legitimate and imprescriptible sovereignty rights” over the South Atlantic Islands.
Wednesday, September 25th 2019 - 09:54 UTC
Macri holds a 'constructive meeting' with IMF, but no news about the pending tranche of a major loan

Argentine President Mauricio Macri met with his International Monetary Fund backers in New York on Tuesday, but there was little light shed on whether the body was likely to approve a key US$ 5.4 billion tranche of funds to the indebted country.
Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 17:32 UTC
Argentine research vessel Eduardo L. Holmberg sets sail on mackerel mission

After its repair at the Tandanor Shipyard and a series of adjustments in Mar del Plata, the Eduardo L. Holmberg fishing research boat of Argentina's National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) Monday set sail on a mission to evaluate mackerel (Scomber colias), it was reported.
Tuesday, September 24th 2019 - 09:26 UTC
Argentina Needs Intensive Care

By Anne Krueger (*) - Argentina's President Mauricio Macri knew that he had inherited a sick economy when he took office in 2015, but failed to take his medicine. As a result, the country now has no choice but to face up to a period of painful structural adjustment.
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.
Friday, September 20th 2019 - 16:44 UTC
Unemployment on the rise in Macri's Argentina

Unemployment in Argentina reached 10.6% in the second quarter of 2019, the highest ever since President Mauricio Macri took office in December, 2015, according to data released Thursday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC).
Friday, September 20th 2019 - 10:30 UTC
Prosecution opens extortion case against Argentine President Macri

Argentine Federal Prosecutor Guillermo Marijuan was appointed Thursday to lead an investigation against President Mauricio Macri for allegedly extorting a media businessman to relinquish spectrum frequencies which the government was interested in passing on to a rival group.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:49 UTC
Argentine central bank announces further currency controls

Argentina's central bank this week announced further currency controls in an effort to tame speculation and stem a spiraling debt crisis in Latin America's third-largest economy.
Friday, September 13th 2019 - 12:38 UTC
August inflation in Argentina reverses tendency and again shoots up: 4%

Prices in Argentina shot up last month after a shocking primary vote plunged the peso, reversing four months of declines.
Thursday, September 12th 2019 - 15:46 UTC
Thousands camping in downtown Buenos Aires waiting for Congress to pass the food emergency bill

Thousands of protesters camped on Wednesday in downtown Buenos Aires to demand that Argentina declare a food emergency as the economic crisis deepened just weeks ahead of the presidential election.