Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Monday, August 5th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentines vote next Sunday an anticipation of October's presidential election

  

  Public opinion polls in Argentina show a very close, polarized race between President Mauricio Macri and opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez before next Sunday's PASO primaries which are Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory, and most important a clear anticipation of what could happen in October's presidential election.

• Saturday, August 3rd 2019 - 07:19 UTC

  S&P retained its 'B' rating for Argentine debt

  

  Standard & Poor's (S&P) confirmed it would maintain its 'B' rating for Argentine debt, highlighting that the president Mauricio Macri administration was continuing to meet the goals laid out by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the huge credit line agreed last year.

• Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina's economy lifting out of recession: activity rises in May for the first time in a year

  

  Argentina’s economic activity rose for the first time in over a year in May, a rare boost for President Mauricio Macri as he looks to dig the South American country out of a crippling recession ahead of presidential elections later this year.

• Thursday, July 25th 2019 - 09:37 UTC

  Johnson/Macri, a ten-year friendship since they were mayors of London and Buenos Aires

  

  The Argentine media is pointing out that Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Argentine president Mauricio Macri first met when they were mayors of London and Buenos Aires, --and full of ambitions--, and have since had a cordial standing personal relation. The first meeting took place at the Davos summit, Switzerland, in January 2009, and according to witnesses the chemistry was immediate.

• Saturday, July 20th 2019 - 11:43 UTC

  Pompeo in Buenos Aires at counter-terrorism summit offers US$ 7 million for info on Hezbollah leader

  

  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed on Friday in Argentina that the United States has imposed financial sanctions against a Hezbollah militant group leader suspected of directing a deadly bombing in 1994 of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people and injured hundreds.

• Friday, July 19th 2019 - 10:48 UTC

  Macri wants those behind the AMIA attack to be tried in Argentina

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri Thursday pledged to continue to seek that the people involved in the 1994 bombing of the Israeli Social Service Associacion (AMIA) “be tried in Argentine territory” to bring impunity to an end, once “the weight of the law has reached those responsible.”

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 11:01 UTC

  Macri praises Mercosur-EU deal for positive impact on quality of life to come

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri said Wednesday in Santa Fe that Mercosur's trade agreement with the European Union (EU) “will have a positive impact on the quality of life of the people” and called for “the convergence” with the Pacific Alliance.

• Thursday, July 18th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  What did the Mercosur’s leaders say about Venezuela in Santa Fe?

  

  The political and economic crisis in Venezuela was the center of the political debate among the heads of state that, this Wednesday, met in Santa Fe, Argentina in the Mercosur semi-annual summit, a block from which the Caribbean country is currently suspended. Neither Uruguay, Bolivia nor Chile addressed a word regarding the Venezuelan situation.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 23:59 UTC

  Macri paves way for Hezbollah to be deemed 'a terrorist organisation' in Argentina

  

  The Argentine Government has created the Public Registry of Persons or Entities Linked to Acts of Terrorism and its Financing (RePET), a tool whereby Hezbollah can be included. So far, local authorities adhered to the list penned by the United Nations, where Hezbollah is not included. President Mauricio Macri also decreed a day of national mourning to mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Israeli Social Welfare Association (AMIA) in Buenos Aires. In a third measure, Macri gave the victims of that attack 180 days to file for monetary compensation from the state.

• Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 22:19 UTC

  Argentina's inflation expected to stay on the downpath in July

  

  Argentine Central Bank President Guido Sandleris Tuesday admitted inflation remains “high,” but he forecast July's figures will be smaller than those of June in light of the current “clear trend” to the downside.