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Montevideo, July 21st 2025 - 19:03 UTC

Tag: Mauricio Macri

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

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

    Venezuela is currently banned from Mercosur

    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

    Macri's measures are considered to be a response to separate requests from the United States and Israel among other countries as well as from the local Jewish leadership.

    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

    Sandleris founded his inflationary decline forecast on “the goal of zero monetary base expansion.”

    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.

  • Wednesday, July 17th 2019 - 10:47 UTC

    Tabaré denies brokering meeting with Bolsonaro

    “The issues we have are common to all of Mercosur,” said the Uruguayan president.

    Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez Tuesday denied having sought to meet privately with his Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro during Wednesday's Mercosur summit in Santa Fe, Argentina.

  • Monday, July 15th 2019 - 12:16 UTC

    Poverty in Argentina on the rise, Catholic University research shows

    Eduardo Donza, of the UCA, warned about “the price increases and a wage recovery in general below those increases.”

    Poverty in Argentina reached “35 per cent” so far this year, according to Argentine Catholic University (UCA), it was reported last week.

  • Monday, July 15th 2019 - 10:54 UTC

    Argentina: The Minister of Defense will retire two senior officers for the ARA San Juan tragedy

    Aguad would retire to the last two officers in activity that made up the chain of command when the tragedy at sea ended with the death of the 44 crew members of the submarine

    Argentina's defence minister, Oscar Aguad, will publish on Monday a summary prepared by the Mayor state of that country, Infobae reported, establishing the military responsibilities of the Navy in the sinking of the submarine ARA San Juan, found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on November 2018, one year after its vanishing.

  • Friday, July 12th 2019 - 10:26 UTC

    The IMF will release another $ 5.4 billion today for Argentina

    The disbursement of the money, which now reaches 78% of the disbursement agreed last year, had been announced on Monday by the new director in charge of the agency, David Lipton

    Mauricio Macri’s Government must guarantee that with the new disbursement in favor of Argentina for USD 5.4 billion that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will sign this Friday will comply with all the deadlines agreed for this year. This new disbursement is given after the approval of the quarterly goals to March by the technical staff of the fund.

  • Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 19:39 UTC

    Cooperation agreement between Argentina, Japan launched

    Argentine President Mauricio Macri welcomed the OVOP proposal from Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Kono in Buenos Aires last year.

    Japan's International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Wednesday launched its “One Village, One Product” (OVOP) project in Argentina, which is designed to encourage social development in the provinces of Catamarca, Misiones, Chaco, Salta and Buenos Aires, it was announced.

  • Thursday, July 11th 2019 - 12:39 UTC

    Former Argentine President De la Rua buried in private ceremony

    President Mauricio Macri pays tribute to De la Rua during the state funeral at the Congress building.

    Former Argentine President Fernando de la Rua was laid to rest Wednesday during a private ceremony at a cemetery in the Pilar area, some 50 kilometers northwest from Buenos Aires. De la Rua, who ran the country between December 1999 and December 2001, had died of cardiac and other complications at the nation's capital on Tuesday. He was 81.

  • Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

    Military parade and Malvinas Veterans march to celebrate Argentina's independence

    President Macri will be attending the Independence Day events with his vice president candidate Senator Angel Pichetto

    Some four thousand troops, including Malvinas Veterans will be marching this Tuesday in the posh district of Palermo in Buenos Aires, as part of the Independence Day celebrations. Last year the parade was cancelled because of budget problems.