Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 21:05 UTC

  Double victory for Argentina's Macri ahead of the G20 leaders' summit

  

  Argentina's Senate on Thursday gave final approval to an unpopular austerity budget designed to meet the stiff requirements of a US$ 57.1 billion International Monetary Fund bailout. Approval came as a great relief for battered president Mauricio Macri, but also a double victory, since it opens the way for his reelection aspirations next year.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Argentina's Senate approves austerity budget agreed with IMF

  

  After 13 hours of debate, the Argentine Senate approved the draft Public Administration Budget for 2019 early on Thursday. The project, presented by Mauricio Macri’s government, went ahead with 45 votes in favor, 24 against and just one abstention.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 11:18 UTC

  S&P downgrades Argentina's long term sovereign debt from “B+” to “B”

  

  Standard & Poor's on Monday downgraded Argentina's sovereign long term credit rating from “B+” to “B” and reviewed the country's debt prospects to “stable”, following on the “negative” review from last August.

• Monday, November 12th 2018 - 07:30 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez, Jose Mujica and Dilma Rousseff in a Critical Thinking forum

  

  Several Latin American presidents and political activists are scheduled to hold the First Forum of Critical Thinking next week in Buenos Aires, just a few days before the G20 summit which this year in being hosted by Argentina and will convene the world's leaders.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

  Macri and PM May scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting at the end of the month

  

  British Prime Minister Theresa May and Argentine president Mauricio Macri are scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting in the framework of the coming G20 summit to be held in Buenos Aires at the end of the month.

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Falklands in post-Brexit scenario triggers speculation and controversy

  

  Britain rejected point blank the suggestion that a ‘No Deal’ Brexit will help Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands. The Prime Minister official spokeswoman said there was no doubt Britain’s “relationships” with all of its overseas territories would remain in place after March 2019.

• Monday, October 29th 2018 - 04:38 UTC

  Latam leaders congratulate Brazilian people and Bolsonaro; Uruguay ex president Mujica compares him with Hitler

  

  Latin American leaders congratulated Brazilian president elect Jair Messias Bolsonaro for his Sunday victory. Be it via twitter, official releases or direct phone calls, the next president of Brazil was well wished even from neighboring Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro.

• Saturday, October 27th 2018 - 09:38 UTC

  IMF completes review of Argentina's stand-by loan; Lagarde praises performance

  

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed on Friday the first review of Argentina’s economic performance under the 36-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) that was approved on June 20, 2018.

• Friday, October 26th 2018 - 09:51 UTC

  Higher taxes ahead for Argentine real estate owners

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri has created a new body within his administration to reassess the value of land and home property in order to “reflect the reality of the real estate market” ... and recalculate taxation thereupon.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentina's primary deficit falls to 1.1% of GDP, the lowest since 2012

  

  Argentina's primary deficit fell to 1.1% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) between January and September this year, compared to 2.1% over the same period in 2017, the Finance Ministry announced on Monday.