Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentine farmers agree to pay royalties to seed companies like Monsanto

  

  Argentine farmers have agreed to pay perpetual royalties when they replant genetically modified seeds made by companies like Monsanto Co, a deal that could allow farmers access to the newest biotechnology.

• Thursday, February 22nd 2018 - 09:41 UTC

  Argentine union leader Moyano remembers Macri where the real opposition stands

  

  Argentina's teamsters powerful boss, Hugo Moyano supported by members from banks, judicial and teachers unions, plus social, picketers and left wing groupings, together with Kirchner followers marched on downtown Buenos Aires Wednesday evening for a huge rally to protest President Mauricio Macri's economic policies and attempts to reform labor legislation.

• Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

  Union leader political rally in Buenos Aires to challenge Macri and his policies

  

  The Argentine powerful teamsters union will be holding their first political rally in downtown Buenos Aires this Wednesday in a clear defiance of President Mauricio Macri's policies to combat inflation, launch the economy and attract foreign direct investors. Hugo Moyano a member of the unions' umbrella organization has promised to convene some 300.000 workers and has anticipated that any incidents will be the responsibility of the government.

• Saturday, February 17th 2018 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina moves closer to the US in security and crime-fighting policies

  

  Argentina is taking new steps to solidify its security relationship with the United States, a move that may be aimed at generating support — both political and material — for a shift toward more hard-line domestic crime-fighting policies. In a trip to the United States last week, Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich met with several top US officials to discuss security issues.

• Saturday, February 17th 2018 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine January inflation 1.8%; minister admits it is a slower pace than expected

  

  Argentina's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 1.8% in January 2018, after increasing 3.1% in December 2017, said the country's statistics office Indec. Despite the deceleration, the reading was higher than market expectations for the monthly consumer price inflation (+1.5%). The result was primarily influenced by higher costs for entertainment and culture (+3.5%).

• Thursday, February 15th 2018 - 09:45 UTC

  Argentina central bank holds benchmark rate at 27.25%; inflation data on Thursday

  

  Argentina’s central bank held its benchmark seven-day interbank lending rate at 27.25% on Wednesday, the monetary authority said in a statement, amid an increase in inflation expectations and “mixed signals” in prices so far this year.

• Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 07:10 UTC

  The Wall Street Journal: “Inflation stalks Macri in Argentina”

  

  The Wall Street Journal has published a piece on the political situation of Argentine president Mauricio Macri, battling inflation, an undelivered electoral pledge, and allegedly very much aware of a long standing spell: no non Peronist president has been able to complete the mandate for which he was elected.

• Tuesday, February 6th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Tillerson praises Macri's leadership in the region in favor of democracy

  

  President Mauricio Macri received US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday at the Olivos official residence. During the forty minutes meeting the main issues of the Argentina/US bilateral agenda were addressed, according to a release from the Argentine Executive office.

• Monday, February 5th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  China's finance minister visits Argentina ahead of G20: meeting with Macri

  

  Chinese Finance Minister Xiao Jie, visited Argentina last week where he met with president Mauricio Macri and other officials ahead of the upcoming meeting in Buenos Aires of the G20 finance ministers and central banks governors. There was no official briefing of the different meetings or the interview with Macri in Casa Rosada.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2018 - 19:37 UTC

  Argentina promotes B20 agenda in London

  

  Daniel Funes de Rioja, Chair of B20, promoted the B20 agenda among British business, chambers, institutions and members of the press at the “B20 Priorities and Challenges” seminar at the Argentine Official Residence in London.