Tag: Silvina Batakis

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 22:22 UTC

  Batakis announces spending cuts for Argentine gov't

  

  Argentina's Economy Minister Silvina Batakis Monday warned that the government of President Alberto Fernández “will not spend more than we have,” while launching a series of measures aimed at curbing inflation and restoring federal reserves.

• Monday, July 11th 2022 - 10:17 UTC

  Argentine authorities ready to launch batch of economic measures

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and newly-appointed Economy Minister Silvina Batakis reviewed over the weekend a series of measures to be launched shortly in a move to curb inflation and strengthen the Treasury's coffers.

• Saturday, July 9th 2022 - 10:15 UTC

  Contradicting messages from Batakis herald split devaluation

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Silvina Batakis has been reported Friday to be evaluating several possible scenarios, all of which involve some forms of devaluation of the local peso.

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 08:28 UTC

  Batakis: Dollars needed from agriculture and from not vacationing abroad

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Economy Minister Silvina Batakis Wednesday insisted the country needed a more efficient agricultural productivity and the ensuing liquidation of assets through the official currency exchange scheme to add to the Treasury's coffers.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 20:16 UTC

  IMF vows to keep working alongside Argentina

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has insisted on the need to keep working together with Argentina following the resignation of Martín Guzmán as Economy Minister and the subsequent appointment of Silvina Batakis.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 22:09 UTC

  Argentina's new Economy Minister sworn in

  

  Argentina's newly-appointed Economy Minister, Silvina Batakis, made a brief statement to the press minutes after taking her oath of office, during which she vowed to stay on the present course of action left behind by her predecessor Martín Guzmán, who resigned Saturday.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 20:43 UTC

  No more foreign players for Argentine football clubs due to US dollar crisis

  

  Argentina's current economic crisis is taking its toll on football. Transactions involving foreign players who were about to be hired by local clubs have been put on hold after local clubs have been rendered unable to have access to the amount of US dollars needed for the deal to go through.

• Monday, July 4th 2022 - 10:43 UTC

  Alberto Fernández picks Silvina Batakis as new Economy Minister

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández chose Silvina Batakis as the new Economy Minister following the resignation of Martín Guzmán during the weekend, a move which has prompted a rise in the informal exchange rate between the local peso and the US dollar, thus fueling already seemingly unstoppable inflation.

• Wednesday, October 21st 2015 - 07:01 UTC

  Batakis 'the Greek' and York graduate, Argentina's next Economy minister if Scioli wins

  

  An environment economist graduated in York University could be Argentina's next Economy minister, if the incumbent candidate Daniel Scioli is finally elected next Sunday, or in a runoff a month later. Silvina Batakis, 'the Greek' is currently governor Scioli's economy minister in the province of Buenos Aires and was confirmed for that post this week.