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Sat, 19 Feb 2022 09:19:00 GMT
Ahead of another major blunder, an Argentine haircut for the IMF
By Willem H. Buitter – By approving an unprecedentedly large loan to Argentina in mid-2018, despite the country's failure to meet basic borrowing conditions, the International Monetary Fund committed a major blunder. Rather t...

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 21:32:00 GMT
Eduardo Bolsonaro says Milei's role should be reassessed
Brazilian Deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro, Thursday praised his Argentine colleague Javier Milei, whom he found way different from former President Mauricio Macri, it was reported.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 20:29:00 GMT
Uruguayan President promised new investments by Argentine group
Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou met this week with representatives from the Argentine Grupo Werthein to discuss further developments and investments in the country, it was reported.

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:25:00 GMT
Argentina’s Central Bank raises interest rates amid growing inflation
Argentina’s Central Bank (BCRA) Thursday increased interest rates to 42.5%, it was announced. The measure is consistent with recent talks between the Government of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary F...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:10:00 GMT
Argentina eyes National Food Company to regulate domestic prices
The Government of Argentina is planning to create a National Food Company as a measure to curb inflation, keep prices under control and help small and medium producers, Presidential Spokeswoman Gabriela Cerruti said Thursday in...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 21:04:00 GMT
Argentine President urged to choose a woman for the Supreme Court
Argentine President Alberto Fernández has been pressured this week by Amnesty International and other non-government organizations to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court with a female magistrate, it was reported.

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:14:00 GMT
On 16 February 1990, the re establishment of diplomatic relations between UK and Argentina was announced
On 16 February 1990, Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Sir Timothy Sainsbury informed the House of Commons of the 14,15 February 1990 Madrid meeting which resulted in the re-establishment of diplomat...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 10:12:00 GMT
Patagonia January inflation 3,6%, double the Falklands' annual retail prices index
Despite highly subsidized public rates, a long list of coerced consumer prices, relatively cheap fuel in the current global energy-short environment, the Consumer Price Index in Argentine Patagonia, mainly Tierra del Fuego, rea...

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:48:00 GMT
Tall ships gather at Rio de Janeiro for naval parade
Ships from all navies in the region keep arriving at Río de Janeiro for the Velas Latinoamérica 2022 (Latin American Sails 2022) parade scheduled for Feb. 22

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:42:00 GMT
Argentine air traffic controllers warn they might go on strike, ground flights
Argentine air traffic controllers have warned they might go on strike in the coming days, which would cause a major setback to operations nationwide as the vacation season nears its end and classes are about to restart.



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