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Wed, 20 Jun 2018 08:31:00 GMTGlobal Index decides on Wednesday if it includes Argentina and Saudi Arabia
Global index compiler MSCI is considering including Argentina and Saudi Arabia in its emerging market indexes at a review of its widely-tracked benchmark on Wednesday, and could potentially announce candidates that may join its...
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 06:54:00 GMTArgentine central bank contains run on the Peso, and major dumping of bonds
Argentine bonds touched their lowest levels of market-friendly President Mauricio Macri's term on Tuesday, but rebounded in a volatile trading session. Meanwhile the country risk (a measure of the difference between its bond yi...
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:04:00 GMTMaradona comes out in support of Messi and his missed penalty
Argentina’s Diego Maradona has come out to defend Lionel Messi after the Barcelona attacker missed a penalty in his team’s draw against Iceland on Saturday. Speaking to Telesur, the 1986 World Champion said: "I missed five ...
Tue, 19 Jun 2018 08:35:00 GMTArgentina shores the Peso, stock market tumbles, ahead of 'Super Tuesday'
Argentina's peso rose sharply on Monday as a new central bank chief took his first moves to shore up the battered currency, while escalating fears of a damaging trade war between the United States and China drove Latin American...
Mon, 18 Jun 2018 11:14:00 GMTUruguay chair of Mercosur, targets accord with China, exhausted of negotiations with the EU
Uruguay will be handed the rotating chair of Mercosur this Monday in a brief summit ceremony to take place in Paraguay. Attending will be Brazil's Michel Temer, Uruguay's Tabare Vázquez, the host Paraguay Horacio Cartes and in...
Argentina Independent
Fri, 02 Dec 2016 17:23:58 +0000Guilty Verdicts in Historic Human Trafficking Trial in Tierra del Fuego
Judges in Tierra del Fuego province have condemned three people for human trafficking and forced prostitution in the first trial in Argentina in which one of the victims acted as plaintiff.
Thu, 24 Nov 2016 18:08:19 +0000Senate Approves New Rental Law
The Senate has unanimously approved a bill to regulate rental contracts and control abuses by landlords and estate agents by limiting commissions and restricting price increases.
Wed, 23 Nov 2016 23:41:07 +0000Government Confirms Enhanced Payment Plan ‘Ahora 18’
The Ministry of Production confirmed this week its plan to boost consumer spending with an expanded interest free commodity purchase program entitled “Ahora 18”.
Tue, 22 Nov 2016 19:33:01 +0000First Stage of Tax Amnesty Brings in US$7bn
The first phase of the 2016-17 blanqueo closed yesterday, and Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay has said that US$7bn was brought back into the country.
Thu, 17 Nov 2016 20:10:12 +0000Senate Approves ‘Social Emergency Law’, Raises Prospect of Presidential Veto
Opposition parties in the Senate yesterday overwhelming voted in favour of a law to declare a "social and food emergency" in the country for a period of one year, raising the prospect of a presidential veto.
