HEMLOCK TOWNSHIP -- A judge in Argentina has ruled that Anthony Franklin should be sent back to the U.S. to face murder charges in Columbia County. Franklin fled to Argentina following the murder of Frank Spencer back in 2012. Prosecutors say Franklin and his daughter, Maria Sanutti-Spencer killed Spencer, who was her ex-husband, at his home near Millville. Sanutti-Spencer was found guilty of first degree murder last month. Franklin is appealing the judge's ruling in Argentina. Read more [...]

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri has kicked off talks with several Wall Street banks for $5 billion to $10 billion of loans in a bid to shore up central bank reserves, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.Macri’s incoming Finance Secretary Luis Caputo, who traveled to New York this week, spoke with banks about backing the loans with sovereign debt owned by the central bank, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private. The loans would be repaid Read more [...]

On Dec. 10, Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri entered the Casa Rosada with a mandate to revive a sputtering economy and take the country in a new direction. The agenda is long, including revitalizing the export sector, controlling inflation, and bringing in foreign direct investment. After 12 years of left-leaning rule by first Néstor and then Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Macri seeks to move South America’s second-largest economy from an inward-looking, clientelistic state to an open, Read more [...]

TENS of thousands of supporters jammed Argentina’s most famous square to say goodbye to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who lauded her government’s achievements while criticising the incoming administration.Fernandez gave a speech that was both a recap of her years in power and a clear sign that she does not plan to make things easy for president-elect Mauricio Macri, who was inaugurated yesterday.Fernandez addressed the crowd on Plaza de Mayo in downtown Buenos Aires amid widespread Read more [...]

Tens of thousands of supporters wept and cheered after cramming into Argentina's most famous square to bid farewell to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.As blue and white Argentine flags waved on a balmy night, the outgoing leader gave a speech that lauded her achievements throughout her eight years in office while delivering a withering parting shot at her successor.In the latest salvo in their bitter war of words, Kirchner vowed to make life difficult for new President Mauricio Macri, who Read more [...]

Mauricio Macri took office as Argentina’s first non-Peronist president in 16 years on Thursday, ending more than a decade of leftist populism with a promise to revive the South American country’s ailing economy. Macri began his four-year term in a ceremony snubbed by his predecessor, Cristina Kirchner, following a spat over where the handover of power should take place. The 56-year-old Macri, his wife and daughter were escorted by horeseback-mounted Read more [...]

Tens of thousands of supporters have jammed Argentina's most famous square to say goodbye to President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who lauded her government's achievements while criticising the incoming administration. As blue and white Argentine flags waved and people cheered on a balmy night, Ms Fernandez gave a speech that was both a recap of her years in power and a clear sign that she does not plan to make things easy for president-elect Mauricio Macri, who will be inaugurated later on Read more [...]

Hey guys, not sure if this should be posted here or in "other fish species" since I'm not fishing for bass. Feel free to move this post to where it corresponds.   Anyway, I'm currently in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and I've had the opportunity to go fishing 3 times so far. For now, my buddy and I have been targeting this fish called "tararira" aka "tarucha" or hoplias malabaricus. I've read on a few notes from Argentina that the "tararira" is pretty similar to bass in terms of fishing, so I Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES In her last speech as Argentine president, Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday entreated the thousands of supporters gathered to bid her farewell in the centre of Buenos Aires to ensure that her legacy is not destroyed.The rally marked the end of 12 years of leftist populism under Fernandez and her late husband and predecessor, Nestor Kirchner. On Thursday, conservative Mauricio Macri, who won a run-off election last month, will be sworn in as president."We believe in what we have achieved Read more [...]

Argentina’s new government looks to begin talks with disgruntled creditors leftover from the country’s decade-old debt dispute promptly, according to court-appointed mediator Daniel Pollack.Pollack said that he met Argentina’s incoming finance secretary, Luis Caputo, earlier this week in his New York office and spoke with representatives of bondholders with $10 billion of judgments in their favor last week, according to an e-mailed statement. No substantive negotiations occurred in either Read more [...]