Macri and French PM Valls talked in Spanish and cordial. Valls confirmed President Hollande would be visiting Argentina in February The Argentine president also pressed on France to advance the Mercosur-European Union agreement Read more [...]

El informe indica que “el comienzo de 2016 ha sido difícil, como lo demuestran los recientes estallidos de volatilidad financiera, consecuencia de la incertidumbre acerca de la desaceleración económica en China, la caída de los precios de las materias primas y las divergentes políticas monetarias aplicadas por las economías avanzadas”. Será el segundo año consecutivo de contracción, algo que no ocurría desde la crisis de la deuda de 1982-83, que desencadenó la "década perdida" para Read more [...]

Argentina are in talks to host their Rugby Championship match against Australia at Twickenham in October, according to the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR). The UAR president, Carlos Araujo, confirmed the talks during his visit to Australia this week for a meeting of the southern hemisphere Sanzar body, which runs the Rugby Championship. “To take this match to London is something very important for the UAR and Argentine rugby,” Araujo was quoted as saying. Related: Argentina enjoying the last laugh Read more [...]

22 de enero de 2016, 16:34Buenos Aires, Jan 22 (Prensa Latina) The Tupac Amaru organization, trade unions, social movements and political parties carry out today a national day of protest, demonstrations and roadblocks to demand the release of the social leader and Parlasur lawmaker Milagro Sala. The leader of the Tupac Amaru organization was detained last Saturday due to political disagreements with the governor of the province of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales, a political ally of President Mauricio Read more [...]

The #VansPropeller Latin America tour recently rolled through the skateboarding hotbed of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Kyle Walker, Chima Ferguson, Curren Caples, Elijah Berle, and Rowan Zorilla, and Chris Russell did what they do best by feeding off the crowd and wrecking the park for the best demo of the tour yet. Tomorrow, Saturday January 23rd is the final stop of the tour. We’ve got a fun night planned for the skaters in São Paulo, @VansBrazil. At 5pm the boys will be doing a demo at Largo Read more [...]

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The president of Argentina says that talks to reach a fair agreement with holders of the country's unpaid bond debt may be slower than anticipated. Mauricio Macri says that "there are no concrete results" so far in efforts since he took office last month. He says he'd expected more progress. Macri spoke at a news conference Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He confirmed Argentina will make a proposal to Read more [...]

A month after President Mauricio Macri removed currency controls as part of an effort to end Argentina’s decade of exclusion from international capital markets, the peso continues to trade in splendid isolation from its peers.The peso fell 27 percent on its first day of freedom last month yet since then has weakened just 1.9 percent, outperforming the 3.9 percent drop in emerging-market currencies. The currency is no more correlated to the rest of emerging markets than it was in November, when Read more [...]

Argentina has decided to temporarily open its doors to soybean imports in a move widely seen as an attempt to pressure farmers into selling stocks. All crushers are now allowed to import beans from Paraguay and Bolivia, free of tariffs, for processing into meal, oil and biodiesel, ending a regime of selective imports in place since 2012. The crushing industry welcomed the move, pointing out the Argentina’s massive crushing industry is currently working at only 65% of capacity. It is the latest Read more [...]

Argentine President Mauricio Macri swept through the halls of Davos claiming a potential windfall of $20 billion in foreign investment this year from energy to infrastructure as he tries to persuade global investors that this time is different for Latin America’s third-largest economy.“Argentina has decided to take its place in the global landscape,” Macri said in an interview with Bloomberg News on Friday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We need important companies of Read more [...]