News of argentina

BLOOMBERG

Government struggles to stop precious dollars draining away

Today 16:18 Foreign currency reserves dropped to a four-year low last week, totalling less than they did when the International Monetary Fund started its mega-loan programme with Argentina in 2018.

This image, allegedly taken from video at one of the weddings, circulated on social media on Monday.

QUARANTINE BREACH

Eight arrested after police raid orthodox Jewish wedding in Once

Today 16:07 Eight people – the bridal couple, the rabbi and five of the 150 guests, including the parents of the couple and the best man – were arrested by police after breaching quarantine to host wedding.

On 25 de Mayo, around 150 protesters demonstrated in the Plaza de Mayo, holding up signs carrying slogans such as "Freedom", "No to the new world order" and "We want to work."

Coronavirus pandemic

First anti-lockdown protest takes place in Buenos Aires

Today 15:41 Around 150 demonstrators rallied at the Plaza de Mayo on the 25 de Mayo holiday, protesting the lockdown introduced to tackle the coronavirus pandemic and the halt in economic activity.

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask walks in front of the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine bonds rise after default as investors await deal

Today 15:04 Bonds due in 2036 climb 2.3 cents to 33.2 cents on the dollar. Famed century bond follows suit, jumping 3.3 cents to also trade at 33 cents.

New restrictions for the capital and its surroundings are being introduced to tackle the spread of Covid-19.

Coronavirus pandemic

City government details new restrictions on commerce, transport

Today 09:40 City government announces new restrictions on commercial activity and shopping, new controls on circulation of people in and out of the capital and closing of 11 train stations.

A man crosses a street in Buenos Aires during the coronavirus lockdown.

BLOOMBERG

Now in default, Argentina plans improved offer for creditors

Today 09:22 While bondholders now have the option to take Argentina to court to sue for full repayment, creditors said last week that legal action against the country would be counterproductive.

A resident is stopped at a checkpoint into the capital.

Coronavirus pandemic

Officials confirm details of new permit to circulate during lockdown

Yesterdat 09:55 Officials have confirmed details of how citizens and residents can re-apply for permission to circulate via the Certificado Único Habilitante de Circulación (CUHC).

President Alberto Fernández.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Debt renegotiations to continue – with confidentiality agreements

24-05-2020 18:22 Economy Ministry asks bondholders negotiating with it to sign a confidentiality agreement, after government extends deadline for talks to June 2.

Vehicle controls are set to be stepped up.

NEW MEASURES

Quarantine extension: new permits, more checkpoints, less public transport

24-05-2020 09:20 Authorities are concerned by the spread of the virus amid an increase in circulation of people on the streets and on public transport.

President Alberto Fernández, flanked by City Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, and Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof, offers a press conference to announce new measures regarding the lockdown to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus Covid-19, at the Olivos Presidential Residence.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government extends quarantine for 15 more days amid rise in infections

23-05-2020 22:30 President Fernández announces Argentina will extend government's mandatory social isolation until June 7, amid an acceleration in the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus.

A salt mine in northern Argentina.

LITHIUM

Coronavirus halts lithium expansion in Argentina and Chile

23-05-2020 10:10 Projects under development halted and significant investments cancelled, as impact of Covid-19 pandemic begins to hit home.

by Fermin Koop

This season, farmers traded a lot of soybeans early on, during planting, because they were sure Alberto Fernández would hike export taxes.

AGRICULTURE

Soy farmers bet against peso just as government needs cash

23-05-2020 09:55 Farmer sales have slowed to a crawl because growers think the currency is overvalued. That’s unnerving buyers and the government, which will have to wait for crucial export money.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former managing director of the International Monetary Fund.

DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN INTERVIEW

Dominique Strauss-Kahn: ‘Argentina has the cards to renegotiate its debt’

23-05-2020 09:45 French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn, a former managing director of the International Monetary Fund, gives his view on Argentina’s debt restructuring talks, the Fund’s leadership and wealth taxes.

by Eugenia Iglesias

YPF oil barrel. Fixed oil prices in Argentina.

THE ‘BARRIL CRIOLLO’

What is Argentina's US$45 'barril criollo' and how will affect local producers?

23-05-2020 09:31 Artificially fixed reference price for barril criollo imposed in move to defend jobs and output levels, with an eye keenly trained on Vaca Muerta shale.

Buenos Aires, City and Province, Kicillof and Rodriguez Larreta.

PANDEMIC POLITICS

Buenos Aires versus Buenos Aires

23-05-2020 09:21 Horacio Rodríguez Larreta is under pressure because he needs to control the epidemic in the metropolis. Otherwise his reputation could be tarnished – possibly even ruined.

by Martín Gambarotta

One of the residents in villa 31, Ramona.

ARGENTINA CORONAVIRUS

Fears over Covid-19 in villas come to fruition with community leader's death

23-05-2020 09:13 Ramona Medina's death shines a light on the problems facing Argentina’s poorest amid the coronavirus pandemic, which is spreading more rapidly in low-income neighbourhoods.

Lockdown extension in Buenos Aires.

THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

May 16th - May 23rd: What we learned this week

23-05-2020 08:59 Stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Secrets and controversy regarding the figure of Carrillo.

GUEST VOICE

The truth, until it comes out, will not sleep

23-05-2020 08:36 Ramón Carrillo was not a Nazi. But he belonged to a generation that professed certain philosophical and scientific ideas that have long fallen into disrepute. He was contaminated, like my grandfather, by a poison that spread to the remotest corners of the planet.

by Uki Goñi

The new 5,000 peso bill.

ECONOMY AND CULTURE

Choice of Ramón Carrillo for 5,000-peso bill sparks controversy

23-05-2020 08:04 Health secretary under Perón set to be featured on new banknote, but local Jewish community leaders express anger given his historic links to Nazi Danish doctor Carl Peter Vaernet.

President Alberto Fernández’s bold bet on a young and inexperienced economy minister is close to revealing its worth. Martín Guzmán has led a meticulous and relatively civilised battle with Wall Street titans.

ARGENTINA IN DEFAULT

One step at a time

23-05-2020 07:56 Whatever blueprint Argentina and its creditors leave for the rest of the world’s increasingly troubled debtors, the nation will have to face “the day after” sooner or later, where some 89 percent of the population has directly or indirectly received a public subsidy during this crisis, while the state is absolutely broke.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Argentina´s debt restructuring problems continue.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING TALKS

Government defaults on bond payments, deadline dance continues

23-05-2020 07:47 Four years after returning to the capital markets, Argentina’s defaults for the ninth time in history. Government and creditors continue negotiating, as Economy Ministry extends deadline for talks until June 2.

Health agents doing their job in Argentina.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Covid-19 surge takes Argentina past 10,000-infection barrier

23-05-2020 07:36 Buenos Aires City and Province to retain tight restrictions, as officials confirm 718 infections and 14 deaths in 24 hours. President to announce next steps at press conference later today.

Economy Minister Martín Guzmán, pictured at his office inside the Economy Ministry in downtown Buenos Aires.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Government to rework debt offer after missing interest payment

22-05-2020 23:05 Counter-offers submitted by bondholder groups are better than their original proposals, yet still far from what the country considers sustainable, says Martín Guzmán.

President Alberto Fernández.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina faces ninth default with bondholder talks extended

22-05-2020 13:15 Argentina’s Ambassador to the United States Jorge Argüello publishes letter saying the government won't meet payment due today until a new agreement is reached with creditors.

Handout picture released by Presidency shows President Alberto Fernández delivering a speech at the Volkswagen Argentina factory after it resumed production, in General Pacheco, Buenos Aires Province, on May 19, 2020.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Default looms for Argentina despite debt deadline extension

22-05-2020 13:15 Argentina was teetering on the brink of a second default this century on Friday as the deadline for a US$500-million bond interest repayment approached.

Handout photo released by Economy Ministry shows Martín Guzmán during a during a livestream event hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce in Buenos Aires on May 19, 2020.

DEBT TALKS

Economy Ministry extends deadline for debt talks to June 2

22-05-2020 03:12 Government will miss US$500-million payment due today; Economy Ministry extends deadline for negotiations with creditors for 10 days.

A health worker prepares Covid-19 test kits at the Medical Emergency System (SAME) building in Buenos Aires, on May 19, 2020 in Buenos Aires.

Coronavirus pandemic

New high as officials confirm 648 infections; 12 deaths, including 19-year-old

22-05-2020 02:54 More than 9,000 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in Argentina. The deaths of nine men and three women were confirmed Thursday, with all but two from Buenos Aires City and Province.

Handout picture released by Presidency shows President Alberto Fernández (right) greeting a worker at a Volkswagen Argentina factory after it restarted production, in General Pacheco, Buenos Aires Province, on May 19, 2020.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Argentina has been 'in default for months,' says Fernández

22-05-2020 02:16 "We have been in default for months, before December even we were in default," says Peronist leader.

In this file photo taken on May 27, 2018, Lionel Messi stands with AFA President Claudio Tapia, during a training session at the Tomas Duco stadium in Buenos Aires, ahead of the FIFA World Cup. Tapia was re-elected on May 19, 2020, for a five-year-term in a virtual assembly, that had him as the only candidate.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Claudio Tapia re-elected as AFA president for another term

21-05-2020 23:33 Media mogul Marcelo Tinelli, who also serves as president of San Lorenzo, elected director of the new Liga de Fútbol Profesional, which will replace the Superliga.

AFA – and Chiqui Tapia – have reasserted their control of the local game.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Old habits hard to shake as AFA regains control of top-flight football

21-05-2020 23:08 AFA President Claudio 'Chiqui' Tapia awarded fresh four-year term, as football governing body regains control of top-flight football, bringing in new Liga de Fútbol Profesional to replace Superliga.

by Dan Edwards

A woman wearing a face mask crosses the street in Buenos Aires.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

'Any kind of default could be cured in short order,’ says creditor group

21-05-2020 13:39 While some kind of default in Argentina is likely, investors said a default wouldn’t be immediately followed by litigation because taking legal action amid the talks solves nothing.

A street in Buenos Aires, pictured during the coronavirus pandemic.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Government to extend debt offer as talks continue past Friday

21-05-2020 13:23 Argentina will skip delayed US$500-million interest payment on Friday, but plans to extend talks by at least 10 days, sources say.

A sign on a pedestrian lane reminds people to keep prudential distance between each other due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, on Corrientes Avenue in Buenos Aires, on May 18, 2020. Latin American cities are beginning to implement their 'new normal' with the introduction of bicycle lanes, widened sidewalks and distance signs, to overcome the COVID-19 emergency in urban spaces already affected by overcrowding, crowded transport and pollution.

Coronavirus pandemic

Officials confirm 474 new virus infections, new daily high for Argentina

21-05-2020 02:26 Total number of confirmed cases now stands at 9,283, death toll rises above 400.

President Alberto Fernández meets with Axel Kicillof, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and a host of officials.

Coronavirus pandemic

Fernández, Rodríguez Larreta, Kicillof agree 'no margin' to loosen quarantine

21-05-2020 02:10 President, provincial governor and city mayor agree there is "no margin" to further liberalise quarantine measures in Greater Buenos Aires, given current state of affairs.

The Central Bank in Buenos Aires.

BLOOMBERG

Inflation expectations soar amid Central Bank stimulus

21-05-2020 01:41 Plans to greatly expand the amount of money in circulation, while the demand for pesos is low and inflation is already at 45%, have increased concerns about rising prices.

A mural of San La Muerte is seen on a wall in Villa 31.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Economic activity fell 11.5% in March as lockdown kicked in

20-05-2020 18:12 INDEC national statistics bureau reveals economy contracted by 11.5% in March, as lockdown kicked in. Experts anticipate that April's data will be even worse.

Porteños walk the streets just off Avenida Santa Fe in Buenos Aires City.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Creditors, government still far apart on debt offers as deadline looms

19-05-2020 18:02 In a webinar, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán says he expected negotiations to extend past May 22. Two sides remain some way apart, just days before default deadline arrives.

A man in Córdoba undergoes a test to see if he has been infected with Covid-19.

Coronavirus pandemic

City of Córdoba resumes lockdown after virus cases spike

19-05-2020 15:20 Officials in provincial capital roll back easing of lockdown measures following a sharp spike in coronavirus infections, authorities confirm.

Just days before her death from Covid-19, Ramona had denounced a lack of drinking water in her neighbourhood within Villa 31.

Coronavirus pandemic

Villa 31 community leader's death from Covid-19 sparks anger

19-05-2020 02:22 Ramona Medina, key Villa 31 community leader and resident, dies just days after denouncing 12 days without drinking water in her barrio. 'La Garganta Poderosa' accuses authorities of failing to protect residents in vulnerable neighbourhoods.

The 'Narcoabuela' was arrested in San Telmo.

DRUG ARREST

'Narcoabuela' – Busted dealer told police cocaine was 'sweets for grandchildren'

19-05-2020 01:11 54-year-old woman stopped by police in San Telmo found with 80 street-ready doses of cocaine. Asked to explain why she was out during the lockdown, she told officers she was carrying "sweets for my grandchildren."

Flybondi.

Bloomberg

Flybondi bets on flights in Argentina to survive virus crisis

18-05-2020 17:23 Low-cost carrier will focus on domestic flights as long as demand for international travel remains subdued due to the coronavirus pandemic, says executive.

A pedestrian wearing a protective mask passes by a store in the Barrio Norte neighbourhood of Buenos Aires.

BLOOMBERG

Provinces gear up for debt battles after first 'selective default'

18-05-2020 16:53 Half-a-dozen regional governments are taking their own steps to weigh up options as Argentina negotiates with holders of its overseas debt ahead of a May 22 deadline.

Shoppers line up alongside a newly re-opened toyshop in Buenos Aires.

BLOOMBERG

Argentine bonds climb on hopes new offers will spark a deal

18-05-2020 16:42 Rally extended after largest creditor groups present new debt restructuring counter-proposals, fuelling speculation the parties could be closer to reaching a deal.

Tourism & Sports Minister Matías Lammens.

Coronavirus pandemic

Lammens suggests moving football to province without coronavirus

18-05-2020 08:34 It "would not be crazy" to move games to a province with little to no circulation of the virus, should football restart, says Tourism and Sports minister.

President Alberto Fernandez and Economy Minister Martín Guzmán.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Government studies counter-offers as debt talks enter crucial week

17-05-2020 21:22 Government is continuing to analyse three counter-offers from creditors they hope will break the debt deadlock.

People cross a street in Buenos Aires, after authorities allowed children to go out for an hour for recreational purposes according to the ID number of their parents.

Coronavirus pandemic

Latin America and Caribbean records 500,000th virus case

17-05-2020 08:42 Almost half of the region's cases have been recorded in Brazil, which has now recorded more than 15,000 deaths. Number of confirmed cases in Argentina rises to 7,805, with 363 fatalities to date.

A employee of Trenes Argentinos disinfects the ticket gate at Constitución train station, in Buenos Aires, on April 24, 2020 amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic

Rise in Covid-19 death toll, infections sparks concern among officials

16-05-2020 12:44 Both national and provincial officials worried by spike in fatalities as conditions for lockdown are slowly lifted; President Alberto Fernández hails local researchers for developing new faster, more efficient Covid-19 testing kits.

Gerardo Rodríguez and Martín Guzmán, Argentina’s Economy Minister.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Feud with BlackRock escalates as debt talks get heated

16-05-2020 10:53 The govenrment’s debt restructuring talks with foreign creditors are getting heated, and one Wall Street firm – BlackRock Inc – is a big part of the reason why.

Cafiero said the state will thus be paying half the wages of almost two million private-sector workers, as it did in April.

ARGENTINA

State to pay half of private-sector wages in June

16-05-2020 09:43 Government to pay half the wages of almost two million private-sector workers, as it did in April.

Jorge Lencinas (left) , pictured at his home in El Retamo, Lavalle Department, Mendoza Province , with his children Gonzalo, 10, and Morena, 7, as they do their homework supervised by their mother Andrea (right).

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Pandemic intensifies isolation of Huarpe children in Mendoza

16-05-2020 09:27 The Huarpe, numbering little over 1,000 and scattered across 11 communities, live in a remote part of Mendoza Province. For them, social distancing – the only known preventive weapon against coronavirus – is the almost the norm.

Chilean Jennifer Lira (R) and Natalia Ostornol, creators of the iniciative "Mascarillas Gratis" (Free Masks), transport face masks to be distributed among volunteers who will delivered them to health workers in Santiago on April 21, 2020. Almost 300 seamstresses throughout Chile are voluntarily sewing face masks that are delivered to different public health centers in the country, where the stock of protective gear quickly runs out due to the fear of contagion from the novel COVID-19 coronavirus.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

More than 300,000 fatalities from Coronavirus recorded to date

16-05-2020 09:20 Virus lockdowns ease in Europe as global hunt for vaccine heats up.

Argentina´s key stories.

KEY STORIES

May 9th-16th: What we learned this week

16-05-2020 09:09 Stories that caught our eye in the last seven days.

Culture Minister Tristan Bauer.

MINISTRY POSITIONS

Culture suffering a vulture

16-05-2020 08:47 Few ministers are more clearly identified than Tristán Bauer with the vice-presidential rather than the presidential wing of the ruling coalition.

by Michael Soltys

Pakistani Ambassador Dr Muhammad Khalid Ejaz.

WORLD THE PANDEMIC: GLOBAL VIEWS

New Pakistani ambassador waits to get to know his new home

16-05-2020 08:36 Buenos Aires has a new diplomat in town – but he’s stuck in the hotel. Pakistani Ambassador Dr Muhammad Khalid Ejaz arrived just days before Argentina entered its mandatory lockdown and, as he tells the Times, he’s eager to get to work and improve bilateral ties.

by James Grainger

President Alberto Fernández announces the extension of Argentina's "preventative and compulsory" lockdown during the novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic until April 26, at the Olivos presidential residence.

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Covid-19 death toll rises to 356, surge in infections sparks concern

16-05-2020 08:12 President Alberto Fernández hails local researchers for developing new ‘faster, more efficient’ Covid-19 testing kits.

Most leaders holding office have had no choice but to close ranks behind Fernández.

PANDEMIC PONDERINGS

Still quarantined after all these days

16-05-2020 08:00 If the funds are playing the instability game to trigger a political crisis, it’s not happening right here and now. Most of the centre-right opposition leaders holding office have had no choice but to close ranks behind Fernández, who is extremely popular according to polls.

by Martín Gambarotta

Former Security Minister, Patricia Bullrich

PATRICIA BULLRICH INTERVIEW

Patricia Bullrich: ‘We can’t remain silent over abuses of power’

16-05-2020 07:21 Ex-security minister and PRO party leader, Patricia Bullrich, discusses the role of the opposition, her relationship with Macri and Peña and why she thinks Alberto Fernández is mishandling the coronavirus pandemic.

by Julian D'Imperio

Argentina’s largest creditors have sent Alberto Fernández’s government new counter-offers in an effort to reach a US$65-billion restructuring deal in the coming week.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Creditors submit new debt proposals to government

15-05-2020 23:22 Argentina’s largest creditors have sent Alberto Fernández’s government new counter-offers in an effort to reach a US$65-billion restructuring deal in the coming week.

Buenos Aires Province has been cut to selective default by S&P Global Ratings after it missed a deadline to make a US$150-million payment.

BLOOMBERG

Buenos Aires Province cut to selective default by S&P global

15-05-2020 23:22 Argentina’s largest and most populous province is considered to be in selective default because negotiations with creditors are ongoing, making the proposal a “distressed exchange,” according to an S&P statement.

According to the IMF, Argentina faces a projected economic contraction of 5.7 percent this year.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Argentine bonds climb as creditors, government narrow the gulf

15-05-2020 15:51 Argentine bonds rose Friday on optimism that the government and its creditors will seal an agreement to restructure US$65 billion in foreign bonds.

Cristina and Florencia

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Opposition outcry as Anti-Corruption Office withdraws from CFK graft case

15-05-2020 15:38 Argentina’s Anti-Corruption Office says it is withdrawing as a plaintiff in the Hotesur and Los Sauces hotels money-laundering case involving Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her two children.

Workers put together food boxes for the "Seamos Uno," or "Let's Be One," project in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 13, 2020.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Inflation slowed to 1.5% in April amid nationwide lockdown

15-05-2020 02:18 Consumer prices rose 1.5% in April compared to March, a significant decrease from the previous monthly figure of 3.3%, the INDEC national statistics agency reported.

Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof wearing a face mask.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Buenos Aires Province asks creditors for 'plausible' counter-proposal

15-05-2020 01:56 Kicillof administration, which is negotiating with bondholders for the restructuring of US$7 billion in total debt, skips US$110-million payment, taking province to verge of default.

A man wears a face mask as he walks along a street in Villa 31 shantytown in downtown Buenos Aires

Coronavirus pandemic

Infections spike in poverty-stricken Villa 31, worrying authorities

14-05-2020 15:55 Villa 31, one of Buenos Aires' poorest and most densely populated barrios, has shown a spike in the number of Covid-19 infections, worrying authorities hoping to ease the capital's two-month lockdown later this month.

The Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires, pictured during the coronavirus lockdown.

BLOOMBERG

What you need to know about Argentina’s debt crisis: Q&A

14-05-2020 12:51 Argentina is just a week away from a deadline to avoid a chaotic default, its ninth since independence in 1816. Here's what you need to know.

Racing Club and Peru’s Alianza Lima play behind closed doors.

FOOTBALL & CORONAVIRUS

Officials in Argentina studying protocols for return of football training

14-05-2020 11:46 Government begins studying health protocols for potential return of professional football training, with May 25 the earliest possible date; AFA don't expect games to restart until summer, in December or January.

Handout photo released by Senate Press Office shows Vice-President and Senate President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attending the first virtual session of the Senate within the lockdown against the spread of the new Covid-19 coronavirus, in Buenos Aires on May 13, 2020.

Congress & Covid-19

Historic session as Congress meets 'virtually' for first time

14-05-2020 09:12 In a historic session, Congress met 'virtually' for the first time on Wednesday, as lawmaking restarted for the first time since Argentina entered a mandatory nationwide lockdown on March 20.

Handout picture released by the Brazilian Elephant Sanctuary showing Mara the elephant, after arriving from Ecoparque to the Elephant Sanctuary Brazil at the Chapada dos Guimaraes, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, on May 13, 2020.

ANIMAL RIGHTS

Mara the ex-circus elephant arrives in Brazil to enjoy retirement

14-05-2020 09:06 Mara spent much of her life as a circus attraction, then was brought to the Buenos Aires City Zoo in 1995. Now, she's set for a new life at a sanctuary in Mato Grosso.

In this file photograph taken on May 10, 2017, World Rugby chairman Bill Beaumont (left) and deputy chairman Agustín Pichot pose during a press conference following the Rugby World Cup Japan 2019 pool draw at Kyoto state guesthouse in Kyoto.

RUGBY

Ex-Pumas skipper Pichot resigns from World Rugby after election defeat

13-05-2020 18:28 Agustín Pichot is to resign from the World Rugby Council following his narrow defeat to Bill Beaumont for the chairmanship of the sport's governing body.

Retired footballer Ezequiel Lavezzi and his model and actress girlfriend Natalia Borges, pictured here in 2017.

"porno extortion"

Ezequiel Lavezzi denounces criminal sextape blackmail plot

13-05-2020 18:20 Former footballer, who retired in December, said he had received messages warning that intimate images of him would be published on the Internet if he did not agree to pay US$5,000 for each of them.