News of bills

Banks need more vault space to store piles of pesos

19-01-2023 03:02 Peso bills are depreciating so quickly that banks are running out of space to store bank notes.

Lawmakers head for early recess, leaving a host of pending bills

29-12-2022 00:10 With little chance of congressional activity resuming in the immediate future, Argentina's lawmakers are heading off for recess, leaving a host of bills pending.

CURRENCY WOES

Tourists pay with wads of cash as inflation nears 100%

27-10-2022 16:04 Paying with cash is becoming increasingly cumbersome in Argentina as inflation gallops toward 100%.

Bloomberg

Argentine bond rebound stalls as new minister faces a mountain to climb

18-08-2022 16:53 Initial market confidence in Sergio Massa has faltered. New “super” minister must prove he can turn his promises to slow inflation into reality, as debt rebound decelerates.

Guest voice

We need archaeologists in Congress

02-11-2021 07:00 Argentina’s new legislators will be 'archaeologists' of the laws.

by Federico Sturzenegger

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

A million bolivars become one as Venezuela recalibrates battered currency

30-09-2021 22:30 For the third time in 13 years, Venezuela on Friday will slash zeroes off its inflation-battered currency, the bolivar. This time, it will shed six zeroes, for a total of 14 since 2008.

POLICE OPERATION

Police bust counterfeit ring forging pesos, dollars on large scale

17-08-2021 21:26 Federal Police break up gang producing counterfeit money with series of raids, making 16 arrests. Police say fake bills were manufactured on a large scale and were of good quality.

by Leonardo Nieva

POLITICAL ECONOMY

The anchor: Guzmán’s second mistake?

20-02-2021 07:12 The Fernández administration has doubled down on an economic strategy that appears aimed at winning this year’s midterm elections. Whether or not Economy Minister Martín Guzmán agrees with the plan is debatable.

by Agustino Fontevecchia