News of debt crisis

Argentine debt plumbs new depths as political tensions mount

11-07-2022 15:43 Even by the standards of Argentina’s debt crisis and default of 2020, the nation’s sovereign bonds are now trading at unprecedented lows.

BLOOMBERG

Default jitters mount in Argentina as local yields top 70%

27-06-2022 13:12 Two years after Argentina emerged from its latest default, a debt crisis in brewing once again.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF debt deal: The roots of Argentina's economic crisis

28-01-2022 22:05 Argentina, which has been battling a deep economic crisis since 2018, has unveiled a new debt repayment deal with the International Monetary Fund.

LAST SEVEN DAYS

What we learned this week: April 10 to 17

17-04-2021 09:21 The pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

MINISTER ON TOUR

Guzmán heads for Moscow after searching for ‘consensus’ on European tour

17-04-2021 09:16 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán heads to Moscow for talks on vaccine production, IMF debt restructuring and deepening strategic ties.

IMF DEBT TALKS

IMF official says timing of new debt deal depends on Argentina

17-04-2021 09:11 IMF Western Hemisphere Director Alejandro Werner says a lot of “advanced work” on a new financing programme for Argentina has been completed. But the timing of a new deal depends on the Alberto Fernández administration, he adds.

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: April 3rd- April 10th

10-04-2021 09:22 The stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

POLITICS & THE PANDEMIC

On ‘the fear’ and philosopher kings

03-04-2021 08:17 When polarisation and emotional entrenchment reaches the level of a football rivalry, the democratic system begins to fail.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EDITORIAL

Method in the madness or madness as method?

27-03-2021 09:01 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner stole the show this week with her explosive dismissal of repaying the International Monetary Fund as “unacceptable” and “impossible” – shooting her mouth again or deliberate sabotage?

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: March 20 to 27

27-03-2021 08:57 The pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

THE WEEK

Pay no more revisited

27-03-2021 08:18 The urgent question is whether CFK and Guzmán are on the same team and executing some kind of coordinated play to eventually force a deal with the IMF.

by Martín Gambarotta

AS I SEE IT

A country caught in a time warp

27-03-2021 07:57 Obsessed as they are by the world of almost half a century ago, Cristina and her admirers have little interest in the country they are now governing.

by James Neilson

IMF DEBT TALKS

'We can't pay' – CFK puts US$45-billion IMF debt talks into doubt

27-03-2021 07:21 With Economy Minister Martín Guzmán in Washington for meetings with IMF staff members, Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner makes explosive intervention into restructuring talks.