News of expropriation

Jeffrey Sachs: ‘This is not a game for BlackRock to get an extra percentage point – that's absurd’

27-06-2020 08:29 US economist and public policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs on Argentina’s debt restructuring talks, the Macri administration’s missteps and the fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Vicentin tensions rise amid protests, Fernández backlash

22-06-2020 08:42 Thousands of Argentines in Santa Fe Province, where Vicentin is headquartered, and other cities, expressed anger at the expropriation plan on Saturday, as President Alberto Fernández insisted on nationalising the company.

Traders size up the making of a state soybean giant in Argentina

09-06-2020 17:48 Inside the crop-trading houses of Rosario, fears grow that Vicentin will be afforded unfair advantages over rivals or distort the market by overpaying farmers.

Government says it will nationalise bankrupt agro-export giant Vicentin

08-06-2020 23:50 Peronist leader says Argentina will “come to the rescue of Vicentin,’ in a bid to save 2,600 workers from losing their jobs. Critics charge that the move on the agricultural powerhouse, which filed for bankruptcy last year, is ideological.