News of overseas

Argentina ships gold bars abroad to be financially certified

02-09-2024 20:30 Argentina’s Central Bank sent part of its gold reserves abroad in recent weeks to be validated for financial use.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei cancels on Macron, zigzags on G7 amid hurdles at home

07-06-2024 16:39 Milei reverses decision and will attend the G-7 summit in Italy next week.

CRIME & SECURITY

Crime deterring return of South American footballers

07-05-2024 13:19 Insecurity in Latin America often discourages local football stars who want to return to their roots as they reach the end of their careers.

PRESIDENT ABROAD

Milei heads overseas: from 'ambassador of light' to the far right

04-04-2024 14:02 The President will travel next week to Miami where “his tireless efforts on behalf of Israel” will be recognised, also meeting with US business leaders. Next month Milei flies to Europe to participate at an event organised by Spanish far-right party Vox.

DEBT INTERVENTION

Argentina’s US$1-billion bond buyback is baffling investors

19-01-2023 14:25 While repurchasing the bonds at a fraction of their face value could ultimately save the country hundreds of millions of dollars in interest and principal payments, investors point out that the government doesn’t have very much room in Central Bank coffers to fund such a lavish buyback.

MARKETS

Bonds jump as government stuns market with billion buyback

19-01-2023 02:53 Economy Ministry is using dollars held by the Treasury to fund the buyback, including money it expects to save from energy imports it presumes it won’t need in 2023, according to sources.

BLOOMBERG - OPINION

Argentina’s bond buyback seems to make little sense

19-01-2023 02:45 It is generally thought that it is better to buy back bonds when they are cheap than when they have just posted a sharp rise, but perhaps Massa knows something we don't.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

Operation ‘spook’

17-12-2022 06:00 With inflation running near 100 percent and an economy that could grind to a halt given a structural lack of hard currency, optimism is reserved for the brave.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

DEMOCRACY

Democracy overseas: Voting in Argentina for the US midterm elections

01-12-2022 20:27 More than 8.7 million US citizens are scattered across different continents living overseas ― a large source of unrecognised voting power.

by Sade Collier

News of overseas

Argentina ships gold bars abroad to be financially certified

Milei cancels on Macron, zigzags on G7 amid hurdles at home

Crime deterring return of South American footballers

Milei heads overseas: from 'ambassador of light' to the far right

Argentina’s US$1-billion bond buyback is baffling investors

Bonds jump as government stuns market with billion buyback

Argentina’s bond buyback seems to make little sense

Operation ‘spook’

Democracy overseas: Voting in Argentina for the US midterm elections

Trump rides global wave of anti-incumbency

Trump and Argentina – Business leaders hope political affinity will prompt commercial resurgence

Police charge trio in connection with Liam Payne’s death

Cattle rancher accused of mass penguin slaughter found guilty

Wanted: Republican-friendly name for Argentina's vacant post in Washington

Fin de semana largo de noviembre: cuándo es, qué se conmemora y cuántos feriados quedan hasta fin de año

Se pinchó Mercado Libre en Wall Street: por qué sus acciones cayeron más de 15% en Nueva York

Alitalia: el plan espejo que tiene Milei para Aerolíneas

Una médica denunció a un conocido polista por el hurto de su mochila en el aeropuerto de Ezeiza

Paro de Intercargo: el Gobierno oficializó la desregulación del servicio de rampas en los aeropuertos