IMF publishes grim evaluation of Argentina’s US$44-billion deal
Argentines are turning more optimistic about the future of their nation’s beleaguered economy.
by Dan Edwards Estudiantes have arrived to shake up the hornets’ nest with a series of audacious transfer bids, bankrolled by billionaire US national Foster Gillett, in a financial offensive which has dragged the conflict around private ownership of clubs back onto the agenda.
"Debts must be paid," declares President Javier Milei as Treasury makes first due bond repayments of 2025, amounting to US$4.341 billion in principal and interest.
Consumer prices rose 3.3% last month due to increases in services; City Hall data shows that inflation over the last 12 months totalled 136.7% in 2024.
Argentina's President Javier Milei will see in the New Year with two pivotal trips: a visit to Washington to attend Donald Trump's inauguration as US president and a second appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The world experienced its hottest year in 2024 since records began, but in Uruguay, global warming was counteracted by bouts of "near-historic" cold.
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Lawyers representing Argentina in a New York court have refused to reveal the location of the Central Bank’s (BCRA) gold reserves.
Trump refuses to rule out using military or economic coercion to acquire Greenland and the Panama Canal and vows to bring Canada to heel.
Finance Secretary Pablo Quirno said on a post on X Thursday morning that Argentina's government has made debt payments to international bondholders.
The Milei administration cut state advertising as part of its austerity plan, but quietly, other state bodies and firms continue to distribute cash without transparency.
Venezuela's 'colectivos,' groups of armed civilian volunteers accused of committing violence on behalf of the Maduro regime, to clampdown on opposition protests.
Venezuela is on tenterhooks as it braces for pro- and anti-government protests Thursday.
Visitors from 48 non-European countries, including Argentina, now need an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) to enter the UK.
Lithium prices have plunged since late 2022 on oversupply and slower-than-expected growth in electric vehicle demand. Analysts see a surplus this year, although they forecast it will be smaller than in 2024.
La Niña wreaked havoc on Argentina’s farms just two years ago. Now, a long bout of dry weather is emerging again.
Venezuelan opposition leader says his son-in-law was "kidnapped" by "hooded men"
Paraguay Finance Minister Carlos Fernández argues sustainable fiscal policy matters in a region exposed to international crisis.
Unprecedented trial sees 11 defendants facing trial by jury for the deaths of five infants at Córdoba neonatal hospital in 2022; Unlike similar cases of attacks on newborn babies reported in the United States, England and Mexico where only nurses are on trial, the case extends to 10 officials.
Last week, 24-year-old waiter Brian Paiz was arrested by City police officers at his home in Buenos Aires Province. On Monday, Ezequiel Pereyra, a hotel employee of the CasaSur hotel, turned himself in to the courts, becoming the second detainee.
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces his resignation, saying he will leave office as soon as his Liberal party colleagues choose a new leader.
Edmundo González Urrutia meets with US President Joe Biden at the White House, as Caracas cuts ties with Paraguay and vows to arrest opposition leader should he set foot in Venezuela.
