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ECONOMIC QUESTIONS

A wilder shade of pale

29-09-2018 12:09 Perceiving Caputo’s removal as an IMF imposition would not be completely far-fetched – he and the IMF were at loggerheads over Central Bank intervention.

by Michael Soltys

FINANCIAL ‘TURBULENCE’

Central Bank begins Lebac roll-back

18-08-2018 09:28 Argentina’s total stock of the short-term peso-denominated bond totals one trillion pesos, but that’s about to change.

EX-FOREIGN MINISTER

Dante Caputo dies aged 74

23-06-2018 11:02 Last Wednesday he ended his battle against cancer.

CURRENCY CRISIS

Out of ideas: Caputo, the Last Messiah

16-06-2018 12:18 Peronists are growing bolder while union leaders — fearful of landing in prison — are gaining momentum in their negotiations. Caputo better solve this quick. Or else even Lionel Messi with the World Cup Trophy won’t be enough to keep Macri in the Casa Rosada.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

A QUICK REVIEW

Jun 11th-17th: What we learned this week

16-06-2018 11:35 Top stories from the last seven days.

TENSE WEEK

In Monetary Flux

12-05-2018 08:17 The faulty reflexes began with mismanagement of that firepower – you cannot hurl hundreds of millions at demand at a time without magnifying a relatively tiny market and feeding speculators with cheap dollars sure to rise in value while the stampede lasts.

Super Caputo

"This time is different"

07-04-2018 10:52 The rich businessman is the central node in Macri’s vision of the productive economy, generating jobs and growth by pursuing profit-making opportunities, progressively replacing the bloated state. And, if in order to achieve this goal one must relay on methods that stand at the boundaries of ethics, so be it.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

HEARING IN CONGRESS ENDS IN FARCE

Caputo: “Offshore accounts are not a crime”

07-04-2018 09:42 Finance minister appears before Congress to answer lawmakers on claims that he fronted offshore accounts for third parties. Caputo insisted he was not an owner of the companies in question, in a session overshadowed by a ‘papelito.’

KEY STORIES FROM THE LAST SEVEN DAYS

April 2nd-8th: What we learned this week

07-04-2018 09:14 From Caputo's controversial message, to teachers strike and the russians leaving the submarine's search.

SPANISH PM TO VISIT ARGENTINA

Caputo talks up Argentina's investment potential among Spaniards

06-04-2018 12:50 It was the Finance Minister’s first public appearance following his presentation to Congress on Wednesday where he addressed legislators’ concerns about the country's rising debt levels and his personal ties to offshore companies.

FINANCE MINISTER IN CONGRESS

Caputo: 14 statements on debt financing, budget deficit

04-04-2018 11:49 Finance Minster Luis Caputo addressed a special committee for the monitoring of foreign debt.

GRILLED IN CONGRESS

Finance Minister Caputo: "Offshore accounts are not a crime"

04-04-2018 11:34 Finance Minister Luis Caputo told Congress that he fronted offshore accounts for third parties but insisted he was not an owner of the companies in question.

FINANCE MINISTER

Caputo to address Congress on rising debt, personal tax haven activity

03-04-2018 08:31 A media investigation in February revealed Caputo failed to declare information about his stake in offshore companies that manage hundreds of millions of dollars in tax havens.

LEANDRO CUCCIOLI

New AFIP boss operated in tax havens, has Cayman Island investment funds

05-03-2018 10:46 The new tax bureau chief Leandro Cuccioli was a board member of a Bermuda-based firm alongside Ignacio Rosner who is currently battling the AFIP in the courts.

by Emilia Delfino y Sandra Crucianelli

Diaz Gilligan charged

Peña defends Finance Minister Caputo as investigations continue into offshore assets

27-02-2018 09:15 A Paradise Papers investigation found that Finance Minister Luis Caputo failed to declare information about his stake in offshore companies that manage hundreds of millions of dollars in tax havens.

Gov’t on alert

Díaz Gilligan fall-out continues with eyes now on Finance boss Caputo

21-02-2018 10:58 The government received friendly fire over the Valentín Díaz Gilligan scandal from its UCR Radical Party allies.

PARADISE PAPERS

Caputo concealed Cayman Island offshore firms from Argentine authorities

17-02-2018 10:24 When Luis Caputo became Finance secretary in 2015, he failed to declare in affidavits lodged with the Anti-Corruption Office (OA) that he had shares in two companies, and that he owned an investment fund management firm based in Miami.

by BY EMILIA DELFINO AND SANDRA CRUCIANELLI