News of delay

Buenos Aires Province scares creditors into accepting bond restructuring

31-08-2021 15:41 La Plata announced Monday that it had managed to restructure almost all its US$7.1 billion of defaulted debt, swapping it for new securities valued at just over 50 cents on the dollar. But some creditors say in practical terms they had no other choice than to accept the deal.

Bloomberg

Creditors now split over Buenos Aires Province's restructuring offer

22-07-2021 15:54 Buenos Aires Province's creditors are now divided over a US$7.1-billion debt restructuring proposal, signalling that Argentina’s largest province still has work to do to emerge from default.

Bloomberg

Buenos Aires Province's creditors raise lawsuit stakes, add trustee to case

02-07-2021 16:34 Buenos Aires Province's creditors have stepped up their lawsuit against the region after talks failed last month to restructure US$7.1-billion in foreign debt.

DEBT RESTRUCTURING

Buenos Aires Province creditors to review latest debt proposal

02-06-2021 16:32 Provincial government sends revised debt restructuring proposal to major creditors.

Bloomberg

Buenos Aires Province wants to resume talks with bondholders

26-04-2021 16:34 Five weeks after being sued by creditors in a New York court, Buenos Aires Province says it is ready to return to the negotiating table.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Kicillof, bondholders’ old foe, plays default hardball

30-03-2021 11:27 Axel Kicillof relished clashing with foreign investors when serving as economy minister. Today, as governor of Buenos Aires Province, he's again locked in a bruising battle with financiers in New York and London.

Vaccine delivery

Argentina takes delivery of 218,000 vaccine doses via Covax scheme

28-03-2021 22:40 Argentina took delivery of 218,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19 on Sunday, the country's first shipment from the World Health Organisation's Covax scheme.

COVID-19 VACCINES

Major EU nations halt AstraZeneca as WHO says it is safe

15-03-2021 22:00 EU's largest countries joined stream of states halting rollouts of AstraZeneca jabs over blood clot fears, as the World Health Organisation and Europe's medicines watchdog insisted it was safe to use.

Global pandemic

Waiving IP rights will not boost vaccine production, says pharma group

23-02-2021 15:00 Exempting Covid-19 vaccines from intellectual property rights will not speed up production or distribution of the jabs, a pharmaceutical industry association argued Tuesday.

Coronavirus vaccine

Government: Delivery of Russian vaccine to Argentina delayed

26-01-2021 17:56 The scheduled delivery to Argentina this week of doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine has been delayed indefinitely, a government source said Tuesday.

Abortion bill

Polarised upper house set to vote on legalising abortion

29-12-2020 08:31 A polarised Senate will decide Tuesday whether to legalise abortion in Argentina in a vote experts say could go either way.

ABORTION DEBATE

Lower house set to vote on bill to legalise abortion

10-12-2020 02:54 Chamber of Deputies set to vote on bill to legalise abortion in Argentina. Session due to begin at 11am, with vote on initiative expected to take place in early hours of Friday morning.

Abortion bill

Congress begins debate on bill to legalise abortion

01-12-2020 17:36 Lower house opened debate on the government’s abortion bill on Tuesday, with President Alberto Fernández hoping to legalise the process in Argentina by the end of the year.

Abortion bill

Fernández sends Congress bill to legalise abortion in Argentina

17-11-2020 17:36 President Alberto Fernández said Tuesday that his government had sent a bill to legalise abortion to Congress, firing the starting gun on what is likely to be another epic legislative showdown.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Covid-19: As lab execs sell shares worth millions, questions arise

15-11-2020 09:25 Executives at several US laboratories developing Covid-19 vaccines have recently pocketed millions of dollars by selling shares in their companies – raising questions about the propriety of such a move in the midst of a global health crisis.

Abortion bill

Abortion bill will be sent to Congress in November, says Ibarra

11-11-2020 01:43 Legal & Technical Secretary Vilma Ibarra confirms that bill will be sent to Congress this month, with debate to take place in extraordinary sessions.

ABORTION BILL

Fernández set to relaunch delayed bid to legalise abortion

28-10-2020 22:40 President Alberto Fernández is preparing his government to send a bill to allow the voluntary interruption of pregnancy to Argentina’s lower house before the end of the year. Inside Congress, however, the countdown has already begun.

Abortion reform

Fernández says government is 'finishing work' on bill to legalise abortion

27-10-2020 17:14 Peronist leader says in an interview that his government is putting the final touches to a bill to legalise abortion and that it would soon be sent to Congress.

BREXIT

Brexit talks' fate hangs in balance at EU summit

14-10-2020 17:38 Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared himself disappointed in the progress of post-Brexit trade talks Wednesday, but he will wait for news from an EU summit before deciding whether to pull the plug.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Oxford University and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

13-09-2020 08:52 Trials of potential coronavirus vaccine officially restart, days after clincal trials were suspended following a reported side-effect in a UK patient.

HUNT FOR VACCINE

Mexico warns setback in tests could delay AstraZeneca vaccine

09-09-2020 08:41 Latin American roll-out of AstraZeneca's potential Covid-19 vaccine could be delayed after the biotech company announced a pause in tests, says Mexican government, which will co-produce it with Argentina.

ABORTION DEBATE

Government confirms abortion bill delayed until 2021

14-08-2020 01:00 Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero says bill to legalise abortion in Argentina will not be presented to Congress this year, blaming the coronavirus pandemic.

BLOOMBERG

Government wants Buenos Aires Province to be first to seal debt deal

10-08-2020 16:39 Casa Rosada wants Buenos Aires Province to be the first to resolve debt restructuring talks, according to sources, denying creditors chance to demand better conditions.

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivia's September vote in doubt as virus death toll rises

22-07-2020 17:49 A committee that advises the Health Ministry says holding September election would not be advisable given the rapid spread of the coronavirus.

BLOOMBERG

Analysts: Buenos Aires Province bondholder offer headed for rejection

24-04-2020 17:08 Proposal by Argentina’s largest province to restructure US$7 billion of international debt draws immediate criticism from analysts.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina's beef exports to China stumble due to coronavirus

18-02-2020 12:21 South American meat exporters are seeing a sharp slowdown in trade with the Asian nation as the coronavirus disrupts shipments. One industry leader says exports have almost ground to a halt.

News of delay

Buenos Aires Province scares creditors into accepting bond restructuring

Creditors now split over Buenos Aires Province's restructuring offer

Buenos Aires Province's creditors raise lawsuit stakes, add trustee to case

Buenos Aires Province creditors to review latest debt proposal

Buenos Aires Province wants to resume talks with bondholders

Kicillof, bondholders’ old foe, plays default hardball

Argentina takes delivery of 218,000 vaccine doses via Covax scheme

Major EU nations halt AstraZeneca as WHO says it is safe

Waiving IP rights will not boost vaccine production, says pharma group

Government: Delivery of Russian vaccine to Argentina delayed

Polarised upper house set to vote on legalising abortion

Lower house set to vote on bill to legalise abortion

Congress begins debate on bill to legalise abortion

Fernández sends Congress bill to legalise abortion in Argentina

Covid-19: As lab execs sell shares worth millions, questions arise

Abortion bill will be sent to Congress in November, says Ibarra

Fernández set to relaunch delayed bid to legalise abortion

Fernández says government is 'finishing work' on bill to legalise abortion

Brexit talks' fate hangs in balance at EU summit

Oxford University and AstraZeneca resume coronavirus vaccine trial

Mexico warns setback in tests could delay AstraZeneca vaccine

Government confirms abortion bill delayed until 2021

Government wants Buenos Aires Province to be first to seal debt deal

Bolivia's September vote in doubt as virus death toll rises

Analysts: Buenos Aires Province bondholder offer headed for rejection

Argentina's beef exports to China stumble due to coronavirus

Nine evacuated as Covid-19 hits Antarctic research base

Nobelist Stiglitz rebuffed after praising Argentina’s 'economic miracle'

Argentina agrees new vaccine deal with Pfizer as third wave surge continues

Argentina’s bonds slump below 30 cents on doubts over IMF deal

Covid tests spark Argentine supply chain fears over border queues

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