BLOOMBERG Argentina’s new obsession is watching foreign reserves evaporate 05-10-2020 16:14 At brokerages and banks, the calls come in every day with the same question: How many dollars does the Central Bank actually have?
ON CAPITAL FLIGHT Cristina & Macri’s pornographic obsession with the dollar 06-06-2020 08:38 Monetary debasement is a policy that every Argentine government since the return of democracy has collaborated with, and those “smart” enough to play the game have always stored their wealth as far as they can from Argentine pesos, Macri and Cristina included. by Agustino Fontevecchia
BLOOMBERG Argentines pull dollar deposits from banks before Sunday vote 25-10-2019 15:09 Central Bank’s reserves have sunk US$2.2 billion this week alone, and while part of that is to pay government debt and comes from large corporations, retail transactions have surged.
BLOOMBERG Argentines shift money into short-term deposits ahead of election 03-10-2019 18:46 As the presidential vote draws closer, savers are increasingly choosing short-term instruments for their deposits.
MINING Bolivia, with huge untapped reserves, gears up for soaring lithium demand 16-09-2019 11:40 While it sits at the apex of the region's "lithium triangle," along with Chile and Argentina, Bolivia has not had the capacity to produce the metal on a commercial scale. That's about to change.