News of negotiations

DEBT RESTRUCTURING TALKS

Government defaults on bond payments, deadline dance continues

23-05-2020 07:47 Four years after returning to the capital markets, Argentina’s defaults for the ninth time in history. Government and creditors continue negotiating, as Economy Ministry extends deadline for talks until June 2.

ARGENTINA'S DEBT WOES

Debt-xit time

09-05-2020 10:01 The incessant prodding for a laxer quarantine, trumpeted by part of the mainstream media, is peppered by the pot-banging cacerolazo protests.

by Martín Gambarotta

EDITORIAL

Debt be not proud

09-05-2020 08:32 All too many people seem to think that there is nothing to lose with default, given the absence of any overseas credit or investment, but even in these desperate times anything would be better.

MERCOSUR

More flexible trade rules await Mercosur after Argentina pullout

02-05-2020 08:46 Customs union or free-trade zone? ‘Big changes; could be on way for the Mercosur after government decides to walk away from future trade talks.

by Fermin Koop

Bloomberg

Pandemic to disrupt US$160 billion of debt talks – including Argentina's

23-03-2020 07:00 Coronavirus crisis threatens to complicate matters for several of the world’s most indebted nations, potentially disrupting the restructuring of some US$160 billion in international bonds.

DEBT TALKS

IMF mission team keeps low profile during time in Argentina

18-02-2020 13:59 Officials from the International Monetary Fund depart Buenos Aires on Wednesday, after meeting with a host of ministers from the Argentine government.

FERNÁNDEZ'S FIRST MONTH

Fernández walks tightrope as he celebrates first month in office

09-01-2020 20:00 A month into his presidency, Peronist leader has embarked on an ambitious and risky juggling act in a bid to drag Argentina out of its worst economic crisis in almost 20 years.

Ley de Solidaridad

Cafiero: Government will approve emergency economic measures today

23-12-2019 17:23 "The enactment will be today," says Cabinet Chief.

INTERVIEW

Argentina is in 'virtual default,' declares President Fernández

23-12-2019 08:53 "It is not the same as 2001, but it is similar," Fernández said in an interview with TV programme La Cornice. "Today we are in virtual default."

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Fernández secures sweeping powers to conduct debt talks

22-12-2019 22:29 President will now have more authority to negotiate with creditors, raise worker salaries and hike taxes. Government secured passage with concessions including lower export taxes on oil, gas and mining, and tax relief for small farmers.

NEW CABINET

Meet Martín Guzmán, Argentina's next economy minister

09-12-2019 14:07 New economy minister, who is close to Nobel-Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, is seen as a critic of the International Monetary Fund.

Bloomberg

Argentina bears fear more pain as Fernández de Kirchner returns

05-12-2019 07:05 The mood in Manhattan couldn’t be much gloomier toward Argentina just days before President-elect Alberto Fernandez takes office.

BLOOMBERG

Fernández planning simultaneous debt talk with IMF and private bondholders

26-11-2019 13:24 President-elect's team believes holding simultaneous debt negotiations with private bondholders and the IMF will smooth the way for a better deal.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

US, Latin American nations invoke treaty in bid to pressure Venezuela

23-09-2019 22:12 Argentina among group of nations that agree to work together to investigate and probe Venezuelan officials and associates accused of drug-trafficking, money-laundering and financing terrorism.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Split emerges in Venezuela opposition over talks with Maduro

16-09-2019 17:52 A minority group of opposition parties in Venezuela agreed Monday to enter negotiations with President Nicolás Maduro's government, without the participation of US-backed opposition leader Juan Guaidó.

COLOMBIAN CONFLICT

Colombia FARC negotiators say they are taking up arms again

29-08-2019 09:27 A group of former peace negotiators for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) say they are taking up arms again following what they considered the failure of a 2016 peace deal to guarantee their political rights.

CRISIS IN VENEZUELA

Venezuela, US have met 'secretly' for months, says Maduro

21-08-2019 12:56 Following those remarks, US National Security Adviser John Bolton said that Venezuelan officials who are reaching out to the United States are actually doing so without Maduro’s permission.