ECONOMY & FINANCE Argentina ships gold bars abroad to be financially certified 02-09-2024 20:30 Argentina’s Central Bank sent part of its gold reserves abroad in recent weeks to be validated for financial use.
FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY Milei cancels on Macron, zigzags on G7 amid hurdles at home 07-06-2024 16:39 Milei reverses decision and will attend the G-7 summit in Italy next week.
CRIME & SECURITY Crime deterring return of South American footballers 07-05-2024 13:19 Insecurity in Latin America often discourages local football stars who want to return to their roots as they reach the end of their careers.
PRESIDENT ABROAD Milei heads overseas: from 'ambassador of light' to the far right 04-04-2024 14:02 The President will travel next week to Miami where “his tireless efforts on behalf of Israel” will be recognised, also meeting with US business leaders. Next month Milei flies to Europe to participate at an event organised by Spanish far-right party Vox.
DEBT INTERVENTION Argentina’s US$1-billion bond buyback is baffling investors 19-01-2023 14:25 While repurchasing the bonds at a fraction of their face value could ultimately save the country hundreds of millions of dollars in interest and principal payments, investors point out that the government doesn’t have very much room in Central Bank coffers to fund such a lavish buyback.
MARKETS Bonds jump as government stuns market with billion buyback 19-01-2023 02:53 Economy Ministry is using dollars held by the Treasury to fund the buyback, including money it expects to save from energy imports it presumes it won’t need in 2023, according to sources.
BLOOMBERG - OPINION Argentina’s bond buyback seems to make little sense 19-01-2023 02:45 It is generally thought that it is better to buy back bonds when they are cheap than when they have just posted a sharp rise, but perhaps Massa knows something we don't.
POLITICS – ANALYSIS Operation ‘spook’ 17-12-2022 06:00 With inflation running near 100 percent and an economy that could grind to a halt given a structural lack of hard currency, optimism is reserved for the brave. by Agustino Fontevecchia