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Upcoming IMF report assessing 2018 loan promises to stir up local politics

03-12-2021 21:56 IMF’s board set to discuss report reviewing the record stand-by programme worth US$57 billion granted to the Mauricio Macri government.

Argentine officials to meet IMF in Washington over record deal

01-12-2021 17:05 After little progress over the past two years, Argentina is hoping to ramp up negotiations with the International Monetary Fund over a new programme.

'Swift chariots of democracy' – all aboard Washington's secret subway

27-09-2021 09:03 The Capitol Subway System, a network of trolleys in the fluorescent-lit bowels of the labyrinthine, 600-room US Congress in Washington, has been ferrying politicians back and forth for more than a century.

Biden scrambles between multiple political fires

23-09-2021 13:34 US President Joe Biden races to extinguish political fires on the left and right, at home and abroad, in an attempt to save his hopes of transforming the United States.

Officials met with IMF staff for technical talks in Washington last week

04-08-2021 14:54 Government officials met last week with representatives from the IMF in Washington as the government of South America’s second-largest economy seeks to rework its troubled loan programme.

Mexican president proposes replacing OAS with new institution

25-07-2021 09:11 Andrés Manuel López Obrador proposes replacing the Washington-based Organization of American States with what he called a more independent institution.

Massa heads to US on a special mission for Alberto Fernández

14-06-2021 17:15 Renewal Front leader lines up talks with key Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, and hopes to seal a date for a future meeting between Alberto Fernández and US President Joe Biden.

Guzmán flies to United States for talks with IMF, investors

18-03-2021 13:00 Economy Minister Martín Guzmán flies to New York for talks with investors. He is due to meet with IMF staff, including Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva, next week.

Guzmán plans Washington trip to ramp up IMF talks

04-02-2021 15:40 Economy minister likely to travel to United States before end of February; IMF spokesperson says Fund is working “hard” to reach an agreement with Argentina.

Insurrection, impeachment, infamy, inauguration

23-01-2021 09:11 On a strange, security-heavy inauguration day in Washington, Joe Biden vows to unite a country in the face a series of unprecedented crises.

by Julia Logue

Trump finally folds and condemns rioters, concedes election

07-01-2021 22:13 Trump backs down and appeals for "healing and reconciliation" following Wednesday's unprecedented scenes of violence at the US Capitol. US president pledges a smooth transition of power to Joe Biden.

Pelosi calls for Trump's immediate removal from office

07-01-2021 17:45 US President-elect Joe Biden slams Donald Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol, saying the outgoing Republican leader was responsible for one of the "darkest days" in US history.

Biden heralds shift in Washington's strategy toward Venezuela

15-11-2020 08:03 Democratic leader's arrival in the White House could help pave the way for a political solution to crisis in Venezuela, with use of sanctions against social administration in Caracas likely to be more targeted.

Trump’s show of federal force sparks alarm in US cities

22-07-2020 13:01 Trump responds to protests and vandalism of federal buildings by deploying federal force on protesters in Portland without notifying local authorities. Move draws broad criticism from both local and national leaders.

Washington backs Alberto on debt but fears the ‘CFK risk’

14-03-2020 10:08 The United States government is backing President Alberto Fernández’s debt restructuring efforts and hopes he will emerge strengthened after a successful outcome.

by Patricia Valli

Big oil warned Trump team China trade deal was 'unrealistic'

13-02-2020 14:16 Industry leaders and advisers privately warned the Trump administration that the US will struggle to produce energy products that China has committed to buy in a new trade deal, raising doubts about one of the president’s signature economic achievements.

US law firm dumps Maduro official amid outcry

31-01-2020 12:27 US law firm Foley & Lardner agreed to represent Maduro’s Inspector General Reinaldo Muñoz for a lump sum of US$12.5 million. Some of that money was reportedly used to lobby for reduced sanctions on Venezuela.