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Kristalina Georgieva Congratulated the New President of Argentina
International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva congratulated Alberto Fernandez, the winner of the Argentine presidential election, and promised to work with his government to stabilize the economy.
Argentina: Polls closed, political upheaval expected
According to AP findings, the elections could lead to a political upheaval in Argentina, as according to the polls, the country's Peronist center-left are ready to return to power under Alberto Fernndez, while it is expected that due to "a bruising economic crisis", significantly less support will be given to the incumbent Conservative President Mauricio Macri.
IMF meets Argentina’s top financial officials
Top Argentine finance officials met with a team from the International Monetary Fund on Aug. 24, the Treasury Ministry said, while tens of thousands of supporters of President Mauricio Macri gathered just outside the presidential palace, waving national flags and cheering.
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Argentina: Biggest Work Stoppage Looms for Macri As Teachers Plan Strike
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Mauricio Macri has come back from his trip to Spain to news that teachers nationwide, accompanied by large sectors of the General Confederation of Labor of the Republic of Argentina (CGT), are planning a strike for March 6 and 7 in the largest work stoppage since Macri assumed the presidency in December of 2015.
Argentina: Macri Cancels Controversial Forgiveness of Father's Debt
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - In response to the overwhelming public response and anger to his executive order that forgave his father's $4.5 billion debt to the Argentine State, President Mauricio Macri said that he has annulled the decree.
Argentina: Macri Forgives Father's $4.5 Billion State Debt
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - In the midst of an economy heavily slowed by a drop in industrial production, rising inflation, an increase in joblessness, a rise in poverty and growing divide between rich and poor, conservative President Mauricio Macri has caused anger and saw an investigation opened after he signed an executive order that forgives his father's $4.5 billion debt to the Argentine Sta
Argentina: UN Asks for Release of Activist Milagro Sala
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - The United Nations' Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has asked the government of Argentine President Mauricio Macri to "immediately" release Milagro Sala, a social activist and an MP in the Parlasur, following her "arbitrary and baseless" arrest in January of this year.
Argentina: Macri's Malvinas/Falklands Policy Ruffling Feathers At Home
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - After attempting to break completely with his predecessor Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's policies on the Malvinas/Falkland Islands and take a softer stance, Argentine President Mauricio Macri has earned criticism not only from political opposition but even from within his own government.
Obama welcomes 'new beginning' with Argentina
U.S. President Barack Obama said his trip to Buenos Aires "is a new beginning" between the United States and Argentina, right before surprisingly dancing the tango at a state dinner on March 23.
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President Plevneliev Meets Bulgarian Community on Argentina Visit
Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev has met with representatives of the Bulgarian community during a visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, his press office has said.
Economic migration to Latin America was massive among Eastern Europeans back in the 1920s. It is Argentina where most of the Bulgarian emigrants headed alongside Brazil.