Back home, Fernandez’s populist vice president took to the microphone to make one thing clear.
“We can’t pay because we don’t have the money,” said Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who held the nation’s top job from 2007 to 2015. The IMF’s terms are “unacceptable.”
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It was a telling moment. When Fernandez, 62, took office in the final days of 2019, he presented himself as pragmatic. True, he’d briefly been Kirchner’s chief of staff within the Peronist left but he accepted a role for capitalism and wouldn’t allow Kirchner and her loyalists to set the agenda.
Argentina discussing prospects of NPP construction with Rosatom, says minister
Argentine Secretary for International Economic Relations Jorge Neme said last July that the countryâs government would consider Rosatomâs proposal on uranium production in the republic
MOSCOW, April 21. /TASS/. Argentina is negotiating the possibility of building a nuclear power plant (NPP) in the republic with Russia’s state corporation Rosatom, Economy Minister Martin Guzman told reporters on Wednesday. We have had a meeting with Rosatom. A productive dialogue is underway. We continue the work, he said when asked about the prospects of construction of a Russian NPP and production of uranium in Argentina.
Argentine delegation discusses technology transfer for production of Sputnik V
Presidential advisor Cecilia Nicolini also visited the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology that produces Sputnik V in order to study how to accelerate the technology transfer
BUENOS AIRES, April 20. /TASS/. Representatives of the Argentine government have discussed in Moscow the possibility of the soonest technology transfer in order to produce the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus infection on their territory, the press service of the presidential administration reported on Monday.
Read also [Presidential advisor Cecilia] Nicolini also visited the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology that produces Sputnik V in order to study together with experts how to accelerate the technology transfer in order to have the capability to begin production of the vaccine in the country as soon as possible, the statement said.
Russian, Argentine officials strengthen bilateral cooperation
Russian, Argentine officials strengthen bilateral cooperation
Moscow, April 20 (Prensa Latina) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov and a delegation from the Argentine government led by Economy Minister Martin Guzman analyzed options for strengthening bilateral cooperation, it was reported in Moscow on Tuesday.
During the meeting in this capital, the two sides reviewed the current state of the economic relations between the two nations, as well as the Russian-Argentine interaction with multilateral organizations, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs highlighted.
According to Telam news agency, Argentine presidential advisor Cecilia Nicolini also participated in the meeting on Monday, in which the challenges of middle-income countries for a sustainable recovery to fight the Covid-19 pandemic were addressed.
Argentina Prices Jump More Than Expected to 18-Month High
Bloomberg 8 hrs ago Patrick Gillespie
(Bloomberg) Argentina’s inflation accelerated last month at the fastest pace in 18 months, threatening to derail a fragile economic recovery six months before key midterm elections.
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Consumer prices rose 4.8% in March from February, according to government data released Thursday, far more than the 4.2% median forecast of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. Economy Minister Martin Guzman had said Wednesday that inflation should cool in April after reaching its peak for the year last month.
The monthly figure was the highest since September 2019. Education, clothing and alcoholic beverages led all categories. Prices for food, the most heavily-weighted category, rose slightly below the headline figure. Annual inflation reached 42.6% in March.