Argentina Releases List of Vaccine Recipients as Scandal Widens
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(Bloomberg) Argentinaâs government released the names of dozens of officials and allies who secretly got vaccinated against Covid-19 in an apparent violation of the countryâs guidelines, attempting to contain a growing political scandal.
(Bloomberg) Argentinaâs government released the names of dozens of officials and allies who secretly got vaccinated against Covid-19 in an apparent violation of the countryâs guidelines, attempting to contain a growing political scandal.
The list of about 70 people disclosed on Monday by the government includes leaders from the ruling Peronist party, mid-level government officials and family members who received the shots. The release comes after President Alberto Fernandez fired his health minister, Gines Gonzalez Garcia, on Friday, when the preferential access to the vaccine was made p
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FILE PHOTO: Argentina s Economy Minister Martin Guzman poses for a picture before an interview with Reuters at the Economy Ministry, in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
(Reuters) - Argentina’s Economy Minister Martin Guzman is pushing for a deal by May with the International Monetary Fund to repay $44 billion in debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing his interview.
For the deal, Guzman plans to narrow Latin American country’s budget deficit this year to about 6% of annual economic output, from 8.5% in 2020, the report added.
Argentina and the IMF are currently in talks to renegotiate a failed $57 billion programme from 2018 which was the largest in the fund’s history.
By Reuters Staff
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FILE PHOTO: Argentina s Economy Minister Martin Guzman poses for a picture before an interview with Reuters at the Economy Ministry, in Buenos Aires, Argentina December 10, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
(Reuters) - Argentina’s Economy Minister Martin Guzman is pushing for a deal by May with the International Monetary Fund to repay $44 billion in debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing his interview.
For the deal, Guzman plans to narrow Latin American country’s budget deficit this year to about 6% of annual economic output, from 8.5% in 2020, the report added.
Argentina and the IMF are currently in talks to renegotiate a failed $57 billion programme from 2018 which was the largest in the fund’s history.
(Corrects day of the week to Thursday, not Monday, in 11th paragraph)
BUENOS AIRES, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Argentina’s currency woes will not be resolved with a “one shot” fix, Economy Minister Martin Guzman told Reuters, indicating that the South American country will continue to guide a slow decline in the peso rather than a sudden devaluation.
Amid a biting economic slowdown, investors and traders are closely watching the currency and the wide gap between the official rate and trades in alternative markets which has stoked speculation the peso could be allowed to fall sharply.
However, in an interview held in his Buenos Aires office, the 38-year-old economist said he expected the peso to weaken with inflation over the year ahead, keeping the real exchange rate steady even as capital controls bolster reserves.