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Alberto Fernandez delivering a speech in Congress. | TELAM In late March, President Alberto Fernández sent his guy to Washington to smooth things over. With negotiations stalled, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán had meetings with US officials and the International Monetary Fund over its US$45-billion loan. Back home, Fernández’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 Fernández de Kirchner, who held the nation’s top job from 2007 to 2015. The IMF’s terms are “unacceptable.” It w...

Boca Juniors striker files court injunction to avoid paying the country's new wealth tax, the latest example of the difficulty in making millionaires comply with the levy.

Vice-President and Senate president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. | Bloomberg Argentina and the International Monetary Fund coordinated messaging Thursday on the principles that could underpin the country’s programme with the lender, a day after Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner put the deal in doubt. In a statement, IMF negotiators Luis Cubeddu and Julie Kozack said they found “common understanding” with Economy Minister Martín Guzmán on areas such as inflation, exports and developing domestic capital markets. Guzmán reiterated these points in a series of tweets too...

Argentina considers oil price controls to support Vaca Muerta shale exploration By Jonathan Gilbert and Patrick Gillespie on 4/11/2021 Vaca Muerta shale drilling (Bloomberg) --Argentina’s government is pushing for long-term oil price controls as the South American nation runs out of time to unearth a shale trove in Patagonia. The idea of setting a ceiling and floor on domestic crude prices is being written into draft legislation aimed at spurring oil-and-gas investments, Production Minister Matias Kulfas said in a Thursday interview. A cap would prevent bu...

DCSO deputies seek tips, looking for missing Deschutes River Woods man BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – Deschutes County sheriff’s deputies asked the public for help Monday in finding a missing Deschutes River Woods man, last seen Thursday in Bend. Patrick Gillespie, 47, has been living in the 19000 block of Apache Road in DRW, Sgt. Jayson Janes said. Gillespie left work early last Thursday afternoon and has not been seen since, Janes said. “He left behind items he would normally carry with him,” the sergeant said, adding that his family reported him missing the next day. Gillespie last was seen ...