https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46639187?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c77jz3mdm3rt/argentina&link_location=live-reporting-storyArgentina’s former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is to go on trial for corruption, a federal court has ruled. She is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes over a 12-year period in what has become known as the “corruption notebooks” scandal. Ms Fernández, who is now a senator, denies any wrongdoing and claims the charges are politically motivated…. Read more »
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-46639187Ms Fernández, 65, is accused of being at the centre of a massive corruption racket that allegedly saw millions of dollars in bribes paid by businessmen to government officials. The allegations stem from a batch of records kept by Oscar Centeno, a driver for a public works official, between 2005 and 2015. In the notebooks, Mr Centeno writes about delivering… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/china-argentina-sign-currency-swap-deal-g20-summit-181202165338460.html Argentina’s central bank has signed a deal with its Chinese counterpart to expand a currency swap programme by eight billion dollars, the bank said in a statement. The agreement is an extension of a swap first agreed between the two countries in July 2017. The new deal, announced on Sunday during a state visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping,… Read more »
South America as a whole has endured an increasingly unstable political era, suffering exploitation by dictators, demagogues, and foreign entities seeking a profit. There are three states in which we see these most: Venezuela, Brazil, and Argentina. While much of the international focus has been on the former two, I’m going to shift over and take a look at the… Read more »
Argentine President Macri is getting lots of pushback from Congress and unions for insisting that consumers retroactively pay for gas after the peso devalued.
Translated to English for your convenience The marchers will protest against the reduction and cuts to the budget, the emptying and closing of programs, and the elimination of the Ministry of Health, among other causes.
Two weeks on and the situation in Brazil stands in just as precarious a situation as it did before. Though many are pushing for a rejection of Jair Bolsonaro, he still leads the polls by a significant margin – 6% in a race where nobody holds more than three-tenths of the vote. His main threat is Haddad, Lula’s successor as… Read more »
The head of Argentina’s central bank has resigned amid reports of a row over policies to restore confidence in the country’s ailing economy. Luis Caputo had only held the post since June, and the surprise resignation sent the peso falling further against the US dollar. A statement said he quit for personal reasons and will be replaced by deputy economics… Read more »
