UK government approves Hinkley Point nuclear plant
The UK government has given the green light to the new nuclear plant at Hinkley Point. The €21 billion project is to be built by French utility EDF, with funding from China's state-owned nuclear...
View ArticleArgentina: President Macri's pro-business policies spark protests
Since he took office in December, Argentina's centre-right President Mauricio Macri has introduced a series of free-market pro-business policies. Macri has removed foreign exchange controls, reduced...
View ArticleProtesters take to Buenos Aires streets to oppose Macri's reforms
Argentina's unions are holding a general strike to oppose government policies which they say have pushed over a million people into poverty. President Mauricio Macri's reforms to liberalise the...
View ArticleFamily of dead protester demands answers from govt about the circumstances of...
This tribute to the Argentininian activist, 28 year old santiago maldonado, says that through his show of solidarity with indiginous peoples, he became everyone''s sonNow his family - and protestors -...
View ArticleArgentine president's coalition sweeps midterm elections
Candidates allied with Argentine President Mauricio Macri enjoyed sweeping victories in Sunday's mid-term election, strengthening his position in Congress while dimming prospects for a political...
View ArticleReforming Argentina: After election win, Macri vows to improve economy
Mauricio Macri has won a strong mandate to continue reforming Argentina's economy. Kate Moody asks Edwin Guttierez, the head of Emerging Market Sovereign Debt at Aberdeen Asset Management, whether the...
View ArticleMissing submarine reported 'mechanical problem' in final call, says Argentine...
An Argentine military submarine reported a malfunction and was headed back to base when it went missing last week in the South Atlantic, a naval spokesman said on Monday, while storms complicated...
View Article'Explosion' heard near Argentine sub's last known position
An unusual noise heard in the ocean near the last known position of the San Juan submarine was "consistent with an explosion," Argentina's navy announced Thursday.
View ArticleIMF signals it's ready to assist Argentina
In this business update we head to Argentina, where the IMF boss says she's ready to assist the government - but the move is risky for the country's president. We also tell you how Apple and Goldman...
View ArticleThousands protest Argentina's negotiations with IMF
Thousands of Argentines on Friday protested the government's bid to secure a credit line from the International Monetary Fund, which they blame for hardship during a past financial crisis.
View ArticleArgentina hikes interest rate amid currency slide
2018-08-30 17:35 Argentina hikes interest rate amid currency slide
View ArticleDiplomats from G20 countries in fraught discussions over final summit statement
Diplomats from the Group of 20 countries were haggling hard over a final summit statement Friday, with deep divisions over what language to use on the Paris climate accord and the WTO, say two European...
View ArticleVenezuela’s Guaido visits Argentina and Paraguay in bid to drum up support
Venezuela’s self-declared President Juan Guaido visited Paraguay and Argentina on Friday to shore up Latin American support for a transitional government in the crisis-stricken nation.
View ArticleArgentina's former leader Fernandez announces vice presidential bid
Argentina's former President Cristina Fernández announced on Saturday her candidacy for vice president in October's general elections, a surprising move that now puts a more moderate challenger at the...
View ArticleArgentine president Macri faces criticism after massive 14-hour power failure
The huge blackout in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay over the weekend raised serious questions about the vulnerability of the power grid in South America and brought criticism down on Argentina's leader.
View ArticleMacri promises investigation of blackout causes
President Mauricio Macri promised a thorough investigation into the cause of what he called an unprecedented outage.
View ArticleArgentines head to polls in high-stakes presidential primary race
Argentines have their first chance on Sunday to head to the ballot boxes in a high-stakes presidential primary race in which they must choose between staying the course of painful austerity measures or...
View ArticleOpposition scores win in Argentina primaries amid voter anger over austerity
A ticket involving former President Cristina Fernández emerged as the strongest vote-getter in Argentina's primary elections Sunday, indicating conservative President Mauricio Macri will face an uphill...
View ArticleArgentina’s president announces salary hikes and relief plan after poll setback
Argentine President Mauricio Macri said on Wednesday he will cut income taxes for workers and increase subsidies for social services following two days of economic turmoil triggered by an election...
View ArticleArgentine lawmakers approve emergency food bill amid economic crisis
Argentine lawmakers on Thursday unanimously approved a draft emergency food law to free up resources for social programs amid a worsening economic crisis. Soaring inflation and rising poverty have...
View ArticleHow Macri has failed to turn Argentina's economy around
As Argentinians prepare to cast their ballots on Sunday to elect their president, the country is yet again bogged down in an economic crisis. The peso has been devalued, inflation is spiralling and...
View ArticleLeftist Fernandez poised to take power in Argentina presidential elections
Voters head to the polls in Argentina on Sunday after an election campaign dominated by the economy with center-left Peronist candidate Alberto Fernandez favored to oust market-friendly President...
View ArticleArgentina's Peronists sweep back into power as Macri concedes defeat
Argentina's Peronists swept back into power on Sunday, ousting conservative president Mauricio Macri in an election result that shifts Latin America's No. 3 economy firmly back toward the left after...
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