Milei pushes dollar loans for all, ending a taboo in Argentina

President Javier Milei is looking to sweep aside one of Argentina’s biggest financial taboos: offering dollar loans to people and companies that don’t earn in dollars. Ever since the country’s 2001 debt... Read more »

Fernández de Kirchner’s lawyers seek annulment of ‘Cuadernos’ graft mega-trial

Defence lawyers representing former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on Tuesday requested the annulment of the so-called ‘Cuadernos’ corruption mega-trial, arguing that the proceedings were “born out of deception.” The trial, which... Read more »

Early moves to Europe complicate renewal of Argentina’s national team

Argentina’s footballers are moving to Europe at ever younger ages – a risky gamble for the players but also for the much-vaunted renewal of the World Cup winning national team. In a... Read more »

Credit Suisse Nazi probe reveals fresh SS ties, senator says

An investigation into ties between Credit Suisse and Nazi Germany has so far revealed hundreds of accounts with potential links to Nazi-era officials and industrialists, including the SS paramilitary wing, according to... Read more »

Under the shadow of Artificial Intelligence

We are all doomed. Or we are all about to enter a science-fiction version of the land of Cockaigne where free stuff rains down from the skies and people can enjoy themselves... Read more »

Argentina not looking to tap global debt market, Caputo says

Argentina doesn’t plan to sell bonds in global debt markets while the government can access alternative funding sources at lower interest rates, Economy Minister Luis Caputo said Monday. Caputo said in an... Read more »

Bond buyers scour Americas to bet on nations close to Trump

Investors from T. Rowe Price Group Inc. to TCW Group Inc are embracing a strategy that’s rapidly becoming the norm in emerging markets: pour money into Latin American countries aligned with US... Read more »

Trump unmasked? | Buenos Aires Times

Having known a US president or three, the memory bank says the most powerful man in the world is always likely to hit a bump (even a wall) sooner or later, especially... Read more »

Between a Rocca and a hard place

Disclaimer: I worked for almost a decade at the Techint Group, in global corporate communications. I know the company and its leadership well. I witnessed first-hand their global and regional expansion, their... Read more »

Milei plans another US trip to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort

President Javier Milei is adding another overseas trip to his agenda. On Tuesday, February 10, Argentina’s leader is due to visit the Mar-a-Lago complex, Donald Trump’s residence/resort in Florida, United States, to... Read more »