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ARGENTINA: Payback for legislative defeat may backfire
President Javier Milei, who denounced the bill’s opponents as ‘traitors’, has said he will not bring it back to debate, at least for now. With his December emergency decree also…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285204
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Lagarde’s visit to Buenos Aires to attend the G20 finance ministers meeting, and assurances of IMF support for the government’s economic policy plans, provided photo opportunities…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB236291
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Although a second round had been widely expected, the narrow gap between the ruling Frente para la Victoria (FPV) candidate Daniel Scioli and Mauricio Macri of the centre-right…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206191
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In 2015 the economic downturn and the electoral calendar undermined provincial finances. The outlook is no better for 2016, forcing provincial governors to seek fresh funds. In…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210000
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The lifting of export taxes and the recession have already undermined the government's goal of reducing the fiscal deficit: in 2016 the primary deficit-to-GDP ratio will be even…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216585
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Finance Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay described it as "based on the truth", but it relies on several optimistic assumptions, in particular on growth and inflation rates. Government…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB213692
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A death threat left at a supermarket owned by the in-laws of Rosario-born football star Lionel Messi has raised the political salience of drug-related criminal activity in…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278036
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Prospects for Argentina in 2017.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB214767
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The government has again extended its self-imposed deadline to complete debt restructuring talks until June 12 and there is increased optimism about an eventual deal despite last…