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argentina | by Marcelo | 03 Feb, 2004 at 02:32 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
Argentina has asked Ecuador to retire its current ambassador in Buenos Aires for driving octogenary ex-represor Suarez Mason -who is under domicilary detention over the stealing of babies during the last milatary dictatorship- to a belly-dancing party in his birthday....
argentina | by Marcelo | 30 Jan, 2004 at 09:26 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
Everybody now seems to be joining me in scratching our heads in wonderment at exactly what the Argentine government thinks it's doing in the debt negotiation talks....
argentina | by Marcelo | 30 Jan, 2004 at 08:21 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
In article from Argentina's Clarin (caveat: relatively pro-government these days), unnamed sources from a hedge fund wonder at Argentina's negotiation strategy. It is puzzling, really....
On Cognitive Dissonance And The Argentine Debt
argentina | by Marcelo | 29 Jan, 2004 at 11:56 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
Here's the thing that worries me: while neither the bond markets nor practically any sizable bank seem to believe that creditors will take Argentina's 25% offer, the Argentine government seems to be acting under the aparent certaininty that they will, because there's no other choice. Deliberate bluffing, a pose for...
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Argentine Debt: A Little Twist In My Sobriety
argentina | by Edward Hugh | 27 Jan, 2004 at 05:55 AM | comments (1) | trackback (0)
Maybe the game of the century is about to take onboard a new twist: according to Forbes a handful of Argentina's foreign bondholders are going to be allowed to start trying to seize assets next week in an attempt to recoup money lost when the country defaulted on its debt...
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argentina | by Marcelo | 18 Jan, 2004 at 10:10 PM | comments (3) | trackback (0)
Monsanto -the worldwide leader in agricultural biotechnology- has announced that it will no longer sell GM soybean to Argentine customers given the extensive black market of seeds in the country. This is highly non-trivial news, as soy is one of Argentina's key economic engines....
San Luis Gets Back Into Our Reality (For Now)
argentina | by Marcelo | 16 Jan, 2004 at 09:37 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
The city of San Luis, Argentina, has returned to the relatively normal political spacetime shared by the rest of mankind, where -for example- cities have only one elected major at a time. Luckly for us bloggers, it's likely to lapse into magical realism again any day soon, and if it...
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Argentina's Debt Restructuration, Round Two
argentina | by Marcelo | 15 Jan, 2004 at 11:58 PM | comments (8) | trackback (0)
It's the world's biggest game of chicken. Eighty-eight billion dollars on the stake, political consequences in three continents and effects that could ripple in the worldwide financial system. What's there not to like in the story of Argentina's debt negotiations?...
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Latin America's Greatest Game
argentina | by Marcelo | 13 Jan, 2004 at 01:24 PM | comments (9) | trackback (0)
It's not soccer, it's debt negotiations. And Argentina is playing the mother of all matches. The situation, as it stands, is simple: Argentina owes above a hundred billion dollars to foreign private creditors, and it's offering to pay about 25% of it. Creditors refuse the offer, and there are we,...
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Welcome to Southern Exposure
argentina | by Michael Darragh | 01 Dec, 2003 at 01:12 AM | comments (0)
This site is currently under construction....
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Some Argentina Links
argentina | by Stephen George | 27 Nov, 2003 at 05:34 AM | comments (0) | trackback (0)
Marcelo has contributed some more press links for Argentina: Clarin, Argentina's largest-circulation daily Pagina 12, from left-of-centre, and InfoBAE from right-of-centre...
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" Bellydancing And Diplomatic Indicidents | Marcelo
" That's, Of Course, What I've Been Saying All Along | Marcelo " The Argentine Debt: I'm Not The Only One Wondering | Marcelo " On Cognitive Dissonance And The Argentine Debt | Marcelo " Argentine Debt: A Little Twist In My Sobriety | Edward Hugh " Uh-uh (Future Soybeans Blues?) | Marcelo " San Luis Gets Back Into Our Reality (For Now) | Marcelo " Argentina's Debt Restructuration, Round Two | Marcelo " Latin America's Greatest Game | Marcelo " Welcome to Southern Exposure | Michael Darragh
" Bellydancing And Diplomatic Indicidents | Marcelo
" That's, Of Course, What I've Been Saying All Along | Marcelo " The Argentine Debt: I'm Not The Only One Wondering | Marcelo " On Cognitive Dissonance And The Argentine Debt | Marcelo " Argentine Debt: A Little Twist In My Sobriety | Edward Hugh " more from living in latin america...
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