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7/22/08 Plane is embargoed over a debt to Buenos Aires province
La Nacion

7/22/08 The agenda to avoid a default
Ambito Financiero

7/22/08 The economist of the month: the discal situation is more precarious that is believed
Ambito Financiero

7/21/08 Grain export fraud in Argentina estimated in 1.76 billion USD
MercoPress

7/21/08 Argentina's Fernandez Fires Agriculture Secretary, Clarin Says
Bloomberg

7/21/08 Argentine Democrats Strike Back
Wall Street Journal

7/20/08 All change in Argentina?
Financial Times

7/20/08 Similarities between the country and Congo Elliott Assocates, a common enemy
La Nacion

7/20/08 A Fund Promises to Fight to Collect on Argentine Bonds
La Nacion

7/19/08 When Mrs. Kirchner's resignation became a real option
MercoPress

7/19/08 Short cuts and at heel
Diario El Litoral

7/18/08 Argentina's Kirchner Rebuked In Soybean-Tax Defeat
Wall Street Journal

7/18/08 Losing friends fast: Argentina's president suffers a painful blow to her credibility
The Economist

7/18/08 Argentina blocks farm export tax
New York Times

7/18/08 U.S. Creditors and cattlemen demand measures against Argentina
La Nacion

7/17/08 Argentina Bonds Climb After Senate Rejects Farm Export Tax
Bloomberg

7/17/08 Argentina Rebuffs President on Farm Export Tax
New York Times

7/17/08 Argentina's Senate Rejects President's Grain Export Tax
Wall Street Journal

7/17/08 Argentine senate rejects farm tariff bill
Financial Times

7/17/08 Argentina faces complicated horizon, says Wall Street
MercoPress

7/16/08 McDonnell Says FMD Would "Spread Like Wildfire"
Northern Ag Network

7/16/08 USCA: House Bill Introduced To Keep U.S. Cattle Industry FMD Free
CattleNetwork.com

7/16/08 Rural lawmakers, cattle groups work to block beef imports from Argentina
The Hill

7/16/08 Fernandez's Farm Tax Faces Senate Vote That's Too Close to Call
Bloomberg

7/16/08 Now Chavez doses out the sale of Argentine bonds
Ambito Financiero

7/15/08 I don't see the Kirchners having the courage to admit their mistakes
El Cronista

7/15/08 Argentines hold rival marches in farm conflict
Reuters

7/15/08 Kirchners Senate block show cracks ahead of crucial vote
MercoPress

7/15/08 Argentine Tax Plan Lands a Tough Ally
Wall Street Journal

7/14/08 Sowing trouble
Financial Times

7/14/08 The Fed to Latin America: Slow Down
Wall Street Journal

7/14/08 The US asked how the Central Bank stopped the exit of deposits
Clarin

7/14/08 BCRA assistance to the government doubled
Ambito Financiero

7/14/08 US not in a recession, officials tell Argentine ministers
Agence France-Presse

7/13/08 Argentina May Back 9 Billion-Peso Stimulus Package, Nacion Says
Bloomberg

7/11/08 Venezuela to Sell More Argentina Bonds Locally, Universal Says
Bloomberg

7/11/08 CFK at Independence Day celebrations
Buenos Aires Herald

7/11/08 BCRA will assist the government with US$4.5 billion
Ambito Financiero

7/11/08 The government promises to pay the largest debt maturity of the year on time
El Cronista

7/11/08 U.S. Lobby
Clarin

7/10/08 Latin America's economies: The ghost at the till
The Economist

7/10/08 "Keep America FMD-Free" Bill Introduced in Congress
United States Cattlemen's Association/The Prairie Star

7/10/08 Venezuela liquidates Argentine Bonds
Ambito Financiero

7/10/08 The Paris Club debt is not on the agenda with the U.S.
Clarin

7/9/08 Argentine Farmers Renew Protest Ahead of Congress Vote on Taxes
Bloomberg

7/9/08 Shannon Says U.S. Willing to Discuss Argentine Paris Club Debt
Bloomberg

7/9/08 Argentina to Raise Minimum Income Tax Threshold, Cronista Says
Bloomberg

7/9/08 Bullet-train's bank makes insurance against default increase
Ambito Financiero

7/9/08 The U.S. is ready to talk about Argentina's debt with the Paris Club
Clarin

7/9/08 Shannon comes seeking consensus
La Nacion

7/8/08 Ecuador debt markets suffer after resignation
Financial Times

7/8/08 June, worst month for Argentine retailers since 2002 crisis
MercoPress

7/8/08 Riots in Plaza de Mayo
Buenos Aires Herald

7/7/08 A food crisis in farm-rich Argentina
Miami Herald

7/7/08 Witness Points to Chavez In Argentina Election Case
Washington Post

7/7/08 There still isn't money for the bullet train
La Nacion

7/7/08 Fernandez Peso Gambit May Backfire as Argentina Slows
Bloomberg

7/7/08 Economy Ministry seeks to arrive at agreement with Paris Club
Clarin

7/7/08 Cristina's travails
Financial Times

7/6/08 Political turmoil causes 9 billion USD to flee Argentina
MercoPress

7/6/08 From debt and mega-subsidies, fiscal problems in 2009 are predicted
Perfil

7/6/08 Argentina creditor nation?
iECO

7/5/08 Argentina Export Tax Sets Off Political Furor
New York Times

7/4/08 Argentina's Leadership Crisis
Council on Foreign Relations

7/4/08 Paris Club plan takes shape
La Nacion

7/3/08 Bad policies sink Argentina's economy
Miami Herald

7/3/08 The farm sector conflict spiked the cost of financing for business and government
iECO

7/3/08 Political uncertainty accelerates the need for a tune-up to the plan
Clarin

7/3/08 Demands for long-term financing for investments
La Nacion

7/3/08 Economy Ministry says paying debt will be an 'easy task'
Ambito Financiero

7/2/08 Anxious Argentines tighten their purse strings
Reuters

7/2/08 Once a Government Supporter, Rural Argentina Now an Opponent
New York Times

7/2/08 For economists, the government is wasting reserves
Ambito Financiero

7/1/08 Argentine Farm Strike Hurt Economy, Minister Says
Bloomberg

7/1/08 In one year, foreign debt rose 13,6%
iECO

6/30/08 Cristina and the Farmers
Latin Business Chronicle

6/30/08 Argentine leader's combative style hits popularity
Reuters

6/30/08 Consensus time in Argentina?
Financial Times

6/30/08 Argentine June Tax Revenue May Show Slower Growth
Bloomberg

6/29/08 Lack of confidence: is the crash coming?
La Vanguardia

6/29/08 Less credibility, and more crisis
La Nacion

6/28/08 Regional bank announces $10 billion fund
Associated Press / Washington Post

6/27/08 Echegaray accuses the vulture funds
Ambito Financiero

6/27/08 Tariffs divide Argentine ruling party
Financial Times

6/27/08 Bond swap in Uruguay to stretch debt terms
La Nacion

6/27/08 The final battle for the destination of sliding export taxes
Clarin

6/26/08 Gov't exposes 'fake' boycott, farmers point finger at INDEC
Buenos Aires Herald

6/26/08 Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner sets his sights on Clarin, sources say
Debtwire / Financial Times

6/26/08 The government resigns itself to not emitting debt in the markets
La Nacion

6/25/08 Argentina May Foreign Trade Surplus $1 Bln Vs $1.3B Yr-Ago
Dow Jones Newswires

6/25/08 Fernandez Eschews Compromise After She Campaigned for Consensus
Bloomberg

6/25/08 Inflation demons back to haunt Latin America
Reuters

6/25/08 Argentina's foreign debt surpasses US$127 billion, now higher than after 2005 debt swap
Associated Press / International Herald Tribune

6/24/08 Cristina among the three worst rated presidents
MercoPress

6/24/08 Conflict With Farmers Takes Toll on Argentina
New York Times

6/24/08 Watch Out for Sovereign Debt Risk
Wall Street Journal

6/24/08 The debt grows: it hits US$127.259 billion
Ambito Financiero

6/24/08 US$660M will be emitted in bonds for the bullet train
Ambito Financiero

6/23/08 Compromise solution seen likely
Buenos Aires Herald

6/23/08 Argentine President Refuses to Suspend New Export Tax
Bloomberg

6/23/08 Investment funds in retreat over the conflict with the farm sector
Clarin

6/23/08 From Breadbasket to Basket Case
Wall Street Journal

6/22/08 The INDEC holds up Paris Club agreement
Clarin

6/22/08 Argentina's Fernandez to Meet Farm Strike Leaders, Nacion Says
Bloomberg

6/22/08 A new approach in Argentina?
Financial Times

6/22/08 Spanish media blasts Kirchners "obscure political methods"
MercoPress

6/22/08 The government is studying using reserves to pay debt
Perfil

6/20/08 Standoff drags on, paralyzing Argentina
Chicago Tribune

6/20/08 Strong pressure to discuss export tariffs in Congress
Ambito Financiero

6/19/08 Cristina's climbdown
The Economist

6/19/08 Argentina's June Consumer Confidence Declines to Five-Year Low
Bloomberg

6/19/08 "To not use the reserves would be absurd," Redrado said
El Cronista

6/19/08 Old foes come back to haunt Argentina
Buenos Aires Herald

6/19/08 Cristina, worse for the foreign press
Ambito Financiero

6/19/08 In Washington, critics of the government add up
La Nacion

6/18/08 Is there an export boom?
Ambito Financiero

6/17/08 Argentine President Seeks to Quell Criticism
New York Times

6/17/08 Worry in the U.S. over the dispute with farmers
La Nacion

6/17/08 On Wall Street they believe that Redrado is squandering reserves on bond purchases
El Cronista

6/16/08 Citigroup to Settle Argentina Issue
Wall Street Journal

6/16/08 Forecasting the "perfect storm" in an unruly Argentina
MercoPress

6/16/08 Tensions rise in Argentina over detention
Wall Street Journal

6/16/08 Argentine farmers clash with police
Financial Times

6/16/08 Argentine Stocks Lose Foreign Buyers at Fastest Rate in 8 Years
Bloomberg

6/15/08 Argentine farmers return to barricades
New York Times

6/14/08 Argentina faces the new specter of inflation and debt
ANSA

6/14/08 Argentina: Public debt 'is the highest since 2001'
BBC Brasil

6/13/08 Argentine debt hits 56% of GDP, more than in 2001
Estado de Sao Paulo

6/13/08 Alert over the levels of inflation and foreign debt
El Cronista

6/13/08 Argentine debt surge raises spectre of default
Financial Times

6/13/08 Grain truckers' road blocks strangling Argentine economy
MercoPress

6/13/08 One billion invested by BCRA to maintain bonds
Ambito Financiero

6/12/08 Argentine inflation index under fire
Financial Times

6/12/08 Argentina's way with sums
The Economist

6/12/08 Warning from the Paris Club
Ambito Financiero

6/11/08 For Washington, Argentina continues to be a "key country"
La Nacion

6/11/08 Shannon said that Argentina is a "key" country for the U.S.
Clarin

6/11/08 Truckers block Argentine highways in farm conflict
Reuters

6/11/08 JBS Gains After Argentina Reverses Beef Export Bans
Bloomberg

6/11/08 Argentina stocks follow region lower, banks hurt
Reuters

6/11/08 Argentine consumers' expectations decline to lowest since 2003
MercoPress

6/11/08 Inflation index to be unveiled
Financial Times

6/11/08 The Central Bank studies dollar futures operations on Wall Street or in Europe
Clarin

6/11/08 Warnings that financing the bullet train will be expensive
La Nacion

6/10/08 Back to the Future for Argentina's Economy
GTNews

6/10/08 Farm dispute brings Kirchner to the fore
Financial Times

6/10/08 Argentina's Consumer Prices in May Rise 0.6 Percent
Bloomberg

6/10/08 Chavez Goes Over the Line, and Realizes It
New York Times

6/10/08 Farmers' conflict: behind harsh words, dim light of hope
MercoPress

6/9/08 Argentine farmers lift strike, but no dialogue on sight
MercoPress

6/9/08 A lone hand
Buenos Aires Herald

6/9/08 As prices surge, Argentines cry foul over the official figures
Financial Times

6/8/08 Farm crisis spooks Argentine Economy
Forbes

6/8/08 Debt: US$ 2.778 billion is paid, but it keeps growing
Clarin

6/6/08 Barclays Cuts Argentine GDP Forecasts for 2008, 2009
Bloomberg

6/6/08 Argentine stocks drop, but oil firms cushion fall
Reuters

6/6/08 Chavez revolution at risk
Financial Times

6/6/08 Farm strike in Argentina threatens food supplies, again
Agence France-Presse

6/5/08 Argentina's old economic policies adopted by current president
Florida Sun Sentinel

6/5/08 Protest in front of the Argentine embassy in Washington
Red Liberal de America Latina

6/4/08 Argentina tax revenue hits record high in May
Reuters

6/4/08 Promise from Berlusconi to Cristina over the bondholders
Ambito Financiero

6/3/08 Timerman didn't ask why his father accepted money from Graiver-Montoneros
Urgente 24

6/3/08 Argentine alert as inflation spectre stalks half the world
The Telegraph (UK)

6/3/08 Once Again, Argentines Feeling on Edge Strikes, Economic Worries Eating Away at Confidence
Washington Post

6/3/08 Inflated reserves?
Ambito Financiero

6/2/08 Argentine Farm Leaders May Extend 2-Month Tax Protest 2
Bloomberg

6/2/08 The FARC's Foreign Friends
Wall Street Journal

6/1/08 Looking for trouble in Argentina
Financial Times

5/31/08 US Bondholders Apply Pressure
Clarin

5/30/08 Brazil wins second key investment rating
Financial Times

5/30/08 Argentina modifies hated export taxes
Associated Press

5/30/08 Farmers Reject Argentina's Bid to End Protests Over Export Tax
Bloomberg

5/30/08 Why did the debt increase in 2007?
iEco

5/30/08 Argentina Needs Paris Club Pact to Draw Investment, Cobos Says
Bloomberg

5/29/08 Argentine government modifies soy export system
Reuters

5/29/08 Argentina Deadlock
The Economist

5/29/08 Fernandez hits at media as popularity falls
Financial Times

5/29/08 Venezuela GDP growth slowest since 2004
Financial Times

5/29/08 Wheat Pares Loss as Argentina Farmer Protests May Curb Exports
Bloomberg

5/29/08 Washington perplexed over the situation in Argentina
La Nacion

5/28/08 Argentine Farmers Will Renew Protest, Halt Crop Sales
Bloomberg

5/28/08 Venezuela will put more cash into financing Argentina than previously expected
Infobae

5/27/08 Argentina Farmers Strike: Refusing to Foot the Bill for the Kirchners' Populist Politics
The Heritage Foundation

5/27/08 Latin America bank acts on food costs
Financial Times

5/27/08 Emerging debt-Bond prices down on inflation, oil concerns
Reuters

5/27/08 Argentine farmers revive strike over export tax
Reuters

5/27/08 The holdouts reinforce their effort
La Nacion

5/27/08 Argentine Dollar Bonds Decline on Threat of Third Farmer Strike
Bloomberg

5/27/08 Argentina to Sell $1.36 Billion in Dollar Bonds to Venezuela
Bloomberg

5/26/08 Conflicts Hang Over Argentine Leader
New York Times

5/23/08 A creditors group asks Cristina Fernández for an economic opening in Argentina
EFE

5/23/08 Cristina Kirchner's support plummets 30 points since January
Mercopress

5/23/08 Another financial lifeline from Chávez: US$ 1 billion at 13%
iECO

5/23/08 Argentina's conflict over tariffs intensifies
Financial Times

5/22/08 Argentina's Inflation Bonds Gain as Farmers Resume Talks
Bloomberg

5/22/08 Iran and Venezuela to launch joint bank
Financial Times

5/22/08 Argentina Permits Up to 100,000 Tons of Wheat Exports to Brazil
Bloomberg

5/21/08 Argentine stocks rise for fifth consecutive session
Reuters

5/21/08 Soybeans Decline as Argentine Farmers Say to Suspend Strike
Bloomberg

5/20/08 Farmers' conflict: renewed dialogue and markets reopen
Mercopress

5/20/08 Argentine economy is very solid-economy minister
Reuters

5/20/08 Argentine Money Changers Return to Sidewalks, Corners
Bloomberg

5/20/08 Argentine Farmers May Suspend Strike to Revive Talks
Bloomberg

5/19/08 Argentine farmers hint at end to protest
Financial Times

5/19/08 Argentine Farmers Rely on Fernandez's Drop in Polls
Bloomberg

5/19/08 Argentine Farm Leaders Consider Strike Halt to Spur Tax Talks
Bloomberg

5/19/08 Oxygen arrives from Caracas
Ambito Financiero

5/19/08 Rush to Buy Dollars Amid Fear of a Financial Crisis
Wall Street Journal

5/18/08 Spain concerned about its business interests in Argentina
Mercopress

5/17/08 Bondholders ask Cristina to flee from Chávez
La Gaceta

5/17/08 Argentine Banks, Businesses Seek End to Farmers Tax Protests
Bloomberg

5/16/08 US bondholders in default insist that it is easier for Argentina to negotiate
iEco

5/16/08 Soybeans Rise as Argentine Farmers Extend Strike, Block Exports
Reuters

5/16/08 Striking Argentine Farmers Pin Hope on Fernandez's Unpopularity
Bloomberg

5/16/08 Bondholders, against Chavez-dependency
Ambito Financiero

5/15/08 LatAm economic growth a surprise but so is inflation
Reuters

5/14/08 Argentine Farm Strike Means Lengthy Lunches for Grain Traders
Bloomberg

5/14/08 Using public resources to pay debt this year
La Nacion

5/13/08 Argentine provinces break ranks over farm strike
Financial Times

5/13/08 Brazil Joins Front Rank Of New Economic Powers Nation Launches Wealth Fund
Wall Street Journal

5/13/08 Venezuela sets June 30 deadline for Sidor takeover
Reuters

5/13/08 Argentine Farmers Win Political Support for Repeal of New Tax
Bloomberg

5/13/08 Argentina's Inflation-Linked Peso Bonds Decline on Data Concern
Bloomberg

5/12/08 Argentina's Diesel Output to Be Cut on Strike, Cronista Says
Bloomberg

5/12/08 Argentina's farm battle
Financial Times

5/12/08 Argentine Farmers Prepare to Extend Strike, Seek More Support
Bloomberg

5/12/08 The Next to Notch an Upgrade? Peru, Russia Could Follow Brazil's Higher Rating
Wall Street Journal

5/8/08 Argentine Lending - Who needs credit?
The Economist

5/8/08 Argentine farmers announce fresh action
Financial Times

5/7/08 Argentina markets slide as farm conflict escalates
Reuters

5/7/08 Argentine Dollar Bonds Decline as Farmers Plan to Renew Strike
Bloomberg

5/6/08 Argentine Farm Strike Postponed as Government Mulls Tax Plans
Bloomberg

5/6/08 Argentine stocks rise on oil prices; bonds fall
Reuters

5/5/08 Argentina Reopens Beef Export Registry, Official Gazette Says
Bloomberg

5/5/08 Argentine Farmers to Renew Roadblocks, Curb Exports
Bloomberg

5/5/08 A little local IMF
Financial Times

5/5/08 The Kirchner model is spent
La Nacion

5/5/08 Debt also feeds inflation
La Nacion

5/5/08 The country's debt surpasses 2001 levels
La Nacion

5/2/08 Argentine Farmers Prefer Talk to Roadblocks in Export-Tax Rift
Bloomberg

5/2/08 IMF annoyed by Argentina's vote against it
Clarin

5/2/08 Seeking to postpone some debt payments
La Nacion

5/2/08 Country's bonds remain frozen
La Nacion

5/1/08 Cristina in the land of make-believe
The Economist

5/1/08 Argentine Bond Freeze Extended by U.S. Judge in Suit (Update1)
Bloomberg

5/1/08 Euphoria from bondholders and lawyers that are suing Argentina after the decision by Griesa to freeze bonds
iECO

5/1/08 Reversal for the government: US keeps embargoes on Argentine bonds in default
Clarin

5/1/08 US: Judge Griesa temporarily freezes US$17 billion in bonds.
Reuters

4/30/08 Soybeans Jump on Concern Argentina's Farmers Will Resume Strike
Bloomberg

4/30/08 Argentina April tax take above 19 bln pesos-source
Reuters

4/30/08 Argentine Bonds Plunge as Default Concerns Mount
Bloomberg

4/30/08 They don't recommend to buy from Argentina
Ambito Financiero

4/30/08 The laborious fall
Ambito Financiero

4/29/08 Argentine farmers press demands on export taxes
Reuters

4/29/08 Argentina's country risk reaches highest since June 2005
Mercopress

4/28/08 Argentine Farmers Decide Against Further Roadblocks (Update3)
Bloomberg

4/28/08 Argentina: In Distress
Latin Business Chronicle

4/28/08 Inflation could cool Argentine economy despite govt
Reuters

4/28/08 Argentine Bonds Advance as Lowest Prices Since 2005 Lure Buyers
Bloomberg

4/28/08 Argentine Farmers Find Voice; Alfredo De Angeli's Folksy Style Looms Large in Tax Fight
Wall Street Journal

4/28/08 Top Official on Economy Steps Down in Argentina
New York Times

4/28/08 New Argentine economic minister appointed
Financial Times

4/28/08 New minister takes office with credit closed off
Ambito Financiero

4/28/08 Argentine Bonds Tumble After Economy Minister Lousteau Resigns
Bloomberg

4/25/08 Argentina Tries to Reconcile Exporting Food With Prices at Home
Washington Post

4/25/08 S&P revises Argentina outlook to negative vs stable
Reuters

4/25/08 FACTBOX: Facts about new Argentine economy minister
Reuters

4/25/08 Argentine Economy Minister Martin Lousteau Resigns
Bloomberg

4/24/08 Argentina Stks, Bonds, Peso Little Changed As Farm Strike Looms
Dow Jones

4/24/08 US willing to help Argentina reach accord with Paris Club
Mercopress

4/23/08 Is the Party Over in Argentina? The Market Internalizes the Political Effects of Inconsistent Macro Policies (or vice-versa?)
RGE Monitor

4/23/08 Strike fears push Argentine peso to five-year low
Reuters

4/23/08 Defendant in Argentina Election Plot Pleads Guilty
Bloomberg

4/23/08 Argentina stocks, bonds, peso fall on farm doubts
Reuters

4/23/08 Stoke Inflation to Lose Friends, Elections
Bloomberg

4/23/08 The bonds frozen by Griesa are not from Argentina
Ambito Financiero/Reuters

4/22/08 Argentine Bonds Decline on Concern Farmers to Resume Strike
Bloomberg

4/22/08 Where to, Argentina?
Washington Times

4/21/08 Argentine Farm Protest May Resume as Tax Talks Yield Little
Bloomberg

4/21/08 Emerging debt-Venezuela, Argentina under selling pressure
Reuters

4/21/08 King Kirchner
Financial Times

4/21/08 Another trial for Cristina: the vulture funds join the embargo for USD 17 billion.
Ambito Financiero

4/20/08 Public debt, the same as in 2001
La Nacion

4/18/08 Argentine Bonds Frozen by U.S. Judge in Lawsuit
Bloomberg

4/18/08 Argentina Relaxes Restriction on Beef Exports, Farm Group Says
Bloomberg

4/18/08 Argentina Bonds Keep Sliding On Inflation Doubt; Peso Weakens
Dow Jones

4/18/08 Seeking to launch a formal proposal to negotiate with the Paris Club
La Nacion

4/18/08 Griesa decides today if he'll block the mini-swap
Ambito Financiero

4/18/08 The bondholders publish an ad that calls Argentina a 'bad friend'
INFOBAE/DYN

4/18/08 Attack of the bondholders
Ambito Financiero

4/17/08 Chavez accused of oil fund plan for rebels
Financial Times

4/17/08 US Bondholders put an ad in the WSJ: "Argentina is a bad friend and a growing threat"
Los Andes (Argentina)

4/17/08 Bondholders of the U.S.A. describe to Argentina of "bad friend and growing threat"
MDZol (Mendoza, Argentina)

4/16/08 Brazil, Mexico outpacing neighbors -Fitch
Reuters

4/16/08 Randazzo Says Argentina Isn't `Pressuring' Farmers (Update1)
Bloomberg

4/16/08 Argentine economy grew 8.7 pct in Feb - president
Reuters

4/16/08 Cristina meets with IDB head to sign credits for US$ 900 million
iECO

4/14/08 Latin America Agenda: Venezuelan inflation
Financial Times

4/14/08 The Fund pushes for the country to agree with the Paris Club
La Nacion

4/13/08 Lousteau evaluates a new debt swap
La Nacion

4/12/08 Washington asks Argentina for help with Venezuela
MercoPress

4/12/08 Shannon and Taiana agree to see each other in June
La Nacion

4/12/08 U.S. Offers Argentina Support for Paris Club Talks, Nacion Says
Bloomberg

4/12/08 Lousteau: the US will help negotiate with the Paris Club
La Nacion

4/11/08 Latin American growth set to fall
Financial Times

4/11/08 Price boom proves mixed blessing in farming nations
Reuters

4/11/08 US Diplomat Mends Fences With Argentina
Associated Press

4/11/08 Bush emissary promises help with the Paris Club
Ambito Financiero

4/11/08 A key meeting for Lousteau to unblock the negotiations
Clarin

4/10/08 Argentina March Inflation Quickened on Farm Strike (Update1)
Bloomberg

4/10/08 Reuters
U.S. says it wants to improve Venezuela relations

4/10/08 Argentina Econ Min To Meet US Treasury Secretary Friday, Miss Farm Mtg
Dow Jones

4/9/08 Argentina Stocks Down As Wall Street Gains Erode; Bonds Up
Dow Jones

4/8/08 An Ambassador Born of the 'Dirty Wars'
Washington Post

4/8/08 We'll always have the Paris Club
Buenos Aires Herald

4/7/08 Argentina Boosts Links with France
Prensa Latina

4/7/08 IADB Approved $9 Billion in Loans, Most Since 1999
Bloomberg

4/7/08 Argentina after 8 billion in loans for infrastructure
MercoPress

4/7/08 Shannon visits Argentina
Financial Times Latin America Agenda

4/7/08 Argentina's Economy Minister Is Under Fire Over Soybean Tax
Wall Street Journal

4/6/08 Argentina hopes to boost Paris Club debt talks
Reuters

4/3/08 A video on YouTube demands the government pay the external debt
Diario Uno

3/25/08 America Movil's Argentine unit to invest $273 mln
Reuters

3/25/08 Farm protests challenge Argentine resolve
Financial Times

3/24/08 U.S. Cattlemen's Association: Pressure Builds to Stop Argentine Meat Imports
CattleNetwork

3/23/08 Cristina's challenges
Financial Times

3/23/08 The IDB counsels an arrangement with the Paris Club
La Nacion

3/22/08 The IMF questions INDEC: it will say that there are other indicators for inflation
Clarin

3/21/08 Senators Wary of USDA Move to Ease Ban on Beef Imports From Argentina
CQ Politics

3/21/08 Daniel Peralta: "Kirchner asked me to take care of the funds and spend them well
Clarin

3/21/08 From Switzerland to New York, and from there to Buenos Aires
Clarin

3/21/08 Argentina Presses U.S. To Open Market To Patagonian Beef, Lamb
Inside U.S. Trade

3/20/08 Ecuador's Rating Raised by Moody's Investors Service
Bloomberg

3/20/08 Argentina's president retains support after rocky 100 days
Financial Times

3/19/08 Travelers II
Ambito Financiero

3/19/08 Official gesture of outreach to the United States
La Nacion

3/19/08 Travelers I
Ambito Financiero

3/19/08 Confirmation that Kirchner will not travel to Washington
La Nacion

3/19/08 Argentine Soybean Output May Slip; Protests May Pause (Update3)
Bloomberg

3/19/08 Argentina Q4 current account surplus widens
Reuters

3/19/08 Big jump in foreign debt in 2007: increased US$ 14.435 billion
Clarin

3/19/08 Brazil and Argentina: The tortoise and the hare
The Economist

3/18/08 Venezuelans send $19 billion of capital out of country
Miami Herald

3/18/08 Fiat Argentina plans $300 million local investment
Reuters

3/17/08 New bondholder offensive in the United States
La Nacion

3/17/08 Argentina can weather market turmoil -econ min
Reuters

3/17/08 Argentine Economy to Expand 7% in 2008, Lousteau Says (Update2)
Bloomberg

3/17/08 Argentine opposition leader criticizes Venezuela ties
Reuters

3/17/08 Blejer: Argentina is not on the map of investors
La Nacion

3/17/08 Nestor Kirchner postpones his trip to the United States
INFOBAE

3/15/08 In one year, public debt rose US$ 8.003 billion
Clarin

3/13/08 Having to pay US$ 1.350 billion for debt attached to growth
Clarin

3/13/08 Rice visits Brazil and Chile but leaves out Argentina
MercoPress

3/13/08 Rice Trip to Skip Argentina in Sign of a Growing Rift
New York Times

3/13/08 Smiles for the President: reserves surpass US$50 billion. The messenger: Redrado
Ambito Financiero

3/12/08 Argentina fining oil firms for fuel shortages
Reuters

3/12/08 US teachers march on the Capitol for a solution on unpaid Argentine bonds
iECO

3/11/08 Timerman complains to U.S. over beef exports from Patagonia
La Nacion

3/10/08 Argentina strives to avert energy crisis
New York Times

3/10/08 Investors see Argentina as a serial defaulter
Ambito Financiero

3/10/08 Opposition in the U.S. to return of Argentine cuts of meat
La Nacion

3/9/08 Argentina's Redrado Says Emerging Markets Bearing Crisis `Well'
Bloomberg

3/9/08 Kirchner is considering an invitation to speak before businessmen and financiers in the United States
Clarin

3/8/08 De Vido and Lousteau agree on how to finance the bullet train
Clarin

3/7/08 Argentina's Way of Putting a Cap on Inflation: High Inflation ruled out by Definition?
RGE Monitor

3/7/08 Argentina's Redrado Says Global Slowdown May Curb Oil Prices
Bloomberg

3/7/08 Kirchner's plea 'comical if not so sad' says Summers
MercoPress

3/6/08 Argentine Mortgage Market Shows Potential, Estol Says (Update1)
Bloomberg

3/5/08 CK calls for peace and confirms planned Venezuela trip
MercoPress

3/5/08 Bonds to finance bullet train are defined
Ambito Financiero

3/4/08 US creditors ask on YouTube that Argentina pay them
Los Andes

3/4/08 American Task Force Argentina puts pressure on the Government and publicizes outstanding judicial claims. Find out what they say.
Perfil

3/4/08 Bondholders ask Argentina to pay on YouTube
Critica

3/4/08 The ATFA creditors request on YouTube that Argentina pays "for the good of its workers"
iEco

3/4/08 Argentina Stocks, Bonds End Lower; Peso Firms Slightly
Dow Jones

3/4/08 Venezuelan Pleads Guilty in Cash Delivery
The New York Times

3/3/08 Argentina's Feb tax collection up 46.8 pct
Reuters

3/3/08 Venezuelan Pleads Guilty to Role in Argentine Plot
Bloomberg

3/3/08 Argentina, the world's largest exporter of soy flour and soy oil
FX Street

3/2/08 The high-speed train fast and very expensive
La Nacion

3/2/08 Argentina's inflation controversy
Financial Times - Latin American Agenda

3/1/08 Latin America out of U.S. shadow
Bloomberg/ Salt Lake Tribune

3/1/08 Argentina's Fernandez Says Poverty Should Be Below 10 Percent
Bloomberg

3/1/08 Argentine president lauds 'greatest growth' run in a century
Associated Press/ International Herald Tribune

2/29/08 Old moonshine in new bottles
Buenos Aires Herald

2/29/08 Rumors and denials on the Lousteau situation
Clarin

2/29/08 US highlights its good relations with Argentina
Clarin

2/28/08 Should CFK be looking for friends who will choose her enemies?
Buenos Aires Herald

2/28/08 Argentina rejects talk that econ minister to quit
Reuters

2/27/08 Argentina Blocks Beef Exports as Prices Increase, Clarin Says
Bloomberg

2/27/08 Argentina: Martin Lousteau Resigning?
RGE Monitor

2/27/08 U.S. Judge Revokes Bail for Man in Argentine Election Plot Case
Bloomberg

2/27/08 Argentinean President advocates for Venezuela's incorporation into MERCOSUR
Mathaba News Agency

2/26/08 Domestic demand fuels Brazil's growth
Financial Times

2/26/08 Cristina, with a spy in the minuet of reconciliation
Ambito Financiero

2/25/08 Argentina's Jan trade surplus widens to $1.16 bln
Reuters

2/25/08 Argentina's image worsens on Wall Street
La Nacion

2/23/08 Brazilian president says to increase debt to stimulate economic growth
Xinhua News Agency

2/23/08 Intense agenda for US legislators
La Nacion

2/22/08 Brazilian president calls for solidarity with poor countries
Xinhua News Agency

2/22/08 US Congress partisan delegation praises Cristina Kirchner
Merco Press

2/22/08 Moving closer to the US, with Antonini as a backdrop
La Nacion

2/22/08 US Congressmen praise Cristina, but speak of the valise and the bondholders
Clarin

2/21/08 The bullet that didn't go through Lousteau
Ambito Financiero

2/21/08 Argentina before the Paris Club
La Nacion

2/21/08 Fiscal surplus: guaranteeing debt payments
Clarin

2/21/08 Strong fiscal surplus bolsters idea of repurchasing debt bonds
Clarin

2/21/08 Crunch time for South America's gas supplies
Financial Times

2/19/08 Argentine Industry Chamber Proposes Wage Increase of 12 Percent
Bloomberg

2/19/08 Argentine January primary budget surplus doubles
Reuters

2/18/08 Life after debt in Argentina
Miami Herald

2/18/08 U.S. legislators arrive to reopen a dialogue
La Nacion

2/17/08 Argentina 2008: Is the (already High) Inflation Rate Accelerating?
RGE Monitor

2/17/08 Argentina's inflation arithmetic
Financial Times - Latin American Agenda

2/15/08 Wink from the U.S. on negotiating with Paris Club
Clarin

2/14/08 Argentine Unions Seek 30% Raises to Pace Inflation
Bloomberg

2/14/08 Argentine Party Time
The Economist

2/14/08 Paris Club: studying a plan with the U.S.
La Nacion

2/14/08 Argentina and the U.S. will together analyze the offers to the Paris Club
Clarin

2/14/08 US Asks About Paris Club Debt
Ambito Financiero

2/13/08 Onerous cost of the bond invented by Kirchner-Lavagna: $5 billion
Ambito Financiero

2/11/08 Argentina Bonds Slide On CPI Data Doubt; Stocks Down; Peso Flat
Dow Jones

2/11/08 Argentina's Default Position
Congressional Quarterly

2/8/08 INDEC responded, and defended its calculation of inflation
Clarin

2/8/08 Consultations on prices and firings at INDEC
La Nacion

2/8/08 IMF doubts increase over the veracity of the government's figures
La Nacion

2/8/08 The Paris Club and the bondholders, every time further apart
Ambito Financiero

2/7/08 Argentina Inflation Report Fuels Dispute Over Data
Bloomberg

2/7/08 Argentina Rejects IMF Monitoring
Prensa Latina

2/7/08 IMF demands explanations of statistics at INDEC
Clarin

2/7/08 Argentina's New President Has a Legacy to Overcome: Her Husband's
Washington Post

2/6/08 No' to negotiation with the Paris Club
Ambito Financiero

2/6/08 The Washington accord could facilitate some of Cristina's plans
Clarin

2/5/08 Chavez's Anti-Semitism
The Washington Post

2/5/08 Case against Argentina moves ahead
La Nacion

2/4/08 Latin American energy crisis
Financial Times

2/4/08 Inflation rears its head and roars
Financial Times - Latin American Agenda

2/4/08 Desperado
Wall Street Journal

2/2/08 Calls upon the country to change its policies; The bondholders took part in a critical conference which was held in Miami.
La Gaceta de Tucuman

2/2/08 Congress may need to intervene on behalf of beef producers
The Prairie Star

2/1/08 Argentina, U.S. Discussed Suitcase Scandal, Fernandez Says
Bloomberg

2/1/08 Argentina Seen Comfortable for Funds Until 2009
Latin Finance Daily Brief

2/1/08 Ex-Assistant Attorney General of the U.S. asks for pressure on Argentina over the payment of foreign debt
EFE

2/1/08 Concern abroad over inflation and the debt
La Nacion

1/31/08 Europe blocks Brazilian beef: lost opportunity
Ambito Financiero

1/31/08 Argentina's Fernandez Calls Extraordinary Session of Congress
Bloomberg

1/31/08 The government waits for the U.S. to confirm an important visitor
La Nacion

1/29/08 Argentina Rebel INDEC Staff: Real 2007 CPI At +26.2%
Dow Jones

1/29/08 Argentine Union Says Inflation Outpaced Official Data
Bloomberg

1/29/08 Argentina expects Chavez's financial aid
El Universal

1/29/08 Argentine Inflation Probably Rose to 2-Year High, Cronista Says
Bloomberg

1/28/08 In 4 years Kirchner contracted 37.000 new employees
MercoPress

1/27/08 Latin America 'falling off the map' in Davos
Miami Herald

1/27/08 Public organs and Chavez's dollars: key for paying the debt
Clarin

1/26/08 Venezuelan Pleads Guilty in Cover-Up of Suitcase of Cash
New York Times

1/25/08 Venezuelan Pleads Guilty to Role in Election Plot
Bloomberg

1/24/08 What to do about the demands of the holdouts?
Pagina/12

1/24/08 Strange union: U.S. holdouts and ranchers
Pagina/12

1/23/08 Argentine Economy Grows at Fastest Rate in a Year
Bloomberg

1/23/08 USCA Tackles Argentina Trade Issue
Western Livestock Journal

1/23/08 Business & Lobbying: Ranchers battle meat imports
The Hill

1/23/08 Washington hopes that Wayne returns to "normal duties"
Clarin

1/23/08 "Relations with Argentina are important", says Shannon
La Nacion

1/22/08 Venezuela ponders further purchases of Argentinean debt
El Universal

1/22/08 U.S. Cattlemen & ATFA Host Joint Press Conference On Argentina
CattleNetwork.com

1/22/08 U.S. holdouts and ranchers, united in blocking the reopening of exports of Argentine beef to that country
iECO

1/22/08 Bondholders want to block Argentine beef
Associated Press/Diario La Estrella

1/22/08 ATFA: Argentina Deserves Better: Q&A with Robert Raben, Executive Director of the American Task Force Argentina (ATFA).
Latin Business Chronicle

1/21/08 Argentina's energy problems
Financial Times - Latin American Agenda

1/21/08 Argentina's economy expanded 9.6 percent in November from a year earlier
FX Street

1/20/08 Hold Chavez accountable for fueling narco-terrorism
New York Post

1/20/08 Argentines go back to beef as economy thrives
Reuters

1/17/08 Brazil surprises with surge in foreign cash
Financial Times

1/17/08 Argentina 2007 trade surplus slips to six-year low
Reuters

1/17/08 More lobbying to reopen the debt swap
iECO

1/17/08 Bondholders join forces to insist on reopening of the swap
El Cronista

1/16/08 Bondholder lobby group gets bigger
Tiempos Del Mundo/UPI

1/16/08 Argentina Has First Monthly Budget Deficit Since 2004
Bloomberg

1/16/08 A noisy 24 percent: Creditors regroup to protest against Argentina
Perfil (DyN)

1/16/08 More demands for the debt in default
Clarin

1/16/08 A U.S. Bondholder Group Adds Allies
La Nacion

1/15/08 USCA: Beef trade with Argentina is a bad idea
High Plains Journal

1/14/08 Shaky start for Argentina's Fernandez
Financial Times

1/14/08 Price controls undermine Argentine ranchers
Associates Press/Miami Herald

1/14/08 Argentina Prepares for February Dollar Bond Sale, Cronista Says
Bloomberg

1/13/08 Latin America Is Lagging. Someone Tell Its Leaders
The Washington Post

1/12/08 Suitcase of Cash Tangles U.S. and 2 Latin Nations in Intrigue
The New York Times

1/11/08 U.S. Has 49 Tapes From Argentine Election Plot Probe (Update1)
Bloomberg

1/11/08 Urging a dialogue with the U.S. to close a deal with the Paris Club
La Nacion

1/10/08 Miners to take legal action against Argentine tax
Reuters

1/10/08 Argentina seeks $8 bln in IADB credits
Reuters

1/9/08