03/11/2012 | Argentina

Economy Minister protest against 'vulture funds' in Mexico

Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino and Central Bank Governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont lead the Argentine delegation in the technical G20 meeting in Mexico, where they insisted on the government’s criticisms against vulture funds and credit rating agencies.

04/11/2012 | Argentina

CB governor lashes out at vulture funds in Mexico

Central Bank governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont warned today that 2actions carried out by vulture funds should be a global cause of concern,2 as she took part of a meeting of central bank heads, ahead of the G20 finance ministers summit in Mexico.

05/11/2012 | Argentina

'Argentina to fight US court ruling on debt,' Lorenzino says

Argentina will use all legal means to defend its position against a US court ruling that would force the country to repay creditors who sued to collect on defaulted Argentine bonds, Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino said.

19/06/2012 | Argentina

G20 Summit: CFK calls for 'policies aimed towards consistent growth'

Speaking last night at day one of the G20 Summit, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called on the international community to “sustain active policies aimed towards a consistent economic growth” as she stressed the “necessity of re-accessing the debt some countries bear with several different international institutions.”

19/06/2012 | Argentina

Gov't announces joint work between YPF, Gazprom after CFK-Putin meeting

The technical teams of hydrocarbon companies YPF (Argentina) and Gazprom (Russia) will begin to do joint work in the area, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman announced after a meeting between President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Mexico.

19/06/2012 | Argentina

Crossfire between CFK, UK’s David Cameron at G20 summit

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and British Prime Minister David Cameron had a small uncomfortable rendezvous during the second day of the G20 Summit in the Mexican City of Los Cabos.

15/06/2012 | Argentina

CFK stresses Argentina's 'economic stability' during lunch with executives in NY

“Argentina has a promising future,” President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner told US executives during a lunch today at the Council of the Americas in New York.

17/06/2012 | Argentina

CFK in Mexico for G20 Summit

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived yesterday for the G20 summit unfolding here between today and tomorrow in a torrid Mexican summer.

18/06/2012 | Argentina

G20 summit: CFK, Rousseff agree to 'oppose any adjustment plans'

While attending the G-20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Brazilian counterpart Dilma Roussef met and agreed on Monday to “oppose any financial adjustment plans.”

04/11/2011 | Argentina

Obama declares CFK, Argentina 'a great friend' to the United States

US President Barack Obama defined Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Argentina “a great friend” of the United States of America in a meeting between both Head of States. The bilateral meeting lasted around thirty minutes and took place in the Carlton Hotel in Cannes.

26/02/2012 | Argentina

Lorenzino calls for G20 to focus on employment, social inclusion

Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino and Central Bank governor Mercedes Marcó del Pont took part in the G-20 meetings in Mexico and focused on the creation of employment and strengthening of the domestic market.

09/05/2012 | Argentina

CFK congratulates Hollande, Putin, will meet with them at G20

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner spoke to French president- elect François Hollande and newly elected Russian president Vladimir Putin to congratulate them on their wins and agreed to meet them both in the next G20 meeting in Mexico

25/10/2011 | Argentina

Obama, CFK to hold bilateral meeting during G20 summit

US President Barack Obama has requested to meet with recently reelected President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during the next G20 summit to be held on the 3rd and 4th of November in Cannes, France.

01/11/2011 | Argentina

CFK deems Ricchieri highway roadblock 'ridiculous ploy'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner blasted UATRE farm hands union protesters who set a roadblock in the Ricchieri highway today. "It wasn't social protest, but a ridiculous ploy," she said, before boarding the Tango 01 presidential plane en route to France, where she's due to attend the G20 Summit.

03/11/2011 | Argentina

G20: CFK says 'financial capitalism anarchy' should end

During the G20 meeting in Cannes, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called today for world leaders to put a stop to the current “anarchistic economic capitalism” and regulate the markets, not the countries, to go back to what she referred to as “real capitalism” after three years of world economic crisis.

19/05/2011 | Argentina

'Best way to cool soaring food prices is to boost output,' Gov't says during G20 Workshop

The best way to cool soaring food prices is to boost output, the Government said, following talks on a French proposal for increased regulation of commodity markets.

24/08/2011 | Argentina

'It’s in our idiosyncrasy to generate new paradigms,' CFK

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner received the Foreign Ministers of Unasur and Eastern Asia at the Government House and called to “find new paradigms to allow the balance between State and markets, and between the countries of the world.”

15/10/2011 | Argentina

Boudou suggests 'work and social inclusion' as possible growth policies

Economy Minister Amado Boudou highlighted today the importance that the G20 add “work and social inclusion” to their policies of growth, forming part of the strategy to escape the eurozone crisis.

19/02/2011 | Argentina

Boudou: 'regulation of commodities is not a possible aim'

Economy Minister Amado Boudou warned that the “regulations of the commodities prices is not a possible aim,” after the G20 encounter held in Paris.

15/04/2011 | Argentina

G20, IMF reflect Argentina’s position

By Liliana Franco, from Washington DC.- Argentina’s envoy is satisfied because, according to them, the IMF and the G20 are presenting measures that the country has applied in the past, when it was lonely and harshly criticized directly or indirectly by several countries. Economy Minister Amado Boudou highlighted in Washington the paradigm change that is being discussed in the G20 and in the IMF.

15/04/2011 | Argentina

Boudou: 'We'll work to keep on growing'

By Liliana Franco, from Washington DC.- “We have a mature relationship with the IMF, we can sit down and express what we think,” Economy Minister Amado Boudou said referring to the current relationship between Argentina and the organization.

25/06/2012 | World

UK's Cameron: 'Argentina’s behaviour remains aggressive' to Malvinas islanders

During a speech at the House of Commons in London today, United Kingdom’s Prime Minister David Cameron blasted Argentina for its “aggressive behaviour” to the Malvinas islanders in the sovereignty claim they maintain with Great Britain.

05/11/2012 | World

G20 seeks more wiggle room on austerity pledges

The world's leading economies gave themselves a bit more wiggle room to meet targets for cutting budget deficits rather than risk worsening a slowdown in many countries, chief among them the United States.

18/06/2012 | World

G20 ramps up pressure on Europe over debt crisis

World leaders pressured Europe to take ambitious new steps to resolve its debt crisis after a victory for pro-bailout parties in a Greek election failed to calm markets or ease worries that wider turmoil could derail the global economy.

18/06/2012 | World

Barroso: 'I expect G20 leaders to support European crisis steps'

European Commission President Jose-Manuel Barroso said he expected leaders of the Group of 20 industrialised and developing states to support the steps taken and planned by Europe to tackle its debt crisis.

19/06/2012 | World

G20 backs Europe's overhaul to fight crisis

Europe won support from world leaders for an ambitious but slow-moving overhaul of the euro zone, even as pressure built in financial markets for quicker solutions to its debt crisis that threatens the world economy.

25/02/2012 | World

Euro-zone deal on firewall awaits Germany

Germany may not be ready to back an increase in Europe's bailout fund at a summit next week, delaying efforts to meet international demands for Europe to strengthen its defenses against the region's sovereign debt crisis.

20/04/2012 | World

G20 doubles IMF's war chest amid fears on Europe

Leading world economies pledged $430 billion in new funding for the International Monetary Fund, more than doubling its lending power in a bid to protect the global economy from the euro-zone debt crisis.

14/06/2012 | World

Merkel rejects 'miracle solutions' for Europe, warns of 'limited German resources'

Chancellor Angela Merkel rebuffed pressure today for Germany, Europe's most powerful economy, to underwrite debt or guarantee bank deposits in the euro zone.

18/01/2012 | World

IMF seeks $600 billion more in funds

The International Monetary Fund is seeking to boost its war chest by $600 billion to help countries reeling from the euro zone debt crisis, but some nations insist Europe must first do more to support its ailing members, international financial sources said.

20/01/2012 | World

G20 will work toward more IMF funds

The Group of 20 economic powers will push Europe to take extra steps as it works toward a deal to boost resources for the International Monetary Fund, Mexico Deputy Finance Minister Gerardo Rodríguez said.

24/02/2012 | World

No G20 deal on IMF cash this weekend, pressure on Europe

World economic powers told Europe it would have to do more to fight its financial crisis before they agree to provide back-up in the form of a bigger IMF war-chest.

04/11/2011 | World

G20 set 'action plan' to save global economy

The G20, composed of the world's most powerful economies, come up with an "action plan" to save the world economic and stabilize the global monetary system, according to an official statement from the Group of 20.

04/11/2011 | World

Final Communiqué of G20 leaders summit in Cannes

04/11/2011 | World

G20 Summit photo gallery

03/11/2011 | World

G20: Greek PM ready to go, dump referendum, for euro deal

Fast-moving events in Athens overshadowed the first day of a summit of the Group of 20 major economies on the French Riviera, with anxious world leaders urging Europe to act to stop contagion from its sovereign debt crisis.

03/11/2011 | World

Bill Gates urges G20 to live up to aid promises

Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates told G20 leaders today to protect aid budgets, saying cuts would not only hurt the poor but also undermine innovations in areas such as health and farming.

04/11/2011 | World

G20: Italy accepts IMF monitoring, sources

Italy, under fierce pressure from financial markets and European peers, agreed to have the IMF monitor its progress with long delayed reforms of pensions, labor markets and privatization, senior EU sources said today.

31/10/2011 | World

Japan intervenes to tame soaring yen ahead of G20

Japan sold the yen for the second time in less than three months after it hit another record high against the dollar today, saying it intervened to counter excessive speculation that was hurting the world's No. 3 economy.

03/11/2011 | World

Greek Papandreou chairs emergency talks over plebiscite controversy

Greece's government was on the brink of collapse today, casting doubt on plans to hold a referendum on staying in the euro zone, as European leaders contemplated a Greek exit to preserve their single currency.

03/11/2011 | World

Obama in Cannes: 'Our task is to resolve the financial crisis in Europe'

US President Barack Obama said today during the Group of 20 Summit in Cannes, France, that "the most important aspect of our task over the next two days is to resolve the financial crisis here in Europe."

23/09/2011 | World

Talk of a possible Greek default gains pace

Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos was quoted by two newspapers as saying an orderly default with a 50 percent haircut for bondholders was one of three possible scenarios for resolving the heavily indebted euro zone nation's fiscal woes.

15/10/2011 | World

G20 tells euro zone to fix debt crisis in eight days

The world's leading economies pressed Europe today to act decisively within eight days to resolve the euro zone's sovereign debt crisis which is endangering the world economy.

26/10/2011 | World

WTO asks G20 to resist protectionist urges; warns world trade slowing down

Economic pressures are tempting G20 governments to resort to protectionism in a misguided bid to shield their domestic markets from problems that are unrelated to trade, the World Trade Organization said in a biannual report today. The world financial crisis has become a major concern for the organization.

23/06/2011 | World

G20 agrees farm deal, soft on regulation

G20 farm ministers agreed measures today to tackle high food prices in a deal that steered clear of divisive details and paved the way to greater international cooperation on sensitive agricultural issues.

08/09/2011 | World

OECD says growth outlook worsens, urges G20 response

The outlook for economic growth in developed countries has got much worse in the last three months, the OECD said today, urging leaders of G7 and G20 countries to send strong signals to restore flagging confidence.

23/09/2011 | World

G20 pledges to take actions to preserve stability

A statement issued after G20 talks in Washington said the 17-nation euro zone would implement "actions to increase the flexibility of the EFSF and to maximize its impact" by mid-October.

07/01/2011 | World

G20 to tackle food prices as countries reassure

The Group of 20 leading economies will discuss ways to tackle soaring food prices that are stoking fears of a repeat of the 2008 food crisis, as some Asian countries sought to reassure nervous consumers.

17/02/2011 | World

IMF warns of growing risks, would welcome weaker dollar

The International Monetary Fund will warn G20 finance ministers this weekend of growing risks to the world economy from surging food prices and public finances while also advocating a somewhat weaker dollar.

18/02/2011 | World

Chinese stance throws G20 indicator deal into doubt

China rejected plans to use real exchange rates and currency reserves to measure global economic imbalances, casting doubt on the ability of Group of 20 major economic powers to reach agreement at a meeting.