Argentina’s Economy Minister Axel Kicillof says his country is not in default amid an ongoing debt row with US hedge funds. Ratings agency Fitch declared Argentina in “restrictive default” on Thursday after Buenos Aires failed to clinch a deal with representatives from the funds. Kicillof, however, said his country has not defaulted and that the Argentinean government is open to agreements between... 

People in Buenos Aires bang pots during a demonstration against the Argentinean government’s policies, September 13, 2012. Argentinians have held a demonstration in the capital to protest against government policies and a recent proposal that could allow Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to run for a third consecutive term in 2015. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Plaza de Mayo...