Argentina’s embattled government has imposed currency controls intended to rein in a financial crisis that has damaged the country’s standing with investors, taken a bite out of its reserves and driven more people to an economic precipice. Companies now need to get permission from the Central Bank of Argentina to buy foreign currency or precious metals, and to transfer that money abroad.... 

Argentina’s capital city will go into a total security shutdown on Thursday as the heads of state of the world’s 20 biggest economies start arriving for the two-day G20 summit, which begins on Friday. All flights over Buenos Aires will be diverted and trains, subways and all public transport will be cancelled for the duration of the summit, as the city braces for around 33 anti-G20 protests and... 

It seems that Russia has lost its influence in Argentina after the rise of pro-Western President Mauricio Macri to power. All of a sudden, Macri announced the continuation of strategic cooperation with Russia, and opened the doors of the country for such Russian state-run giants of the atomic and gas industries as Rosatom and Gazprom. After leftist forces left the governments of Argentina and Brazil,... 

The media establishment would like you to believe President Trump’s immigration orders are rooted in racism and Islamophobia. Thinking people know this is simply false. Another country has recently enacted Trump-esque immigration policies, and no, it isn’t in Europe. Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri has just followed suit with his own immigration crackdown and is even considering a border... 

Argentina opposition candidate Mauricio Macri (front-Right) celebrates his victory in the presidential election, November 22, 2015. Argentina’s conservative opposition leader Mauricio Macri has defeated ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli in the presidential election, pledging a “marvelous” new era for the Latin American country. Ending 12 years of leftist rule in Argentina, Macri won 52.1 percent... 

Daniel Scioli, the presidential candidate for Argentina’s governing coalition, celebrates after the results of the primary elections came in on August 10, 2015. The presidential candidate for Argentina’s ruling coalition has secured the majority of votes in the country’s primary elections. Daniel Scioli, the only candidate for the governing Front for Victory coalition, secured a 14-point...