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Argentina forced by ailing economy to change populist policies
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is reversing some of the populist policies that defined her first six years in power and will have little choice but to...

Record Argentine soy crop to pump exports despite hoarding
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina will put downward pressure on world food prices by exporting more soy this year, even as growers hedge against the country's dysfunctional financial system by...

Record Argentine soy crop to pump exports despite hoarding
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina will put downward pressure on world food prices by exporting more soy this year, even as growers hedge against the country's dysfunctional financial system by...

Pope slams ‘throwaway culture’ that discards unemployed youth
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Pope Francis took on the issue of high youth unemployment in his first interview aired exclusively in his home country of Argentina on Wednesday, warning that...

Argentina’s Fernandez returns from surgery, names new economy minister
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez burst back on the scene on Monday after a five-week absence following surgery, naming as economy minister the government's point man in...

Fernandez’s allies thumped in Argentina mid-term vote
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's allies took a beating in mid-term elections on Sunday, shrinking her majority in Congress, ending chances of a constitutional change to allow...

Analysis – Lack of crop rotation slowly turns Argentine Pampas into “sand”
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's key resource, its agricultural soils, are being depleted by lack of crop rotation as soy farming encroaches on areas once used for corn, wheat and...

Argentina’s Fernandez has hematoma removed from brain
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez had successful surgery on Tuesday to remove blood from the surface of her brain and is expected to make a full recovery,...

U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Argentina bond dispute appeal
WASHINGTON/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a preliminary appeal filed by Argentina over its battle with hedge funds that refused to take part...

Argentina says Iran committed to probing 1994 bombing
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Iran has approved a deal with Argentina to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that courts in the South American country...
