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News Clips 1/5/09 Argentina May Raise Train, Bus, Subway Fares, La Nacion Says Bloomberg 1/5/09 Corn, Soybeans May Rise as Dry Argentina Weather Damages Crops Bloomberg 1/5/09 Argentine Car Sales Probably Fell in December: Week Ahead Bloomberg 1/5/09 Argentina Is Short of Cash – Literally The Wall Street Journal 1/5/09 Fewer bets from the market on an eventual default La Nacion 1/4/09 Argentina Investigates Power Line Cost Overrun, La Nacion Says Bloomberg 1/3/09 The suit over AFJP's frozen funds is stretched out Clarin 1/2/09 Crisis Puts an End to Americas' Bull Run The Wall Street Journal 1/2/09 A year for living dangerously? Buenos Aires Herald 1/2/09 Decree signed for debt swaps Ambito Financiero 1/2/09 A partial debt swap is re-launched La Nacion 1/2/09 A partial debt swap is re-launched La Nacion 12/31/08 Argentina Borrows ARS100Mln From Tax Agency With 90-Day Note Easy Bourse 12/31/08 Emerging-Market Bonds Cap Worst Year in Decade Amid Crisis Bloomberg 12/31/08 Ecuador to Seek 70% Discount on Bonds in Buyback Bloomberg 12/26/08 Walking on air? Buenos Aires Herald 12/26/08 Argentina Will Publish 2009 Debt Payment Calendar, Nacion Says Bloomberg 12/26/08 Seeking to lift market confidence La Nacion 12/26/08 The world predicts a difficult 2009 La Nacion 12/25/08 Students Learn of Tragic Era in Argentina's Past At Embassy Exhibit Southern Maryland Online 12/25/08 Fiscal Chaos Aside, Start-Ups Bloom in Argentina The New York Times 12/23/08 Argentine exports suffer 6% slowdown in November Mercopress 12/22/08 Argentine stocks slide, mirroring global trend Reuters 12/22/08 Argentine Economic Growth Likely Slowed in October: Week Ahead Bloomberg 12/22/08 Bonds should come out of the fire, but they still smell of default El Cronista 12/22/08 Moody's: default is less probable (sabado) La Nacion 12/20/08 Argentines angered by court ruling DPA and Associated Press 12/19/08 LatAm unlikely to follow Ecuador in default-Moody's Reuters 12/19/08 Argentina Q3 current account surplus widens on year Reuters 12/19/08 Banks warn: after Ecuadoran default, Argentina could follow Ambito Financiero 12/18/08 Argentina Senate Passes Overseas Cash Repatriation Bill Dow Jones Newswires 12/18/08 Argentina Launches Refrigerator Swap Plan To Spur Buying Dow Jones Newswire 12/18/08 Argentina Economy Expanded at Slowest Pace Since 2003 Bloomberg 12/18/08 Argentina Senate OKs stimulus bill, as econ slows Associated Press 12/18/08 Argentina votes to seize airline Financial Times 12/18/08 Bondholders ask to expel countries from U.S. markets Ambito Financiero 12/18/08 U.S. bondholders criticize the 'atrocious precedent' from Argentina in the Ecuadoran default La Nacion 12/17/08 Siemens admits corruption with former Argentine leaders AFP 12/17/08 Argentine Senate approves takeover of airline Associated Press 12/17/08 Chavez Latin America Allies Escalate Rhetoric on Debt Bloomberg 12/17/08 Argentine Farm Leaders See More Conflicts in 2009 Bloomberg 12/17/08 Crisis-weary Argentines rein in spending Reuters 12/17/08 Argentine stocks inch higher in volatile trade Reuters 12/17/08 Latin America Asks Obama to Lift Cuban Embargo, Show Respect Bloomberg 12/17/08 Between challenges and 'tensions' Clarin 12/16/08 Businessman in Venezuelan suitcase trial sentenced Miami Herald 12/16/08 Lula Says Mercosur Strong Enough to Handle Worldwide Recession Latin American Herald Tribune 12/16/08 Latin America Bonds: Colombia's Peso Debt Gains to 7-Month High Bloomberg 12/16/08 Argentina bonds slide on debt swap rumors Reuters 12/16/08 Argentina expands stimulus scheme Financial Times 12/16/08 Argentina, Brazil, Mexico: Latin America Bond, Currency Preview Bloomberg 12/16/08 Dollar rises to $3.45 and bonds head downward again over a possible swap Clarin 12/16/08 Strong complaints from United States on utility rates, bondholders and businesses Clarin 12/16/08 Court freezes Argentina's US pension assets Financial Times 12/16/08 Criticism of Judge Griesa El Cronista 12/15/08 Siemens to Pay $1.6 Billion to Settle Bribery Cases (Correct) Bloomberg 12/15/08 AES Argentine unit Edelap to invest $86 mln Bloomberg 12/15/08 Argentina stocks rise for ninth straight session Reuters 12/15/08 Argentina needs more investment incentives-official Reuters 12/15/08 Argentine inflation expectations fall – survey Reuters 12/15/08 Uruguay's dispute with Kirchners becomes regional Mercopress 12/15/08 Argentina Bonds Fall On Ecuador Default; Stocks Up, Peso Slips Dow Jones Newswires 12/15/08 Economic Storm Batters Argentina's Breadbasket Washington Post 12/15/08 Argentine Economy Probably Slowed in Third Quarter: Week Ahead Bloomberg 12/15/08 The embargo on the funds moves forward in the US El Cronista 12/14/08 Ecuador default: Fears grow that others will follow Telegraph 12/13/08 Calling Foreign Debt 'Immoral,' Leader Allows Ecuador to Default Washington Post 12/13/08 President submits bill to Congress to abolish progressive scale Buenoes Aires Herald 12/13/08 A U.S. judge ordered AFJP's funds to remain frozen Clarin 12/13/08 Embargo on AFJP's funds in the US is ratified La Nación 12/12/08 Argentina to cut income taxes to spur spending Reuters 12/12/08 Argentina To Reform Income Tax, Offer Credit To Taxi Drivers Dow Jones Newswires 12/12/08 U.S. Court Freezes $553 Million of Argentina Assets Newly Nationalized Latin American Herald Tribune 12/12/08 Argentina Strikes Give Travelers Holiday Headache Bloomberg 12/12/08 Bolivia Says New Gas Plants May Ease Brazil, Argentina Shortage Bloomberg 12/11/08 Argentina offers no-interest loans to boost tourism Reuters 12/11/08 Preparing for tougher times The Economist 12/11/08 Credit Suisse Cuts Latin America GDP Forecast to 1.4% Bloomberg 12/11/08 Argentine lower house approves economic aid bill Washington Post/Associated Press 12/11/08 Argentine Lower House approves tax moratorium Mercopress 12/11/08 Russia to support Lukoil bid for Repsol: minister AFP 12/11/08 Argentine lower house passes questioned tax breaks Reuters 12/11/08 Argentina and Mexico: Latin America Bond, Currency Preview Bloomberg 12/11/08 Meeting in New York over assets frozen by Griesa iECO 12/10/08 Chavez promotes officer accused in US trial Associated Press 12/10/08 Russia, Argentina sign cooperation deals AFP 12/10/08 Argentine inflation slows to 7.9 percent Associated Press/Washington Post 12/10/08 Argentina stocks get boost from oil price rise Reuters 12/10/08 Argentine Farmers Resume Highway Blockades and Protests Latin American Herald Tribune 12/10/08 Russian purchase of Repsol stake hits trouble: report AFP 12/10/08 S. American Nations Take Financial Action Washington Post 12/10/08 The secrets of the jailed lawyer to the bondholders Clarin 12/9/08 Ecuador lobbies for support on "illegal" debt case Reuters 12/9/08 Argentina AES unit rejects gov't fraud charges Reuters 12/9/08 Argentina peso gains after 1-mo slump; stocks rise Reuters 12/9/08 Sharp drop in Argentine wheat output forecast Financial Times 12/9/08 Argentina's Pay-Go Stoppage American Enterprise Institute 12/9/08 Argentina Unions Want Floor for Peso Devaluation, Cronista Says Bloomberg 12/8/08 Venezuelan Given 15 Months in Suitcase of Cash Scandal New York Times 12/8/08 Russia, Argentina To Expand Economic Links Prensa Latina 12/8/08 Argentine president heads to Russia to promote trade, energy agreements Associated Press 12/8/08 Argentine industry demands a more "competitive" Peso Mercopress 12/8/08 Q+A: Eurasia on impact of crisis on Latin America Reuters 12/8/08 Argentina Juggles Union, Industry Concerns Forbes 12/8/08 Brazil, Colombia: Latin America Bond, Currency Preview Bloomberg 12/8/08 Argentina's Inflation Probably Slowed in November: Week Ahead Bloomberg 12/6/08 Argentine automakers to sell at cost, protect jobs Reuters 12/6/08 Argentina Plans to Offer Car Loans to Boost Industry Wall Street Journal 12/5/08 Argentine President Heads To Russia Amid Talk Of Lukoil Buy In Repsol Dow Jones Newswires 12/5/08 Argentina unveils cereal tariff drop Financial Times 12/5/08 Argentina Announces $3.8 Billion in Stimulus New York Times 12/5/08 U.S. bondholders want Obama to pressure the country La Nacion 12/5/08 Bondholders to Hillary: Collect on Argentina Ambito Financiero 12/4/08 Argentina one step closer to expropriating airline Financial Times 12/4/08 Spain's Bets Sour in Latin America Wall Street Journal 12/4/08 Argentina backs airline seizure BBC News 12/4/08 Export financing and incentives for Argentine fisheries Mercopress 12/4/08 Brazil, Chile, Mexico: Latin America Bond, Currency Preview Bloomberg 12/3/08 Argentina denies cutting trade links with Iran Mercopress 12/3/08 Argentina replaces environmental secretary Reuters 12/3/08 Argentina, Chile, Mexico: Latin America Bond, Currency Preview Bloomberg 12/3/08 Debt swap is postponed until mid-2009 El Cronista 12/2/08 Argentina says finds irregularities in AES unit Reuters 12/2/08 Madonna, a president and ex-rebel hostage meet The Associated Press 12/2/08 Argentina Stocks, Bonds Rebound As Peso Slips To New Low Dow Jones Newswires 12/2/08 Argentine peso hits 7-year low; bonds, stocks gain Reuters 12/2/08 Nebraska ranchers take on Argentina North Platte Bulletin 12/2/08 Fernandez Ally Zamora Wins Re-Election In Argentina Latin American Herald Tribune 12/2/08 Venezuelan Lawyer Gets Two Years for Role in Suitcase Scandal Bloomberg 12/2/08 Argentina to Announce Measures to Help Farmers, Cheppi Says Bloomberg 12/2/08 Argentina Seeks $1 Billion Plan to Boost Car Sales, Nacion Says Bloomberg 12/1/08 Argentine Stimulus Spending Raised to 111 Bln Pesos Bloomberg 12/1/08 Argentina President's Approval Rating Falls To 28% - Poll Dow Jones Newswires 12/1/08 Argentina Won't End Farm-Export Limits Bloomberg 12/1/08 CFK administration increasingly jittery about global crisis Mercopress 12/1/08 Argentine debt shrinks 2.8 pct in Q3 on forex moves Reuters 12/1/08 Argentine industrial sector wants lower Peso to prop exports Mercopress 12/1/08 Brazil, Colombia, Mexico: Latin America Bond, Currency Preview Bloomberg 11/30/08 Vote Creates Unlikely Foe for Leader of Argentina New York Times 11/29/08 Argentina cuts more energy subsidies Associated Press 11/28/08 Corn, Soybeans Decline as Global Economic Slump Reduces Demand Bloomberg 11/28/08 Latin America Currencies: Argentine Peso Falls Most in a Month Bloomberg 11/27/08 Argentina energy companies agree to avoid lay-offs Reuters 11/27/08 Argentina stocks close higher in slim volume Reuters 11/27/08 Harvesting Pensions The Economist 11/27/08 Cuba, Argentina, Peru, main debtors of Paris Club Mercopress 11/26/08 Argentina aims to lure back offshore savings Financial Times 11/26/08 Argentina admits global crisis, unveils stimulus plan MercoPress 11/25/08 UPDATE 1-Argentina's October trade surplus flat at $1.13 bln Reuters 11/25/08 Latin America Bonds: Colombian Debt Advances to Six-Week High Bloomberg 11/25/08 Argentina Pres Talks Of Tax Breaks, But Peso Not Mentioned Dow Jones 11/25/08 UPDATE 2-Argentine president unveils plan to beat crisis Reuters 11/25/08 Argentina unveils 21 billion USD in infrastructure megaplan AFP 11/25/08 Argentina's Fernandez Proposes Tax, Jobs Incentives (Update1) Bloomberg 11/25/08 Argentine lawmakers move to expropriate Aerolineas - Telam The Guardian 11/25/08 UPDATE 1-Argentina can meet debt payments-economy minister Reuters 11/24/08 Mexican leader in Bs As to sign strategic association Merco Press 11/24/08 Argentina Tax Evasion, Delays Seen Rising In Cooling Economy Dow Jones Newswire Buenos Aires 11/24/08 Invest in Argentina Energy? Latin Business Chronicle 11/24/08 The Government is studying a 'plan B' to swap the debt and relieve the payment schedule El Cronista 11/21/08 Argentine court intervenes in Aerolineas Argentinas Reuters 11/21/08 Argentine Stocks Fall as Biggest Shareholders Seized (Update5) Bloomberg 11/21/08 Kassin welcomes Argentina action City Wire (UK) 11/21/08 Argentine government praises pension takeover, critics decry it as looting of private funds Associated Press 11/21/08 Argentine Congress passes pension nationalization law AFP 11/18/08 Brazil, Argentina Agree to Increase Import Taxes, Globo Says Bloomberg 11/17/08 Argentine unions in conflict block all fisheries exports Mercopress 11/17/08 Argentina Budget Surplus Likely Rose on Tax Revenue: Week Ahead Bloomberg 11/17/08 Also bonds and guaranteed loans Clarin 11/17/08 Judge Griesa, more critical every time Ambito Financiero 11/16/08 Argentina, a country with no credit La Nacion 11/16/08 Lodging a diplomatic appeal against Judge Griesa in the US Clarin 11/16/08 In the U.S., Cristina blamed the pension funds for the debt and the default Clarin 11/16/08 SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Double take on leaders' photo Associated Press 11/16/08 También bonos y préstamos garantizados Clarin 11/15/08 U.S. Judge holds freeze on Argentine pension funds Reuters/The Guardian 11/15/08 AFJP's funds will remain frozen La Nacion 11/15/08 The President is trying to open dialogue with the U.S. La Nacion 11/15/08 Cristina's first contact in the U.S. with Obama's people Clarin 11/15/08 La Argentina, un país sin crédito La Nacion 11/14/08 Ecuador Payment Delay Raises Specter of Default Wall Street Journal 11/14/08 Argentina, Peru: Latin America Bond, Currency Preview Bloomberg 11/14/08 Argentina central bank raises credit line for banks Reuters 11/14/08 Hearing today in New York over AFJP funds Ambito Financiero 11/14/08 The destiny of the AFJP's funds is discussed today in New York Clarin 11/14/08 Rep Engel speaks on Argentina's announcement of repaying Paris Club debt Latin American Herald Tribune 11/13/08 Latin American Bonds: Colombian Debt Falls on New Sale Plans Bloomberg 11/13/08 Argentina stocks reverse fall, end up; peso dips Reuters 11/13/08 What world leaders want from Washington summit Associated Press 11/13/08 Fiscal Crisis Gives Argentines Familiar Sinking Feeling New York Times 11/13/08 Don't Think of Touching My 401(k) Wall Street Journal 11/13/08 New criticisms from Griesa in lawsuits Ambito Financiero 11/13/08 Government on the verge of suffering an historic sentence in the U.S. El Cronista 11/13/08 Probability of a default is still high Ambito Financiero 11/12/08 Argentine opposition leader alleges graft International Herald Tribune/Associated Press 11/12/08 Argentina debt default not imminent - Moody's Reuters 11/11/08 What Obama Should Do About Latin America The American 11/11/08 Latin America Currencies: Chilean Peso Falls Amid Stock Decline Bloomberg 11/11/08 Argentine business gloomy over government controls Reuters 11/11/08 Argentina AFJP Head Defends Private Pensions In Senate Testimony Dow Jones Newswires 11/11/08 The government travels to Washington to ask IMF to lend without conditions El Cronista 11/11/08 Tomorrow the country suffers the biggest judgment against it El Cronista 11/11/08 Argentina still planning to repay Paris Club debt Mercopress 11/10/08 Argentina's prospects for 2009: flat growth and 20% inflation Mercopress 11/10/08 Hugo Chávez Spreads the Loot Wall Street Journal 11/10/08 Argentina's Inflation Probably Slowed in October: Week Ahead Bloomberg 11/10/08 The nationalization of the AFJP advances in the Senate (the vulture funds are already celebrating) Ambito Financiero 11/10/08 Default, a specter that hasn't gone away La Nacion 11/9/08 Suitcase scandal: key witness confirms Kirchner involvement Mercopress 11/9/08 Argentina still plans to repay debt-Paris Club The Guardian/Reuters 11/8/08 G20 sees need for more weight: Argentina Reuters 11/8/08 Argentina: private pension funds take over advances Mercopress 11/8/08 Spooked Argentine savers seek safe homes for cash Financial Times 11/7/08 Argentina stocks, bonds sink after market holiday Reuters 11/7/08 Argentina's Lower House Approves Pension Takeover Bloomberg 11/7/08 Argentina's Lower House Approves Pension Takeover Bloomberg 11/6/08 Argentina firms to face refinancing problems-Fitch Reuters 11/6/08 Kirchners Make a Grab for Private Pensions to Bail Out Argentina FOXNews.com 11/6/08 Argentina stocks gain, bonds and peso weaker Forbes/Reuters 11/6/08 Argentine Senate approves 2009 budget International Herald Tribune/Associated Press 11/6/08 Judgments pile up against the country in the U.S. and the blocking of retiree assets continues El Cronista 11/6/08 The bondholders use phrases from Cristina and Boudou to embargo AFJP funds Clarin 11/5/08 Argentina's pensions takeover plan Reuters 11/5/08 Argentine Pension Protesters Gather at Congress on Eve of Vote Bloomberg 11/5/08 Thousands march against Argentina's pension grab AFP 11/4/08 Hugo Chávez's Bag Man Wall Street Journal 11/4/08 Conviction in Spy Case Over Cash-Filled Suitcase New York Times 11/3/08 Venezuelan Found Guilty in Argentine Suitcase Scandal Bloomberg 11/3/08 Latin America Bonds: Argentine Debt Gains on Buyback Bets Bloomberg 11/3/08 Pension funds: A future anchor for Latam markets? Reuters 11/3/08 Cristina will go to Washington in the midst of the AFJP conflict Clarin 11/3/08 Argentina's Financial Roller Coaster Washington Post 11/3/08 Argentina Impoverishes Itself Again Wall Street Journal 11/3/08 Argentine Lawmakers Likely to Vote on Pension Bill: Week Ahead Bloomberg 11/2/08 Chavez: Biz related to scandal may be expropriated Associated Press 11/2/08 AFJP: the government resists, but it must make its case in the U.S. Clarin 11/2/08 New official move to do away with the embargo Clarin 11/1/08 Standard & Poor´s lowers country's rating La Nacion 11/1/08 Argentina Pension Plan Spurs Peso Returns, Market Tension Wall Street Journal 11/1/08 Argentina urges pension funds to fight U.S. freeze Reuters 11/1/08 The opposition discusses Griesa's decision La Nacion 11/1/08 Argentina must explain in the U.S. how it will use the AFJP's cash Clarin 11/1/08 The Government affirms that the managers of the AFJP must defend the funds embargoed in the US Perfil/DyN 11/1/08 Pressure on the AFJP to defend themselves in the U.S.Pressure on the AFJP to defend themselves in the U.S. La Nacion 11/1/08 Griesa freezes another 1 billion dollars La Nacion 10/31/08 Argentina reacts angrily to S&P debt rating downgrade Mercopress 10/31/08 Argentina's October darkens with ratings downgrade Reuters 10/31/08 S&P Downgrades Argentina Wall Street Journal 10/31/08 Banker says no default risk for Argentina Financial Times 10/31/08 Argentine Pension Plan May Wipe Out Asset Managers Bloomberg 10/31/08 NYC judge blocks transfer of Argentine funds International Herald Tribune/Associated Press 10/31/08 AFJP funds of US$553 million frozen in the US Clarin 10/31/08 Someone long-known by Argentina La Nacion 10/31/08 A brake on improvisation La Nacion 10/31/08 The Government tells the AFJP to defend themselves La Nacion 10/31/08 US court embargoes AFJP and ANSeS assets El Cronista 10/31/08 Judge freezes AFJP funds in the U.S. Ambito Financiero 10/31/08 US judge blocks AFJP funds so that the State cannot use them La Nacion 10/31/08 Morning Bell: You Just Thought You Owned Your 401(k) The Heritage Foundation 10/30/08 The rise and fall of 'Queen Cristina' The Guardian 10/30/08 IMF Creates $100 Billion Fund to Aid Crisis Fight Wall Street Journal 10/29/08 Argentina central bank aids peso; bonds fall again Reuters/Forbes 10/29/08 Argentine Peso Rebounds After Central Bank Offers $1 Billion Bloomberg 10/29/08 Nationalize This! The New Republic 10/29/08 Crying for Argentina The American 10/29/08 Argentine bonds retreat for 10th session Reuters 10/29/08 Argentine Pension Fund Seizure May Cause Brazil Stock Fire Sale Bloomberg 10/29/08 Argentine pension funds forced to shed foreign assets Financial Times 10/28/08 Argentina stocks soar over 6 pct in global upswing Reuters 10/28/08 'Suitcase-gate' jury resumes deliberations in Miami Miami Herald 10/28/08 Latin America Currencies: Argentine Peso Drops Most Since 2003 Bloomberg 10/28/08 Argentine pension plan continues to punish markets Reuters 10/28/08 Argentine Congress debates pension fund takeover Associated Press 10/28/08 The IMF, an option that Argentina could use La Nacion 10/28/08 Argentina's AFJPs Told to Sell Brazil Assets, Nacion Says Bloomberg 10/28/08 Fernandez Seeks Quick Argentine Pension Debate to Win Passage Bloomberg 10/28/08 Argentina's Pension Plan Presses On, Driving Down Markets and the Peso Wall Street Journal 10/28/08 Repatriation could be blocked in court El Cronista 10/27/08 Latin America stocks mixed Associated Press 10/27/08 Argentine Bonds Drop as Private Pension Funds Resume Trading Bloomberg 10/27/08 Argentina stocks slide to 5-yr low on pension plan Reuters 10/27/08 Mercosur special meeting with challenging agenda Mercopress 10/27/08 Argentine opposition to pension bill grows Financial Times 10/27/08 Argentine Lawmakers to Begin Debate on Pension Bill: Week Ahead Bloomberg 10/24/08 Argentine Peronist lawmakers balk on pension bill Reuters 10/24/08 Argentina Allows Pension Funds to Resume Trading Bloomberg 10/24/08 Argentina furious with Uruguay's veto to Mr. Kirchner Mercopress 10/24/08 Shares take hit over prospect of Argentina's move for airline Financial Times 10/24/08 Spanish banks' Argentina pain Financial Times 10/24/08 Someone ought to talk to the Kirchners La Nacion 10/24/08 The Kirchners, like Chávez La Nacion 10/23/08 Closing arguments begin in cash suitcase trial Associated Press 10/23/08 Argentinean judge probes links between Kirchner and the suitcase affair EL Universal 10/23/08 Argentina pension move to hurt credibility-Moody's Reuters 10/23/08 Argentina to seize airline Aerolineas Reuters 10/23/08 The government goes back to throwing everything at securing the cashbox Clarin 10/23/08 Wall Street insists on a possible local default El Cronista 10/23/08 Financial panic paralyzes the real economy with markets pricing in a default El Cronista 10/23/08 Cristina's looking-glass world The Economist 10/23/08 Cry, Argentina, cry El Cronista 10/23/08 A big shame, says Wall Street La Nacion 10/23/08 The art of breaking the rules of the game Clarin 10/23/08 Argentina's Property Grab Wall Street Journal 10/23/08 Kirchner's Move on Pensions Hits Argentine Markets Wall Street Journal 10/22/08 G20 summit to tackle finance crisis amid recession fears AFP 10/22/08 Emerging-Market Bonds, Currencies Fall on Argentina Concern Bloomberg 10/22/08 Argentina Default Looms, Pension Seizure Roils Market Bloomberg 10/22/08 Repsol Slumps as Argentina Proposes Taking Over Pension Funds Bloomberg 10/22/08 Private pension funds nationalization shocks Argentina Mercopress 10/22/08 Argentina Makes Grab for Pensions Amid Crisis Wall Street Journal 10/22/08 State-run pension plan hits Argentine markets Financial Times 10/22/08 Argentina Nationalizes $30 Billion in Private Pensions New York Times 10/21/08 Argentina seeks to nationalize private pensions Associated Press 10/21/08 Argentina to seize pension funds, markets tank Reuters 10/21/08 Argentine Government Seeks Control of Private Pension Bloomberg 10/21/08 Argentine Stocks Drop to Lowest in 4 Years on Pension Concern Bloomberg 10/21/08 Argentine Bonds, Stocks Tumble on Pension Fund Takeover Plan Bloomberg 10/21/08 Fernandez May Seek Takeover of Argentina's Retirement Accounts Bloomberg 10/21/08 Another expropriation for fear of a default La Nacion 10/21/08 Using the money to pay debt La Nacion 10/21/08 Argentina to press ahead with bond offer Financial Times 10/20/08 Argentina's Mothers' Day Sales Cut by Global Crisis Bloomberg 10/20/08 Explosive testimony on tap in Venezuelan suitcase trial Miami Herald 10/20/08 Argentina to Eliminate Private Pension Funds, Clarin Reports Bloomberg 10/20/08 Argentina could take over pension funds--source Reuters 10/20/08 Argentine Defaulted Bond Trading Dries Up as Crisis Stalls Plan Bloomberg 10/20/08 Latin American central bank chiefs meet on crisis Reuters 10/20/08 Argentina Crt Orders Indec To Show Inflation-Gathering Method Dow Jones Newswire 10/20/08 Argentina's Trade Surplus Likely Fell in September: Week Ahead Bloomberg 10/20/08 Cash could be used from the swap to pay off Boden 2012 in regular course Clarin 10/20/08 The government will offer to swap 9 bonds in addition to guaranteed credits El Cronista 10/19/08 Latin America wary of crisis-led IMF revival Associated Press/International Herald Tribune 10/18/08 Meltdown fear for debt-laden nations Financial Times 10/18/08 Argentina buys more time Bloomberg 10/17/08 U.S. Jury Can Hear of Venezuelan Kickbacks, Bribes Bloomberg 10/17/08 Boom nations to catch cold as west's financial disease strides the globe The Guardian 10/17/08 A budget to budge Buenos Aires Herald 10/17/08 Argentina announces sovereign debt renegotiation AFP 10/17/08 Government inks 'holdout' swap Buenos Aires Herald 10/17/08 Argentine bonds relive the run-up to the default: they already yield 40% like in July 2001 El Cronista 10/17/08 Delays admitted in the payment of the debt in default La Nacion 10/16/08 Argentina Stocks, Peso Flat; Bonds Fall Again On Risk Flight Dow Jones Newswire 10/16/08 Argentina moves ahead with 'guaranteed loan' swap Reuters 10/16/08 Emerging-Market Bonds Fall, Adding to Worst Month Since 1998 Bloomberg 10/16/08 Argentina to talk on guaranteed loan swap-report Reuters 10/16/08 Defense rests in suitcase-cash trial Miami Herald 10/16/08 Argentine finances need agreement with "holdouts" for 2009 Mercopress 10/16/08 The possibility of a bond swap grows more distant La Nacion 10/15/08 Latin America faces pain as commodities party ends Reuters/The Guardian 10/15/08 Argentine interbank lending rates at 13-month high Reuters 10/15/08 Argentina fails to strike deal on national airline Financial Times 10/15/08 Argentina industry fears depreciation of Brazilian currency Mercopress 10/15/08 If there are not urgent measures taken, the fall could be very strong La Nacion 10/14/08 South American suitcase-of-cash trial wrapping up in Miami Miami Herald 10/14/08 Chile and Argentina brace for crisis Financial Times 10/14/08 The Kirchners have a new economic guru La Nacion 10/14/08 Decisive week for Aerolineas Argentinas control dispute Mercopress 10/14/08 International Groups Offer Latin America More Loans Wall Street Journal 10/14/08 Argentina eyes ways to limit crisis fallout-media Reuters 10/13/08 Argentina blames IMF for poor supervision in rich countries Mercopress 10/13/08 "There is the risk of a substantial devaluation; The Deutsche Bank, one of the organizers of the debt swap, issued a harsh report on Argentina." Critica de la Argentina 10/13/08 Latin America Can Weather the Storm Wall Street Journal 10/13/08 World Bank cuts Latin America growth forecast Financial Times 10/13/08 Argentine Economic Growth Likely Slowed in August: Week Ahead Bloomberg 10/12/08 Reality Reaches Latin America Wall Street Journal 10/12/08 Argentina eyes ways to limit crisis fallout-media Reuters 10/11/08 Argentine inflation officially 8.7 percent Associated Press/International Herald Tribune 10/11/08 Argentine Government Eyes Adjustments In Foreign Debt Talks-Sources Dow Jones Newswires/FXStreet 10/11/08 Argentina mulls delay to $6.7bn debt repayment Financial Times 10/10/08 US foreign debtor bill targets Argentina Latin Lawyer/Global Arbitration Review 10/10/08 Argentina's entry fee The Economist 10/9/08 Latam central banks go it alone to curb crisis fallout Reuters 10/9/08 Argentina wants emergency meeting of trade group Associated Press/International Herald Tribune 10/9/08 Argentina mulls fund repatriation plan - report Reuters/The Guardian 10/9/08 U.S.: a bill in favor of the holdouts LA NACION 10/8/08 Kirchner challenges Jazz effect: "crisis does not affect us" Mercopress 10/8/08 Argentine stocks, bonds slip on investor risk aversion Reuters 10/8/08 Legislation Seeks to Correct Argentina's Bad Example ATFA 10/8/08 Government blocks payment to Paris Club and doubts the success of the debt swap Clarin 10/7/08 Argentina: Repayment efforts still to convince investors Euromoney 10/7/08 Customs agent suggested not inspecting Venezuelans' luggage El Universal 10/7/08 Emerging-Market Bonds Fall as U.S. Stock Losses Curb Demand Bloomberg 10/7/08 Despite economic turmoil, cautious optimism seen in Latin America Miami Herald 10/7/08 Argentina's peso weakens despite cenbank comments Reuters 10/7/08 UBS Cuts Argentina's 2009 Growth Forecast to 2.5% Bloomberg 10/6/08 Mrs. Kirchner opens oil exploration in South Atlantic Mercopress 10/6/08 Emerging Markets Find They Aren't Insulated From the Tumult New York Times 10/6/08 Argentine Central Bank Lifts Rates on Repo Agreements Bloomberg 10/6/08 Argentine gov't calls financial crisis meeting Reuters 10/6/08 Democrats Shouldn't Coddle Chávez Wall Street Journal 10/6/08 Argentina's Inflation Probably Slowed in September: Week Ahead Bloomberg 10/6/08 Argentine markets tank amid global sell-off Reuters 10/6/08 Argentine Banks Get `Sell' Rating at Citi on Political Concerns Bloomberg 10/6/08 Argentina reluctant to accept a repeat of farmers' conflict Mercopress 10/6/08 Argentina's main opposition party begins recovery Mercopress 10/6/08 U.S. Doesn't Need IMF's Cash, but Does Need Its Help Wall Street Journal 10/4/08 Argentina: Challenges ahead International Financing Review 10/4/08 Call for Argentine minister to testify in Miami court Mercopress 10/4/08 "Suitcase" airport official contradicts Antonini's version Mercopress 10/4/08 Mrs. Kirchner calls on striking farmers; warns on global crisis Mercopress 10/3/08 Not even default prices can save local bonds El Cronista 10/3/08 Argentina dropped: it's not even qualified as an emerging market El Cronista 10/3/08 `Suitcase' Scandal Defendant Had Intelligence Badge, Agent Says Bloomberg 10/3/08 After Financial Crisis, Uncertainty and Lectures From Abroad New York Times 10/3/08 Not even default prices can save local bonds El Cronista 10/3/08 Argentina dropped: it's not even qualified as an emerging market El Cronista 10/2/08 US rests in Venezuela cash suitcase trial Associated Press/Miami Herald 10/2/08 Argentina buys back $17.3 mln in bond auction Reuters 10/2/08 Argentina May Set Restructuring Details Next Week, Clarin Says Clarin 10/2/08 Holding out for Argentina's return Financial Times 10/2/08 Argentine farmers strike for support Financial Times 10/2/08 The debt swap is moving forward but maybe the Paris Club will have to wait Clarin 10/2/08 Today sees the start of the swap road show to pull in bondholders Ambito Financiero 10/2/08 The Government is rebuying more debt Ambito Financiero 10/2/08 The debt swap is growing: more bonds are joining in Ambito Financiero 10/2/08 The punishment of improvisation La Nacion 10/2/08 Tougher European Climate Rules Would Save Money and Length Lives The New York Times 10/1/08 Venezuelan details cash suitcase coverup at trial Associated Press/Washington Post 10/1/08 Argentina's Massa Calls for Talks on Inflation Data Bloomberg 10/1/08 IMF World Bank: Sovereign Debt - New Thinking - Not Out Of The Woods - The World Faces The Worst Financial Crisis For Decades, Yet Only One Emerging Market Sovereign Has So Far Entered Default. But Untested New Issuers, Political Risk And The Persistent L. The Banker 10/1/08 Argentine farmers back on the roads for six-day protest Mercopress 10/1/08 Argentina's Fernandez Needs More `Weed' Soybeans as Debt Rises Bloomberg 10/1/08 The Government is already thinking of a plan B against the crisis Ambito 10/1/08 The Government is seeking to use the swap to postpone payments for USD 8 billion Clarin 10/1/08 Creditors wary of Argentine new debt-swap talks Associated Press/International Herald Tribune 9/30/08 Latin America stocks rebound after Monday meltdown Associated Press/Forbes 9/30/08 Emerging Stocks Rebound on Speculation Rescue Plan May Pass Bloomberg 9/30/08 Argentina opens path to accord with bond holdouts Mercopress 9/30/08 Argentine Defaulted Debt May Gain as Government Announces Swap Bloomberg 9/30/08 Argentina agrees to restructure debt holdouts Associated Press/International Herald Tribune 9/30/08 Cristina signed an agreement with the banks to activate the swap El Cronista 9/29/08 Argentina budget "fails to consider" new global scenario Mercopress 9/29/08 Argentine Defaulted Bonds Gain Ahead of Offer Announcement Bloomberg 9/29/08 Is Argentina Getting its Financial House in Order? Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Advisor 9/29/08 Argentina Gets World Bank Package LatinFinance.com 9/29/08 Argentine President to Speak Tonight on Debt Restructuring Bloomberg 9/29/08 Latin American, Caribbean economies navigate through U.S. crisis Miami Herald 9/29/08 Argentine Restructuring May Be Worth 39 Cents, Merrill Says Bloomberg 9/29/08 The Government wants to open the debt swap in November El Cronista 9/28/08 The President will go to the UN with signals to the markets La Nacion 9/28/08 Lauder, a Klimt and Cristina Clarin 9/28/08 Paris Club and the bondholders, issues for Cristina and Berlusconi in New York Clarin 9/28/08 Cristina gets the debt swap under way joined by a further 3 banks Clarin 9/27/08 The Government does not want to be left with only three Banks in the swap of debt in default Perfil 9/26/08 Court case throws up tales of intrigue Financial Times 9/26/08 Credit crunch crimps Latam commodities producers Reuters/The Guardian 9/26/08 Argentina's Fernandez Urges Italian Investors to Swap Bonds Bloomberg 9/26/08 Argentina says another bank joins holdout proposal Reuters 9/26/08 More banks are joining the swap and Argentina has agreed to present it before the US courts El Cronista 9/26/08 Doubts from risk agencies on offer to bondholders La Nacion 9/25/08 The Economic Team is preparing for the Annual Assembly of the Credit Organization El Cronista 9/25/08 The Plan to Open the Swap is Center Stage El Cronista 9/25/08 The analysis of the banks' proposal to reopen the swap is progressing El Cronista 9/25/08 The Government has decided to normalize the INDEC El Cronista 9/25/08 They signed a secret agreement with the organizing banks El Cronista 9/25/08 New Testimony about Suitcase Scandal Associated Press 9/25/08 Historic announcement of the Government opens new stage in issues of credit and investments iprofesional.com 9/25/08 Few Italians will accept the offer La Nacion 9/25/08 We were mistaken for not participating in the swap of 2005 La Nacion 9/25/08 The bondholders end up with the haircut, the banks with the gains Clarin 9/25/08 It should have been opened earlier Ambito Financiero 9/25/08 Bonds in default could leave up to 20% in dollars Ambito Financiero 9/25/08 US$3.1 billion more will enter the swap Ambito Financiero 9/25/08 Historic announcement of the Government opens new stage in issues of credit and investments iprofesional.com 9/24/08 Antonini: There were two suitcases containing USD 6 million El Universal 9/24/08 Argentina bonds solution hope Financial Times 9/24/08 The market is not buying a "swap within the INDEC" and local bonds are dropping once more El Cronista 9/24/08 The U.S. bondholders don't trust Cristina La Nacion 9/24/08 The market is not buying a "swap within the INDEC" and local bonds are dropping once more El Cronista 9/24/08 The government wants to recover over 85% of the total bonds in default El Cronista 9/24/08 Will Griesa block an offer? Ambito Financiero 9/24/08 The operation could be subject to review by a U.S. judge Clarin 9/23/08 Witness: Another $4.2M was on plane to Argentina Associated Press/Washington Post 9/23/08 The ones who changed were the creditors El Cronista 9/23/08 Cristina accepted a proposal made by three international banks El Cronista 9/23/08 Cristina presents her government with a crucial announcement that puts an end to the Argentine default El Cronista 9/23/08 The vulture funds are still hungry Critica de Argentina 9/23/08 The Task is rejecting any offer less than that made in 2005 El Cronista 9/23/08 The swap takes off with the guaranteed participation of 40% of the holdouts El Cronista 9/23/08 Bondholder picketers complain over the debt Ambito Financiero/EFE 9/23/08 How Investment Bankers are Helping Argentina Conde Nast Portfolio – Market Movers 9/23/08 Italian creditors reject new Argentine debt deal Reuters 9/23/08 Argentina's mulled holdout offer meets skepticism Reuters 9/23/08 Citigroup, Barclays Propose Debt Plan to Argentina Bloomberg 9/23/08 External and internal factors threaten the advance of the Argentine economy Finanzas.com 9/23/08 Argentina tackles refinancing, debt holdout issues Reuters 9/23/08</