Argentina
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Argentina: the chainsaw breaks down
4 October 2025 - by Michael Roberts
Last week US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent offered a $20bn swap line to Javier Milei’s government in Argentina and pledged to buy its bonds, as the Trump administration moved to shore up its ideological ally. The measures temporarily halted a (…) -
BRICS 2025 Questions and Answers Series (Part 4)
China and the IMF, supported by BRICS+, provided a lifeline to Javier Milei’s far-right government in Argentina
26 September 2025 - by Eric Toussaint
In September 2025, after having presided over the country since December 2023, the neo-fascist Javier Milei suffered an electoral defeat in an important vote. The result was the election in the province of Buenos Aires. This election renewed 46 (…) -
Argentina: Examples and alternatives for understanding the debt crisis in the South [Part 5]
7 May 2025 - by Maxime Perriot
When it comes to the IMF’s influence on the countries of the Global South, Argentina is a must. During Juan Domingo Perón’s presidency, Argentina initially declined to join the IMF and World Bank, but eventually did so in 1956 during the (…) -
Argentina: anarcho capitalism to austerity
16 April 2025 - by Michael Roberts
On Monday, the IMF announced that it had agreed to lend Argentina’s Milei government a further $20bn (on top of existing debts) to tide the government over in meeting its debt obligations and restoring its fast-falling foreign exchange reserves. (…) -
Open Letter to Kristalina Georgieva (IMF)
31 March 2025 - by Atilio Boron
Ms. Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund The Argentine government has said that it is counting on a firm promise from the IMF to extend a new loan to this troubled country. It does not take a keen observer (…) -
Argentina
The ETERNAL Norita!
7 June 2024 - by Eric Toussaint, CADTM International, Maria Elena Saludas
At 6:41 p. m. on Thursday, May 30, at the age of 94, our beloved Nora Cortiñas left us; we will miss her so much. Barely a few seconds after this sad news, which we didn’t want to hear, was announced, someone had already shouted “ETERNAL (…) -
The 6th International Eco-socialist Meeting and the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Eco-socialist Meeting concluded successfully
7 June 2024 - by Maria Elena Saludas
Over three days (9-11 May), the city of Buenos Aires received over 250 activists from 30 nations. After more than a year of planning, we were able to assemble in the auditorium of the ATE (Association of State Workers) to discuss and attempt to (…) -
Argentina
Towards the 6th International Ecosocialist Meeting
2 May 2024 - by Maria Elena Saludas
On 9, 10 and 11 May 2024, the 6th International Ecosocialist Meeting and the 1st Latin American and Caribbean Ecosocialist Meeting will be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.. What is ecosocialism and what does it advocate? Our aim is to put (…) -
CADTM International supports the general strike in Argentina on 24 January 2024 and the popular uprising against debt
23 January 2024 - by CADTM International
CADTM International supports the general strike in Argentina on 24 January 2024 and the popular uprising against debt. We invite you to join the drum rallies in various countries around the world. Our country is not for sale, it must be defended! (…) -
Argentina election: from peso to dollar?
25 October 2023 - by Michael Roberts
Argentines will vote in general elections today with both the mainstream parties weakened by the legacy of multiple economic crises and challenged by a libertarian outsider, Javier Milei. The deeply unpopular current president Alberto (…) -
Developing debt disaster
20 June 2023 - by Michael Roberts
Next week 300 international organisations and 100 heads of state meet in Paris to discuss how “to build a more responsive, fairer and more inclusive international financial system to fight inequalities, finance the climate transition, and bring (…) -
In memory of Raúl Quiroz
16 July 2022 - by Eric Toussaint, Griselda Pinero
This tribute was written by four hands. Griselda started the portrait of Raúl and Eric took over. Griselda I have been asked to write a portrait of Raúl, who has now taken his leave. For a final goodbye I put a red rose into his shirt (…) -
Eric Toussaint: “The IMF agreement with Argentina is perversely sophisticated”
15 June 2022 - by Eric Toussaint, Martín Mosquera
This interview was done by Martín Mosquera for the Latin-American magazine Jacobinlat. Martín Mosquera (Jacobinlat): Concerning Argentina’s agreement with the IMF, there are two ideas presented by the national government that need to be (…) -
The Argentinian (2001) and Sri Lankan (2022) Financial Crises: Ways Forward from a Feminist Perspective
27 April 2022 - by Corina Rodriguez
In response to Sri Lanka’s ongoing economic crisis, and the consensus across the political spectrum and even social classes that an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bail-out and structural adjustment programme is the only short-to-medium term (…) -
Argentine civil society denounces new IMF agreement as illegitimate
9 April 2022 - by Bretton Woods Project
As reported by Al Jazeera, the Argentine Senate voted on 18 March to proceed with a 30-month Extended Fund Facility (EFF) arrangement of $45 billion or 1000 per cent of the country’s quota. The programme was agreed upon days ahead of a payment of (…) -
Why the Popular Movement in Argentina Against the Debt and the IMF is Important
8 April 2022 - by Maria Elena Saludas
The Argentine government and International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiators reached an agreement on 3 March to refinance some 45 billion dollars in debt. An agreement that was ratified by a majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) on the night of (…) -
Two hectic weeks in Argentina, against the agreement with the IMF
31 March 2022 - by Eric Toussaint
It has to be noted that in March 2022 the political and social life in Argentina was largely polarized by acceptance or rejection of the 22nd agreement between Argentina and the International Monetary Funds. A little background: Relations (…) -
Interview with Verónica Gago and Luci Cavallero
“Debt Is A War Against Women’s Autonomy”
22 April 2021 - by Verónica Gago, Luci Cavallero, Beatriz Ortiz Martínez
On the occasion of the publication the expanded edition and English translation of A Feminist Reading of Debt, Beatriz Ortiz Martínez, from CADTM, interviewed its authors Verónica Gago and Luci Cavallero, researchers and professors in Buenos (…) -
A country is entitled to refuse to repay a debt
26 November 2020 - by Eric Toussaint, Revista Mugica
The following interview, given by Éric Toussaint to the Argentine review Mugica, has been adapted to make it accessible to readers who are not necessarily aware of the details of what is going on in Argentina. The arguments used in the article (…) -
Argentina
Voluntary Termination of Debt
18 May 2020 - by Verónica Gago, Luci Cavallero
The feminist movement in Argentina, and across Latin America, has gained force and strength in recent years. That movement can be characterized not only by its massiveness in terms of the number of people on the streets, but also for how it has (…) -
Can the IMF Be Trusted on Argentina?
21 February 2020 - by Eric Toussaint
After the IMF mission to Argentina agreed with President Fernandez that the foreign debt is unsustainable, international debt campaigner Eric Toussaint tells teleSUR that the Fund is not to be trusted. -
Argentina: facing another debt crisis
18 December 2019 - by Eric Toussaint
After four years of brutal neoliberal policies under Mauricio Macri as President, Argentina is again facing a major debt crisis. Let us remember that when Macri started his mandate in December 2015 he accepted all the injunctions formulated (…) -
Boom and then bust?
30 April 2019 - by Michael Roberts
Last March, I posted that the global economy seemed to be in a fantasy world where stock markets hit new highs but output of goods and services, investment and trade was stagnating in the major economies. This week, the US stock recorded yet (…) -
Statement of ATTAC - ARGENTINA
We denounce the ideological persecution and the attempt to intimidate us
16 November 2018 - by ATTAC/CADTM Argentina
From ATTAC Argentina, we tell them “you will not be able to INTIMIDATE us”. ATTAC is an organization known worldwide for its activism against tax havens and money laundering. It is absurd and disgusting that a government filled with crooks, who (…) -
Argentina: More lending guarantees creeping austerity
16 November 2018 - by Gino Brunswijck
Against a backdrop of public protests, on 25 October the Argentinian government approved the 2019 budget including US$10 billion worth of cuts in essential areas such as education and public works. The next day, the Executive Board of the (…)
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