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The US Supreme Court ruled that Argentina would have to pay the full value of the bond to those who did not accept restructuring

IMF voices concern over Argentina's bond defeat

The International Monetary Fund has voiced concern over the potential impact of Argentina's US legal defeat in its fight against hedge fund investors in its defaulted bonds.

Business • 17 Jun 14

IMF chief Christine Lagarde welcomes Paris Club debt deal for Argentina

IMF says debt deal will help Argentina

IMF managing director Christine Lagarde has cautiously welcomed steps taken by Argentina to settle a decade-old falling out with creditors.

Business • 30 May 14

Argentina due to repay a minimum of $1.150 billion by May 2015, with the next payment due by May 2016

Argentina agrees with Paris Club to clear debts

The Paris Club of industrialised creditor nations announced an agreement for Argentina to clear nearly $10 billion in debt arrears and resume payments.

Business • 29 May 14

Ted Turner has a large estate in Argentina's Patagonia region

Ted Turner taken to hospital during Argentina trip

Ted Turner, the CNN founder and American media tycoon turned philanthropist, was hospitalised during a trip to Argentina, a medical source has said, with reports suggesting he could have appendicitis.

Business • 07 Mar 14

The foundering economy has proven to be a major political liability for President Cristina Kirchner

Argentina lifts foreign currency restrictions

Argentina has lifted restrictions in place since 2011 that limited the purchase of foreign currency, a day after the peso suffered its worst single-day dive since the 2002 financial crisis.

Business • 24 Jan 14

Cristina Fernandez had surgery last month to remove blood that had pooled on the surface of her brain

Fernandez returns to work after brain operation

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez should be able to resume some work after being given a provisional green light by doctors.

News • 10 Nov 13

Cristina Fernandez is due to undergo brain surgery tomorrow in Buenos Aires

Argentine president to undergo brain surgery

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is expected to have surgery tomorrow for a subdural haematoma, or bleeding on the brain.

News • 07 Oct 13

Ralph Lauren Corp received lenient treatment due to 'extensive' cooperation with the inquiry

Ralph Lauren Corp to pay fine over bribery claims

Clothing retailer Ralph Lauren Corp will pay over $1.6 million to settle a criminal and civil investigation of allegations that a subsidiaries bribed government officials in Argentina.

Business • 22 Apr 13

Days of torrential rains swamped Argentina's low-lying capital

Argentina in mourning after floods

The government of Argentina has declared three days of national mourning after more than 50 people died in floods.

News • 04 Apr 13

Critics say Pope Francis failed to protect priests during Argentina's 'dirty war'

Vatican rejects claims Pope ignored rights abuses

The Vatican has denied accusations by some critics in Argentina that Pope Francis stayed silent during systematic human rights abuses by the former military dictatorship there.

News • 15 Mar 13

The mood was festive as islanders lined up in the cold to vote in the capital Stanley

Falklands votes overwhelmingly to remain British

Residents of the Falkland Islands have voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in a referendum over sovereignty.

News • 12 Mar 13

This is the first time that the IMF has censured a member state

IMF censures Argentina over figures

The International Monetary Fund has has formally censured Argentina for failing to comply with international standards for compiling inflation and economic growth figures.

News • 02 Feb 13

Cristina Fernandez said Argentina was 'forcibly stripped' of the islands in the 1830s

Cameron rebuffs Argentina claims on Falklands

British Prime Minister David Cameron has said the future of the Falkland Islands was up to the people who live there - not Argentina.

News • 03 Jan 13

The authorities of Chile and Argentina issued yellow alerts due to the eruption of the Copahue volcano

Officials on alert over Copahue volcano

Increased activity at a volcano on the border of Chile and Argentina has authorities in both countries on alert.

News • 23 Dec 12

A policeman disperses looters after an attack on a supermarket in San Fernando in Buenos Aires province

Two dead as looting spreads in Argentina

Two people have been killed in Argentina after looters broke into supermarkets in several cities, stirring memories of the country's devastating economic crisis 11 years ago.

News • 22 Dec 12

Fitch says Argentina default is 'probable'

Fitch Ratings has downgraded Argentina, which is locked in a court battle in New York over its debt, and said the country would probably default.

Business • 28 Nov 12

Hernan Lorenzino says the government will take the judge's ruling to the US Second Circuit Appeals Court in Manhattan on Monday

Argentina to fight bond investor ruling

Argentina is willing to take its debt fight with "holdout" bond investors to the US Supreme Court if necessary, Economy Minister Hernan Mr Lorenzino has said.

Business • 23 Nov 12

Argentina replaces head of navy after ship seizure

Argentina has replaced the head of its navy and suspended two senior navy officials following the seizure of a naval training ship and its 300 crew in West Africa.

News • 16 Oct 12

Higgins presented with jerseys in Argentina

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner hosted President Michael D Higgins at the government mansion as part of Mr Higgins' two-week South American tour.

News • 12 Oct 12

$The ARA Libertad is valued between $10m-$15m, only a fraction of what the hedge fund is claiming$

Bondholders nab Argentine Naval ship

Economics Correspondent Sean Whelan reports that defaulting on national debt does not make all one's problems disappear.

Special Reports • 04 Oct 12

Argentine Navy ship nabbed by bondholder

Next week President Higgins will be in Buenos Aires, where he will honour the memory of Admiral William Brown, the founder of the Argentine Navy.

Business • 05 Oct 12

President Higgins was an observer in the Chilean election that saw the end of Pinochet's dictatorship

President begins South America visit in Chile

President Michael D Higgins began a two-week official visit to South America today.

News • 04 Oct 12

President Michael D Higgins hopes to boost links with the three nations he will visit

President Michael D Higgins to visit South America

President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina have departed on an official visit to South America.

News • 02 Oct 12

Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone are believed to have overseen the theft of 400 babies from leftist detainees

Former Argentinian leaders stole prisoners' babies

Two former leaders during Argentina's military rule have been found guilty of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners.

News • 07 Jul 12

Argentina appoints board of nationalised YPF

The shareholders of Argentina's recently nationalised YPF oil company have elected a board of directors a month after the government seized the company from Spain's Repsol.

Business • 05 Jun 12