LEAD ARTICLES:

LEAD ARTICLES:

 

AMBITO FINANCIERO: “Fintech promised to approach the holdouts on a new swap” by Carlos Burgueño

 

EL CRONISTA: “Holdout saga: Argentina asks not to give more time to the “friends” of the vulture funds” by Laura Garcia

 

EL CRONISTA: “Partner of Cablevision is allied against the vulture funds” (no byline)

 

LA NACION: “The IADB decides if it will release US$6 billion to the country” by Florencia Donovan        

 

CLARIN: “For the U.S., the conflict over the media law is of “great importance”” by Ana Baron  

 

CLARIN: “For the U.S., relations with Argentina are complex”  by Ana Baron

 

PAGINA/12: ““Griesa will release the Frigate”” by Cristian Carrillo

 

 

DEBT DIGEST:

 

EL CRONISTA:

·         “For FT, ‘the trial of the century’ is on” (no byline)

Note that the Financial Times’ Alphaville blog is calling the dispute between Argentina and the holdouts “the trial of the century”. http://ftalphaville.ft.com/tag/pari-passu-saga/

 

LA NACION:

·         “U.S. concerned over pressures on judiciary,” by Silvia Pisani

Reports same comments from Roberta Jacobson at Council of the America’s talk, about concern over the media law and the “complex relations” with Argentina, as reported by Ana Baron in greater depth.

 

AMBITO FINANCIERO:

·         “Government celebrates the payment (farewell) of the Coupon,” by Guillermo Laborda

The government is preparing to transfer the US$3.5 billion on Monday to pay the GDP Coupon and the last big bond payment of the year.  The government “can celebrate” that it will make the payment without problems thanks to the 2^nd Circuit stay, the article notes.

 

 

OTHER NEWS ITEMS:

·         The lead prosecutor of the Clarin Group’s constitutional challenge to the Media Law has declared to the presiding federal judge that he has concluded that the law is constitutional, and the judge should deny Clarin’s challenge.  It is now up to the judge to rule.  Meanwhile, Justice Minister Julio Alak confirmed in an interview on Radio Continental that the government is looking into initiating impeachment proceedings against the judges of the Civil and Commercial Court that supported the continued injunction on the Media Law in support of Clarin’s challenge.

 

 

JORGE ARGUELLO on Twitter and Blog:

·         More tweeted links to items about Alicia Kirchner’s award from PAHO for leadership on health and human rights, and a tweet about the U.S. recognizing the Syrian opposition.

 

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