El Cronista: “Reopening of the swap: bondholders say that there is at least US$500 million ‘assured’”

El Cronista: “Reopening of the swap: bondholders say that there is at least US$500 million ‘assured’”

 

La Nacion: “Dispute over hearing with the vulture funds”

 

La Nacion: (reprint: Corriere della Sera): “From the tango bonds to fudged statistics: the “creative” lies of Argentina”

 

La Nacion: “Talk in Italy of Argentina’s “creative” lies”  

 

Clarin: “Strong criticism from the U.S. over import restrictions”

 

OTHER NEWS ITEMS:

·         Hernan Lorenzino took to Twitter to again criticize the IMF, saying its “remedies” lead economies to “a social abyss.”  More: “The motion of censure includes: protection for national industry and jobs, self-financing without the market, saying no to the vultures.”

·         Hector Timerman is in London, and failed to convince the British government to meet with him on the Falkland Islands issue without the presence of representatives of the Falklands government.  “The Argentine government does not take orders from foreigners,” he said.

·         Andres Oppenheimer’s Miami Herald op-ed on the Argentina-Iran agreement (http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/01/30/3208968/argentina-iran-deal-makes-a-mockery.html ) ran in Spanish today in La Nacion: (http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1551837-argentina-iran-un-fraude-a-la-justicia )

·         Commerce Secretary Guillermo Moreno has ordered all supermarket chains to freeze prices on all items sold in their stores until April 1, 2013.

·         Cristina announced yesterday that she is preparing legislation to carry out her calls for “democratization” of the judiciary, including “changes” in the “selection and judging” of magistrates, but didn’t give more details.

·         The verbal attack on Axel Kicillof and his family on the Colonia-Buenos Aires ferry on Sunday night continues to be a major political subject of discussion.  The pro-K side says the attack was a sign that the “elites” don’t want to see “an Argentina for all,” while the opposition said such incidents, which they don’t support, are a reflection of the “politics of confrontation” that Cristina and the government have imposed on the country, and are a natural reaction in such an environment.  A video of the incident surfaced on YouTube and excerpts from it were playing on TV yesterday: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWRjrpgGgI0

 

 

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