Locals on board for Argentina debt swap
(January 14, 2005) Argentina on Friday launched its historic offer to restructure $102.6 billion in defaulted debt, scoring an early but expected victory as local pension funds holding 17 percent of...
View ArticleGrinding them down: Argentina’s debt
(January 17, 2005) The terms of Argentina's debt swap are harsh. Even so, most bondholders will probably accept them. Continue reading →
View ArticleArgentina apologizes for debt fiasco amid hostility
(January 20, 2005) As hostility to Argentina's debt swap offer spread from Italy to Germany, Argentina made a rare apology on television to Italian bondholders, most of them pensioners, who bought the...
View ArticleCharging interest on bullets: calls mount for debt cancellation
(February 1, 2005) High-profile debt cases in South Asia, Argentina and Iraq are leading to increased calls worldwide for independent tribunals to determine which debts are not legally enforceable....
View ArticleCan debtors be choosers?
(February 15, 2005) The implications of Argentina's struggle with IMF debt for highly indebted poor countries. Continue reading →
View ArticleThe debt crisis that has taught lenders nothing
(February 17, 2005) An economic crisis as astonishing as Argentina's deserves a detailed forensic examination, and in Paul Blustein's second book it receives it. Continue reading →
View ArticleFollowing, not fearing, Argentina
(February 25, 2005) Some Filipino lawmakers would like to emulate Argentina, which defaulted on its loans in December 2001, rather than heed its example as a warning. Continue reading →
View ArticleFormer officials padded pockets with impunity
(May 10, 2005) Former Argentine government ministers, lawmakers and judges who benefited from graft payments throughout the 1990s could be punished by little more than a slap on the wrist if "secret...
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