LatinNews Daily - 24 February 2020

Argentina: On 18 February Argentina’s ambassador to the US, Jorge Argüello, told Argentina’s senate that he had seen a “willingness to collaborate in resolving our problems” from the US government officials in Washington DC. Argüello was alluding to his country’s economic woes and noted that when he presented US President Donald Trump with his diplomatic letter of credence in the Oval Office, Trump showed “a generally good predisposition to listening to Argentina’s situation and collaborating on a solution to our problems.” Argüello said this response was in stark contrast to his previous experience as ambassador to the US (2011-2013), in the run-up to the last time that Argentina defaulted on its sovereign debt in 2014. The significance of Argüello’s insight was articulated in the meeting by the leader in the senate of the ruling Frente de Todos party, José Mayans, who underlined the “big role” that the US plays in decisions made by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), adding that “there’s some work to be done there, above all on this debt scheme”, an allusion to Argentina’s ongoing debt negotiations with the IMF. After leaving the senate meeting, Argüello informed the press that he has already started working on a possible meeting between Trump and Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández, which he did not deny could be confirmed at some point this year.

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