Argentina’s Warning on Sovereign Debt
The sum of the sovereign debt emissions by all of the world’s treasuries constitutes an enormous financial market concentrated in a few principal currencies and legal jurisdictions.
The sum of the sovereign debt emissions by all of the world’s treasuries constitutes an enormous financial market concentrated in a few principal currencies and legal jurisdictions.
The member countries of UNASUR met in Bariloche, Argentinaon Aug. 28. Photo: connuestraamerica.blogspot.com. On Aug. 28, 10 South American presidents gathered at the luxurious Llao Llao hotel in the Patagonian ski resort
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Perspectives on the ICSID and Argentina’s Debt “Some multinational companies take over our natural resources, privatize basic services, fail to pay taxes and then, when they have no arguments in their defense,