Alberto Fernández demands before the UN that the IMF stops charging interest surcharges

The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernándezsaid this Tuesday to International Monetary Fund (IMF), before the UN General Assembly to stop applying interest surcharges to indebted countries.

“It is shameful that the IMF to apply fare surcharges for many countries, who find it unbearable to carry their children’s backpacks external debt“, said Fernández, a progressive Peronist whose term ends on December 10.

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Argentina took a loan from the IMF in 2018, during the liberal government Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), for 57 billion dollars, but when President Fernández took office he waived pending disbursements and renegotiated the 44 billion received in 2021.

According to calculations of good airthe basic rate of 4.033% applied by the IMF is increased in the Argentine case to 8.033% due to various penalties and financial surcharges.

On the other hand, Fernández appealed once again Will for what “cooperate to advance the investigation”of the terrorist attack against AMIA Jewish-Argentine Centerwith 85 dead and 300 injured in 1994.

Argentine justice maintains the accusation against the Iranian rulers, without being able to interrogate them.

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Fernández also asked U.S finish “the unacceptable”economic blockade to Cuba It is “the sanctions” applied to Venezuela.

As the Peronist government does every year, it denounced once again that the Falkland Islands “They are part of Argentine territory“, but “are illegally occupied by UK“, nation that”refuses to comply with a UN resolution 1965 enter into sovereignty negotiations”.

Source: Elcomercio

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