Greek debt talks haunted by ghost of Argentina

Buenos Aires (AFP) - With Greece in danger of tumbling into the economic abyss it faces the haunting memory of Argentina in 2001, when the South American country defaulted on nearly $100 billion and was plunged into a crisis it is still battling back from.

Argentina enacts law restructuring government debt

Argentina's Congress has approved legislation to restructure the country's debt and sidestep a US court ruling that recently pushed the government into its second default in 13 years.

Argentina to ease foreign exchange controls after peso slump

Argentina is to relax its strict foreign exchange controls, a day after the peso suffered its steepest daily decline in 12 years.