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Bessent signals US willingness to offer Argentina a credit line

2 days ago | batimes.com.ar | Ignacio Olivera Doll |Daniel Flatley |James Grainger

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration would be willing to offer Argentina’s government a specific credit line if a global shock jeopardised President Javier Milei’s economic turnaround, according to three people with direct knowledge of his comments.
Latin America bids fond farewell to its first pontiff

2 days ago | batimes.com.ar | James Grainger

The passing of Latin America's first pope sparked an outpouring of sorrow — and gratitude — from Buenos Aires to Santiago, with everyone from Lionel Messi to disparaged migrants mourning a figure who spoke to and for the region's faithful. Brazilian Monique Neves turned emotional just remembering Pope Francis holding her then-three-month-old son in Rio's cathedral more than a decade ago.
IMF holds firm on Argentina growth forecast despite global uncertainty

2 days ago | batimes.com.ar | James Grainger

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has maintained its 5.5 percent growth projection for Argentina in 2025, despite global trade uncertainty. The multilateral lender cited “positive data” seen in the early months of the year. It acknowledged that tighter fiscal policy had been offset by a rise in market confidence, allowing it to hold its forecast despite mounting global uncertainty.
Government confirms President Milei will attend Pope’s funeral

2 days ago | batimes.com.ar | James Grainger

President Javier Milei will depart Buenos Aires on a flight bound for Rome on Thursday night in order to attend the weekend funeral of Pope Francis. Milei, who clashed in the past with the Argentine pontiff, will represent the nation at his compatriot’s funeral in Rome. Francis, 88, died Monday at the Vatican. In response, Milei has decreed seven days of mourning, during which all official celebrations will be suspended and national flags will be at half-mast.
A 'discreet death': Vatican recounts Pope's last hours

2 days ago | batimes.com.ar | James Grainger

Pope Francis thanked his personal nurse for encouraging him to greet the crowds in St Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, according to the Vatican, which said that these were amongst his last words. The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on Monday morning from a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in hospital battling double pneumonia.
Pope’s funeral to take place on April 26 in Rome

2 days ago | batimes.com.ar | James Grainger

The funeral of Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday at the age of 88, will take place on Saturday morning, the Holy See said in a statement Tuesday. The mass will be celebrated by the dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re, according to the statement, while the Argentine pontiff’s body will be on public display from Wednesday for mourners to pay their respects. The pope’s funeral will draw major political figures to Rome at a time of escalating geopolitical tensions.
'One isn't born a saint!' - School nuns remember Pope Francis as a boy

3 days ago | batimes.com.ar | Sonia Avalos |James Grainger

At the school in Buenos Aires where he started his religious journey at the young age of five, the nuns remember the boy who would later become Pope Francis as "mischievous." A boisterous child, he played football with his friends in the courtyard, and sprinted up and down the marble stairs. "They say he was rather mischievous," recounted Teresa Rovira, a teacher at the Nuestra Señora de la Misericordia kindergarten where then-Jorge Bergoglio enrolled in the early 1940s.
The Pope who never returned - Argentina mourns its national hero

3 days ago | batimes.com.ar | Patrick Gillespie |Manuela Tobias |James Grainger

Twelve years after crowding the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate Pope Francis’ coronation, Argentines mourned on Monday the death of a national hero who never returned home. People sombrely gathered outside Argentina’s national cathedral as political leaders entered for mass. Across the same plaza, President Javier Milei ordered flags at half mast atop Casa Rosada and his administration prepared to declare seven days of mourning.
Pope pushed himself, knew he 'did not have long left' - Vatican source

3 days ago | batimes.com.ar | Clément Melki |James Grainger

Pope Francis looked visibly drained when he drove around St Peter's Square in his popemobile on Easter Sunday, cheered by a rapt crowd in what became his final public appearance. Aged 88 and weakened by five weeks battling double pneumonia in hospital, some in the Vatican suspect the head of the Catholic Church knew that his strength was abandoning him.
Pope Francis died of a stroke, confirms Vatican in statement

3 days ago | batimes.com.ar | James Grainger

Pope Francis died of a stroke, causing a coma and "irreversible" heart failure, according to his death certificate released by the Vatican Monday. The 88-year-old Catholic leader died on Monday morning, almost a month after having been discharged from five weeks in hospital where he nearly succumbed to double pneumonia. Francis died at 7.35am (0535 GMT) in his apartment at the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican.