Scott Bessent
US Congress report suggests legislation to limit bailouts like Argentinas
The United States Congressional Research Service, a nonpartisan public policy research institute within the U.S. Congress, released a report last Friday suggesting that...
Buenos Aires HeraldApril 29, 20260
US Treasury Secretary calls Argentina centerpiece for Latin America strategy
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday that Trump’s endorsement and the US$20 billion U.S. currency swap with Argentina had enabled President...
Buenos Aires HeraldJanuary 27, 20260
Argentina repays part of its U.S. currency swap
Argentina’s Central Bank announced on Friday it has repaid the portion of the US$20 billion currency swap with the United States’ Treasury that...
Facundo IglesiaJanuary 9, 20260
US Treasury Secretary says Argentina has activated the currency swap
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Tuesday that Argentina had activated the currency swap. The announcement put an end to days of...
Buenos Aires HeraldNovember 11, 20250
US Treasury Secretary Bessent says he intends to visit Argentina ‘soon’
United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he intends to visit Argentina “soon” following the full-scale economic bailout granted by his government. Bessent...
Buenos Aires HeraldOctober 30, 20250
Democratic senator accuses Trump of ‘buying’ Milei’s win as spat over bailout grows
President Javier Milei’s landslide victory in Argentina’s midterms is causing new rifts in the United States, as Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren accused President...
Buenos Aires HeraldOctober 28, 20250
Trump congratulates Milei on ‘landslide victory’ in Argentina’s midterms
United States President Donald Trump congratulated his Argentine counterpart, Javier Milei, on his “landslide victory” in Sunday’s national midterms and said he had...
Buenos Aires HeraldOctober 27, 20250
Scott Bessent uses word ‘Peronist’ to insult Democratic lawmaker
United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren an “American Peronist” on Friday after she told U.S. banks not to...
Buenos Aires HeraldOctober 24, 20250
Central Bank sells US$45.5 million, but peso slides anyway
Argentinas Central Bank sold US$45.5 million on Tuesday in its first exchange market intervention in over a month. The peso lost ground anyway,...
Buenos Aires HeraldOctober 21, 20250
Scott Bessent confirms Argentina-US currency swap has been signed
United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed on Tuesday that his office has signed a US$20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank...
Buenos Aires HeraldOctober 21, 20250
