Argentina seeks emergency release of $50bn in IMF funds amid financial crisis
by Associated Press in Buenos Aires from on (#3XRNJ)
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Argentina's President Mauricio Macri has asked the International Monetary Fund for an early release of funds from a $50bn deal to ease concerns that the country will not be able to meet its debt obligations for 2019.
Macri said in a televised address that Argentina had agreed with the IMF "to advance all necessary funds to guarantee compliance with next year's financial programme".
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