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Argentina pays US$1.9 billion installment to IMF amid political crisis

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - For the first payment, Alberto Fernández's government officially redeemed the US$4.33 billion in Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) issued by the IMF to inject liquidity into the global economy during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Some of this money was used to pay off the debt installment, currently being renegotiated. In 2018, still under the government of former President Mauricio Macri, Argentina closed a US$57 billion bailout program with the IMF. Of that amount, Argentina received US$45 billion.

Fernández's goal is to complete the debt renegotiation with the IMF after . . .

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