Argentina

A referendum set for Sunday opens up old wounds between Argentina and Britain over reign of the islands.

Two people were killed in Argentina on Friday as looters broke into supermarkets in several cities, stirring memories of the country's devastating economic crisis 11 years ago.

A legal clause as the key to smoothing future debt restructurings could be undermined by a U.S. court ruling that Argentina must pay creditors holding its defaulted debt.

Argentina has won a reprieve against having to pay $1.33 billion next month to "holdout" investors who rejected a restructuring of its defaulted debt and have waged a long legal battle to be paid in full.

Argentina will make a last-ditch attempt this week to stall a U.S. court ruling that has shaken the nation's strategy to put a 2002 debt crisis behind it and fueled fears of a fresh default.

Argentina vowed to file suit against Ghana at a United Nations maritime tribunal on Wednesday if the country does not release a tall sailing ship seized after creditors won a court order to keep the vessel in port.