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Banco de la Nación Argentina (BNA; English: Bank of the Argentine Nation) is a large bank in Argentina, and the largest in the country's banking sector. History [ edit ] The Bank of the Argentine Nation was founded on 18 October 1891 by President Carlos Pellegrini , with the purpose of stabilizing the nation's finances following the Panic of ...
The Headquarters of the Bank of the Argentine Nation (Spanish: Casa Central del Banco de la Nación Argentina), more often referred locally as Banco Nación Casa Central, is a monumental bank building next to the Plaza de Mayo, founding site of Buenos Aires and host of major events in the history of the country.
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd., 573 U.S. 134 (2014), is a U.S. Supreme Court opinion regarding foreign sovereign immunity. After defaulting on its debt and losing a federal collection action, Argentina claimed that its foreign assets were immune from discovery. The Court found that no such immunity ...
Location of Argentina. Argentina is a federal republic in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with its neighbor Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south.
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (Spanish: Banco Central de la República Argentina, BCRA) is the central bank of Argentina, being an autarchic entity.. Article 3 of the Organic Charter lists the objectives of this Institution: “The bank aims to promote, to the extent of its powers and within the framework of the policies established by the national government, monetary stability ...
In 1891 and 1892, the same denominations were produced by the recently created "Banco de la Nación Argentina". In 1894, the Banco Nación introduced larger denomination notes for 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1000 pesos. Paper money production was taken over by the "Caja de Conversión" in 1899. That year, 50 centavos, 1 and 100 pesos ...
Colonial economy An 1868 photo of a gaucho. Gauchos helped livestock ranching extend through much of Argentina. Field wagons ("carretas") were introduced by the Spaniards at the end of the 16th century as transport for passengers and goods. During the colonial period, present-day Argentina offered fewer economic advantages compared to other parts of the Spanish Empire, such as Mexico or Peru ...
The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange ( BCBA; Spanish: Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires) is the organization responsible for the operation of Argentina 's primary stock exchange located at Buenos Aires central business district. Founded in 1854, [2] it is the successor to the Banco Mercantil, which was created in 1822 by Bernardino Rivadavia.