Axel Kicillof, Argentina's economy minister, gave no sign of whether Buenos Aires would abide by a US judge's order to pay more than US$1.3bil to holdouts hedge funds that swooped in to pick up Argentine bonds for dimes on the dollar and then refused to take a haircut, demanding instead full payment - EPA Photo.
WASHINGTON: Argentina's Economy Minister Axel Kicillof urged fellow Latin American countries Thursday to help find an "urgent solution" to the country's debt battle as it faces possible default.
Kicillof told a special meeting at the Organisation of American States in Washington on the country's fight with "vulture" hedge fund bondholders that the country wants action, "not just words."
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