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Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
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Argentina peso closes down slightly despite rate hike
BUENOS AIRES Argentina's peso closed slightly weaker on Monday, though analysts remained optimistic the government and central bank had curbed a run on the currency with a massive rate hike and lower fiscal deficit target last week.
Argentina curbs peso's fall though risks linger
BUENOS AIRES, May 7 Argentina likely stopped a run on the peso with a massive rate hike and lower fiscal deficit target on Friday, though high inflation and large amounts of debt are lingering risks, economists said.
Argentina curbs peso's fall though risks linger
BUENOS AIRES, May 7 Argentina likely stopped a run on the peso with a massive rate hike and lower fiscal deficit target on Friday, though high inflation and large amounts of debt are lingering risks, economists said.
EXPLAINER-Argentina ends wild market week with 40 pct interest rate
BUENOS AIRES, May 4 Argentina, which had been an investor darling for much of last year, curbed a sharp devaluation of its peso currency on Friday after hiking interest rates for the third time in a week, selling more than 10 percent of its dollar reserves and lowering its fiscal deficit goal.
Narcos producer shows 'mechanism' of Brazil corruption in new series
A vast corruption investigation in Brazil that has toppled businessmen and lawmakers, haunted two presidencies and captivated the media, debuts as a Netflix series this week, long before anyone can predict how the real-life probe will end.
Argentina's last ex-dictator Bignone dies at age 90
BUENOS AIRES The last leader of Argentina's 1976 - 1983 "dirty war" military dictatorship, Reynaldo Bignone, died in a military hospital on Wednesday, Argentina's state-run news agency Telam said.
Tillerson to visit Peru and Colombia, dogged by Trump aid threat
BUENOS AIRES U.S. President Donald Trump's call this week to cut aid for countries where drugs are produced or trafficked could cast a shadow on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's South America visit as he heads for top cocaine-producing nations Peru and Colombia.
Tillerson to visit Peru and Colombia, dogged by Trump aid threat
BUENOS AIRES U.S. President Donald Trump's call this week to cut aid for countries where drugs are produced or trafficked could cast a shadow on Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's South America visit as he heads for top cocaine-producing nations Peru and Colombia.
Pope ends Latin American trip with warning about political corruption
LIMA Pope Francis celebrated an open air Mass for more than 1 million people on Sunday, ending a trip to Chile and Peru marked by tough talk on political corruption but a backlash over what many see as his insufficient resolve to tackle sexual abuse in the Church.
Key cardinal rebukes pope over abuse comment in rare move
TRUJILLO, Peru A key U.S. cardinal distanced himself on Saturday from comments by Pope Francis on sexual abuse, saying they had caused "great pain," a remarkable move pointing to divisions in the Roman Catholic Church over how to treat accusers.
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