please do make summary this article in 3min presentation.just summary is fineArgentina moved closer to its second default in 13 years, after a U.S. court struck down the country’s request for more time to negotiate with a small group of holdout creditors.Argentina has largely run out of legal options in its long battle with hedge funds suing to collect on bonds affected by the country’s 2001 default. U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa has ruled that Argentina must compensate the hedge funds at the same time it pays investors who exchanged defaulted bonds for heavily discounted new debt. Separately, Argentina said Thursday that it had deposited some $832 million at New York banks to make interest payments due June 30 on its foreign-currency bonds without paying the holdout creditors. Those payments included some $539 million deposited in an account held by Bank of New York Mellon Corp. at Argentina’s central bank.In a televised speech, Economy Minister Axel Kicillof accused the judge of trying to push Argentina into a new default. “The absurd ruling…constitutes a sophisticated way to try and bring us to our knees before global usurers,” he said. However, it is unclear if bondholders will actually be able to receive and accept the interest payments. Judge Griesa has said New York banks that send payments from Argentina to bondholders would be violating his orders if they helped Argentina skirt his ruling.Bank of New York Mellon, which processes payments for Argentina, didn’t respond to a request for comment.By announcing the payments, Argentina is trying to demonstrate its willingness and capacity to pay restructured bondholders, while it is unable to because of the U.S. court order, analysts said. Mr. Kicillof’s stance was in line with Argentina’s strategy of polishing its nationalistic credentials at home by attacking the judge and hedge funds, while adopting a more conciliatory message abroad. “Any conduct that tries to hinder these payments to creditors constitutes a serious violation of international law,” Mr. Kicillof said.The payments come as Judge Griesa said in a signed order on Thursday that Argentina’s request for more time was “not appropriate,” adding that the court has no control over whether Argentina pays its restructured bondholders. Argentina had asked the judge to suspend his order so it could make Monday’s payments and have more time to negotiate with holdouts. Hedge funds led by Elliott Management Corp.’s affiliate NML Capital Ltd. and Aurelius Capital Management LP had urged the judge to reject Argentina’s plea, saying that allowing more time would give Argentina few incentives to negotiate. In a letter to Judge Griesa following Argentina’s announcement, the lawyer representing the hedge funds asked the judge to call a hearing to address what he called a violation of the court’s order. Argentina has balked at paying the holdouts, saying it would be bankrupted by an avalanche of other creditor claims. If Thursday’s payments don’t make it to bondholders, Argentina could sink into a technical default, with a 30-day grace period to pay before it faces a full-blown default.Argentina’s Merval stock index fell 2% Thursday. The price on the country’s dollar bonds that mature in 2033, whose interest payment is due on Monday, dropped after the judge’s denial to 86 cents on the dollar, from 87.5 cents. The yield rose to 10.14%, from 9.92%, as bond yields move inversely to prices.Argentine Economic Minister Axel Kicillof speaks during a news conference at United Nations headquarters earlier in June. Associated Press Still, the bonds are trading higher than where they were before the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Argentina’s appeal in the case on June 16 as investors bet the two sides would strike an 11th-hour deal before a new default. Lawyers for the two parties met Tuesday with court-appointed mediator Daniel Pollack, according to a statement from Mr. Pollack. Though no agreement was reached, they agreed to keep discussions confidential to improve the chances of a resolution. Argentina defaulted on about $100 billion of debt in 2001. The country later offered holders of the defaulted bonds new securities valued at about 33 cents on the dollar. Between the two swaps, investors agreed to exchange almost 93% of the defaulted bonds.However, a small minority of bondholders, including NML Capital and Aurelius, opted not to restructure their bonds and instead sued for full repayment. The holdouts have won about $1.5 billion in court awards in the case now before Judge Griesa.These holdout creditors have scoured the globe for Argentine government assets in a largely unsuccessful attempt to collect on the court awards. Hedge funds have tried to seize central-bank funds, an Argentine navy ship and, more recently, satellite-launch contracts. Argentine officials said last week that the country has been the target of more than 900 creditor lawsuits. —Taos Turner and Matt Wirz contributed to this article.

Economy’s position:Argentina Situation Second default in 13 years Hedge funds suing: bonds affected by2001 default US court rule: compensate hedge funds Argentina’s response Deposited $832…

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