Tag: Crisitina Fernandez

• Wednesday, July 11th 2012 - 06:28 UTC

  CFK announces pay rise for the military and plays the nationalistic tune

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández, CFK, announced Tuesday evening a pay rise for all military personnel, effective July first during the Armed Forces annual dinner at the Libertador Building, in the Ministry of Defence.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2012 - 05:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez on Independence Day calls for unity and support for the economic model

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández made a strong call to unity and to defend the economic model during the main celebrations of the 196th anniversary of the Argentine Declaration of Independence held at San Miguel de Tucumán.

• Friday, July 6th 2012 - 07:11 UTC

  Mexico follows on Argentina and withdraws from zero-tariff accord for auto industry

  

  Mexico has withdrawn a zero-tariff agreement with Argentina on autos in a tit-for-tat trade dispute after the Argentine government's decision to pull out of an auto trade pact between the two countries.

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 06:24 UTC

  Uruguay says it accepted Venezuela in Mercosur as part of a major negotiation

  

  The Uruguayan government said that it accepted the incorporation of Venezuela as full member of Mercosur as part of a “negotiation” in which it demanded no economic sanctions on Paraguay and that is why “the last word has not been said” on the issue.

• Saturday, June 30th 2012 - 04:17 UTC

  Repsol donated a million dollars to the campaign of President Kirchner in 2003

  

  The nationalization of YPF, seized from Spain’s Repsol by Argentine president Cristina Fernandez is again a source of controversy following the disclosure by an investigative journalist that the Spanish oil corporation in 2003 helped finance the presidential election of Nestor Kirchner as well as the other candidate in the run-off, Carlos Menem.

• Sunday, June 24th 2012 - 02:22 UTC

  Argentina withdraws ambassador from Paraguay: Mercosur decides next week

  

  Argentina is withdrawing its ambassador to Paraguay because of the rapid impeachment of former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

• Tuesday, June 19th 2012 - 23:56 UTC

  Argentina invites Russia’s Gazprom to consider investing in YPF operations

  

  The technical teams of Argentine nationalized hydrocarbon companies YPF and Russia’s Gazprom will begin to do joint work in the area, said Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 03:12 UTC

  “An agreement over the Falklands is a matter of time”, says world affairs analyst

  

  Analyst of the Investigation Conflicts Unit at The Hague, Ivan Briscoe said that some kind of agreement involving the Argentine claim of sovereignty of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands is only a matter of time.

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 02:24 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon good offices on Falklands issue if “both parties are willing to engage”

  

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon reiterated his good offices to help resolve the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute between Argentina and the UK, but also pointed out “as long as the parties are willing to engage”.

• Monday, June 18th 2012 - 00:12 UTC

  Cameron will personally present Falklands message to Kirchner

  

  By Graham Bound, London - Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez will get her wish on Monday or Tuesday, when she meets Prime Minister David Cameron in the fringes of the G20 meeting in Mexico to talk about the Falkland Islands.