Tag: Daniel Scioli

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Santa Fe will host Argentina's first 2019 presidential debate

  

  Argentina's first presidential debate of the 2019 election will take place in Santa Fe province, the Noticias news magazine confirmed on Tuesday. The event will be held at the auditorium of the National University of the Littoral (Universidad Nacional del Litoral), in Santa Fe City, after the PASOs.

• Monday, March 4th 2019 - 07:21 UTC

  Father of Argentine president and prominent businessman dies at age 88

  

  Franco Macri, the father of Argentina's president who migrated to the South American country from Italy as a teenager and went on to become one of its most prominent businessmen, died on Saturday, the president's office said. He was 88.

• Monday, January 8th 2018 - 05:53 UTC

  Argentina dismantling the extortive power of the corrupt unions

  

  A member of Argentina's elite of powerful union sharks has been arrested in Uruguay at his Great Chaparral ranch and is awaiting extradition to Buenos Aires to face charges of corruption, money laundering, extortion, stealing funds and links with the drugs business, among others.

• Friday, November 11th 2016 - 07:04 UTC

  Trump's victory seen from Argentina as a global tendency in Western economies

  

  Under the heading of “Trump and Argentina”, political analyst Rosendo Fraga outlines what he believes are the reasons for the US tycoon victory in the presidential election, which he links to similar conditions in UK and the Brexit, and possible surprises next year both in France and Germany, the four leading Western economies.

• Saturday, June 4th 2016 - 08:43 UTC

  Argentina's main opposition political force names a shadow cabinet

  

  Argentina's largest political movement, almost hegemonic, but currently in the opposition under the name of Justicialista Party (PJ), announced this week a shadow Cabinet, saying they will work hard to return to power after losing last year’s election to President Mauricio Macri.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2016 - 06:07 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez to testify on dollar/futures; supporters camping outside the courthouse in Buenos Aires

  

  Hundreds of supporters are expected to cheer former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez during a court appearance on Wednesday after returning to Buenos Aires for the first time since November's election.Fernandez who governed Argentina for eight years, has been called to testify about alleged irregularities in dollar futures trading that led to losses of almost US$4 billion for the central bank. Her allies say no crime was involved and that she's being politically persecuted.

• Friday, February 5th 2016 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentina's main opposition force will attempt unity with party elections on May 8

  

  Argentina's main political force, Peronism, under the Justicialista party banner, announced that the party's elections will be held on 8 May, while the members of the electoral board set to oversee the election would be chosen during a meeting in Buenos Aires on February 24.

• Monday, December 14th 2015 - 08:23 UTC

  Macri meets with governors to talk about creating jobs, but not in the public sector

  

  Argentina's new president Mauricio Macri met with governors on Saturday in another major change of tone from his predecessor Cristina Fernandez' confrontational style.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:48 UTC

  Macri honors 'Pachamama' and Scioli bewares 'the savage capitalism demon' on closing election rallies

  

  Argentine presidential opposition candidate Mauricio Macri closed his campaign ahead of Sunday 22 November runoff calling for change and unity while the incumbent hopeful Daniel Scioli said the option was between 'a development inclusive project' or the “savage capitalism demon”.

• Saturday, November 21st 2015 - 08:09 UTC

  High expectations in Argentina of a record soybean sowing in 2015/16

  

  Argentina's much-watched soybean sowings will set a record this season, but the country is heading for a weaker wheat harvest, despite ideas of “very good” yields, the country's farm ministry said. In its first estimate the ministry said soybean sowings for 2015-16, pegged area at 20.6m hectares, a rise of 800,000 hectares year on year.