MercoPress https://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency en Copyright 2024, MercoPress. https://en.mercopress.com/web/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif MercoPress http://en.mercopress.com/ <![CDATA[Opposition governors give thumbs down to electronic vote reform for 2017]]> Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey does not believe in herds of lawmakers reined in for a unified vote. Argentine province governors of the opposition Justicialist (Peronist) Party now embodied in the Kirchnerite Victory Front (FpV) Thursday instructed their representatives on the national Senate to vote against President Mauricio Macri's proposal for an reform that would include electronic voting tickets.

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Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:53:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Argentina's main opposition political force names a shadow cabinet]]> The Peronist version of the shadow Cabinet, led by Chairman José Luis Gioja  and Vice-President Daniel Scioli (L), will have 22 secretariats 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.

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Sat, 04 Jun 2016 08:43:00 GMT
<![CDATA[First Kirchnerite governor crosses the line and joins opposition group]]>  Alberto Weretilneck: “I am being pushed out of the Victory Front by the expulsive attitude of the Río Negro PJ’s leaders” The governor from the Argentine province of Rio Negro has decided to cross the line and join one of the leading opposition groups whose head is a strong presidential hopeful for October 2015. The move can be threatening to the government of President Cristina Fernandez if more disenchanted elected officials follow or their lawmakers also decide to cross the line and could jeopardize the government's majority in Congress.

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Mon, 18 Aug 2014 06:13:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Kirchner Receives Unanimous Support to Become UNASUR Secretary General]]> As forecasted and with Uruguay’s abstention, the former Argentine president has reached his objective   Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner received Monday the unanimous support from country members of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, to become the organization’s secretary general, overcoming differences of previous meetings.

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Tue, 04 May 2010 01:26:00 GMT
<![CDATA[Kirchners Have Long Term Plans to Remain for Another 10 to 15 Years]]> Nestor Kirchner during the May first celebration Argentine former President Néstor Kirchner harshly criticized a sector of the press and the government's “opposition” in Congress that wants “to set the country on fire”, but in spite of all he was optimistic about a long term plan for Argentina.

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Mon, 03 May 2010 08:11:00 GMT