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Tag: Mauricio Macri

  • Friday, March 16th 2018 - 10:06 UTC

    Hammond and Johnson will be visiting Argentina

    Hammond (R) will be participating in the G20 finance ministers meeting next week and Boris Johnson (L) will be in Buenos Aires in May.

    British Chancellor Philip Hammond and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson are scheduled to visit Argentina as part of the G20 ministerial round of meetings in coming weeks, announced UK ambassador Mark Kent following talks on Thursday with foreign minister Jorge Faurie.

  • Tuesday, March 6th 2018 - 06:56 UTC

    “Legacy” argument no longer stands for the Macri government, warns political analyst

    Fraga indicated that Macri made a good speech at the opening of Congress legislative period on March first

    The argument of the “legacy” from the Kirchner years no longer stands, since normally on the third year of an elected government public opinion becomes more demanding, explained Argentine political analyst Rosendo Fraga commenting on the latest events in Argentina and the administration of president Mauricio Macri.

  • Monday, March 5th 2018 - 09:09 UTC

    Macri's ¨coffin¨ and insulting songs MMSOB, the latest fad in Argentine football stadiums

    The four “coffins” discovered by the police in Rosario, with the yellow one dedicated to president Macri

    The police of Argentina's second city, Rosario seized four cardboard “coffins” one of them with the name of president Mauricio Macri, before a football match of the Argentine premier league, involving one of the city's leading teams Rosario Central.

  • Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:23 UTC

    Macri confirms gradualist approach to economic reforms in speech to Congress

    “They ask us for a shock adjustment, and to them I say we came here to reduce poverty and make sure that no Argentine goes hungry,” Macri told a full house

    In his speech to Congress marking the opening of this year’s legislative session, Argentine president Mauricio Macri defended his business-friendly government’s so-called “gradualist” approach to economic reforms from critics who argue he should move faster to cut government spending and lower taxes in order to boost growth and attract investment.

  • Wednesday, February 28th 2018 - 09:56 UTC

    Menem forecasts Peronism will rise from the ashes and be government in 2019

    “Look where we are”, said Menem in reference to Cristina Fernandez administrations, but also questioned the current Macri government on inflation. (Pic CNN)

    Former Argentine president Carlos Menem rated the government of Cristina Fernandez one, out of a scale of ten, and with a smile told a CNN interviewer that all Argentine governments had been exposed to corruption except his. He also anticipated that Peronism will “rise from the ashes” and return to government in 2019.

  • Tuesday, February 27th 2018 - 06:32 UTC

    Argentina's foreign policy according to Jorge Faurie: Intelligent Insertion

    Minister Faurie with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L)

    Argentina foreign minister Jorge Faurie has written a long column, (full tabloid page) in Buenos Aires daily Clarin, under the heading of “Intelligent Insertion” describing motives and objectives of the country's foreign policy under president Mauricio Macri, driven by the principle of an intelligent insertion in the international scenario. The final commitment of Macri's administration is reducing poverty and improving Argentines' life quality.

  • Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

    Argentine farmers agree to pay royalties to seed companies like Monsanto

    Argentina’s 1973 seed law allows farmers to use seeds generated from their harvests freely in later plantings, unlike their counterparts in the United States.

    Argentine farmers have agreed to pay perpetual royalties when they replant genetically modified seeds made by companies like Monsanto Co, a deal that could allow farmers access to the newest biotechnology.

  • Thursday, February 22nd 2018 - 09:41 UTC

    Argentine union leader Moyano remembers Macri where the real opposition stands

    Organizers estimated that the rally attracted some 300.000 peaceful self regulated protestors mostly arrived in hundreds of buses contracted by teamsters

    Argentina's teamsters powerful boss, Hugo Moyano supported by members from banks, judicial and teachers unions, plus social, picketers and left wing groupings, together with Kirchner followers marched on downtown Buenos Aires Wednesday evening for a huge rally to protest President Mauricio Macri's economic policies and attempts to reform labor legislation.

  • Tuesday, February 20th 2018 - 09:23 UTC

    Union leader political rally in Buenos Aires to challenge Macri and his policies

    Moyano and his teamsters, supported by the bank employees and teachers unions are protesting against a 15% cap on the next round of salary negotiations

    The Argentine powerful teamsters union will be holding their first political rally in downtown Buenos Aires this Wednesday in a clear defiance of President Mauricio Macri's policies to combat inflation, launch the economy and attract foreign direct investors. Hugo Moyano a member of the unions' umbrella organization has promised to convene some 300.000 workers and has anticipated that any incidents will be the responsibility of the government.

  • Saturday, February 17th 2018 - 09:59 UTC

    Argentina moves closer to the US in security and crime-fighting policies

    Argentina’s security relationship with the US has been growing closer since late 2015 when Macri took office promising to take a harder line against crime

    Argentina is taking new steps to solidify its security relationship with the United States, a move that may be aimed at generating support — both political and material — for a shift toward more hard-line domestic crime-fighting policies. In a trip to the United States last week, Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich met with several top US officials to discuss security issues.