Argentina

• Thursday, October 10th 2013 - 01:01 UTC

  As Cristina Fernandez evolves favourably, debate targets acting-president Boudou

  

  While Argentine presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro confirmed that President Cristina Fernández “evolves favourably” and is “in good spirits”, the political debate on Wednesday has centred on Vice-president and acting president Amado Boudou whom the opposition argue should not lead the country given his questionable credentials and mounting legal problems

• Wednesday, October 9th 2013 - 05:28 UTC

  IMF forecasts higher growth for Argentina this year, but reliability of official stats remains controversial

  

  Argentina’s growth has recovered because of an abundant crop but economic activity continues to be contained because of the exchange rate and other administrative controls, according to the IMF latest World Economic Outlook (WHE), Latam and Caribbean chapter released on Tuesday. The IMF statement refers to Argentina’s export duties and the so called ‘dollar clamp’ which bans even saving in US dollars.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 19:00 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez in ‘good mood’; successful surgery, 30 to 45 days convalescence

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez ‘surgery has been satisfactory and is recovering favourably’ announced early Tuesday afternoon presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro addressing the media and pro-government supporters outside the Fundación Favaloro clinic in Buenos Aires

• Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 17:24 UTC

  Zanini, admirer of Mao’s China, the strongman in absence of Cristina Fernandez

  

  His nickname is ‘El chino’ (the Chinese) because of his strong Maoist tendencies when a law student. Long a solicitor, Carlos Zanini is Argentine president Cristina Fernandez (and of her deceased husband Nestor Kirchner) most trusted aide and top of the Kirchnerite ‘nomenclature’.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 06:22 UTC

  Falkland Islands sent their well-wishes to President Cristina Fernandez

  

  The Falkland Islands joined the thousands of well-wishers supporting Argentine president Cristina Fernandez who is facing a complicated medical condition and on Tuesday will undergo surgery to extract a blood clot in the cranium.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 05:54 UTC

  Boudou riding a Harley Davidson in Brasilia while Cristina faced serious medical condition

  

  “While Cristina has to step down, he’s riding a motorbike” printed in the front page one of Brazil’s leading newspapers O Estado de Sao Paulo that caught Argentine Vice-president and now acting president a few hours before he was called back to Buenos Aires because of Cristina Fernandez medical condition.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 05:49 UTC

  Boudou: “The worst negative image of the Cristina Fernandez administration”

  

  Vice-president and caretaker president Amado Boudou has “the worst negative image” of the Argentine government, according to a leading pollster in Buenos Aires. Mariel Fornoni from Management & Fit made the statement only hours before Boudou, and according to Article 88 of the Constitution, signed as acting president for thirty days during the medical absence of Cristina Fernandez.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 05:43 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez undergoes surgery to remove clot; doctors consider operation ‘low-risk’

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez (60) will undergo surgery on Tuesday morning to remove an accumulation of blood in her skull (subdural haematoma) following a blow in early August, according to a statement issued by the hospital where she is being treated.

• Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 05:05 UTC

  Boudou is Argentine caretaker president but power remains in Cristina’s inner circle

  

  “There are no uncertainties or any weird things here, we just have to keep up with the performance”, said Argentine Vice-president and caretaker president Amado Boudou speaking on Monday from Government House a few hours after signing to replace Cristina Fernandez for thirty days while the head of state undergoes cranium surgery and a recovery period.

• Monday, October 7th 2013 - 15:42 UTC

  Breathing space for Argentina’s bonds case: litigation continues at US appeals court level

  

  The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a ruling that may force Argentina to make payments on defaulted government bonds, rejecting that country’s appeal in a clash that has roiled its financial markets. The justices, without comment, on Monday let stand a 2012 U.S. appeals court decision that bars Argentina from making payments on 24 billion in restructured debt unless it also pays owners of the earlier repudiated bonds.