Tag: Agustin Rossi

• Monday, December 17th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez is back on stage and preparing for her presidential bid next October

  

  Argentine ex-president and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is back on stage and looking to run in next October's presidential election, hopefully with a united opposition. Mandatory primaries in Argentina are only eight months away and several of her acolytes over the weekend and with her blessing announced she is prepared to run for the presidency.

• Tuesday, January 2nd 2018 - 06:55 UTC

  Icebreaker Irizar calls at Ushuaia on her 2017/18 Antarctica campaign

  

  Argentina's flagship of Antarctica operations is back after ten long years. The refurbished icebreaker ARA Almirante Irizar, called at Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, on New Year before leaving for the 2017/18 summer campaign.

• Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 03:37 UTC

  Malvinas' conscripts demanding war veteran certificates, complete eight years of encampment in Plaza de Mayo

  

  Eight Argentine former conscript soldiers have completed eight years running in a tent camp in Plaza Mayo, the heart of Buenos Aires City, demanding they be recognized as Malvinas war veterans since they argue, they were involved in defense and logistics duties along the Patagonia coast during the 1982 conflict with the United Kingdom.

• Monday, December 7th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  Russian sloops with Falklands/Malvinas names incorporated to Argentine Navy

  

  Four Russian built sloops with polar capacity were delivered in Buenos Aires this weekend and incorporated to the Argentine Navy, all of them with names related to the Falklands/Malvinas Islands. The vessels were formally received during a ceremony headed by Defense minister Agustín Rossi and the navy chief Admiral Gastón Fernando Erice.

• Monday, November 16th 2015 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina's Kfir contract questioned by Air Force: they lacked “a weapons' system” and radar

  

  The number three man in the Argentine Air Force refused to sign the purchase of 14 Israeli refurbished Kfir fighter jets, an operation involving 360 million dollars, and which supposedly would have given the depleted service a breath of fresh air.

• Thursday, November 12th 2015 - 07:49 UTC

  Argentina's purchase of Israeli fighter jets will be left to next government

  

  Argentine defence minister Agustin Rossi has announced that negotiations for new fighter jets are under way, but will be left to the next government to purchase. Rossi’s decision comes only a day after the Argentine government announced the purchase of Israeli manufactured Kfir fighters.

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 06:23 UTC

  Malvinas war declassified documents delivered to Argentine veterans

  

  Argentina's Defense minister Austin Rossi handed Malvinas veterans a report on the 1982 South Atlantic conflict compiled from recently declassified military documents. The report handed to Ernesto Alonso, head of the Malvinas former combatants national committee was drafted by the ministry's Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law desks.

• Monday, August 17th 2015 - 06:59 UTC

  Argentine Air Force virtually grounded following drastic spending cuts

  

  Difficult times for the Argentine Air Force, not only was the Minister of Defense Agustín Rossi caught asleep during the celebration of the service's anniversary, but also as of next Tuesday administrative staff at the headquarters Edificio Condor will be working a shorter shift, from 08:00 in the morning to 13:00 hours with the purpose of savings in power and other supplies as well as rationing catering.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 07:00 UTC

  Argentine minister's daughter, 26, board member of main development bank

  

  Maria Delfina Rossi, the daughter of Argentina's Defense Minister Agustin Rossi, has been appointed to head the Banco Nacion following a resolution signed by President Cristina Fernandez.

• Tuesday, June 30th 2015 - 06:03 UTC

  General Cundom sworn in as new Argentine Army chief; outgoing Milani slams media for slander campaign

  

  General Ricardo Cundom was sworn in on Monday as the new chief of the Argentine Army, and in his first words said that replacing outgoing César Milani in the role was the biggest challenge he had ever faced.