Tag: Agustin Rossi

• Tuesday, October 1st 2013 - 03:55 UTC

  Argentina buys 16 Mirage F 1 from Spain; half have air-refuelling capacity

  

  Argentina has confirmed the purchase of 16 second hand Mirage F-1 decommissioned from the Spanish Air force in an operation valued at 170 million Euros. The expenditure is contemplated in the 2014 budget bill approved in the Lower House and which awaits debate in the Senate.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 18:24 UTC

  Malvinas is a Latinamerican cause underlines Argentine Defence minister

  

  Argentina’s defence minister called on the peoples of Latinamerica to defend their natural resources and particularly the Malvinas Islands, ‘an ignominious colonial situation’ in the XXI century.

• Monday, August 5th 2013 - 02:03 UTC

  Falklands and the Mirages: playing with the Islanders worst memories

  

  The British press has picked on news from Spain and Argentina to state that the government of President Cristina Fernandez is about to sign an agreement to purchase refurbished Mirage F1 decommissioned by the Spanish Air Force, which could become potentially a major threat for the Falkland Islands and another reason for escalating the ever sensitive Argentina/UK relations.

• Thursday, June 27th 2013 - 04:41 UTC

  After a rough year Cristina Fernandez names new top heads of the Armed Forces

  

  In a surprise move Argentine President Cristina Fernández replaced the top heads of the armed forces and appointed Brigadier General Luis María Carena as the new head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The changes announced on Wednesday come just a few weeks after former lawmaker Augstín Rossi was named new Defence minister.

• Friday, May 31st 2013 - 02:14 UTC

  Argentine cabinet surprise shuffle: Puricelli to Security and Rossi to Defence

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez shuffled her cabinet appointing Defence minister Arturo Puricelli at the Security ministry and Agustin Rossi until now head of the government’s block in the Lower House, in Defence. Removed Nilda Garré is to be appointed as the new ambassador before the Organization of American States, OAS.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2012 - 04:03 UTC

  Argentine opposition demand open debate on Malvinas, not the “official speech”

  

  Argentine members of the opposition have warned that they will not attend a Friday special session of the Senate and Lower House Foreign Affairs committees to be held in Tierra del Fuego and dedicated to the Malvinas issue unless the overall position of the diplomatic conflict is openly debated.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 05:48 UTC

  Argentine congress will discuss Malvinas issue in special session in Tierra del Fuego

  

  The Argentine congress will be holding an extraordinary session next 24 February in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to debate on the Falklands/Malvinas conflict. Under the 1994 Argentine constitution, the Falklands come under the jurisdiction of the province of Tierra del Fuego.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 05:43 UTC

  Major electoral setback for Argentine president in fourth most important district

  

  In what is seen as a major setback for Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ‘Victory Front’ her candidate to governor of the country’s fourth most important electoral district, Santa Fe came in third with just 22.2% of the votes at Sunday’s provincial election.

• Tuesday, March 8th 2011 - 04:23 UTC

  Kirchnerites’ deny any intention from Cristina to run for a third period

  

  Political associates reiterated that there are no intentions of Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to seek for a third period if the Head of State should end re-elected on next October presidential elections. For such purpose a constitutional amendment would be needed.