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Montevideo, May 5th 2024 - 22:04 UTC

Tag: Alberto Fernandez

  • Wednesday, May 18th 2022 - 10:18 UTC

    Argentina's society outraged as President “buys his way out of lockdown”

    He is not an ordinary person, Musse cried

    Argentina's society was outraged Tuesday after it was announced that President Alberto Fernández and First Lady Fabiola Yáñez were let off the hook for violating the lockdown he had himself decreed during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Monday, May 16th 2022 - 18:10 UTC

    Bolsonaro insists Argentina and Chile might end up like Cuba

    Bolsonaro also stress all ministers had “carte blanche” to do whatever they saw best for the population

    Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Sunday insisted on social media that he feared Argentina and Chile were following the paths of Venezuela and Cuba because although Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez were already dead, the “consequences of communism” remained.

  • Monday, May 16th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

    Argentina preparing to become a BRICS member with support from China and Brazil

    President Fernandez allegedly will be participating of a BRICS leaders summit next month invited by president Xi

    Argentina has been invited by Chinese president Xi Jinping to participate in three BRICS events taking place in the coming four weeks. The first will be a get-together of political parties, social organizations and think tanks, a second on May 20th, is a summit of foreign ministers from Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, BRICS full members, and the Argentine minister guest. Finally, on June24 a summit of the five-plus one leaders is scheduled.

  • Friday, May 13th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

    “No more room for wars,” Argentine President stresses in Paris

    Fernández visited the Sorbonne University Thursday

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández said Thursday during a press conference at his country's embassy in Paris that “the world needs to understand that there is no more room for wars.”

  • Thursday, May 12th 2022 - 10:56 UTC

    Argentina a reliable partner, German Chancellor says

    The war in Ukraine means agrifood and energy opportunities for Argentina, Fernández said

    German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Wednesday said Argentina was “a reliable partner” upon welcoming President Alberto Fernández in Berlín on the second stop of the South American leader's new European tour.

  • Tuesday, May 10th 2022 - 19:55 UTC

    Ukrainian crisis tops agenda in Fernández-Sánchez meeting in Madrid

    Cafiero denied Sánchez had asked Fernández to apply economic sanctions against Russia

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday met in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez on the first day of his European tour which will also include encounters with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron.

  • Monday, May 9th 2022 - 10:55 UTC

    Argentine President off to Europe, leaves country in hands of internal rivals

    “The idea is to be able to continue with the insertion of Argentina in the world,” Cerruti said.

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández is leaving Monday on a European tour that regardless of what it may achieve (or not) in economic and political terms, will at least remove him from the spotlight of controversies within the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) while at the same time leaving Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) at the helm of the Executive.

  • Friday, May 6th 2022 - 10:57 UTC

    Cafiero outlines Argentine foreign policy priorities, trade, Malvinas and Mercosur

    The Foradori/Duncan deal is under investigation, particularly what was agreed since it does not comply with the coherence of Argentine foreign policy referred to Malvinas

    The main challenge of Argentine foreign policy is to reinstall the necessary tools to recover the trade dynamics that enable the country to recover from the pandemic's economic downfall, plus making it attractive to foreign investors, said Foreign minister Santiago Cafiero summoned by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

  • Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentine Gov't against exclusions from Summit of the Americas

    The IX Summit of the Americas is “a great opportunity to build a meeting space,” the Fernández administration posted on social media

    Following the announcement by the United States that the governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela were not going to be invited to June's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles because they do not respect democracy, Argentina has urged it to review its stance.

  • Tuesday, May 3rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Argentina's Economy Minister in President Fernández's Achilles tendon

    Guzmán's agreement with the IMF needs reviewing because it was based on inflationary projections which have already fallen short of reality's figures

    As Argentina's inflation continues to grow with no end in sight and the news is that guidelines agreed upon with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) already need to be reviewed because they were based on a CPI that is no longer attainable, Economy Minister Martín Guzmán is beginning to take flak from friends and foes alike, casting doubts on his chances of remaining in office.