Tag: Alberto Fernandez

• Saturday, April 23rd 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Rural producers to stage tractor caravan protest in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine rural producers are planning to stage a tractor convoy parade Saturday onto Buenos Aires' Plaza de Mayo in front of Casa Rosada to protest against several measures by the administration of President Alberto Fernández which have seriously affected them.

• Friday, April 22nd 2022 - 09:53 UTC

  Argentine President launches construction of new gas pipeline

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday launched the “Néstor Kirchner” gas pipeline project during a ceremony at the Loma Campana field in Vaca Muerta, province of Neuquén.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine President says “time to help Venezuela”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday stressed all countries needed to resume full diplomatic ties with Venezuela, which cannot survive on its own.

• Tuesday, April 19th 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Argentine Gov't proposes new tax to alleviate burden on the neediest

  

  The Argentine Government of President Alberto Fernández Monday announced it planned a new tax which was called “the windfall income,” to be levied on companies that last year had profits over AR$ 1 billion (around US$ 5 million at the unofficial exchange rate).

• Monday, April 11th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

  Argentine President becomes a father for the second time

  

  Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yáñez Monday gave birth to her son Francisco Fernández Yáñez, the first of the presidential couple. The baby was reported to be okay after a C-section was performed during the delivery at Buenos Aires' Otamendi Sanatorium.

• Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Gas deal between Bolivia and Argentina signed

  

  The Government of Argentina Thursday announced a new understanding with Bolivia to secure a daily gas supply of 14 million cubic meters and a commitment so that, in the future, Argentina will have priority to import any surplus in output.

• Thursday, April 7th 2022 - 09:56 UTC

  Latin American focus, support for Argentina's Falklands' claim and diplomacy to solve continental shelf disputes, Boric's agenda

  

  Chilean president Gabriel Boric in his recent visit to Argentina stated some of the basic pillars of the new administration's foreign policy, focused mainly on Latin America, human rights, support for Argentina's claim over the Falklands, and willingness to address border disputes its neighbor through diplomacy and patience.

• Wednesday, April 6th 2022 - 13:55 UTC

  Boric rounds up Argentine tour

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font Tuesday left Argentina, after a two-day official trip which marked his first trip abroad since taking office last month.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 20:14 UTC

  Gas supply deal with Bolivia almost closed, Argentine officials say

  

  Pending Brazil's approval, Argentina has announced it had agreed to purchase additional gas from Bolivia to meet wintertime demand, Integración Energética Argentina Sociedad Anónima (IEASA) announced Tuesday, according to press reports in Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Pepe Mujica: Britain's stance regarding Malvinas/Falklands a thing of the past

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, who was in Buenos Aires during the weekend to join Alberto Fernández for the ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the 1982 armed conflict with the United Kingdom, insisted “the Malvinas claim reminds us that there is still colonialism in the world.”