Tag: Alberto Fernandez

• Tuesday, January 11th 2022 - 13:50 UTC

  Argentina's covid Miracle

  

  By Joseph Stiglitz – Unlike the United States, which could spend one-quarter of its GDP protecting its economy from the COVID-19 fallout, Argentina entered the pandemic with the deck stacked against it. Yet, thanks to the current government’s policies to strengthen the real economy, the country has been enjoying a remarkable recovery.

• Saturday, January 8th 2022 - 12:34 UTC

  Alberto Fernández takes over CELAC's pro-tempore presidency

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday said that the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) “was not born to oppose or confront other institutions” as he took over the body's leadership from Mexico.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 22:11 UTC

  Black Thursday for Argentina's economy – no agreement with IMF

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Economy Minister Martín Guzmán agreed not to give in to additional demands from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) regarding the US $ 44 billion loan from the previous national administration.

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 17:57 UTC

  Foreign trade yield US $ 15 billion to Argentina's Central Bank in 2021

  

  Foreign trade has meant around US $ 15 billion for Argentina's Central Bank (BCRA) in 2021, according to projections reported Monday in Buenos Aires. It became the fifth best surplus so far in the 21st century, despite November's US $ 117 million deficit, the first setback since 2018.

• Wednesday, December 29th 2021 - 10:18 UTC

  Argentine gov't and tourism service providers agree to keep prices stable

  

  The Government of Argentina Tuesday announced an agreement had been reached to keep prices frozen for the 2022 of all items related to tourism for the 2022 summer season.

• Monday, December 20th 2021 - 23:59 UTC

  “Malvinas Argentinas,” Chile's President-elect once told UK Ambassador

  

  Argentina's ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) was quick to celebrate Gabriel Boric's win in Sunday's presidential runoff in Chile.

• Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Uruguay does not sign joint declaration at Mercosur Summit

  

  Uruguay stood out for its dissenting stance at the 59th Summit of the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) Friday after President Luis Lacalle Pou refused to sign a joint declaration.

• Saturday, December 18th 2021 - 09:44 UTC

  President wants Buenos Aires to no longer be capital of Argentina

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday said he was entertaining the idea that the country's capital should not be Buenos Aires, thus resurfacing a controversy from 1853-1860 which then-President Raúl Alfonsín also sough in the 1980s to reshape.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  Health pass to be required in Argentina starting Jan. 1

  

  The Government of Argentina has finally announced a health pass with being required for people aged 13 and over to attend or carry out “activities of high epidemiological and sanitary risk,” according to the administrative decision signed by President Alberto Fernández, Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur and Health Minister Carla Vizzotti.

• Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentina will not jeopardize growth, president says

  

  President Alberto Fernández Friday said his country will not accept any imposition which may put growth at risk when negotiating with foreign creditors. The Argentine head of state made those remarks from a stage in front of Casa Rosada he shared with former Presidents José Mujica of Uruguay, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of Brazil and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina's current Vice President.