Tag: Alberto Fernandez

• Wednesday, July 7th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina wants to deepen ties with China, President Fernández says

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday highlighted “the historic relationship” between former leaders Juan Domingo Perón and Mao Tse-Tung as he took part as a guest during the virtual ceremony marking the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

• Monday, July 5th 2021 - 08:47 UTC

  Bringing all Argentines stranded abroad back home at a rate of 600 daily passengers might take up to five months

  

  Argentina's Chamber of Airlines (JURCA) issued a statement over this weekend, warning that bringing back all travellers banned from reentering the country following a cap of 600 airborne passengers a day might take up to five months.

• Saturday, July 3rd 2021 - 11:25 UTC

  Argentina green lights arrival of US-developed vaccines by means of an emergency decree

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández has yet again issued another emergency decree (DNU) which would allow for the purchase of anticoronavirus vaccines from suppliers other than those already cleared to be handled in the country.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  The pandemic has cost Argentina “133 times the Malvinas war”

  

  Argentine opposition lawmaker Mario Negri said he was very much concerned by the way the country is addressing the second wave of coronavirus and asked if the government had any idea how many Argentine lives the pandemic has taken, “133 times the Malvinas war.”

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández joins Paris Equality Forum online after cancelling trip

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday promised to continue working to “guarantee more equality and more rights” to women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people.

• Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Opposition lawmakers file for impeachment of Argentine President and Vice President

  

  Deputy Álvaro de Lamadrid of the opposition JxC-UCR (Juntos por el Cambio + Unión Cívica Radical) coalition Tuesday filed a motion before the Lower House to seek the impeachment of President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “for poor performance and possible crimes in the exercise of their functions.”

• Monday, June 28th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Argentine President Fernández pays tribute to the almost 100,000 people who died of covid-19 in the country

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Sunday paid tribute to the almost 100,000 people who died of covid-19 in the country, during a ceremony at the Kirchner Cultural Center (CCK), formerly the National Mail's headquarters in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, June 23rd 2021 - 21:09 UTC

  Argentine President ironically describes vaccines against coronavirus as “poison”

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday criticized opposition parties: “Now they demand the second dose of poison from us,” he said.

• Monday, June 21st 2021 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine freezes meat prices, exports to resume next week but not of all cuts

  

  Argentine Minister of Productive Development Matías Kulfas Sunday admitted the administration of President Alberto Fernández plans to both ban exports of the beef cuts most coveted by local consumers and freeze domestic prices until late this year.

• Thursday, June 17th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  President Fernández not welcome at Salta for 200th anniversary of Argentine hero Güemes' death

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández was jeered as he was driven from the Salta airport to the provincial capital downtown for the ceremonies marking the 200th anniversary of the death of national and local hero General Martín Miguel de Güemes.