Tag: Alberto Fernandez

• Thursday, March 2nd 2023 - 09:33 UTC

  Argentine President celebrates 40 years of democratic rule

  

  During his last Legislature opening speech, Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday lashed out at the country's Judiciary claiming magistrates seek to disenfranchise Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:53 UTC

  Argentina: Ruling bloc in the Senate breaks up and a new bench emerges

  

  A group of Argentine senators announced on Wednesday their withdrawal from the bloc of the ruling Frente de Todos in the Upper House and their decision to form their own bench, in the run-up to the complex electoral process that the South American country will undergo this year.

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 09:32 UTC

  President Fernández sends message from “the end of the world”

  

  In a message broadcast from the Marambio Base in Antarctica, Argentine President Alberto Fernández Wednesday underlined his country's 119th year of uninterrupted presence in the so-called White Continent. “Here, at the end of the world, one can assume the dimension of the Homeland,” said Fernández during the Antarctica Day celebrations.

• Tuesday, February 21st 2023 - 06:59 UTC

  President Fernández traveling to Antarctica, weather permitting

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández is to visit the Marambio Base in Antarctica in a move to ratify the country's “bicontinental” stance, it was reported in Casa Rosada. Fernández's trip will be the fourth visit of an Argentine head of state to Antarctica.

• Thursday, February 16th 2023 - 11:13 UTC

  Rossi sworn in as Argentina's new Cabinet Chief

  

  Former Defense Minister and Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) head Agustín Rossi were sworn in Wednesday as Argentina's new Cabinet Chief following the resignation of Juan Manzur, who returned to Tucumán provincial politics.

• Saturday, February 11th 2023 - 08:49 UTC

  Agustín Rossi picked to succeed Manzur as Argentina's Cabinet Chief

  

  Former Defense Minister and current Federal Intelligence Agency (AFI) Director Agustín Rossi has been chosen to become Argentina's new Cabinet Chief next week due to Juan Manzur's resignation to handle the ruling party's campaign in the province of Tucumán, Casa Rosada sources said Friday.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 17:25 UTC

  Brazilian minister denies single currency: no death sentence for the Real

  

  Argentina and Brazil are looking at ways to stimulate bilateral trade and investments but not eliminate their own currencies, according to Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad, who played down the idea of a single shared currency between the two Mercosur partners.

• Wednesday, February 8th 2023 - 08:20 UTC

  Argentina: Manzur resigning as Cabinet Chief next week

  

  Argentine's Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur is to leave his post sometime next week, President Alberto Fernàndez announced during an event in Tafí Viejo, in the province of Tucumán, where Manzur is Governor, albeit on unpaid leave.

• Monday, January 30th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

  Fernández and Scholz discuss Ukraine, climate change, and energy resources

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met Saturday at the Palacio San Martín (Foreign Ministry) in Buenos Aires, during the first stop of the South American tour of the European leader, who was scheduled to travel to Chile and Brazil.

• Friday, January 27th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Argentine President to meet with German Chancellor

  

  Alberto Fernández will have a bilateral meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Saturday. The European leader is on a South American tour which also includes Chile and Brazil.