Tag: Alejandro Vanoli

• Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 08:40 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez demands the immediate start of oral trial proceedings in the dollar futures case

  

  Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez has desisted from appealing her prosecution on charges of fraudulent administration in detriment of the Argentine state in the so called “dollar futures” case involving the Central bank sale of US currency and demands an immediate oral trial.

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 11:30 UTC

  The US dollar curse has Cristina Fernandez on the edge of a public trial

  

  Former Argentine president Cristina Fernandez was prosecuted on Friday for fraudulent administration in detriment of the Argentine state in the so called “dollar futures' ”case, including the seizure of 15 million Pesos in assets equivalent to a million dollars.

• Saturday, May 14th 2016 - 08:02 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and former officials charged with defrauding the state in dollar futures operations

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was charged on Friday with defrauding the state as part of her government's handling of the dollar futures market. Federal judge Claudio Bonadio said that a scheme to keep the Argentine peso inflated by selling dollars below market value would not have been possible without Fernandez's approval.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2016 - 06:07 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez to testify on dollar/futures; supporters camping outside the courthouse in Buenos Aires

  

  Hundreds of supporters are expected to cheer former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez during a court appearance on Wednesday after returning to Buenos Aires for the first time since November's election.Fernandez who governed Argentina for eight years, has been called to testify about alleged irregularities in dollar futures trading that led to losses of almost US$4 billion for the central bank. Her allies say no crime was involved and that she's being politically persecuted.

• Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 04:27 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez to court to explain her government's handling of the futures dollar market

  

  An Argentine court on Friday ordered former President Cristina Fernandez to face questions about her government's handling of the futures dollar market, marking the first time she has been legally summoned for any of the handful of investigations against her.

• Thursday, December 10th 2015 - 08:22 UTC

  Macri's candidate will head the Central bank from the first day; Vanoli resigns

  

  Argentina Central Bank President Alejandro Vanoli resigned Wednesday under pressure from President-elect Mauricio Macri, who plans to remove currency controls with reserves standing at a nine-year low.

• Tuesday, October 6th 2015 - 07:19 UTC

  Argentina cancels $5.9bn Boden 2015 bond and issues new debt for $500m

  

  Argentina's central bank on Monday afternoon confirmed the 5.9 billion dollar payment Argentina was due to make ended successfully, adding “the level of reserves is enough for the execution of our exchange policy.”

• Tuesday, September 1st 2015 - 06:59 UTC

  US Appeals Court backs Argentina: sovereign immunity for Central bank funds

  

  A US appeals court supported Argentina's appeal Monday against an earlier ruling that could have permitted a group of creditors to seize assets of Argentina's central bank.

• Friday, May 1st 2015 - 07:22 UTC

  Argentine central bank president contracts wife and son; blames lobbies for releasing the news

  

  Argentina's central bank president Alejandro Vanoli strongly defended the recent contracting of his wife and son in the bank, arguing they are 'well trained' for the jobs and blamed local speculative financial groups of being behind the news which was published in the Buenos Aires media.

• Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 09:22 UTC

  Argentine central bank increases reserves to highest level since November 2013

  

  Argentina's central bank bought 630 million of dollars on the local currency market on Tuesday in one of its largest-ever purchases, a move that will bolster the country's precariously low hard currency reserves. Some 500 million of the dollars purchased were proceeds from last week's 1.5 billion auction of bonds by state energy company YPF.