Tag: Amado Boudou

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 08:05 UTC

  Developed countries “will try to pass the crisis down on us”, claims CFK

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) referred to plummeting global markets and blasted developed countries for the potential consequences of the crisis. Economy minister Amado Boudou said Argentina was closely following events with concern.

• Sunday, July 10th 2011 - 06:00 UTC

  Polls show Mrs Kirchner has an 18 point lead over her runner up

  

  Voter support for Argentine President Cristina Fernandez's re-election rose in the last few weeks but her lead over Congressman Ricardo Alfonsin narrowed slightly as his backing jumped, a poll showed last Wednesday.

• Saturday, July 2nd 2011 - 06:06 UTC

  ”You can vote for Cristina with your pocket, heart or mind” says Boudou

  

  “You can vote for Cristina (Kirchner) with your pocket, your heart or with your mind” because the Argentine economy has advanced in all fields, said the country’s Economy minister and vice President candidate for next October election, Amado Boudou.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2011 - 06:23 UTC

  Boudou: from liberal economics to running mate of President Cristina Fernández

  

  Three days after Economy Minister Amado Boudou was hand picked by Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to be her running mate in the upcoming presidential elections, he took to Twitter to make his first public statements after the nomination.

• Wednesday, June 29th 2011 - 06:20 UTC

  Trade in local currencies and tariffs on the Mercosur agenda for discussion

  

  Argentina Economy Minister Amado Boudou said that the idea of appealing to an only shared currency by Mercosur members generates ‘doubts’ given the European experience, and feels more inclined ‘to stimulate trade with local currencies”, so that each member country can take advantage of monetary policy macroeconomic instruments.

• Sunday, June 26th 2011 - 01:30 UTC

  CFK picks Economy minister as running mate and targets young voters

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner picked Economy minister Amado Boudou to be her running mate in the presidential ticket for the October 23 election praising his loyalty and capacity to understand and accept change.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 22:31 UTC

  Korean Hyundai to ensure local market agrees to export Argentine bio-diesel and soy flour

  

  Korea’s Hyundai reached an agreement with the Argentine government by which it will compensate its 91 million US dollars surplus on sales to the local domestic market by promoting exports of peanuts, wine, bio-diesel and soy flour to the tune of 157 million US dollars.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2011 - 06:07 UTC

  Argentina hosts first meeting of Unasur Economy and Finance Council

  

  Argentina will be hosting on Thursday the first meeting of the South American Economy and Finance Council that will bring together Economy ministers and Central bank governors from members of Unasur, Union of South American Nations.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 18:52 UTC

  Former minister criticizes Argentine economy management and warns on inflation

  

  Argentina’s former cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez warned that the government is “not looking at the economy as it should” and is risking “all the good things that have been done so far”. He was also very critical of Economy minister Amado Boudou.

• Saturday, May 21st 2011 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina posts strong primary surplus pushed by economic growth and inflation

  

  Argentina posted a primary budget surplus 1.97 billion Pesos (455 million US dollars) in April, up 4.8% from the 1.88 billion Peso surplus a year earlier, the government said on Thursday.