Tag: Aníbal Fernández

• Sunday, March 13th 2011 - 00:47 UTC

  Argentina forgets the US Air Force incident and says relations are “excellent”

  

  Relations between Argentina and the United States are ‘excellent’ said ultra ‘Kirchnerite’ lawmaker Carlos Kunkel who discarded as ‘interested parties’ versions indicating certain ‘discomfort’ in President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner administration with the coming visit of President Barack Obama to El Salvador, Chile and Brazil.

• Thursday, March 3rd 2011 - 06:06 UTC

  Vargas Llosa is “an enemy of Argentina and all populist governments”

  

  In spite of President Cristina Fernandez instructions to scale down the controversy over the attendance of Literature Nobel Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa to Buenos for the opening of the Book Fair, the exchanges continued Wednesday.

• Tuesday, March 1st 2011 - 00:17 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez re-election bid in “inevitable” says cabinet chief

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election bid is “inevitable” said cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez who nevertheless pointed out it was “premature” to talk about candidates for next October’s presidential election.

• Friday, February 11th 2011 - 06:55 UTC

  Corruption controversy: Argentine official calls US diplomats “a joke”

  

  Argentina’s Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández is the latest high-ranking official to address the Wikileaks controversy after Spanish newspaper El País published several cables that denounced various corruption cases within the Cristina Fernández de Kirchner administration.

• Friday, February 11th 2011 - 06:52 UTC

  Argentine business leaders urge government to “stop denying inflation”

  

  The head of Argentina’ powerful Business Leaders Association (ADE) urged the government to “stop denying inflation” and rejected the notion that businessmen are responsible for price hikes.

• Monday, December 13th 2010 - 07:57 UTC

  Buenos Aires Mayor, the big looser in the squatters-neighbours battle

  

  A 130 hectares city park and open space taken over by squatters in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires, the scene in recent days of violent incidents in which at least four people were killed and scores injured, was calm on Sunday following on the arrival of security forces sent by the federal government.

• Friday, November 12th 2010 - 15:43 UTC

  Inflation or no inflation: that is the question for the Argentine government

  

  Fissures inside the Argentine cabinet are surfacing and refer to one of the most irritating issues for the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner: inflation or no inflation.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2010 - 05:20 UTC

  Chile freezes relation and calls off series of meetings with Argentina

  

  Chilean Argentine relations deteriorated seriously on Tuesday when the government of President Sebastian Piñera announced they were calling off a series of meetings at Foreign Affairs ministerial level following on Buenos Aires decision to grant political asylum to a former guerrilla fighter.

• Thursday, August 26th 2010 - 05:02 UTC

  US closely following Argentine debate on freedom of the press

  

  United States Department of State Deputy Spokesman Mark Toner said President Barack Obama's administration is “closely” watching the debate on press freedom in Argentina.

• Wednesday, August 18th 2010 - 05:16 UTC

  Argentine Catholic Church reiterates “concern” with insecurity increase

  

  The Catholic Church again expressed “concern” about the increase in crime and insecurity during the opening of the 156th Episcopate Permanent Committee Summit presided by Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.