Tag: argentina elections

• Saturday, November 5th 2022 - 11:06 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez reappears in public in electoral mode as crowds called her “President”

  

  For the first time since her assassination attempt on September 1, Argentina's Vice-President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), reappeared in public at an event that welcomed her with the chant “Cristina presidenta” (Cristina President). She replied that it was possible to repeat the bonanzas of her two consecutive four-year terms in office (2007-2015).

• Tuesday, October 25th 2022 - 09:08 UTC

  CFK's son says former President not likely to run for Casa Rosada in 2023

  

  Argentine Deputy Máximo Kirchner Monday said that his mother, Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) is not likely to run for president in the 2023 elections.

• Friday, September 9th 2022 - 09:29 UTC

  Bullrich to run in next year's Argentine primaries no matter what

  

  PRO Chairwoman Patricia Bullrich has made it clear she will run for president of Argentina next year even if her former boss Mauricio Macri himself decides to enter the race.

• Saturday, June 11th 2022 - 10:44 UTC

  Milei launches presidential bid in fiasco event attended by only a few

  

  Argentine Congressman Javier Milei, who had been slated as a strong presidential contender in next year's elections, Friday staged a major fiasco when in a football stadium with a capacity of 14,000 people, only some 1,500 gathered to see him launch his Casa Rosada bid.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 22:50 UTC

  Argentine surrealism: turning a major defeat into a victory celebration

  

  “On Wednesday, I'm inviting you to celebrate this great triumph by filling the Plaza de Mayo with militants,” Argentine president Alberto Fernandez announced calling the trade unions and the organizations of picketers in support of Sunday's midterm election “great win”. Likewise one of his most loquacious candidates Victoria Tolosa Paz argued, actually “losing we are winning, and those winning are losing”.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  US dollar does not soar as expected following Argentina's elections results

  

  Contrary to expectations, the unofficial exchange rate between the Argentine peso and the US dollar remained somewhat stable Monday following the ruling party's overall loss at Sunday's mid-term elections.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:22 UTC

  Maquila vote in Tierra del Fuego helps the ruling coalition of president Fernandez

  

  The two seats at stake in the Argentine Lower House representing the extreme south province of Tierra del Fuego, had their holders reelected comfortably last Sunday in the midterm election.

• Monday, November 15th 2021 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina’s ruling party loses Congress majority

  

  Preliminary but seemingly conclusive results from Argentina's mid-term elections Sunday showed the ruling party of President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would be losing its majority in Congress after 38 years.

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 09:54 UTC

  The Government has heard the voice of the people, Argentine President says

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Thursday assured his Government had listened to the demands of the people after the Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primary (PASO) elections in September and taken the necessary steps to deserve the popular support Sunday.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Argentine food prices grow below overall inflation

  

  Argentina's basic food basket rose 3.2% in September, according to data released Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).