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Montevideo, September 22nd 2026 - 08:52 UTC

Tag: argentina elections

  • Tuesday, September 3rd 2019 - 09:47 UTC

    Argentine opposition candidate Fernandez visiting Spain and Portugal

    While in Madrid Fernandez will be hosted at the Uruguayan embassy by ambassador Francisco Bustillo

    The leader of the Argentine opposition and favorite to become the next president in October's election is currently spending time in Spain and Portugal where he has an academic, political and rest and recover agenda, which begins this Tuesday at the Camilo Cela José University with a conference on politics and voters, “a perspective from the electoral campaigns”.

  • Saturday, August 31st 2019 - 17:54 UTC

    The “Amazon fires of uncertainty” in Argentina: can they get worse?

    The central bank sold a total US$387 million in reserves in four auctions during the day, aimed at stabilizing the peso

    Argentina’s battered bonds were driven still lower on Friday after a credit rating cut from Standard & Poor’s triggered automatic selling mechanisms at big pension funds. Risk spreads blew out to levels not seen since 2005 while the local peso currency extended its year-to-date slide to 36%, forcing renewed central bank market intervention and intensifying worries about Argentina’s ability to honor its dollar-denominated debt.

  • Friday, August 30th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

    Fernandez meets Argentine farmers leaders and proposes a fresh start

    Opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez held talks with four major agriculture organizations at his campaign’s offices in Buenos Aires

    The man widely expected to become Argentina’s next president asked farmers from the country’s key grains sector on Thursday to put aside their bitter differences with the government of his running mate, former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and move forward with him.

  • Monday, July 15th 2019 - 10:54 UTC

    Argentina: The Minister of Defense will retire two senior officers for the ARA San Juan tragedy

    Aguad would retire to the last two officers in activity that made up the chain of command when the tragedy at sea ended with the death of the 44 crew members of the submarine

    Argentina's defence minister, Oscar Aguad, will publish on Monday a summary prepared by the Mayor state of that country, Infobae reported, establishing the military responsibilities of the Navy in the sinking of the submarine ARA San Juan, found at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on November 2018, one year after its vanishing.

  • Tuesday, July 9th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

    President Macri's reelection chances improving according to leading pollster

    Macri is benefiting from the economy’s newfound stability although Argentina remains in recession with unemployment in the double-digits

    President Mauricio Macri’s chances of winning Argentina’s election this year are improving as public sentiment climbs and the economy begins to find its footing after a currency crisis, according to Alejandro Catterberg, director of Poliarquia, one of the nation’s top pollsters.

  • Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

    Polls: Fernández-Fernández headed for a first-round win in Argentina's presidential elections

    The popularity of Alberto and Cristina seems to be on the rise.

    Barely a week after the Alberto Fernández-Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) ticket for the upcoming presidential elections in Argentina was announced, the unexpected Peronist-Kirchnerist pairing is over ten points ahead of incumbent President Mauricio Macri and whomever he picks as his running mate, according to two polls sponsored by the center-left Página 12 newspaper, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

    Macri's junior partner confirms the 2015 successful coalition

    The Radicales UCR confirmed after a long at times critical debate their intention to remain in the ruling coalition Cambiemos

    The junior partner of the Argentine ruling coalition, the center-left Radical party, UCR, at its national convention, and after much debate finally agreed to remain as a junior member of, “Cambiemos”(Let's Change), headed by president Mauricio Macri.

  • Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

    Santa Fe will host Argentina's first 2019 presidential debate

    Last time out, there was one debate held before the election, featuring the main candidates, and then another after between Mauricio Macri and Daniel Scioli, prior to the run-off.

    Argentina's first presidential debate of the 2019 election will take place in Santa Fe province, the Noticias news magazine confirmed on Tuesday. The event will be held at the auditorium of the National University of the Littoral (Universidad Nacional del Litoral), in Santa Fe City, after the PASOs.

  • Monday, April 1st 2019 - 09:58 UTC

    A preview of Argentina's presidential campaign: “Macri, you son of a b...”

    In effect in one of the videos, under the heading “Who the f... cares” there is a clear contrast between background criticisms of the current inflation rate

    Contrasting and controversial political ads for the Argentine presidential election next October have emerged allegedly launched by Mauricio Macri's advisory team, and they have caused quite a surprise when not a stir. The idea is to promote public works and investments undertaken by the Macri administration despite the virulent criticism of current policies.

  • Thursday, March 28th 2019 - 09:39 UTC

    Argentine Peso slides to an all time low and country risk climbs to almost 800 points

    At the end of Wednesday trading the dollar had reached 45 Pesos, a daily depreciation of 3%

    The Argentine Peso slid to all-time lows against the dollar as concerns about inflation, weak growth and October's presidential election weighed. The currency has lost 14% so far this year and the weakness raises fears of a repeat of the currency crisis of 2018 when the Peso lost half its value against the dollar.