Tag: Argentina general elections

• Friday, March 8th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Argentina's Peso hit a record low to the dollar weakening 4%

  

  Argentina’s struggling currency hit a record low against the dollar on Thursday, weakening over 4% to close at 42.5 pesos per dollar, a challenge for President Mauricio Macri as he looks to right the economy ahead of elections in October.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Rain and floods in Buenos Aires province become a political challenge

  

  Over 20.000 people are estimated to have been evacuated or suffering flooding because of continued rains in Buenos Aires province where a wind alert for the River Plate area and coastal zones is hampering draining possibilities, a situation which started last week and is expected to last until Sunday.

• Wednesday, February 25th 2015 - 05:37 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez secluded to prepare her last 'State of the Nation' speech

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez flew on Tuesday evening to Rio Gallegos, where according to the presidential agenda she will visit the mausoleum built by her to the memory of her late husband and former president Nestor Kirchner.

• Thursday, August 15th 2013 - 03:45 UTC

  With defiant fury Cristina Fernandez launched the campaign for October election

  

  In an extremely aggressive speech in the aftermath of primaries defeat, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez blasted the media for misinterpreting electoral results, charged against the Mayor of Tigre Sergio Massa who was the big winner on Sunday, pressed for full commitment from her allies and promised more of the same in support of the ‘socially inclusive model’.

• Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 23:17 UTC

  Election year fever in Argentina: fuel price freeze and lower interests on bank arrears

  

  Election fever in Argentina: the administration of President Cristina Fernandez froze the price of gasoline and diesel sold at service stations for six months and convinced banks to cut interest payments on arrears. Last month supermarket chains and other suppliers agreed to extend the current price freeze.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 03:26 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez re-election initiative spurs rejection from opposition

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez is totally in agreement with a constitutional review opening the way for a third consecutive re-election, claimed the main opposition party president who anticipated political forces will rally to try and stop the initiative.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2012 - 05:07 UTC

  Lawmaker rejects idea of ‘Kirchnerite era’ end if CFK is not re-elected in 2015

  

  Argentine lawmaker and close counsellor of President Cristina Fernandez Carlos Kunkel rejected on Tuesday the idea that the ‘Kichnerite era’ could end if President Cristina Fernández is not re-elected in 2015 presidential elections as has been suggested by some of her followers and the opposition.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:37 UTC

  Argentine government lavishly spending on self-promotion, says TI chapter

  

  The Argentine government spent 1.225 billion Pesos (307.8 million dollars) in 2010 on public advertising campaigns, noting an increase of 25 times since 2003, according to a recent study (*) released by Poder Ciudadano, the Argentine national chapter of Transparency International.

• Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 06:35 UTC

  Mujica absent from CFK inauguration following on doctors advice

  

  Uruguayan President José Mujica, 76, announced he would not be attending President Cristina Fernández inauguration ceremony on Saturday after his doctor recommended he should rest for the next few days. His wife, First Lady and Senator Lucía Topolansky will be attending instead.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 05:39 UTC

  CFK begins her second mandate with the budget and energy bill in the red

  

  Cristina Fernandez takes the re-election oath on Saturday with government accounts and the energy bill in red, which contrasts with the surplus condition enjoyed by Argentina when she first took office four years ago.