Tag: Argentina general elections

• Monday, September 5th 2011 - 01:21 UTC

  Seven presidential candidates confirmed in Argentina, but CFK looks unbeatable

  

  At the closure of the period, seven Argentine presidential tickets registered at the Electoral Justice for the October 23 elections. All seven tickets were confirmed in the 14 August primary elections when President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, trashed all other hopefuls with over 50% of all valid ballots.

• Wednesday, August 31st 2011 - 08:57 UTC

  Final voting results from August 14 Primary confirm CFK landslide

  

  Argentine Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo announced Tuesday the final voting results of the primary elections that took place last August 14th, with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner leading the presidential race by a 50.24% of the votes.

• Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:31 UTC

  Argentine president campaigns in farm heartland not so long ago ‘enemy territory’

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner made on Friday a deep incursion into the province of Buenos Aires farmland where she headed the inauguration of a railway line which will reactivate the train service connecting twenty towns in the area.

• Thursday, August 25th 2011 - 05:57 UTC

  Argentine organized labour leader stays on; claims “destabilizing campaign”

  

  Argentina’s Secretary General of the CGT Labour Confederation, Hugo Moyano, denied all rumours indicating his imminent departure from the CGT and attributed them to “a destabilizing media operation”. He added he was preparing to defend “workers’ minimum wage”.

• Thursday, August 18th 2011 - 06:37 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez “must have done something right” to have 50% support

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri’s campaign advisor Jaime Durán Barba considered that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “must have done something right” to get so many votes in last Sunday’s primary elections, and assured that the Alfonsín-De Narváez alliance “is the one that lost most votes.”

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 21:52 UTC

  CFK victory in all districts including Buenos Aires City and farming provinces

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was by far the undisputed winner of Sunday’s first-ever simultaneous national primary elections after she was the most voted presidential candidate in all provinces except for San Luis, where the votes went to Alberto Rodríguez Saá.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:55 UTC

  Landslide victory for CFK with more votes than her main rivals together

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, won a landslide support Sunday at the unified simultaneous national primaries having collected more votes than the rest of the presidential candidates for next October 23.

• Sunday, August 14th 2011 - 02:46 UTC

  Argentine presidential primaries a test for the real competition next October 23

  

  Argentina will go to the polls Sunday for simultaneous direct primaries which are also a test to indicate if any of the presidential hopefuls has a real chance of challenging Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election bid next October 23.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 23:00 UTC

  Argentina’s financial “spin”

  

  On Sunday, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be seeking approval to lead the FPV in October’s general elections. With the country currently braving the world’s economic storm, she is keen to keep up appearances.

• Thursday, August 4th 2011 - 19:41 UTC

  CFK re-election bid remains unscathed in spite of recent electoral defeats, says poll

  

  In spite of the latest defeats in the province of Santa Fe and in Buenos Aires City, President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, has sufficient vote intention to ensure her re-election in the first round October 23.