Tag: Argentina

Friday, November 27th 2015 - 06:10 UTC
Cameron and Macri agree to 'strengthen relations' and 'to pursue a path of open dialogue'

Britain's David Cameron and Argentina's president-elect Mauricio Macri agreed to “strengthen relations” and “to pursue a path of open dialogue” between their countries after a phone call Thursday, Downing Street said.
Thursday, November 26th 2015 - 07:09 UTC
Macri names bankers and big business executives to his economic team

Argentina's president-elect Mauricio Macri has named US-educated bankers and big business executives to key posts in a cabinet he vows will revive the economy, officials and media reports said Wednesday. Budget and finance minister Alfonso Prat-Gay, 50, an economist trained at Pennsylvania University and former Wall Street banker, was announced by Macri's designated chief of staff Marcos Peña.
Thursday, November 26th 2015 - 07:01 UTC
Cristina Fernandez wants to become head of the opposition to Macri

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez made on Wednesday her first public appearance since Sunday's election runoff when opposition candidate Mauricio Macri was confirmed as the new head of state, and clearly anticipated she will continue in politics and pretends to conduct the Justicialista party, the country's hegemonic political force.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 08:09 UTC
An Anti-incumbency Vote Whose Effects Will be Seen Beyond Argentina

By Rengaraj Viswanathan (*) Mauricio Macri’s win will inspire the centre-right opposition parties that hope to replace leftist governments in Brazil and Venezuela but it is too early to declare, as some observers are doing, that the result marks the end of the Left in the region
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:35 UTC
Mujica wishes Argentina and Macri 'the best', but has fears about 'institutional stability'

Two days after Mauricio Macri's victory in Argentina, Uruguay's former president Jose Mujica wished Argentina “the best” with its new government, but also expressed fear about the 'institutional stability' of the country.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:21 UTC
UK expects new Canadian government will continue to support Falklands

The UK government is looking forward to working with the new government of Argentina and hopes the people of the Falkland Islands will not suffer the bellicosity shown by the current administration, said Foreign Office minister Hugo Swire in Parliament.
Wednesday, November 25th 2015 - 07:03 UTC
Macri names top UN official as Argentina's next Foreign Minister

President-elect Mauricio Macri has tapped a top United Nations official to be Argentina's next foreign minister. Macri announced on his Facebook page on Tuesday that he picked Susana Malcorra, Cabinet chief for U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon since 2012.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 12:21 UTC
Macri will announce his economic team and measures once he has access to official data

In his first press conference as Argentine president-elect, Mauricio Macri announced on Monday he would not have a Secretary of Economy but rather an economic cabinet with six members, and anticipated that the team that will be taking office with him, as well as those in the province of Buenos Aires, “will include many officials which do not come from the political system”.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:47 UTC
Argentine election: the Kirchners' Falklands policy has backfired spectacularly

By Dr Alasdair Pinkerton - For the first time in 12 years, the new occupant of the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, will no longer bear the surname Kirchner.
Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 10:24 UTC
China prepared to intensify strategic partnership with Argentina

China congratulated Mauricio Macri on Monday for winning Argentina's presidential election and underlined the comprehensive strategic partnership.