Tag: Argentine Congress

• Thursday, September 22nd 2016 - 06:27 UTC

  Argentine congress will be part of the Argentina/UK joint statement discussions

  

  The chair of Argentina's Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee Elisa Carrió has supported president Mauricio Macri's “nonnegotiable” stance on the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty dispute and attributed the Argentina/UK joint statement controversy to “minor questions of communication”, nevertheless she summoned deputy foreign minister Carlos Foradori to Congress next Wednesday.

• Wednesday, March 16th 2016 - 17:15 UTC

  Argentine Senate begins consideration of debt 'normalization' bill following approval by Lower House

  

  The administration of president Mauricio Macri overcame a first hurdle in the Argentine congress to have its “debt normalization” bill approved, which should help bring to an end years of litigation with the holdout funds and open access to global money markets in normal conditions.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 - 07:30 UTC

  Macri reaffirmed Malvinas sovereignty claim, despite mature and sensible relations with all countries

  

  At the formal opening of the 134th congressional term on Tuesday, Argentine president Mauricio Macri said on Tuesday that his administration is building mature and sensible relations with all countries of the world, and Mercosur is a priority, but dialoguing with world leaders, including British PM David Cameron “does not mean giving up our sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands”.

• Wednesday, March 2nd 2016 - 07:15 UTC

  Macri in an hour long speech blasts his predecessor and in the other half tries to inject optimism

  

  In a one hour speech before the Argentine congress, president Mauricio Macri spent half the time describing the country he received and in the other half made some announcements, but above all tried to transmit optimism, willingness to overcome, and insisted in the three pillars of his electoral pledge, eliminating poverty, combating drug-trafficking and unity among all Argentines.

• Monday, November 16th 2015 - 08:15 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez overspending to the last Peso and credit before leaving

  

  Outgoing Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will be leaving not only the Central bank reserves exhausted but also a budget deficit which is estimated at 7% of GDP by the end of the fiscal year, equivalent to 400.000 million Pesos, according to the country's National Auditing Office, AGN.

• Friday, November 13th 2015 - 07:46 UTC

  The new Argentine congress will have a dominating 'Kirchnerite' presence

  

  The recently elected members of Argentina’s new congress will be taking the oath on 3 December, and numbers show that the current coalition of president Cristina Fernandez, Victory Front, will retain the first minority in the Lower House, while it will enjoy a comfortable majority in the Senate.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 07:10 UTC

  If Scioli is Argentina' next president he should have a strong support in Congress

  

  Next October 25 Argentines will be voting for a new president but also to renew half of all seats (257) in the Lower House and one third of seats in the Senate. This means that more than fifty percent of the 130 seats available currently belonging to the ruling Victory Front (FpV) of Cristina Fernandez as the “first minority” within the legislature, will be disputed.

• Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 06:55 UTC

  “Open your heads: world is different, China leads”, argued Cristina Fernandez

  

  “I'm asking all Argentine and mainly those who have aspirations of leading the country, to open their heads”, said Cristina Fernandez in reference to the recently signed agreements with China, which are in the framework of an “integral strategic association” and have under strong criticism.

• Monday, March 2nd 2015 - 06:44 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez defends the Kirchner legacy and warns her December successor

  

  In her usual fiery style Argentine president Cristina Fernandez on Sunday addressing Congress lashed out at the Judicial branch, questioned the political use of the AMIA bombing, for the first time openly referred to the Nisman case, and underlined that Argentina is no longer 'in the red'. She ended with a veiled warning to whoever succeeds her following on October's presidential election.

• 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.