Tag: Axel Kicillof

• Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 09:06 UTC

  Kicillof visits CFK as midterms loom over

  

  Axel Kicillof, Governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, and arguably the main opposition leader following Sept. 7 elections in his district, where he dealt a heavy blow to President Javier Milei's political force, paid a visit Wednesday to Justicialist (Peronist) Party Chairwoman Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).

• Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:01 UTC

  “Argentina’s finances just got even more surreal”, by The Economist

  

  On September 22nd, 15 minutes before Argentina’s foreign-exchange markets opened, America’s government made an intervention. “Argentina is a systemically important US ally,” Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, wrote on X, a social network. He added that the United States would “do what is needed” and that “all options for stabilization are on the table.”

• Friday, September 26th 2025 - 10:26 UTC

  Kicillof consolidates himself as Argentina's opposition leader

  

  During his appearance on Wednesday in New York at the tribute to the late Uruguayan former President José Pepe Mujica, the Governor of the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof, consolidated his role as the country's opposition stalwart.

• Monday, September 8th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Milei's party dealt heavy blow in province of Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei's ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) suffered a severe blow on Sunday in the midterm elections in the province of Buenos Aires at the hands of arch-rivals Fuerza Patria, the name under which Kirchnerism-Peronism entered the contest. Turnout stood at 63%.

• Thursday, September 4th 2025 - 19:16 UTC

  CFK campaigns for the opposition from her house arrest

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK), currently under house arrest, has jumped again onto the political fray just days ahead of next Sunday's midterm elections in the province of Buenos Aires, a key district whose results may cascade upon other constituencies on Oct. 26.

• Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:03 UTC

  Buenos Aires Peronists join forces to fight Milei's chainsaw policies

  

  The Justicialist (Peronist) Party (PJ) in the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires agreed on a unified strategy vis-à-vis the Sept. 7 mid-term provincial elections in a convention attended by 691 representatives and chaired by Fernando Espinoza. The conclave agreed on appointing a commission to form this new front.

• Tuesday, July 1st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  US judge rules against Argentina in YPF restatization case

  

  Judge Loretta Preska of the Southern District Court of New York ordered Argentina to transfer 51% of YPF shares to an escrow account to settle a US$16.1 billion judgment in favor of Burford Capital and Eton Capital, stemming from the 2012 expropriation of the oil company. The ruling, which Argentina may appeal, surprised the government, as even the US Department of Justice opposed it. The decision led to a sharp decline in YPF shares (1.4% on Wall Street, 3% locally) and a 2% drop in the Merval index.

• Friday, February 28th 2025 - 20:40 UTC

  Milei wants opposition leader Kicillof to resign as Governor of Buenos Aires

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei urged Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof to resign so that a federal intervention could be launched to restore order as residents of that Argentine district were enraged Thursday by the murder of a 7-year-old girl. The perpetrators were identified to be minors aged 14 and 17, and would therefore face lesser to no charges; in other words, they would be free to kill again. “Let us intervene in the Province,” Milei insisted.

• Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 19:58 UTC

  Spanish Labor Minister announces tour of Argentina and Uruguay

  

  Spain's Labor Minister and Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz will be touring Argentina and Uruguay later this month to attend Yamandú Orsi's inauguration in Montevideo on March 1, among other engagements, her office in Madrid announced Thursday.

• Monday, February 3rd 2025 - 09:47 UTC

  Milei says anti-fascist LGBT+ protesters duped by “edited” version of his speech

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei said Sunday that he was saddened by how those participating in the Feb. 1 Gay Pride demonstration in Buenos Aires' iconic Plaza de Mayo were “used with an edited video.”