Tag: Axel Kicillof

• Saturday, December 21st 2013 - 05:41 UTC

  Argentina imposes 'voluntary' price agreement on 200 supermarket staples

  

  Argentina has negotiated a new inflation-fighting attempt: regulating prices of nearly 200 supermarket staples, scheduled to go into effect January 1, the Commerce Department said Friday. The deal was reached with different chambers and pretends to keep prices unchanged for twelve months.

• Saturday, December 7th 2013 - 06:34 UTC

  Brazil says Argentina will again open the doors to bilateral trade next week

  

  Argentina will from next week open the doors for Brazilian imports held up on the border between the two nations, including footwear and motor vehicles, according to Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade Fernando Pimentel.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2013 - 21:06 UTC

  Argentines will have to spend summer holidays at home; tourist dollar up 35%

  

  In an attempt to stop the drain of Argentina Central Bank international reserves, the government of President Cristina Fernandez has decided to take the 20% income tax advance to 35% for all credit and debit card purchases made abroad. The move will also involve the purchase of dollars for Argentines travelling abroad with the US currency climbing now to 8.322 pesos.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2013 - 08:47 UTC

  YPF and Repsol reach an 'agreement in principle' with Mexican mediation

  

  The dispute between the Argentine government and Repsol over the seizure of a 51% stake in petroleum company YPF has shown some signs of cooling, with the Ministry of Economy announcing on Monday that an “agreement in principle” for compensating the Spanish corporation had been reached.

• Friday, November 22nd 2013 - 03:46 UTC

  “Argentina is on fire because of inflation” says leading businessman

  

  Fiat Argentina CEO Cristiano Rattazzi said that “Argentina is on fire because of inflation” and called on the newly appointed cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich and Economy minister Axel Kicillof “to work hard to bring inflation down”.

• Thursday, November 21st 2013 - 06:56 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez for the first time live since surgery, takes the oath of new ministers

  

  In an emotional but brief (eleven minutes) ceremony Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, on Wednesday late evening, was back on stage at the Casa Rosada, the first time since she underwent cranium surgery six weeks ago, for the oath-taking ceremony of three new top officials who will be decisive ministers in the last two years of her second mandate.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2013 - 05:22 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez most emblematic and faithful “K soldier” sent to Italy

  

  On Tuesday, one day after resuming her Executive duties, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez accepted the resignation of the most emblematic of the Kirchner-couple bullying tactics, a true 'K soldier' who has been on the job since 2005 and was expected to step down with the lady in 2015.

• Tuesday, November 19th 2013 - 07:22 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez reshuffles cabinet and names new economic team

  

  The administration of Argentine President Cristina Fernández announced on Monday a major cabinet reshuffle naming Chaco governor Jorge Capitanich as new cabinet chief and Axel Kicillof Economy minister while the Central bank will have a new president, Carlos Fabrega.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 05:54 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez wants Argentine tourists to remain and visit Argentina

  

  The administration of President Cristina Fernandez is preparing a package of measures in an attempt to further impede the outflow of hard currency, mainly US dollars, for which it is planning to establish a double exchange rate system. The measures target tourism, a bill of 8 billion dollars which has become dearer than the energy deficit.

• Friday, August 30th 2013 - 01:55 UTC

  Argentina formalizes reciprocity request for Aerolineas in Chile and Brazil air markets

  

  Argentine officials publicly stated on Thursday there was no intention of expelling any commercial airline from the country because Aerolineas Argentinas is working well, but called on Latam to help the Argentine flag carrier with reciprocity in Chile and Brazil.