Tag: Congress midterm elections

• Friday, October 5th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Trump's strategy for midterm elections: China meddling in US politics, the villain

  

  Vice-president Mike Pence on Thursday accused China of military aggression, commercial theft and rising human rights violations as he cast the Asian power as a villain bent on interfering in upcoming US elections.

• Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 11:08 UTC

  Argentina' final sprint to the midterm elections; the primary cost the central bank US$ 1.8bn

  

  With trading much more relaxed on Friday ended the several days of money market uncertainty leading to Argentina Sunday´s primary election, an anticipation of what can happen in the midterm elections of 22 October when President Mauricio Macri's economic reforms will be put to test in the polls, and hopefully his coalition will increase its congressional support.

• Friday, August 11th 2017 - 08:32 UTC

  Argentina Sunday's primary election: a re-edition of the Cristina Fernandez/Macri dispute

  

  On Sunday Argentines will be able to choose their candidates to the Senate and Lower House for the midterm October elections, in a process known as PASO, which means open mandatory, simultaneous primaries for all parties, but which are not compulsory for the electoral roll.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 09:43 UTC

  Fear of a Cristina Fernandez comeback has cost the Argentine central bank over a billion dollars

  

  The Argentine primary next Sunday when the different parties will choose their candidates for the midterm elections of 22 October, and the possibility of a comeback of ex president Cristina Fernandez, and all that she represents, has cost the Argentine central bank so far over a billion dollars in the last ten days.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 06:55 UTC

  Macri confident in a flush of investments after his coalition win in midterm elections

  

  President Mauricio Macri anticipated on Tuesday that investments in Argentina would multiply after what he predicted will be a triumph for his Let's Change Coalition in October's mid-term elections. While Macri said his allies would win “by a lot” nationwide, he admitted polls showed a tight race between his party's candidate and ex president Cristina Fernandez for a Senate seat in Buenos Aires province.

• Friday, May 26th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez prepared to run for Congress to put a break to Macri's policies

  

  Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez said on Thursday she is open to the possibility of running for a seat in Congress in the October midterm elections, since she considers essential to put a stop to the policies implemented by her successor, president Mauricio Macri.