Tag: Crisitina Fernandez

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 02:18 UTC

  New Economy minister: market friendly and an expert in debt negotiations

  

  Hernán Lorenzino, 39, currently Finance Secretary and beginning next Saturday Argentina’s Minister of Economy is considered market friendly, has a vast experience in debt negotiations and accompanied President Cristina Fernandez in her recent trip to the G20 summit in France.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2011 - 02:00 UTC

  Positive reaction to Cristina Fernandez names for top cabinet posts

  

  The Argentine government unveiled on Tuesday the list of the new cabinet members for President Cristina Fernández second mandate which will start next Saturday when she takes the oath of office. The initial reactions were positive both in the political system and from markets.

• Friday, December 2nd 2011 - 16:00 UTC

  CFK moved to tears on receiving picture of her husband painted by Chavez

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández signed on Thursday nineteen cooperation agreements in different fields with her Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez at the Miraflores Palace in Caracas.

• Wednesday, November 23rd 2011 - 20:01 UTC

  Argentina has great hopes with the Caribbean back in the Latinamerican fold

  

  Argentina has great expectations about the coming summit for the official creation of the Community of Latinamerican and Caribbean states, Celac, scheduled to take place next December 2 and 3 in Venezuela, said Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.

• Friday, November 11th 2011 - 08:14 UTC

  CFK meets Argentina’s new Episcopate leader but has him waiting for an hour

  

  President Cristina Fernández met on Thursday with the new president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA), Monsignor José María Arancedo. CFK decided to meet with the Santa Fe province archibishop after he was named as the new Episcopate leader on Tuesday for a three year term, replacing Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.

• Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:45 UTC

  Obama is right: much to learn from CFK re-election; final vote count 54.11%

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández obtained over 54% of votes in the presidential elections, according to the definitive vote count released Thursday by Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 14:57 UTC

  Argentine president calls for an end to anarchy and a return to “real capitalism”

  

  During Thursday’s meetings of the Group of 20 in Cannes, Argentine President Cristina Fernández for G20 leaders to put a stop to the current “anarchistic economic capitalism” and regulate the markets, not the countries, to go back to what she referred to as “real capitalism” after three years of world economic crisis.

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 01:09 UTC

  Hillary Clinton praises CFK and calls for a “strong and successful relationship”

  

  US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) after her re-election and stressed on the importance of renewing their mutual commitment for a “strong and successful relationship.”

• Monday, October 31st 2011 - 01:07 UTC

  Chile looks forward to strengthening relations with CFK re-election

  

  Chilean ambassador to Argentina Adolfo Zaldívar assured that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s re-election “allows for the strengthening of bilateral relations and a more profound integration between both countries.”

• Monday, October 24th 2011 - 06:59 UTC

  Governor Scioli re-elected governor of the crucial Buenos Aires province

  

  The ruling coalition of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner also had a landslide performance in the governorships taking eight out of nine, with an impressive victory in Buenos Aires where governor Daniel Scioli was re-elected by with 56% of the vote, even better than his mentor.