Tag: Crisitina Fernandez

• Wednesday, October 19th 2011 - 06:32 UTC

  Argentine farmers promise that “claims from our sector will keep coming”

  

  Argentine Rural Society’s head, Hugo Biolcati, praised the visit President Cristina Fernández made to Coninagro farmers’ federation, but emphasized that “the claims from our sector will keep coming.”

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 07:54 UTC

  Fighting crime and changes in the cabinet demand Argentine voters, says poll

  

  Eight out of ten voters believe that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez must make changes in her ministerial cabinet in her new government which would take off next December 10 if her re-election bid is supported as all public opinion polls indicate.

• Friday, October 14th 2011 - 03:21 UTC

  Argentina agrees to dredge a River Plate access canal, crucial for Uruguayan ports

  

  Uruguay and Argentina approved this week conditions to begin dredging the River Plate Martin Garcia access channel, an ongoing dispute of over ten years that seriously constrained Uruguay’s ports development, according to reports in the Montevideo media.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 07:58 UTC

  Paris Club group lays out terms for Argentina to repay defaulted debt

  

  Members of the Paris Club group of creditors want Argentina to repay an estimated 9 billion dollars in defaulted debt within three years and to make a big initial payment, Buenos Aires newspaper La Nacion reported over the weekend.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 05:41 UTC

  CFK election win could be largest since return of democracy to Argentina in 1983

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, CFK, is poised for an easy win with over 50% of vote intention for the October 23 election, according to several public opinion polls published over the weekend in the Buenos Aires press.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 21:17 UTC

  Freedom of expression oppressed and endangered in Argentina claims independent media

  

  Argentina’s main private media association, ADEPA, launched a devastating report on freedom of expression in Argentina and warns of the existence of “a mechanism geared to divulge official reports and aggrieve those who think differently”.

• Friday, October 7th 2011 - 18:13 UTC

  Argentine October presidential election, just another calendar day for CFK

  

  Buenos Aires pollster Poliarquía which in recent years has better anticipated electoral results in Argentina, forecasts a comfortable victory for President Cristina Fernandez (CFK) re-election bid next Sunday 23, confirming a third consecutive mandate for the Kirchner couple.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 16:03 UTC

  Argentina leader in use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes, says CFK

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) opened on Wednesday the country’s third nuclear plant Atucha II, in the Greater Buenos Aires district of Zárate, and highlighted the fact that “Argentina is leader in the use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes.”

• Thursday, September 8th 2011 - 02:51 UTC

  Argentine president and business leaders exchange compliments

  

  Argentina “is neither untouchable nor invulnerable” to the complicated global financial situation said on Wednesday President Cristina Fernandez who highlighted that had the crisis hit in a different time it would have obliterated Argentina.

• Monday, September 5th 2011 - 01:21 UTC

  Seven presidential candidates confirmed in Argentina, but CFK looks unbeatable

  

  At the closure of the period, seven Argentine presidential tickets registered at the Electoral Justice for the October 23 elections. All seven tickets were confirmed in the 14 August primary elections when President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, trashed all other hopefuls with over 50% of all valid ballots.