Tag: Crisitina Fernandez

• Wednesday, December 11th 2019 - 23:17 UTC

  Argentina needs to get back on its feet first, says new President

  

  Argentina's new president Alberto Fernández highlighted Tuesday in his opening speech that his country needs to get back on its feet before anything else after four years of inadequate management by his predecessor Mauricio Macri, as he launched a series of proposals to bounce back from recession and social fracture.

• Wednesday, December 11th 2019 - 03:10 UTC

  Argentine president anticipates a close relationship with Brazil, no matter rulers' personal differences

  

  Argentine president Alberto Fernández announced support for Mercosur and anticipated a joint ambitious all embracing agenda with Brazil, based on shared fraternal history and which he underlined is far beyond any personal difference of current rulers.

• Tuesday, December 3rd 2019 - 09:48 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner accuses the Judiciary and media of demonizing leaders of popular democratic governments

  

  Argentina's ex-president Cristina Kirchner arrived in court on Monday to give evidence in a corruption trial in which she is charged with diverting public funds, just a week before she returns to the country's government as vice president.

• Monday, October 28th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Transition in Argentina: Macri invites Alberto Fernandez to breakfast Monday morning at Government House

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri conceded defeat in Sunday's presidential election, congratulating rival Alberto Fernandez on winning the election.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 05:55 UTC

  Landslide victory for the opposition in Argentina: Macri's reelection undermined; challenging Monday for markets

  

  President Mauricio Macri suffered a crushing defeat as Argentines voted in party primaries on Sunday ahead of October's general election. Given that all of the recession-hit country's major parties have already chosen their presidential candidates, the primaries effectively served as a nationwide pre-election opinion poll.

• Monday, July 8th 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine presidential campaign takes off with ads on local television

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his rivals in the October election launched their campaign ads on local TV on Sunday, targeting undecided voters who will be key to choosing whether his policies remain in place another four years.

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:52 UTC

  April inflation in Argentina eases but reaches 3.4% and an annualized 55.8%

  

  Argentina released April inflation numbers on Wednesday, with the monthly price rise easing to 3.4% - high by international standards, but below market expectations and reversing an acceleration trend that began in January.

• Tuesday, May 14th 2019 - 11:12 UTC

  IMF says it can live with another possible government of Cristina Fernandez

  

  The head of the IMF mission currently in Buenos Aires for the fourth review of the economic program signed by the administration of president Mauricio Macri last year, said that the Fund does not fear a possible return of ex president Cristina Fernandez to office.

• Tuesday, May 7th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Macri hopes to strike a political understanding with arch rival Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina's president Mauricio Macri is looking to strike an accord with political rivals, including nemesis Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, in a bid to calm volatile markets ahead of presidential elections towards the end of the year.

• Tuesday, April 2nd 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentine court rules Florencia Kirchner to return from Cuba; defense will appeal

  

  Ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said a court order “forcing” her sick daughter to return to Argentina is “very grave and absurd”. Florencia Kirchner must return to Argentina from Cuba on Thursday April, 4, to stand trial for money-laundering. She is currently in the Cuban capital, Havana, receiving medical treatment for several conditions, including post-traumatic stress, amenorrhea and lymphedema.