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Montevideo, June 10th 2023 - 17:36 UTC

Tag: Cristina Fernandez

  • Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    All money laundering charges against CFK dismissed

    “Without [an] accusation there is no possible criminal proceeding,” Judge Casanello ruled

    All charges against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) have been dismissed in the money laundering case known as La Ruta del Dinero K (The K Money Route).

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  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:20 UTC

    “Super May”: Eight Kirchnerite provinces advance local elections to avoid October debacle

    All eight elections will be held in the first two Sundays of May, some with electronic votes, others with the more traditional envelope ballots.

    With the Argentine government of Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in total disarray, the economy in shambles and with no hard currency, while a top delegation travels the world, China, Brazil, the US, and the IMF begging for fresh funds, several Argentine provinces are holding their local elections for governor and lawmakers, un hooked from the national presidential event next October.

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: CFK announces no candidacies

    “Inflation does not stop with dollarization,” CFK stressed

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) made no announcement regarding the upcoming presidential elections during her appearance Thursday at a La Plata theater for the ceremony marking the opening of the Néstor Kirchner Institute. Following last week's declaration by President Alberto Fernández that he would not seek reelection, all eyes are focused on her next move.

  • Monday, April 3rd 2023 - 14:57 UTC

    Alberto Fernandez suggested that he would run against Cristina Kirchner in the internal elections

    Alberto Fernández advocated for the unity of the Frente de Todos: “The only aspiration I have is for the Frente de Todos to win. I want us to elect the one who can make us win”, he said.

    On Sunday, President Alberto Fernández stated in an interview that Peronism must “renew itself once again and put an end to personalism”. He also emphasized that his ”enemy is not the comrades of the Frente de Todos (FdT) but the Macrismo and the recalcitrant right-wing”. Fernández asserted that the FdT cares about the weakest sectors of society and represents the middle class and impoverished sectors of Argentina.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Puebla Group supports CFK at Buenos Aires gathering

    “If we have to fight against drug trafficking, first we have to fight against the financial system that launders drug money,” CFK noted

    The Puebla Group Tuesday expressed its support to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) during a convention at Buenos Aires' Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK).

  • Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:53 UTC

    Argentina: Ruling bloc in the Senate breaks up and a new bench emerges

    The ruling party will have even more difficulties to achieve, with allies, the quorum of 37 seats necessary to enable a session in the Upper House. ”

    A group of Argentine senators announced on Wednesday their withdrawal from the bloc of the ruling Frente de Todos in the Upper House and their decision to form their own bench, in the run-up to the complex electoral process that the South American country will undergo this year.

  • Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:13 UTC

    CFK holds private meeting with Honduras President

    CFK underlined that 13 years after the coup d'état against her husband Manuel Zelaya Castro had managed to become president

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Monday met with Honduran President Xiomara Castro at the former's office in Congress. The Central American leader is in Buenos Aires to attend Tuesday's VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac).

  • Wednesday, December 28th 2022 - 10:57 UTC

    CFK insists there is a proscription on her running for office

    It is not against me, it is against Peronism,” CFK argued during the opening of the Diego Armando Maradona sports center in Avellaneda

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) insisted there was “neither resignation nor self-exclusion” on her part because “here there is proscription,” which is why she claimed she would not be running for any office in 2023.

  • Monday, December 12th 2022 - 19:20 UTC

    Argentina: Prosecutor who got CFK convicted assaulted at a restaurant

    Other people applauded a as he arrived at the restaurant

    Argentine Prosecutor Diego Luciani, who earlier this month got Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) convicted of corruption in the National Highway Directorate (DNV) case, was assaulted during the weekend while dining at a Mar del Plata restaurant.

  • Friday, December 9th 2022 - 08:12 UTC

    CFK tests positive for COVID-19, Puebla Group Summit adjourned

    Despite the test, CFK was reported to be in good health at her El Calafate estate (Pic La Nacion)

    Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) tested positive for COVID-19 Thursday, after which all her engagements were called off and a gathering of Puebla Group leaders scheduled for later this month in Buenos Aires has been rescheduled, it was announced.

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