Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Tuesday, July 24th 2012 - 21:46 UTC

  Argentina the world’s most protectionist country, says World Bank trade report

  

  For the second time in the roll a study from World Bank’s Global Trade Alert points Argentina as the world’s most protectionist country. In a report released by the institution, Argentina appears as the country which applies the most restrictions to control foreign trade for the second time in a roll.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 20:43 UTC

  Argentina’s top agro-show opens with strong criticism of government farm policies

  

  The head of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA) Hugo Biolcati blasted the national and provincial governments economic policies towards the agricultural sector during his opening remarks at the inauguration of the 126 annual edition of the entity’s exhibition held at La Rural pavilion in Palermo, Buenos Aires City.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:23 UTC

  Bolivia agrees to sell more gas to Argentina under an ‘interruptible’ contract

  

  Argentina and Bolivia signed on Wednesday new agreements to increase the sale of Bolivian natural gas to its southern neighbour but the controversial issue of a price review went unnoticed.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 08:14 UTC

  To vote again for Cristina Fernandez would be a “masochist act” says Moyano

  

  Argentine CGT Labour Confederation head Hugo Moyano said on Wednesday that he would not vote again for President Cristina Fernández but nevertheless sent her a letter requesting she receives the new CGT board which the government does not recognize.

• Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 07:52 UTC

  Buenos Aires sends forces to Santa Cruz province to help with law and order

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez political turf, the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz has formally requested the deployment of federal forces to help keep law and order because of a 16-day strike by the provincial police.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2012 - 23:36 UTC

  Argentine pro-government unions don’t trust Cristina’s stats and official inflation

  

  Despite having managed to split organized labour and declared war on its most powerful exponent the teamsters boss Hugo Moyano, the government of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez still has to deal with its unconvincing stats office and rampant inflation.

• Tuesday, July 17th 2012 - 04:47 UTC

  Moyano says unions will have their own stats office to keep track of inflation

  

  Argentina’s organized labour CGT leader Hugo Moyano began on Monday his new term at the helm of the umbrella union organization and once again targeted the government of President Cristina Fernandez promising to set up his own Indec (stats office) to measure inflation.

• Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 22:30 UTC

  Argentina further tightens “dollar clamp”, bans all greenback’ purchases for savings

  

  The Argentine Central Bank announced on Thursday it will officially ban the purchase of dollars for savings, the latest in a series of measures to discourage the buying of greenbacks.

• Thursday, July 5th 2012 - 07:51 UTC

  Argentina’s top 20 banks will have to lend for investment, says CFK

  

  In a further attempt to prop the economy and promote investment funding Argentine President Cristina Fernández, CFK, announced on Wednesday that via the Central Bank, “the twenty A-class banks in the country will be obligated to give out loans,” in order for investment to be made on goods and services.”

• Tuesday, July 3rd 2012 - 06:31 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil deny Uruguay and insist the decision on Venezuela was unanimous

  

  Argentina underlined late Monday that the decision on the incorporation of Venezuela as full member of Mercosur was “unanimously” supported by the presidents from Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay during the group’s summit last Friday hosted by President Cristina Fernandez.