Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Thursday, August 23rd 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  Argentine president cancels agenda because of a low blood pressure episode

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez had to cancel all her Wednesday activities because of a lipothymy episode (low blood pressure) and was instructed to rest for the rest of the day at the presidential residence in Olivos.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2012 - 05:07 UTC

  Lawmaker rejects idea of ‘Kirchnerite era’ end if CFK is not re-elected in 2015

  

  Argentine lawmaker and close counsellor of President Cristina Fernandez Carlos Kunkel rejected on Tuesday the idea that the ‘Kichnerite era’ could end if President Cristina Fernández is not re-elected in 2015 presidential elections as has been suggested by some of her followers and the opposition.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2012 - 18:58 UTC

  Chaos in Buenos Aires City as subway service strike enters sixth day

  

  Chaos in Buenos Aires City traffic as the 600.000 daily subway commuters were again left on Wednesday with no service for the fifth day running and no prospects of a solution in sight as a mediation effort with striking workers collapsed.

• Tuesday, August 7th 2012 - 19:17 UTC

  Argentine president declared assets valued in 8.6 million dollars

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has assets of almost 40 million Argentine Pesos according to her latest income statement before the Anti Corruption office. This includes the 31 million inherited from her late husband Nestor Kirchner who died in October 2010.

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 08:36 UTC

  CFK defends Argentina’s economic model and capacity to honour debts

  

  While addressing the nation from the Buenos Aires stock exchange floor, Argentine President Cristina Fernández strongly defended the policy of drastically cutting debts, which guarantees “greater independence”, and of stimulating the economy because only with resources can debts be paid, “the dead don’t pay debts”.

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 08:11 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez support eroding but no rivals on sight to challenge her

  

  The positive image of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez has dropped 25 points and now stands at 40% after having reached 65% when her re-election last October according to an opinion poll from consultants Management & Fit.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2012 - 08:08 UTC

  Dilma welcomes President Chavez to the world’s fifth economy

  

  Brazilian president DIlma Rousseff said that with the incorporation of Venezuela, Mercosur has become a global power in food and energy and becomes the fifth world economy with a GDP of 3.3tn dollars.

• Wednesday, August 1st 2012 - 05:20 UTC

  Argentina: controversy over jailed prisoners taken to participate in “cultural activities”

  

  A controversy erupted in Argentina following confirmed claims that the government of President Cristina Fernandez appeals to convicted prisoners in support of public presentations and political rallies under cover of cultural activities.

• Monday, July 30th 2012 - 04:48 UTC

  Mujica will try to appease ‘lady’ Cristina and have closer links with Dilma

  

  President Jose Mujica travels to Brasilia on Monday for the Mercosur extraordinary summit on Venezuela, but his agenda also includes talking with Cristina Fernandez about the latest clash referred to the dredging of a shared River Plate access canal and with host Dilma Rousseff about his growing proximity to Brazil.

• Monday, July 30th 2012 - 04:42 UTC

  The significance of Venezuela for Brazil underlined by the country’s diplomats

  

  Brazilian diplomats revealed during a television Globo News debate details of the controversial procedure applied by Mercosur countries to suspend Paraguay and agree the incorporation of Venezuela as full member.