Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• 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.

• Monday, July 30th 2012 - 04:31 UTC

  Mercosur experts discuss technical aspects of Venezuela’ incorporation

  

  Experts from Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Venezuela will begin to define on Monday in Brasilia the technical procedures and timetable for the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur which will become official on Tuesday at an extraordinary summit of the block.

• Friday, July 27th 2012 - 05:34 UTC

  Lisa: CFK scaring its own people with the military routine exercises in Falklands

  

  The editor of the Falkland Islands weekly Penguin News twitted that Argentine president Cristina Fernandez is scaring its own people, regarding military exercises in the Islands, which Lisa Watson underlines are “routine”.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 09:19 UTC

  Argentine organized labour divided but fearful of Cristina Fernandez intentions

  

  Argentine union leaders said that the conflict inside the CGT umbrella organization is “purely political” and claimed that President Cristina Fernandez is after a “divided and passive” organized labour movement.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 08:50 UTC

  Evita Peron 100 Pesos bill to commemorate 60th anniversary of her death

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández unveiled a new 100 Pesos note featuring Eva Perón’s portrait to commemorate the 60th anniversary of her death in 1952. The Wednesday ceremony at Government House convened political allies and representatives from the banking and financial sectors.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2012 - 19:11 UTC

  Argentine embassy confirms CFK will not attend Olympics opening in London

  

  The British media have turned their eyes on Argentina which has decided not to send its president to attend the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, considered a diplomatic snub to Britain at a time of growing tensions over the Falkland Islands.

• 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.