Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Tuesday, February 7th 2012 - 00:03 UTC

  Malvinas dispute anticipates visits of Cristina Fernandez and Hague to Chile

  

  British Foreign Secretary William Hague and Argentine president Cristina Fernandez are expected to visit Chile in the near future as pressure mounts on the conservative government of President Sebastian Piñera because of the ongoing UK/Argentina diplomatic dispute over the Faklands/Malvinas issue.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:22 UTC

  Close confident of Cristina Fernandez re-floats idea of a third consecutive mandate

  

  The rumours of a constitutional amendment in Argentina which could include a re-re-election review privileging a possible third consecutive mandate for President Cristina Fernandez have again resurfaced and this time by a close confident of the Kirchner family.

• Monday, February 6th 2012 - 07:16 UTC

  Uruguayan president downplays the impact of Argentine imports’ restrictions

  

  The new trade barriers enforced by the Argentine government are “insignificant, nothing to worry about,” Uruguayan president José Mujíca said to a Montevideo newspaper insisting that the best path is ‘dialogue’ dismounting each obstacle ‘step by step’.

• Friday, February 3rd 2012 - 06:04 UTC

  Moyano tells the government: no strikes planned, so far…but things could change

  

  The head of Argentina’s organized labour CGT umbrella unions’ boss Hugo Moyano broke his silence to state his relationship with the Argentine government is “suspended” but dismissed for the time being, the possibility of staging a national strike.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 23:36 UTC

  Re-re-election rattling: “Cristina Fernandez needs a third term in office”

  

  President Cristina Fernandez would need a third term in office to complete her transformation of Argentina, her vice president said Thursday, feeding her opponents’ fears that the newly re-elected leader will try to change the constitution and stay in power beyond 2015.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 22:54 UTC

  CFK warns corporations have “made a lot of money”: don’t forget workers’ share

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández ruled out that the Government is planning to set a ceiling on this year’s collective bargaining and said that unions must “carry on with their salary negotiations freely by taking corporate profit into account.” She announced, however, the creation of a committee in order to follow them closely.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 19:48 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: One can only hope for a new realistic perspective

  

  This is the seventh of a series of extended political articles written exclusively for the Penguin News web site by Deputy Editor John Fowler. John is a former Superintendent of Education and a former Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 05:40 UTC

  UK convinced Argentina plotting to blockade the Falklands: LAN airlink next target

  

  British diplomats have accused Argentina of plotting an economic blockade of the Falkland Islands amid fears Buenos Aires is attempting to block all flights from Chile to the Islands, reports the guardian.co.uk in a piece by Rory Carroll, Jonathan Franklin and Uki Goñi.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2012 - 05:15 UTC

  IMF warn Argentina on ‘lack of progress’ in addressing inflation data

  

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Argentina about its “lack of progress” in addressing inflation data and called on the country to implement “specific measures” within the next six months to improve it.

• Wednesday, February 1st 2012 - 15:07 UTC

  The New Falklands War

  

  By Jaime Daremblum from the Hudson Institute (*) - In 1982, Argentina's right wing military junta launched a sudden invasion of the Falkland Islands, the South Atlantic archipelago that has been a British possession since 1833. The invasion was motivated by a desire to distract attention from the country's severe economic woes, including hyperinflation and massive capital flight.