Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• 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.

• Monday, January 30th 2012 - 09:28 UTC

  Balloon tests for indefinite re-election of President Cristina Fernandez

  

  The possibility of a constitutional amendment to allow Argentine President Cristina Fernandez a third consecutive mandate is being seriously considered and publicly hailed and tested by her most ultra-orthodox followers although no projects have been presented to Congress.

• Saturday, January 28th 2012 - 07:26 UTC

  Maximo Kirchner, the ‘favourite son’ with ever growing influence in her mother’s administration

  

  The French newspaper Le Monde dedicated last week ample coverage to the son of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, Maximo Kirchner, 34, who has a growing influence in her mother’s administration given his double condition as ‘favourite son’ and leader of a youth group La Campora which he founded and is moving full steam ahead.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2012 - 07:49 UTC

  Boudou says ‘house in order’ as President Cristina Fernandez prepares for the comeback

  

  In his last public appearance as Argentine acting President, Vice-President Amado Boudou announced on Tuesday the figures of 2011’s fiscal surplus and gave a strong defence of the Kirchner economic inclusive development model.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2012 - 04:12 UTC

  President Cristina Fernandez resumes office on Wednesday “stronger than ever”

  

  Argentine Acting President Amado Boudou announced on Monday that Cristina Fernández is “stronger than ever” and will resume her activities on Wednesday after her medical leave absence due to a false-positive thyroid cancer surgery last 4 January.