Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 00:40 UTC

  Argentine Patagonian province governor killed in New Year in ‘strange’ incident

  

  The Governor of the Argentine Patagonian province of Rio Negro died in the early morning of the first day of 2012 after having allegedly received two shots in the face. Governor Carlos Soria, an ally of President Cristina Fernandez had ended last October 28 years of opposition dominance of his province.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 21:55 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez in Patagonia for New Year; Wednesday surgery

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández left on Friday for Santa Cruz province to her home in El Calafate to spend the New Year celebrations with her son Máximo, daughter Florencia and other family members. Next Wednesday she is scheduled to undergo thyroid cancer surgery.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:17 UTC

  Organized labour relations with President Cristina Fernandez are ‘all suspended’

  

  “There are no contacts at all of any kind with the government, they have been all suspended” said on Thursday the Deputy Secretary of the Argentine powerful teamsters union Pablo Moyano when asked about current relations between organized labour and the administration of President Cristina Fernandez.

• Friday, December 30th 2011 - 06:07 UTC

  Riots and institutional crisis in Cristina Fernandez Santa Cruz province

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández had to postpone on Thursday plans to fly to Santa Cruz where she is planning to spend New Year’s Eve with her son and daughter, following an institutional crisis and street rioting that left at least 23 injured and the resignation of several top posts in the provincial administration.

• Thursday, December 29th 2011 - 21:24 UTC

  Falklands’ flagged vessels: “Another diplomatic victory for President Fernández”

  

  In its latest article on Argentina The Economist refers to the recent Mercosur decision to support President Cristina Fernandez in barring vessels flying the Falklands’ flag from docking in regional ports.
  The magazine as the heading says (Argentina and the Falklands: rocking the boat) describes it as another diplomatic victory for Cristina and also argues that both the Falkland Islands and Britain have failed to explain their case to the rest of South America.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:45 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez promulgates tough laws to control the media and social protest

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez has promulgated several bills, some of them considered controversial, sanctioned last week by Congress --where the ruling coalition has a comfortable working majority-- and which were published Wednesday in the Official Gazette.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:38 UTC

  CFK surgery is “relatively simple” and once recovered allows to fulfil a normal life

  

  Surgery to extract the thyroid carcinoma to which Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will be submitted next week is relatively simple and she will be able to fully recover and fulfil a normal life, according to several Buenos Aires specialists.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:31 UTC

  Piñera and CFK agree to reprogram the Argentine leaders’ official visit to Chile

  

  Chilean president Sebastián Piñera and his Argentine peer Cristina Fernandez agreed to reprogram her visit to Santiago scheduled for the last week of January following the announcement that the Argentine leader will undergo thyroid cancer surgery next January 4.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:27 UTC

  Half joking, half serious Boudou is told: “be careful with what you do”

  

  “Be careful with what you do”, cautioned Argentine President Cristina Fernández half joking and half serious with her Vice-President Amado Boudou over the period of absence she will take following next week’s surgery when he will be replacing her at the Executive Branch.

• Wednesday, December 28th 2011 - 22:16 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez thanks solidarity and calls on “all Argentines” to collaborate

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández spoke publicly on Wednesday for the first time since the announcement she will undergo cancer surgery in January and thanked all well-wishers, from government officials to members of the opposition and overseas leaders.