Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Friday, November 11th 2011 - 07:48 UTC

  Argentina/US bilateral relations must improve “to their best possible levels”

  

  President Cristina Fernández met on Thursday with newly appointed Argentine ambassador to the US Jorge Argüello at the Olivos presidential residency, and instructed him to improve bilateral ties “to their best possible levels.”

• Thursday, November 10th 2011 - 08:11 UTC

  Close advisor of CFK denies she wants to remain in power beyond 2015

  

  A close Senator and advisor to President Cristina Fernandez denied on Wednesday the Argentine leader is interested in staying in power beyond 2015 and said a constitutional amendment “is not viable”.

• Thursday, November 10th 2011 - 07:36 UTC

  Obama/CFK meeting “warm” but Argentina must pay its debts

  

  The US referred to last week’s meeting between Barack Obama and President Cristina Fernández as “warm,” but once again “encouraged” Argentina to pay off the debt it holds with US bondholders and companies.

• Monday, November 7th 2011 - 05:54 UTC

  Major oil company sale collapses after Argentina impones forex controls

  

  China’s Cnooc Ltd.'s deal to buy BP Plc's 7.1 billion dollars stake in Argentine crude producer Pan American Energy LLC collapsed, ten days after Argentina's president ordered oil companies to repatriate export revenue.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2011 - 23:51 UTC

  Obama tells Sarkozy: “we all need to learn lessons from CFK re-election”

  

  President Barack Obama recommended his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy to follow the example set by Argentine President Cristina Fernández, who was re-elected in a landslide win just ten days ago.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 04:50 UTC

  Change of attitude? CFK tells street protestors to respect fellow citizens

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, blasted on Tuesday union protesters who set a roadblock in the Ricchieri highway, one of the main routes of access to the Argentine capital Buenos Aires.

• Tuesday, November 1st 2011 - 05:22 UTC

  US confirms Obama/CFK meeting Friday: ‘opportunity for a positive relationship’

  

  The US Government confirmed that president Barack Obama is scheduled to meet privately with President Cristina Fernández on Friday. The meeting will take place in Cannes, France one day after the G20 Summit begins.

• Friday, October 28th 2011 - 16:46 UTC

  Labour leader reminds CFK that the ‘profit sharing bill’ is still pending approval

  

  The head of the Argentina’s powerful CGT labour confederation renewed his claims for the approval of the profit sharing bill to allow workers to be part of the businesses’ profits, during a rally to commemorate the first anniversary of the death of Néstor Kirchner.

• Thursday, October 27th 2011 - 23:13 UTC

  CFK opens huge mausoleum on first anniversary of her late husband death

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, attended Thursday a small private ceremony at the Río Gallegos cemetery (Santa Cruz province) and paid tribute to her late husband and former president, Néstor Carlos Kirchner, on the first anniversary of his death.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2011 - 02:56 UTC

  CFK will meet Obama (on his request) during the G20 summit in France

  

  US President Barack Obama has requested to meet with recently re-elected President Cristina Fernández during the next G20 summit to be held on the 3rd and 4th of November in Cannes, France.