Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Thursday, August 18th 2011 - 21:24 UTC

  Colombia/Argentina bilateral trade expected to reach 2 billion dollars in 2011

  

  Colombia/Argentina bilateral trade is set to reach 2 billion dollars, eight times its 2003 value, and remains favourable for Argentina, according to Minister of Industry Debora Girogi.

• Thursday, August 18th 2011 - 06:37 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez “must have done something right” to have 50% support

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri’s campaign advisor Jaime Durán Barba considered that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “must have done something right” to get so many votes in last Sunday’s primary elections, and assured that the Alfonsín-De Narváez alliance “is the one that lost most votes.”

• Thursday, August 18th 2011 - 03:00 UTC

  CFK message to business leaders: cut imports, boost supply, State assures demand

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, demanded a “cultural change” from business and corporate leaders so as to bring down imports and increase the supply of goods and services, as well as doubling investments, while the State ‘stimulates demand’.

• Monday, August 15th 2011 - 04:55 UTC

  Landslide victory for CFK with more votes than her main rivals together

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, won a landslide support Sunday at the unified simultaneous national primaries having collected more votes than the rest of the presidential candidates for next October 23.

• Sunday, August 14th 2011 - 02:46 UTC

  Argentine presidential primaries a test for the real competition next October 23

  

  Argentina will go to the polls Sunday for simultaneous direct primaries which are also a test to indicate if any of the presidential hopefuls has a real chance of challenging Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election bid next October 23.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 23:00 UTC

  Argentina’s financial “spin”

  

  On Sunday, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be seeking approval to lead the FPV in October’s general elections. With the country currently braving the world’s economic storm, she is keen to keep up appearances.

• Friday, August 5th 2011 - 08:05 UTC

  Developed countries “will try to pass the crisis down on us”, claims CFK

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) referred to plummeting global markets and blasted developed countries for the potential consequences of the crisis. Economy minister Amado Boudou said Argentina was closely following events with concern.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 22:51 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina summit will address canal dredging and power transmission

  

  The dredging of the Uruguay River and access to the Martin Garcia canal as well as importing power from Paraguay are the two main issues of the agenda to be addressed by Presidents Jose Mujica and Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner when they meet Tuesday in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 06:25 UTC

  Brazil reiterates Falklands-flagged vessels will be banned from entering its ports

  

  Brazil reiterated its intention of banning all Falklands’ flagged vessels from calling at the country’s ports and described as “illegal” the current round of oil exploration in the Islands’ waters.

• Saturday, July 30th 2011 - 22:33 UTC

  Cristina and Dilma reaffirm ‘strategic alliance and commitment to Mercosur

  

  Argentina and Brazil reaffirmed on Friday their strategic alliance and commitment to Mercosur and regional integration during a summit in Brasilia, where President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner together with her Brazilian peer Dilma Rousseff inaugurated the new Argentine Embassy in the Brazilian capital.