Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Saturday, May 28th 2011 - 07:45 UTC

  Moyano cools down, says publicly he’s “tamer than Lassie on a leash”

  

  Argentina’s organized labour leader Hugo Moyano described his relation with the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner as “excellent” and blamed the press for all the stories of alleged clashes over political differences with the government.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:46 UTC

  CFK recalls in tears that eight years ago her husband took office as president

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner with eyes full of tears and a shaky voice recalled that eight years ago 25 May 2003 her late husband Nestor Kirchner took office and called on Argentines to build a different country and a different society.

• Thursday, May 26th 2011 - 07:21 UTC

  Buenos Aires Archbishop calls for more humbleness from the ruling establishment

  

  Buenos Aires Archbishop Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio called for more humbleness from Argentina’s ruling establishment during the traditional Independence Day Tedeum at the Metropolitan cathedral which as has been the case in previous occasions did not count with the attendance of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Tuesday, May 24th 2011 - 02:54 UTC

  Reutemann says CFK will seek re-election and downplays clashes with organized labour

  

  A leading and respected Argentine Senator forecasted he is certain that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be seeking re-election in the October presidential elections, and assured that her recent clash with the organized labour CGT unions’ umbrella are “nothing but mere disagreements.”

• Saturday, May 21st 2011 - 10:04 UTC

  Argentine organized labour will support CFK but “without being obsequious”

  

  Argentina’s organized labour said “there are no differences in the relationship with the government” despite President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK criticisms and further stated that they will support the president’s re-election bid “without being obsequious”.

• Thursday, May 19th 2011 - 17:08 UTC

  Pillars of Argentina’s productive model and re-industrialization process are “solid”

  

  Economy Minister Amado Boudou said that the pillars of the ‘productive model’ and re-industrialization process implemented by the Argentine government are solid consolidating social inclusion and distribution.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 07:08 UTC

  CFK calls on unions to cool down and ratifies she’s ‘not dying to be president again’

  

  Argentine Minister of Interior ratified late Tuesday that President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner threat that she would not bid for re-election next October if organized labour continues to pressure on her government. However CFK is not annoyed with Hugo Moyano chief of the powerful Labour Confederation, CGT.

• Wednesday, May 18th 2011 - 06:55 UTC

  Moyano ignores threats: “as far as I know, Cristina is running for re-election”

  

  Argentina’s organized labour chief Hugo Moyano further escalated the controversy with the government saying he supports President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner re-election next October and cautioned that she is the only candidate he has vowed to back.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 04:05 UTC

  “There’s no plan B” if Cristina Fernandez does not seek re-election, says governor

  

  A recently elected governor and very close to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez cautioned that “there is not plan B” within the ruling Victory Front if Mrs Kirchner decides not to seek re-election next week.

• Tuesday, May 17th 2011 - 03:29 UTC

  Organized labour ignores warnings and keeps pressure on Argentine president

  

  Argentina’s organized labour continued Monday with its aggressive offensive to have unionist included in the pro-ruling party’s ballot tickets for next October presidential election arguing that Argentines from all walks of life have been invited to participate in politics, ‘but not union members’.