Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:28 UTC

  Cristina suffers hypotension and suspends all official activities for 24 hours

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was forced to suspend all of her official activities for the next 24 hours after suffering from low blood pressure in the Olivos presidential residence. She is expected to remain there under observation until Wednesday.

• Thursday, April 7th 2011 - 09:08 UTC

  “If we don’t unite, Cristina beats us with 40% of the vote”, warns Duhalde

  

  Argentina’s presidential hopeful and former caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde warned that if the opposition doesn’t unite, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will defeat them next October 23 and be re-elected for a second four year mandate.

• Tuesday, April 5th 2011 - 09:36 UTC

  Timerman begins visit to Israel denying any secret dealings with Iran

  

  Argentina’s Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman began his first official trip to Israel and denied offering to “forget” Iran's role in attacks against Israel's Embassy in BA and AMIA Jewish Community Centre in exchange for improved trade ties with Teheran.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 20:09 UTC

  Unasur leaders letter to Ban Ki-moon in support of Argentina’s Malvinas claim

  

  Unasur (Union of South American Nations) leaders sent UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a letter dated April 2 in support of Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Falklands Islands.

• Saturday, April 2nd 2011 - 08:21 UTC

  Moyano hails as personal victory the increase by 20% of minimum income tax floor

  

  Argentina’s powerful organized Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano celebrated Friday as a victory for the “workers movement” that the government of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner decided to raise by 20% the minimum income tax floor.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:31 UTC

  “Loyalty rewards loyalty” message from Moyano to Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina’s powerful organized labour leader Hugo Moyano has sent another strong message thanking workers for “being loyal to him” at the same time his teamsters were granted a 24% rise in wages.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 04:04 UTC

  President Cristina Kirchner promises ‘to go for more’ as her popularity is on the rise

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said at a political rally that she’s not the leader of a government but the head of a political project with an agenda and a vision of Argentina, and anticipated she’s “going for more”.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 19:44 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner will head April 2 Malvinas Veterans Day in Rio Gallegos

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will head the main commemoration of Malvinas Veteran and Malvinas Fallen Day next Saturday in Rio Gallegos, Patagonia which will be attended by former combatants and next of kin from those who lost their loved ones during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 17:41 UTC

  Argentine Jewish organization denies any pact between Buenos Aires and Teheran

  

  The Buenos Aires Jewish organization AMIA which suffered a deadly attack in 1994 denied the existence of an alleged pact (in the making) between Argentina and Iran which would put an end to the investigations related to the bombing in exchange for the resumption of trade links with Teheran.

• Thursday, March 24th 2011 - 18:54 UTC

  Argentine union leader Moyano says workers must be included in ballot tickets

  

  Argentina’s organized labour leader Hugo Moyano called on Wednesday for additional workers' presence in the ballots for the coming October election. “It’s not possible that us workers, who created Peronism, are excluded from the ballots” he said.