Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• 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’.

• Sunday, May 15th 2011 - 14:56 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez cancels trip to neighbouring Paraguay on medical advice

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner following medical advice was absent on Saturday from Paraguay’ official celebrations for the Bicentenary of the country’s independence. She was represented by Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor Timerman.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 01:05 UTC

  Argentine organized labour ignores CFK, blames corporate world for ‘conflicts’

  

  Argentine organized labour blamed “businessmen in the corporate world” for the level of labour conflict in the country and demanded “more responsibility”. The statement follows on President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Tuesday’s suggestion that the umbrella union organization, CGT, should lower their levels of confrontation.

• Wednesday, May 11th 2011 - 03:27 UTC

  Instead of pressing for re-election why don’t you press to solve conflicts peacefully?

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said on Tuesday that “instead of so many people supporting me for re-election” she prefers cooperation so conflicts and disputes can be solved without applying the sort of pressure that only makes matters worse.

• Tuesday, May 10th 2011 - 20:39 UTC

  Why the Falklands want to stay British

  

  by Emma Edwards / 29 Apr 2011
  In November 2010, journalist Peter Preston set out his opinions on the future of the Falkland Islands. He urged Her Majesty’s Government to “Ditch The Falklands” and to start discussing the possibility of shared sovereignty with Argentina.

• Saturday, April 30th 2011 - 10:03 UTC

  Moyano calls for CFK re-election and wants a finger in companies and Congress

  

  Argentina's powerful organized labour leader Hugo Moyano called for President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, to run for re-election but also asked for greater labour participation in the ballot lists, sharing companies’ profits and seats in the boards of the main corporations.

• Friday, April 29th 2011 - 05:34 UTC

  Menem forecasts Cristina’s re-election in October but also the end of Kirchnerism

  

  Former Argentine president Carlos Menem (1989/1999) forecasted ‘a hands-down’ victory for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner next October, although he also forecasted that when her four years are up “it will be the end of Kirchnerism”.