Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Tuesday, November 30th 2010 - 16:41 UTC

  Argentina’s 2011 presidential election: a Peronist party dispute, forecasts analyst

  

  The most probable political scenario for Argentina’s October 2011 presidential election is a run-off between two candidates from the hegemonic Justicialista party, centre left and centre right, according to Argentine historian and political analyst Rosendo Fraga.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2010 - 06:27 UTC

  US State Department obsessed curiosity with Argentina’s “First couple”

  

  Amongst the 250,000 documents released by the WikiLeaks organization is a cable that shows the intention of the White House of “preparing a written product examining the interpersonal dynamics between the Argentine governing tandem” (“ruling couple” or First couple”) Cristina and Nestor Kirchner, according to the published material.

• Monday, November 29th 2010 - 07:08 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner clearly imposes her leadership and is frontrunner for 2011

  

  In spite of the US State Department alleged concerns regarding the mental health of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (one of the latest 250.000 documents released by WikiLeaks), a month after the death of her husband and political partner Nestor Kirchner the lady is riding on a wave of popularity and has clearly imposed leadership, according to political analysts.

• Saturday, November 20th 2010 - 03:15 UTC

  Argentine economic activity expands strongly in September but at slower pace

  

  Argentina's economy activity expanded strongly in September but at a slower pace than in previous months, according to a Friday release from the country’s Statistics Office, Indec.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 20:13 UTC

  Disappearance of Kirchner further splits Argentina’s main opposition group

  

  Argentina’s main opposition group the so called “Federal Peronism”, dissidents from the ruling movement admitted going through a serious “crisis” because of the diverging opinions amongst its leaders, several of them 2011 presidential hopefuls.

• Thursday, November 11th 2010 - 11:41 UTC

  Transition processes in Argentina and Brazil seen from Washington

  

  The Washington Post in one of this week’s editorials referred to the ‘transition process’ going on in South America’s two largest economies, Argentina and Brazil, after almost a decade of populist leadership.

• Monday, November 8th 2010 - 04:17 UTC

  Argentine president leaves for Korea to address investors and G-20 summit

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner travels Monday to South Korea in order to take part in the Heads of State Group of Twenty (G-20) Summit that will be held Thursday and Friday in Seoul.

• Saturday, November 6th 2010 - 07:38 UTC

  Risk agencies caution about economic policy changes expectations in Argentina

  

  Concern that Argentina’s government is reporting unreliable economic data is keeping Moody’s Investors Service from boosting the nation’s credit rating, said Patrick Esteruelas, an analyst with the company.

• Wednesday, November 3rd 2010 - 04:35 UTC

  Argentine president reaffirms current “economic and social development model”

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) vindicated and praised the economic model launched by her husband and predecessor, deceased former head of state Nestor Kirchner. She also promised to deepen the model.

• Monday, November 1st 2010 - 00:41 UTC

  Argentina’s business sector does not expect major changes in economic policy

  

  Argentina’s business sector does not expect major changes in the country’s current economic course following the death of former president Nestor Kirchner who was considered the man behind the scenes steering the main policy decisions.