Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 08:28 UTC

  Mrs Kirchner Main Speaker at Anniversary of Mothers of Plaza de Mayo

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gave the main speech Friday during the opening of the “Che Guevara” movie theatre at the Buenos Aires Museo de la Memoria (Memory Museum) in the framework of celebrations for the 33rd anniversary of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo organization.

• Saturday, May 1st 2010 - 00:36 UTC

  Colombia Conditions Vote for the UNASUR chairman

  

  Colombian Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermúdez Merizalde said Friday that before the standing chairman of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is decided, Uruguay and Argentina must solve their differences.

• Thursday, April 29th 2010 - 05:41 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner and Mujica Agree to Re-Channel Bilateral Relations

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José “Pepe” Mujica said on Wednesday they will be working to “re-channel” bilateral relations and will strictly abide the ruling of the Botnia paper mill case.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 06:46 UTC

  Mujica and Cristina Meet to Trade Apologies, Pickets and an Inconvenient Situation

  

  Uruguay and Argentine presidents will be meeting Wednesday in Buenos Aires to analyze the aftermath of the International Court of Justice judgement on the pulp mills controversy and hopefully find a way, to peacefully lift Argentine protestors’ pickets that have been blocking since 2006 a bridge linking the neighbouring countries.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 06:07 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard to Monitor Vessels Travelling to and from Falklands

  

  Argentina made official this week the planned monitoring of vessels sailing between the mainland and the disputed Falkland Islands, the Coast Guard agency PNA said.

• Wednesday, April 28th 2010 - 01:19 UTC

  Argentina Hosting FAO Fisheries Meeting to Upgrade Fish Trade and Conservation

  

  The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Committee on Fisheries (COFI) is meeting this week in Buenos Aires to examine technical and economic aspects of the international trade in fish and fishery products.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 02:53 UTC

  Mr. Kirchner to Be Named Chairman of UNASUR When Leaders Meet in Argentina

  

  Leaders from the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR are scheduled to meet May 3 and 4 in Buenos Aires with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner acting as host and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa as temporary chairman.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 06:21 UTC

  Pulp Mill Dispute: Protest and Counter Protest on Both Sides of the River Uruguay

  

  Angry protestors from Argentina marched Sunday on to the bridge linking with Uruguay to express their disenchantment with the recent international court judgement on the pulp mill dispute, which confirmed the mill does not pollute and there’s no sufficient evidence for re-location or damages’ compensation as demanded by Argentine environmentalists.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 06:12 UTC

  Malvinas and the Bicentennial: the Rule of Law Shadowed by the Logics of Power

  

  In the Malvinas issue, the rule of the law has been shadowed by the logics of power, said Argentine ambassador before United Nations Jorge Arguello during the presentation Sunday of a book titled “The Malvinas question in the Bicentennial”.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 07:20 UTC

  Argentine Industrial Production Up 10.65 in March Over a Year Ago

  

  Argentine industrial output surprised market expectations in March, powered by an increase in auto production, the latest sign of a strong rebound in Latin America's number three economy.