Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Tuesday, February 16th 2021 - 09:02 UTC

  Argentina's October midterm elections condition IMF debt deal

  

  Argentina’s powerful vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her allies in the leftwing administration want to postpone a crucial US$ 44bn debt deal with the IMF until the pandemic has eased, officials said, avoiding painful spending cuts before October’s midterm elections.

• Tuesday, January 26th 2021 - 10:52 UTC

  Uruguay's Jose Pepe Mujica bestowed with the highest honor of Argentina

  

  Uruguayan former president, Jose Pepe Mujica has been bestowed by the Argentine government, the country's highest honor, the Collar of the San Martin Liberator Order. The honor is extended to foreign officials, civilian or military, who in the exercise of their duties merit the highest tribute and acknowledgment in the interests of the Argentine Nation.

• Monday, January 25th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez releases a picture of her receiving a Russian Sputnik shot

  

  Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez released on Sunday a picture of her being inoculated with the first doses of the Russian Sputnik vaccine against Covid-19. “Not only I am looking after myself, but also looking after all the rest of us”, said the strong woman of Argentina in social networks.

• Tuesday, January 19th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

  Argentina: Jewish community call for truth and justice on sixth anniversary of the killing of prosecutor Alberto Nisman

  

  The main community center serving Argentina’s Jews on Monday called for “truth” and “justice” to prevail in the case of Alberto Nisman, on the sixth anniversary of the federal prosecutor’s assassination.

• Monday, December 21st 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Advancing Falklands' sovereignty claims, one of Argentina's objectives as chair of Mercosur

  

  Argentina is holding the pro tempore rotating chair of Mercosur during the next six months and three are its main objectives during that period according to foreign ministry sources in Buenos Aires. They include Bolivia, the Falklands/Malvinas claim and trade accords and negotiations with other countries.

• Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 10:39 UTC

  Quito officially complains statements by Cristina Fernandez questioning democracy in Ecuador

  

  The Government of Ecuador announced that it has presented a protest note before a statement by Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernández on the alleged obstacles to the candidacy of Andrés Aráuz, the Ecuadorian progressive candidate.

• Wednesday, October 14th 2020 - 09:23 UTC

  “The political problem in Argentina is Cristina Kirchner,” Morales Solá

  

  Argentina is experiencing an economic and health crisis due to the coronavirus. This is why there are many critics of the management of the Government of Alberto Fernández. One of the most vocal is the former president and current vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

• Thursday, October 8th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Leading Kirchnerite diplomat resigns and openly criticizes president Fernandez

  

  The resignation of the Argentine ambassador to Russia, Alicia Castro, in protest over the decision of the government of President Alberto Fernandez to condemn the Venezuelan regime for repeated human rights violations, “constitutes a dramatic turn in our foreign policy and does not differ at all with what would have been voted by ex-president Macri”.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Argentine debt negotiations: Cristina Fernandez praises Minister Guzmán's performance

  

  Argentine vice-president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner praised Minister of Economy Martin Guzmán statements during a television program in Buenos Aires and described he was “clear as crystal water”, in his replies

• Tuesday, July 7th 2020 - 10:10 UTC

  An out of plan shock bomb goes off in Cristina Fernandez' backyard

  

  The violent death of a former secretary of Argentine ex-president and currently vice president, Cristina Kirchner, in El Calafate, Santa Cruz province triggered a strong clash between the Argentine government and congressional opposition since there was speculation that Fabian Gutierrez, 48, a potential whistleblower in several corruption cases, had met his destiny to the hands of an alleged Kirchner conspiration.