Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Tuesday, August 27th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  Argentine court rejects request to throw out a corruption case against ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

  

  An Argentine court rejected on Monday a request from lawyers to throw out a corruption case against former president and current vice-presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.

• Monday, August 26th 2019 - 18:51 UTC

  Tens of thousands march in support of Macri in Buenos Aires and other cities

  

  Tens of thousands of Argentines jammed streets in the capital Buenos Aires and other cities on Saturday to show support for conservative President Mauricio Macri, who is facing a tough fight heading into general elections in October in a country beset with economic challenges.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2019 - 09:54 UTC

  Alberto Fernández is like a matryoshka doll, “you open it and out pops, Cristina, Lula, Chavez...”

  

  Argentine primary winner, Alberto Fernandez is like the Russian mamushka doll, “you open it and out pops Cristina Fernandez, again you open it and out pops Lula, and again, Hugo Chavez”, said Brazilian foreign minister Ernesto Araújo.

• Monday, August 19th 2019 - 08:58 UTC

  Fernandez wants to renegotiate IMF loan terms, in current conditions Argentina can't repay its debts

  

  Opposition candidate, Alberto Fernandez, said that Argentina would struggle under present conditions to repay a loan to the International Monetary Fund and he would seek to renegotiate the repayment terms, according to an interview published on Sunday by the newspaper Clarin.

• Friday, August 16th 2019 - 07:21 UTC

  “If Cristina Kirchner gets in and closes the economy,” Brazil will leave Mercosur

  

  Brazil will pull out of the Mercosur trade bloc if the opposition party wins Argentina’s presidential elections later this year and closes the economy with protectionist policies, Brazil’s Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said on Thursday.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2019 - 08:22 UTC

  Alberto Fernández is no stranger to Argentine politics

  

  Presidential candidate Alberto Fernández pulled off a resounding victory in Argentina’s primary elections last Sunday when he received 47% of the vote. Argentine President Mauricio Macri, a conservative leader known for tough austerity measures, received just 33% of the vote.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Macri vows to win a second term in October despite Sunday's trouncing

  

  Argentina's president Mauricio Macri vowed on Monday to win a second term despite a surprisingly strong performance by the opposition in the primary election that set off a shockwave through markets, crashing the peso currency and sending stocks and bonds tumbling.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2019 - 06:38 UTC

  Bolsonaro warns of Argentine exodus into Brazil if the “leftist scoundrel” Cristina Fernandez returns to office

  

  Conservative president Jair Bolsonaro warned on Monday that Brazil could see a wave of migrants fleeing Argentina if a presidential election in that country returns leftist politicians to power, after their strong showing in a Sunday primary vote.

• Monday, August 12th 2019 - 20:18 UTC

  A Monday of financial turmoil in Argentina as markets digested Sunday's primary results

  

  Argentina's currency collapsed 30.3% to a record 65 Pesos to the US dollar while government bonds sold off steeply on Monday after the country’s market-friendly, President Mauricio Macri, performed worse than expected in Sunday primary elections.

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  On Sunday 33.8 million Argentines will decide if they still believe in populism

  

  Argentines are facing what is probably the tightest presidential race since the return of the country’s democracy in 1983 with conservative President Mauricio Macri facing an opposition ticket including ex-President Cristina Fernández, and the primary elections Sunday are expected to provide a hint of who might win October’s vote.