Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Friday, September 28th 2018 - 20:06 UTC

  “Corruption in Argentina surpasses fiction”, and neighboring Uruguay is the “perfect Swiss laundry” for funds

  

  The book topping Argentina's bestseller list is not a thriller or a murder mystery. It’s a crime story of another sort: a blockbuster about political corruption that suggests that bribery is an integral part of the country’s body politic. And neighboring Uruguay is also described as the perfect Swiss laundry for most of the money swindled from Argentina.

• Tuesday, September 25th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  Argentina plans offshore licensing round in the South Atlantic next October

  

  Argentina plans to launch a delayed offshore licensing round in October as it seeks to explore a large frontier region in the South Atlantic for potential oil and natural gas production growth in the future. This was announced to oil executives in Houston by Argentina's energy secretary Javier Iguacel.

• Wednesday, September 19th 2018 - 09:07 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez denies any hidden cash or values: “they can dig up all of Patagonia”

  

  Argentina's ex-President Cristina Fernandez said on Tuesday that she never received corrupt payments and challenged investigators to scour her home region of Patagonia if they believed she had hidden cash, a day after she was indicted on graft charges.

• Tuesday, September 18th 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  Judge indicts ex president Cristina Fernandez and asks for her arrest

  

  An Argentine federal judge indicted former President Cristina Fernandez on Monday and asked for her arrest for allegedly heading a corruption scheme that collected bribes from business leaders in exchange for public work contracts.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina's beef exports expected to double this year boosted by China's purchases

  

  Argentina's beef exports could double in 2018 for a total of US$ 1.8 billion thanks to increased Chinese demand and a sharp devaluation of the peso currency, according to analysts and industry experts.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 07:14 UTC

  US has offered to collaborate with the Argentine investigation of “K corruption notebooks”

  

  According to Buenos Aires daily Clarin, United States authorities have offered to collaborate with Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s government in the ongoing “K notebook scandal” by providing confidential information on a number of US bank accounts used to hold alleged Kirchner bribe money.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:31 UTC

  Files on Judges and political enemies found at Cristina Fernandez house in El Calafate

  

  A third day of search at ex president Cristina Fernandez' property in the Patagonian resort of El Calafate did not seem to deliver much in terms of money or valuables, despite a thorough inspection of the house, as part of the of a major corruption case involving Argentina's business elite and ex government officials.

• Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 02:35 UTC

  Macri blames the lack of infrastructure to rampant corruption under the Kirchners

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri linked the poor state of the country's infrastructure to the so called “K corruption notebooks”, but also praised that truth is coming to light and in just two years Argentina's standing in the Transparency rating had gone from position 54 to 17.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2018 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentine Senate unanimously approves raids on properties from ex president Cristina Fernandez

  

  Argentina's Senators have approved a judge's request for authorities to carry out raids on properties owned by former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, as part of a case investigating widespread corruption. Cristina Fernandez is currently a senator and was one of the 67 lawmakers who voted unanimously in favor of the motion.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 06:43 UTC

  Argentines turnout to the streets to demand end to corruption and Cristina Fernandez immunity

  

  A massive demonstration concentrated in front of Argentina's congress in down town Buenos Aires to demand the removal of ex president and now Senator Cristina Fernandez immunities and the approval of a “dominium extinction” which would force “corrupt politicians” to return stolen money and assets.