Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 06:31 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez anticipates a Senate vote and agrees to have her properties searched

  

  Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez agreed on Tuesday to allow investigators to search properties belonging to her as part of a corruption case in which construction company executives have said they paid bribes for government contracts.

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 11:01 UTC

  Argentina offering reward for the recovery of assets from corruption scheme

  

  Argentina is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of money from a case in which former President Cristina Fernandez is accused of leading a corruption scheme involving officials and business leaders.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2018 - 06:31 UTC

  Argentine ex president accompanied to court by close associates of the Pope

  

  Argentine ex president Cristina Fernandez over the weekend called on her followers not to accompany her on Monday when she attended the Court House to testify before Judge Claudio Bonadío in reference to the so called “K corruption notebooks”.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2018 - 06:16 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez in a written statement denies charges and claims they are politically motivated

  

  Former President Cristina Fernandez on Monday denied any wrongdoing following recent accusations that she was responsible for a corruption scheme involving public works contracts that has trapped many of Argentina's former officials and business elite.

• Wednesday, August 8th 2018 - 06:02 UTC

  Argentine ex-vice president Boudou sentenced to five years and ten months in prison

  

  Argentina's former vice president, Amado Boudou, was sentenced to nearly six years in prison on Tuesday after being found guilty of corruption while serving under former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The charges related to Boudou's attempt to buy a company that printed currency through a front business while serving as Cristina Fernández economy minister.

• Friday, August 3rd 2018 - 11:33 UTC

  Argentine judge is requesting Congress to strip Cristina Fernandez of parliamentary immunity

  

  Argentine Federal judge Claudio Bonadio will present a formal request to Congress to strip ex president and Senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner of her parliamentary immunity. Bonadio's move against CFK, for which she risks immediate arrest, is part of an investigation into an alleged giant bribery and corruption ring that spanned over a decade of the Kirchner couple's rule and involves high-profile businesspeople, politicians and magistrates.

• Thursday, June 28th 2018 - 10:54 UTC

  UK prepared to resume arms sales to Argentina after a six-year ban

  

  Arms exports to the Argentine military are set to resume, more than six years after a ban imposed in a row over the Falkland Islands. Foreign Office Minister Sir Alan Duncan said restrictions would still be imposed on exports which could “enhance” Argentina's military capabilities.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2018 - 06:36 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez formally charged of money laundering and illicit association

  

  Argentine federal judge, Julian Ercolini, on Monday began legal proceedings against former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (2007-2015) and her two children on charges of money laundering and illicit association.A statement from the court said that Ercolini had frozen assets belonging to the family worth 800 million pesos (some 32 million U.S. dollars).

• Monday, May 7th 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentina's storm: “Macri is not a political leader, he's a businessman”

  

  “President Macri is not a political leader, he's a businessman, that's why he doesn't like to come out on national television; he should come closer to the people, he should be more political and less technical”. The comment belongs to Jorge Lanata probably the most outstanding investigative reporter in Argentina, and who heads the hate list of ex president Cristina Fernandez.

• Friday, March 16th 2018 - 03:11 UTC

  Falklands plans fishing talks with Argentina after more than a decade

  

  Exchanges of information between the Falkland Islands and Argentina about fish and squid stocks could begin again before the middle of this year, if all parties are in agreement. Director of Natural Resources John Barton said: “Dialogue with Argentina on the conservation of shared marine resources has the potential to allow for better management of shared fish stocks and improve sustainability of such stocks.”