Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Saturday, September 12th 2015 - 09:44 UTC

  Seventh meeting of Cristina Fernandez and Francis, this time in Cuba

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández has formally accepted an invitation by her Cuban counterpart Raul Castro to attend a mass Pope Francis will deliver in the Plaza de La Revolucion in Havana on September 20.

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 09:33 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez wants Argentina in BRICS and asks Lula da Silva to act as the lobbyist

  

  President Cristina Fernández called on Brazil’s former president Lula da Silva to become Argentina’s “ambassador” to help it join the group of emerging countries known as BRICS, acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Lula is currently campaigning in support of incumbent presidential candidate Daniel Scioli, and the so called 'Kirchner' model that 'transformed Argentina'.

• Friday, September 11th 2015 - 06:45 UTC

  UN Assembly overwhelmingly supports Argentina in the sovereign debt debate

  

  The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution put forward by Argentina regarding sovereign debt restructuring, which seeks to limit the movement of speculative funds in influencing such actions.

• Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 08:33 UTC

  Lula da Silva campaigns for Scioli and is full of praise for Cristina Fernandez and the 'K' model

  

  Brazil's popular but scandal-weary former leader Lula da Silva endorsed Argentina's ruling party presidential candidate on Wednesday, identifying Daniel Scioli's credentials with the political left, and hoping the current project “that began in 2003 is re-elected”. The former president was also full of praise for president Cristina Fernandez.

• Thursday, September 10th 2015 - 06:32 UTC

  Lula da Silva pictured with the Pope's Malvinas-dialogue poster

  

  Brazil's former president Lula da Silva was pictured holding Pope Francis' poster calling for dialogue in the 'Malvinas issue'.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2015 - 07:00 UTC

  New evidence questions claims that Argentine prosecutor Nisman committed suicide

  

  Another conflicting result has surfaced in the ongoing investigation into Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman's death, which remains an unsolved mystery of eight months with opinions divided as to whether he was killed or committed suicide.

• Monday, September 7th 2015 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazil's Lula da Silva supports Scioli as Argentina's next president

  

  Former Brazilian head of state Lula da Silva joined the Argentine presidential electoral campaign and made public his support for the incumbent Daniel Scioli in the October dispute, stating that the Victory Front candidate would maintain strong relations with Brazil

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 05:23 UTC

  Scioli-Macri the most probable run-off in Argentina's presidential race

  

  The scenario of a runoff in Argentina's coming presidential election next October 'remains' strong, according to public opinion analyst Jorge Giacobbe. The two candidates who are expected to dispute a second round in November are the incumbent Daniel Scioli and conservative Mauricio Macri.

• Monday, August 24th 2015 - 08:54 UTC

  Pope Francis and the Malvinas

  

  By Jimmy Burns - The snapped moment of encounter projected fast and globally on the world wide web has become as much as a characteristic of the Francis papacy, as his twitter account @pontifex. This is a papacy with a charismatic personality and instinctive communicator at its helm. It is also a papacy advised by media specialists and diplomats that know something about the opportunity offered by the digital age to spread a message with an impact that would have inconceivable just a few years ago.

• Friday, August 14th 2015 - 09:06 UTC

  Highest PLO award to Cristina Fernandez for supporting Palestinian state

  

  Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) chief Saeb Erekat praised Argentine President Cristina Fernandez for her support and recognition of the Palestinian state as he paid tribute to the backing of the region’s leaders.