Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Friday, February 6th 2015 - 07:25 UTC

  Argentina warns the US not to interfere with the investigation of Nisman's death

  

  Argentina will not tolerate any United States intervention in the investigation of prosecutor Alberto Nisman's death, and will consider any attempt as an interference in the country's domestic affairs and a violation of Argentine sovereignty.

• Friday, February 6th 2015 - 07:15 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez will write letters to Mia Farrow and Navratilova explaining the Nisman case

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez plans to write actress Mia Farrow and retired tennis star Martina Navratilova to rebut their recent criticism and explain that the scandal engulfing her is a smear campaign, officials said Thursday.

• Friday, February 6th 2015 - 01:46 UTC

  Falklands want to be good neighbors and have closer links with Latin America

  

  The Falkland Islands and its people want to be 'good neighbors, have trade links, cooperation agreements and closer relations with the southern cone of South America, but 'without losing our identity', said Falklands lawmakers to Punta Arenas Prensa Austral that was present at the celebrations last Saturday for the 250th anniversary of the first flying of the Union Flag in the Islands marking the beginning of British rule.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 11:10 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez hails 'strategic partnership' with China; blasts Argentine industry for mistrusting agreements

  

  President Cristina Fernandez expressed her satisfaction for the over 1,000 businessmen that attended the Argentinean-Chinese forum she presided in Beijing and praised the 'strategic partnership' with China. The president also rejected criticism voiced by the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) against her trip to China and the bilateral deals reached.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 10:12 UTC

  Judge Rafecas ordered to take Nisman's complaint against Cristina Fernandez

  

  The President of Argentina's Federal Criminal Appeals Court, Martín Irurzun, has ordered Judge Daniel Rafecas to take late AMIA special prosecutor’s complaint against President Cristina Fernández and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman for allegedly covering up Iranian officials suspected of attacking the AMIA Jewish community centre.

• Thursday, February 5th 2015 - 10:05 UTC

  Prosecutor investigating Nisman's death cancels announced holiday

  

  The prosecutor in charge of the investigation of Argentine special prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death, Viviana Fein, finally announced that she will not be leaving on two-weeks holiday on February 18 as she had confirmed on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, February 4th 2015 - 09:39 UTC

  Nisman death: Clarin was right, draft document requesting detention of Cristina Fernandez exists

  

  Argentina's prosecutor in charge of investigating the death of Alberto Nisman, Viviana Fein has rectified information regarding a draft document involving a detention request for President Cristina Fernández, foreign minister Hector Timerman and a member of Congress, whose existence she had first denied.

• Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 06:22 UTC

  Judges decline to handle Nisman's allegations against Cristina Fernandez

  

  Two judges on Monday declined to handle the allegations brought by late prosecutor Alberto Nisman against Argentina's president, charging her with seeking to derail his investigation of the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.

• Sunday, February 1st 2015 - 21:52 UTC

  First tranche of Chinese loan to build dams in Argentine Patagonia; CFK en route to Beijing

  

  The construction of the Nestor Kirchner and Jorge Cepernic dams in Santa Cruz, Patagonia is finally set to begin now that China has deposited the first 287.7 million dollars tranche of funding for the massive 4.71 billion project, Argentine President Cristina Fernández announced before leaving for a state visit to China.

• Sunday, February 1st 2015 - 20:47 UTC

  'Mercosur does not exist': Uruguay should try a one to one deal with the Europe

  

  Mercosur does not exist; Uruguay is losing precious time and should try a one to one trade agreement with the European Union, according to Paul Riezler, president of the Euro-Chamber in Uruguay and of the Uruguay-Germany Commerce and Industry Chamber.