Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 09:26 UTC

  Samper in Argentina updates Unasur agenda with Timerman

  

  Unasur Secretary General Ernesto Samper in his first overseas official trip this week visited Argentina, where he met with President Cristina Fernandez and foreign minister Hector Timerman, and also held a round of political talks and other ministerial meetings.

• Saturday, September 20th 2014 - 07:02 UTC

  No end to fraud cases involving Cristina Fernandez vice-president Boudou

  

  Argentina's controversial Vice-President Amado Boudou received yet another judicial headache on the same day as he took over the role of the country's interim head of the Executive as President Cristina Fernández travelled to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis this Saturday.

• Friday, September 19th 2014 - 06:20 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez blames Griesa and US embassy for “speculative attacks” against her government

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured on Thursday that Argentina is under “permanent speculative attack headed by US Federal judge Thomas Griesa,” and criticized “local vultures who have amplified the offensive to the point of ridicule.”

• Friday, September 19th 2014 - 06:02 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and Francis to discuss Argentina's political situation

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez left on Thursday evening for Rome where on Saturday she is scheduled to have lunch with Pope Francis in a meeting that according to Vatican sources has no formal timetable.

• Monday, September 15th 2014 - 05:07 UTC

  Free fall for Cristina Fernandez with record negative image and support

  

  The negative image of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez climbed this month to 43.8%, the highest since last May, according to the latest release of the Management & Fit public opinion polls, published in the Buenos Aires media.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 06:55 UTC

  With the new bill “Argentina wants to pay, can pay and will pay all contracted debts”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández signed into law the Sovereign Debt bill, which changes the payment location of Argentine bondholders and which was approved by Congress early Thursday morning after 18 hours of debate.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 06:22 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez celebrates the UN assembly vote: “we have to feel proud”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández praised on Tuesday the United Nations General Assembly approval of a project that proposes legal framework to regulate restructuring of foreign sovereign debt, saying “Argentina has set an international leading case” with the initiative.

• Wednesday, September 10th 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  UN assembly sides with Argentina votes to change sovereign debt restructuring

  

  The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favor of a legal framework that would help regulate restructuring of foreign sovereign debt, a project that was suggested by the Argentine government and presented before the assembly by the Group of 77 plus China.

• Monday, September 8th 2014 - 06:35 UTC

  China aids Argentina: a billion dollars in Yuan pledged by end of the year

  

  Argentina's central bank chief, Juan Carlos Fabrega, met his Chinese counterpart Zhou Xiaochuan in Basilea, Switzerland on Sunday to discuss how a currency swap worth billions of dollars will be put into action, the Argentine monetary authority said.

• Saturday, September 6th 2014 - 06:36 UTC

  Argentina and holdouts again disagree before Pollack; end of September another deadline

  

  Argentina still has “unresolved” issues preventing a settlement with bondholders suing the country for repayment after not participating in the country's restructurings following its 2002 default, a court-appointed mediator said Friday.