Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Tuesday, July 22nd 2014 - 06:39 UTC

  China/Argentina swap disagreements to be addressed by courts in London and Paris

  

  Argentina's current confrontation in New York with Judge Thomas Griesa and the holdout speculative funds brings up the issue of having resigned the sovereignty of Argentine courts at the time of negotiating or restructuring foreign debt.

• Monday, July 21st 2014 - 07:38 UTC

  Ten hectic days await Argentina, and a possible second default in 12 years

  

  Ten hectic days ahead for Argentina since come 30 July and no agreement has been reached at the New York court of Federal Judge Thomas Griesa, (full payment plus accrued interests to holdout speculative funds) the country would be forced to a second default in twelve years with all the political consequences for Cristina Fernandez and Mercosur.

• Monday, July 21st 2014 - 06:31 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: strong support from China in joint declaration with Argentina

  

  Daniel Filmus head of the Argentine Foreign ministry office on Issues related to the Question of Malvinas, underlined the support from China to Argentina' sovereignty claim over the disputed Islands, which was “clearly expressed” in a joint declaration signed by Presidents Cristina Fernandez and Xi Jinping, currently on a visit to several Latin American countries.

• Saturday, July 19th 2014 - 08:16 UTC

  China extends a 'financial' hand to dollar and credit strapped Argentina

  

  Argentina signed deals on Friday to borrow 7.5 billion dollars from China at a time when Buenos Aires cannot access global capital markets because of disputes over unpaid debt. Beijing also extended a three-year agreement for an 11bn swap operation between the central banks of Argentina and China.

• Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 07:14 UTC

  CFK admits having to pay 300% profit on holdouts’ dollars, but never 1.680% as pretended

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández rejected on Wednesday the possibility of a new default during the UNASUR-BRICS meeting in Brasilia, highlighting Argentina is going to “keep on paying and honoring its debt,” while asking for support against the “so called vulture funds,” who are “pretending to collapse the Argentine debt restructuring.”

• Thursday, July 17th 2014 - 05:49 UTC

  Holdout funds claim in ads campaign that Argentina is choosing default scenario

  

  The American Task Force Argentina (ATFA), the group the government of President Cristina Fernandez has officially accused of being funded by same holdout creditors suing Argentina over its defaulted bonds, has resumed its advertisement campaign against Buenos Aires now saying the Kirchner administration is actually “choosing” a default scenario.

• Tuesday, July 15th 2014 - 07:19 UTC

  Putin and Rousseff discussed doubling bilateral trade ahead of BRICS summit

  

  Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff and her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have restated their aim of doubling bilateral trade between the two nations to a value of 10 billion dollars a year, in a meeting held a day before the sixth summit of the BRICS group on Tuesday.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 05:49 UTC

  Russia interested in Argentina's shale deposits, says Cristina Fernandez

  

  President Cristina Fernandez confirmed Russia’s interest in investing in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale formation in Patagonia and announced that a Russian delegation will travel soon to the area, which holds one of the largest shale gas and oil reserves of the world.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 05:39 UTC

  Falklands: Putin calls on UK to sit and talk with Argentina to resolve the dispute

  

  Russia's president Vladimir Putin has got involved in the Falkland Islands row, urging Britain it must sit down with Argentina for fresh talks to resolve the dispute, as indicated by the United Nations.

• Monday, July 14th 2014 - 05:24 UTC

  Russia offers to build (and finance) two new nuclear power plants in Argentina

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin signed on Saturday a nuclear energy cooperation deal with Argentina on the third stop (Cuba, Nicaragua) of a tour to bolster trade ties and strengthen Russia’s influence in Latin America.