Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Saturday, May 31st 2014 - 07:28 UTC

  Argentine Vice president summoned in corruption case; opposition demand his resignation

  

  Argentina's Vice President Amado Boudou has been summoned for questioning as a potential defendant in a corruption case, a Buenos Aires court said on Friday. The allegations date from Boudou's 2009-2011 tenure as Economy minister.

• Friday, May 30th 2014 - 05:28 UTC

  Argentina can resume business with country export credit agencies, following Paris Club deal

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez praised on Thursday the agreement reached with Paris Club creditors and said that the government will now turn to international credit markets to finance “infrastructure, development, and technology.”

• Thursday, May 29th 2014 - 00:35 UTC

  Three Latam presidents among Forbes list of 25 most powerful women

  

  Brazil, Argentina and Chile presidents figure among the list of the 25 most powerful women in the world according to the latest release from Forbes. Dilma Rousseff ranks in fourth place, Cristina Fernandez 19 and Michele Bachelet, 25. Only nine heads of state figure in the 100 names list.

• Monday, May 26th 2014 - 06:50 UTC

  Argentina: CFK returns to the fold: attends Tedeum and read Francis de Assisi Peace prayer

  

  President Cristina Fernández, CFK, addressed on Sunday the crowd which had gathered in the historic Buenos Aires Plaza de Mayo to mark the anniversary of Argentina's May Revolution, calling on those present to remember all the people who helped create an independent nation.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 23:38 UTC

  Bye, bye Argentina: Spain's Repsol sells all assets and end operations in the country

  

  Spanish oil company Repsol has ended its operations in Argentina, two years after the government seized its assets. Last month the Argentine congress gave final approval to pay 5bn dollars in compensation for Repsol's stake in Argentine oil firm YPF.

• Friday, May 23rd 2014 - 10:28 UTC

  Vatican claims letter addressed to President Cristina Fernandez is fake

  

  One of the Pope's closest collaborator, Argentine Monsignor Guillermo Karcher has affirmed that the alleged letter from Pope Francis to President Cristina Fernández revealed earlier on Thursday by the government is a fake.

• Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:55 UTC

  Catholic Church and Cristina Fernandez downplay impact of recent document on 'violence in Argentina'

  

  One of the Pope’s closest collaborators, Argentine Monsignor Guillermo Karcher, said “there is no reason to look for causes for conflict” in the Episcopal Conference document released last week about “violence” in Argentina.

• Tuesday, May 20th 2014 - 08:00 UTC

  Metropolitan Buenos Aires majority disapproves of Cristina Fernandez, but she retains 36% support

  

  A clear majority of Argentines, 56%, in metropolitan Buenos Aires, which is the most densely populated area of the country, disapprove of President Cristina Fernandez, according to the latest public opinion poll made public but also 36% remain faithful and approve the performance of the controversial Argentine leader.

• Monday, May 19th 2014 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentine Vice-president under criminal investigation; calls for Boudou to step down

  

  Argentine Vice-president Amado Boudou said he was not planning “an absence of leave” from office because that is not the style of President Cristina Fernandez' administration following a federal court confirmation of a criminal investigation into his alleged involvement in the sale of a minting company.

• Friday, May 16th 2014 - 09:25 UTC

  YPF defends Chevron partnership; court orders investigation into accord with the US oil giant

  

  Argentine state-controlled oil company YPF on Thursday defended the partnership deal it reached with one of the world's largest energy corporations, Chevron Corp., two days after a court ordered a probe into alleged irregularities associated with the pact.