Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 23:45 UTC

  Leading industrialist tells Cristina Fernandez to abide by the rules of democracy, otherwise it is ‘Chavism’

  

  Deputy Chairman of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) Cristiano Ratazzi said that President Cristina Fernández “should leave office once her term ends” because those are the rules of democracy, otherwise it is ‘Chavism’.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 23:35 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez flies to G-20 in Russia on Tango 01, but changes aircraft in Morocco

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández left on Tuesday for Russia to attend the G20 summit to begin next Thursday at the Constantine Palace in Saint Petersburg. The president flew on her office’s Tango 01 to Morocco where she changed aircraft to avoid any possible injunction from hedge funds on the presidential transport.

• Monday, September 2nd 2013 - 19:54 UTC

  Chile replies strongly to CFK: Piñera sold his stake in Lan ‘to avoid conflict of interests'

  

  The Chilean government replied strongly to suggestions from Cristina Fernandez referred to President Sebastian Piñera and his personal fortune saying that in Chile ‘the president and high officials once elected must abide by rules of transparency” and that is why the president voluntarily agreed to sell his stake in LAN airlines before taking office to avoid a conflict of interests.

• Monday, September 2nd 2013 - 19:41 UTC

  Argentina and Brazil pointed out by Europe for protectionist practices

  

  Global efforts to battle trade protectionism need to be reinforced to help shield the fragile economic recovery across the world said a report released on Monday by the European Commission in which it claims Brazil and Argentina are among the main offenders when it comes to import duties hikes and government procurement limitations.

• Friday, August 30th 2013 - 02:00 UTC

  Judge Griesa looking into latest announcements by president Cristina Fernandez

  

  A court hearing in New York scheduled for Thursday midday between hedge funds holders of Argentine defaulted bond and lawyers for the Argentine government was called off on request from the holdouts.

• Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 03:50 UTC

  Uruguay’s first lady praises Cristina Fernandez and blast opposition

  

  Uruguay’s First Lady and Senator Lucia Topolansky said that for her fellow countrymen having a dispute with Argentina is “like fighting with yourself” and described as ‘painful’ the several years long conflict between the two countries over the construction of the UPM (former Botnia) pulp mill on a shared river.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2013 - 01:22 UTC

  Mujica and Cristina Fernandez seal peace at a de-sulphuring plant inauguration

  

  Uruguay and Argentina presidents Jose Mujica and Cristina Fernandez seem to have ironed out differences, at least in public and in the pictures, during the inauguration of a gasoline and diesel de-sulphuring plant in Montevideo, which was financed with Venezuelan funds and Argentine technology.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2013 - 00:43 UTC

  Wide political support in Argentina for Cristina Fernandez new debt swap proposal

  

  The opening of a new sovereign debt swap announced by Argentine President Cristina Fernández on national television on Monday has received strong support from allies, pledges of neutrality from the main opposition party but also criticisms.

• Wednesday, August 28th 2013 - 00:24 UTC

  Argentine bonds lose ground following the debt swap announcement

  

  Argentina bonds in dollars, protected by local legislation fell the most in four months after President Cristina Fernandez announced she’s sending a bill to Congress to reopen the debt swap so that holders of the 7% of pending non restructured debt can normalize their situation in similar conditions.

• Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 21:59 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez calls for reciprocity from foreign airlines operating in Argentina’s domestic market

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez got involved in the Lan Chile hangar conflict at the Buenos Aires metropolitan air terminal by praising the performance of re-nationalized Aerolíneas Argentinas and claiming that while foreign carriers can exploit the Argentine domestic market, “there is no reciprocity from other countries”.