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Montevideo, October 21st 2025 - 02:52 UTC

Tag: Cristina Fernandez

  • Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 07:54 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez calls on the US to recognize the Venezuelan government

    For the sake of peace, said the Argentine president

    Argentine president Cristina Fernandez demanded the United States “recognizes the Venezuelan government” following on Sunday’s election in which Nicolas Maduro was confirmed as president despite a very tight margin (just over 1% of ballots) and challenges by the opposition candidate.

  • Wednesday, April 17th 2013 - 02:06 UTC

    Despite invitation Argentine ambassador will not attend Lady Thatcher’s funeral

    The Foreign Office excluded Cristina Fernandez from the guests’ list but included Ambassador Alicia Castro

    Argentine ambassador to the UK Alicia Castro has declined the official invitation to attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral, Downing Street reported. Lady Thatcher was Britain’s PM when the Argentine invasion of the Falklands and she sent a task force to successfully recover them in June 1982 after a 74-day armed conflict.

  • Monday, April 15th 2013 - 03:10 UTC

    Mujica envoy to Buenos Aires to try and re-establish ‘normal contacts’ with Cristina Fernandez

    Apologies, a personal letter and waiting for Cristina Fernandez to answer the phone

    Uruguay’s Deputy Foreign minister Roberto Conde is scheduled to travel to Buenos Aires this week as part of President Jose Mujica’s administration efforts to rebuild bilateral relations with Argentina following his ‘coarse, jail-slang’ descriptions of president Cristina Fernandez and her late husband Nestor Kirchner, which were refuted as ‘unacceptable and denigrating”.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 18:03 UTC

    Details of Lady Thatcher’s funeral; Cristina Fernandez not in the invite list

    Over 2.000 invitations will be sent out for the funeral service at St Paul’s

    Britain has decided not to invite Argentine President Cristina Kirchner to the funeral of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Downing Street said on Thursday. The decision follows on a special request from the Thatcher family.However Ambassdor Alicia Castro will be invited since according to diplomatic protocol Britain has normal relations with the UK, and it is a state to state issue.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 07:37 UTC

    Cooperate and move on

    Falklanders celebrating the March 10/11 referendum

    By Fabian Bosoer and Federico Finchelstein (*) - In Argentina, the passing of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brings memories of a seemingly irresoluble conflict. The conflict stands as a metaphor of a larger history of global misunderstandings.

  • Thursday, April 11th 2013 - 06:38 UTC

    When oil is involved, compromise is key

    Professor Terry Karl

    By Terry Karl (*) - The death of Margaret Thatcher will not change the necessity for or the timing of negotiations on the Falklands/Malvinas issue. This political football has re-emerged repeatedly – regardless of the leaders in power – usually for domestic reasons in both Argentina and the United Kingdom. There is little political will for a settlement in the short-term on either side, especially now that offshore oil is publicly and definitively in the picture.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 23:17 UTC

    Election year fever in Argentina: fuel price freeze and lower interests on bank arrears

    Cristina Fernandez, between the lame duck syndrome and staying in Casa Rosada for a third consecutive term

    Election fever in Argentina: the administration of President Cristina Fernandez froze the price of gasoline and diesel sold at service stations for six months and convinced banks to cut interest payments on arrears. Last month supermarket chains and other suppliers agreed to extend the current price freeze.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2013 - 10:22 UTC

    Overwhelming support for Mujica’s comments on Cristina and Nestor Kirchner

    Mujica at the rally with other local leaders that motivated the incident

    A clear majority of Montevideo residents support Uruguayan president Jose Mujica controversial comments on Argentine President Cristina Fernandez and her deceased husband Nestor Kirchner, “the old lady is worse than the one eyed man”, according to an opinion poll made public on Tuesday by a local broadcasting station.

  • Monday, April 8th 2013 - 05:00 UTC

    Mujica ungagged: Nestor Kirchner a ‘difficult and slimy’ guy, but also had his positive side

    A slip or a strategy to improve Mujica’s too ‘pro-Argentine’ costly stand

    President Jose Mujica acid comments on Argentina’s presidential couple Cristina Fernandez-Nestor Kirchner were further developed in a monthly magazine which on Saturday published a long article with the Uruguayan leader, although it must be pointed out that the interview was dated March 18th.

  • Saturday, April 6th 2013 - 04:14 UTC

    “Nothing or nobody” can separate Argentina and Uruguay, Mujica tells the world

    Mujica with mayor Enciso at the Sarandi Grande event that made world headlines

    Despite Uruguayan President Jose Mujica had anticipated he would give no further explanations about his at least controversial remarks about Argentina’s presidencial couple, Cristina and Néstor Kirchner, the Uruguayan leader on Friday midday stated in his daily broadcast that “nothing or nobody” could separate the brotherly nations.