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Montevideo, December 23rd 2024 - 14:54 UTC

Tag: Cristina Fernandez

  • Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

    CFK decries double standards within UN Security Council regarding Ukraine and Falklands/Malvinas

    Under her presidency, Argentina supported Ukraine against Russia’s annexation of Crimea

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Sunday said Western powers had double standards when addressing the Ukraine crisis. The former head of state (2007-2015) recalled that in 2014 -under her presidency-, Argentina supported Kyiv against Russia’s annexation of the Crimean peninsula by force.

  • Monday, February 28th 2022 - 20:24 UTC

    Cristina Fernández de Kirchner still complaining about Falklands' 2013 referendum

    Cristina addressed her criticism to the US Security Council which she described as outdated, and its permanent members having a double standard

    Argentina's main leader and vice-president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recalled on Sunday in Twitter that her government strongly supported Ukraine back in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea, but also complained about the double standard of the “great powers” in their stance regarding the Falkland/Malvinas Islands issue.

  • Wednesday, February 16th 2022 - 22:55 UTC

    Cristina Fernández indicted in case of alleged bribes

    The ruling had the favorable votes of judges Diego Barroetaveña and Daniel Petrone, while magistrate Ana María Figueroa cast a vote against.

    A Federal Argentine Court rejected on Wednesday an appeal filed by the former president (2007-2015) and current vice president of the South American country, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, in relation to the so-called “case of the notebooks”.

  • Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 09:11 UTC

    Argentina: Máximo Kirchner resigns as Lower House majority leader

    President Fernández said CFK did not approve of her son's decision

    The recent deal between the Argentine Government of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is taking its toll on the country's political leadership front after Lower House Majority Leader Máximo Kirchner announced Monday he would resign that position.

  • Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 20:53 UTC

    Chávez's daughter praises CFK in Tegucigalpa

    It is not easy to be a female President, CFK said

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and María Gabriela Chávez Contreras, daughter of the late Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez Frías, met Wednesday at the National University of Honduras, where the former Argentine head of state delivered a speech under the title “Peoples always return”.

  • Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

    Seven years after, death of Argentine special prosecutor and alleged Iran connection remain unresolved

    Nisman was a special prosecutor appointed to try to establish the alleged connection of Iran in two bomb attacks against Israelite targets in Buenos Aires

    On a rainy evening Tuesday 18th January, dozens toured the streets of Buenos Aires in memory of the prosecutor Alberto Nisman on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of his death, a case which remains unresolved by Argentine justice. With umbrellas, dressed in black some carrying candles, flashlights, and flowers, the march reached the Le Parc flats complex, in a posh area of Buenos Aires, where Nisman was found dead with a shot in the head, and an investigation that still has to decide if it was a homicide or suicide.

  • Saturday, December 11th 2021 - 09:58 UTC

    Argentina will not jeopardize growth, president says

    “Argentina is a symbol of human rights throughout the world,” Alberto Fernández said

    President Alberto Fernández Friday said his country will not accept any imposition which may put growth at risk when negotiating with foreign creditors. The Argentine head of state made those remarks from a stage in front of Casa Rosada he shared with former Presidents José Mujica of Uruguay, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of Brazil and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina's current Vice President.

  • Monday, December 6th 2021 - 09:42 UTC

    Lula to appear at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires this week

    Like Cristina, Lula has also been persecuted by the judges, Máximo Kirchner said

    Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva will attend celebrations in Buenos Aires on Dec. 10 marking a new anniversary of the return to democratic rule, which was announced in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

    CFK acquitted in corruption cases: Operations were legit, judges said

    No crimes committed, said the judges

    Former Argentine President and current Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her children will not be tried in the so-called Hotesur so-scandal case because there were no illegal actions involved, a federal court in Buenos Aires ruled Friday. Hence, all charges have been dismissed.

  • Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 09:29 UTC

    Florencio Randazzo makes it to the House after edging Libertarian candidate

    Randazzo was Interior Minister under CFK

    Former Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo finally made it through to the House of Deputies on his own Vamos con Vos front after the final vote count ended up granting him the votes he needed to snatch the seat from the Libertarians, who had already secured victories for José Luis Espert and Carolina Piparo.