Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Friday, January 18th 2013 - 06:12 UTC

  Argentina thanks Indonesia for support on Falklands issue and blasts multilateral organizations

  

  President Cristina Fernandez thanked Indonesia for the “permanent support” extended to Argentina in the “Malvinas cause” and reiterated that Argentina is only asking for the UK to respect and abide the United Nations resolution, but at the same time attacked multilateral organizations such as the UN and WTO for “favouring the great powers”.

• Wednesday, January 16th 2013 - 06:35 UTC

  Argentina and United Arab Emirates sign nuclear energy agreement

  

  Ministers from Argentina and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding on peaceful uses of nuclear energy during the official visit to Abu Dhabi of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez.

• Monday, January 14th 2013 - 03:12 UTC

  Falklands’ referendum: CFK letter to PM Cameron distributed to UN General Assembly members

  

  The open letter sent by Argentine president Cristina Fernandez to Prime Minister David Cameron demanding the return of the Falkland Islands, which allegedly were “forcibly stripped” from Buenos Aires in 1833 will be distributed as a document among members of the UN General Assembly, on request from the Argentine ambassador Maria Perceval.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 20:12 UTC

  Cristina at the helm for ARA Libertad grand welcome party in Mar del Plata

  

  The frigate ARA Libertad is already in Argentine waters and is scheduled to arrive Wednesday to the port of Mar del Plata, escorted by dozens of yachts and other vessels, to a huge reception ceremony headed by President Cristina Fernandez, ministers and top officials.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 00:49 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez flies Jan 10 to Havana in support of Chavez and Maduro

  

  The Argentine government confirmed on Monday that President Cristina Fernandez would be flying on Thursday to Cuba to visit her Venezuelan peer Hugo Chavez, fighting for his life after a fourth cancer surgery with complications, and on the day which he should be taking office after October’s re-re-election.

• Tuesday, January 8th 2013 - 00:07 UTC

  Argentina charters private UK plane for Cristina Fernandez next tour to avoid legal surprises

  

  The Argentine government issued a statement in response to a recent piece published on the British tabloid “The Sun”, and assured that President Cristina Fernández will fly in a private plane on her next tour to avoid a potential impounding of the official presidential plane by vulture funds.

• Monday, January 7th 2013 - 17:45 UTC

  Argentina accuses PM Cameron of “military threats” regarding the Falklands

  

  The Argentine Foreign Ministry rejected the recent “military threats” coming from British Prime Minister David Cameron in relation to the UK’s “illegal occupation of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands” that began 180 years ago.

• Saturday, January 5th 2013 - 05:28 UTC

  “Sovereignty party” for when Libertad and Espora sail in together to Mar del Plata

  

  Argentina’s dredgers union assured a safe passage for when the Navy’s flag ship ARA Libertad arrives to Mar del Plata next 9 January to a big reception party headed by President Cristina Fernandez. There were concerns that the depth of the access channel wouldn’t be enough.

• Saturday, January 5th 2013 - 05:13 UTC

  Murdoch’s The Sun tells Cristina Fernandez “HANDS OFF” the Falklands

  

  In a full page advert published exclusively in Friday’s Buenos Aires Herald, in English and Spanish, leading British tabloid The Sun admonishes President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner with a “Hands off!” from the Falkland Islands, in response to the Argentine president’s letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, published on Wednesday in several British dailies.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 22:04 UTC

  Argentine president letter to PM Cameron demanding return of Falklands, “a sign of “profound weakness”

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez has been left “frustrated” by the refusal of other Latin American nations to back Argentina’s long-standing claim to the Falkland Islands, Klaus Dodds, Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London, said.