Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 21:51 UTC

  “The Falkland Islands remain free to choose their own futures”, FCO tells Argentina

  

  A day after Argentine President Cristina Fernández sent an open letter to be published as an advert in several UK newspapers calling on PM David Cameron’s government to re-open negotiations over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the UK responded: “the Islanders remain free to choose their own futures.”

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 17:57 UTC

  Argentina “again ignores the rights and wishes of the Falkland Islands people”

  

  The Falkland Islands are an British Overseas Territory by choice, entirely self-governing except for defence and foreign affairs and have been settled for at least nine generations, well before Argentina even claimed what is today Tierra del Fuego, points out the Falklands’ elected government in a release-reply to the open letter from Argentine President Cristina Fernandez published on Thursday in the British press.

• Thursday, January 3rd 2013 - 00:31 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez asks Cameron to return the Falklands “forcibly stripped” in 1833

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron must return the Falkland Islands to Argentina, 180 years after the territories were “forcibly stripped” from Buenos Aires, President Cristina Fernandez has claimed in UK newspaper adverts scheduled to be published on Thursday and which has been anticipated.

• Wednesday, January 2nd 2013 - 23:47 UTC

  Mercosur closely following Venezuela situation; Cristina Fernandez paid secret visit to Chavez in Cuba

  

  Mercosur leading members Brazil and Argentina are closely following the Venezuelan situation confident there are no reasons for surprises or fears about the democratic system, while the most respected political reporter of the country Nelson Bocaranda assures that President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, paid a secret visit to Havana in December where she talked with Hugo Chavez about his true health condition.

• Friday, December 28th 2012 - 07:39 UTC

  CFK blames looting and violence on political and union groups interested in destabilization

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández said on Thursday evening that the looting and ransacking of supermarkets that killed four people last week were provoked by “political and union sectors” to destabilize her Government.

• Thursday, December 27th 2012 - 20:18 UTC

  Setback for Cristina Fernandez: Supreme Court rejects two appeals on the Media Law

  

  The Argentine Supreme Court rejected on Thursday the Government’s ‘per saltum’ request to debate the constitutionality of two articles in the controversial Media Law which has the administration of President Cristina Fernandez clashing with the powerful Clarin group.

• Thursday, December 27th 2012 - 06:11 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez recommended to ease intensity and will cut short visit to Asia

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez has been recommended by her medical team to ease the ‘intensity’ of her activities and thus will leave Vietnam out of a tour which is planned for next month and includes the Arab Emirates and Indonesia.

• Thursday, December 20th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  “Madame President: pls address inflation and rampant crime” demands Argentine organized labour

  

  Argentine dissident organized labour concentrated at the emblematic Plaza de Mayo and claimed the government of Cristina Fernandez was applying IMF recipes by halting wage hikes for workers and called on the Lady to address inflation and rampant crime.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 23:10 UTC

  ARA Libertad is in the high seas; great reception in Mar del Plata on 9 January

  

  The Argentine Navy flagship ARA Libertad set sail for Mar del Plata on Wednesday four days after a UN court ordered its release from the Tema port in Accra, Ghana, following a 77 day embargo (since 2 October) due to a claim by vulture fund NML Capital.

• Wednesday, December 19th 2012 - 06:39 UTC

  Temporary relief for Clarin Group; case delayed for another two months

  

  Argentine media group Clarin SA was granted temporary relief on Tuesday from the government's effort to implement a media law that would force the conglomerate to sell some of its most profitable assets.