Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• 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.

• Tuesday, December 18th 2012 - 22:37 UTC

  Organized labour challenges Cristina Fernandez with a demonstration on Wednesday

  

  Argentina’ so organized CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano, and CTA umbrella union leader Pablo Micheli confirmed on Tuesday a downtown march against the government of President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday.

• Monday, December 17th 2012 - 06:45 UTC

  Argentine frigate expected back in Buenos Aires early January

  

  “Once more we fulfill our promise, the Frigate is coming back,” was the first statement given by President Cristina Fernández over the ruling of the UN's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to release the ARA Libertad frigate.

• Saturday, December 15th 2012 - 21:06 UTC

  Argentina pays GDP-linked bonds; Central bank reserves fall to lowest since 2007

  

  Argentina made payments of over 3.5 billion dollars on Friday in GDP-linked bonds which refer to the 2005 and 2010 rescheduling agreed with creditors who originally held 2001/02 defaulted sovereign bonds. At the same bank the Central bank revealed that international reserves have fallen to its lowest since 2007.

• Friday, December 14th 2012 - 07:30 UTC

  IMF expected to delay action on Argentina on stats dispute until mid January

  

  The IMF said Thursday that it was unlikely to take action on Argentina failure to supply accurate statistical data before January, if the country misses a deadline next Monday.

• Thursday, December 13th 2012 - 06:38 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez bashes the Judiciary on scandalous forced prostitution case ruling

  

  In the midst of her fight with the courts over the Media Law, Argentine President Cristina Fernández took time to bash the Judiciary after Tuesday’s a scandalous ruling on the disappearance of a young woman, (kidnapped and forced into prostitution) with all suspects acquitted of all charges.

• Wednesday, December 12th 2012 - 07:59 UTC

  Clarin/Cristina Fernandez legal battle rages on with a new appeal

  

  The Argentine government submitted on Tuesday morning an extraordinary recourse before the Federal Civil and Commercial Court against the extension of the Clarín Group’s injunction to comply with the Media Law, granted by the Civil and Commercial Court N° 1.