Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Monday, December 10th 2012 - 05:11 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez blasts Judges and independent media on Democracy Day

  

  In a major speech on Sunday before the iconic Plaza de Mayo celebrating ‘Democracy Day’ and ‘Human Rights Day’ , Argentine President Cristina Fernandez kept pressure on Judges and independent media calling for a “deep democratization of the three branches of government” and a “greater independence from economic power and corporations”.

• Monday, December 10th 2012 - 05:05 UTC

  Argentine lawmaker threatens appeals judges with impeachment

  

  An Argentine Senator from the ruling coalition warned that judges who upheld an injunction request made by the media group Clarín on Thursday could be impeached.

• Thursday, December 6th 2012 - 07:45 UTC

  Brazil says President Chavez attendance to Mercosur summit is “uncertain”

  

  The presence of President Hugo Chavez at Friday’s Mercosur summit is “uncertain” reported the official Brazilian news agency on Wednesday adding that the organizers are waiting for a confirmation of his trip to Brasilia.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2012 - 05:18 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez calls for regional litigation mechanisms and blasts international bodies as ‘predators’

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez criticized international organizations which she described as ‘predators’ and called for the region to create its own mechanisms to settle litigations among South American countries.

• Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 22:23 UTC

  Brazil calls on Argentina to integrate and consolidate world’s fifth largest economy

  

  The presence this week of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff next to Cristina Fernandez at Argentina’s Industrial Union, UIA annual conference was considered a major integration success and highlights the growing interaction of the two leading Mercosur partners.

• Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 06:50 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez described Argentina as the ‘counter model’ of IMF and the world’s masters

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ratified on Wednesday that Argentina will continue to pay all its financial obligations and described as “absolutely unfair” the ruling from Judge Thomas Griesa who favoured the hedge funds to the detriment of 93% of bondholders who joined the 2005 and 2010 debt swaps.

• Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 06:42 UTC

  Argentina increases 44% wellhead natural gas prices to attract investment

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez announced on Wednesday that wellhead natural gas prices are to rise substantially from current levels, an estimated 44%, with the purpose of attracting more investments and increasing production.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2012 - 16:03 UTC

  Brazil contrary to lifting suspension of Paraguay from Unasur until April

  

  Brazilian Executive special advisor on International Affairs, Marco Aurelio Garcia anticipated that at the coming summit in Lima, the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, would not lift the suspension on Paraguay which will hold until April’s election.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2012 - 22:54 UTC

  Argentina will make a plea at the Unasur summit to jointly face ‘vulture funds’

  

  During a ceremony to receive visiting Peruvian leader Ollanta Humala Argentine President Cristina Fernández said that she would make a plea for Unasur members to come together in the fight against ‘vulture funds’ (hedge funds) when the region’s leaders meet this week in Lima.

• Monday, November 26th 2012 - 19:35 UTC

  The Chicago Tribune on the bonds dispute: ‘Cry for yourself, Argentina’

  

  The Chicago Tribune, one of the leading Midwest US newspapers has been following closely the dispute in New York courts between the Argentine government and investment funds that are demanding full payment of sovereign bonds.