Tag: Cristina Fernandez

• Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 00:03 UTC

  Designer brands fleeing from Argentina’s imports and exchange restrictions

  

  Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Armani, Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren, Cartier are some of the designer luxury brands that have left or are leaving Argentina forced by the very strict import restrictions and money exchange controls.

• Monday, October 8th 2012 - 23:51 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez ruffling feathers with the Falklands to mask domestic failings

  

  Several British newspapers have turned their eyes on Argentina arguing that the challenging situation faced by President Cristina Fernandez both domestically and internationally is making her increasingly take advantage of the Falkland Islands dispute as a smokescreen to mask domestic failings.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:31 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez denies any dollar clamp: in nine months paid out 80bn dollars

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández again denied the existence of money exchange restrictions over the purchase of dollars by explaining that “Argentina has already paid 79.8 billion dollars so far this year”.

• Tuesday, October 2nd 2012 - 06:20 UTC

  “K” fan compares CFK with Marilyn Monroe and explains why women hate her

  

  Kirchnerite philosopher and writer Jose Pablo Feinmann came out in defence of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, with a very particular argument which even surprised supporters when he talked about onanism devotion and went as far as to compare her with US actress Marilyn Monroe.

• Monday, October 1st 2012 - 09:44 UTC

  CFK’s positive image at a record low of 25.5%, according to latest poll

  

  The image of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez has fallen at 25.5%, to its lowest positive, very distant from the over 54% she enjoyed last November, following her sweeping re-election, according to a public opinion poll from consultants Management & Fit released over the weekend.

• Friday, September 28th 2012 - 06:19 UTC

  CFK to Harvard students: there is no ‘dollar clamp’; don’t repeat monochord questions

  

  President Cristina Fernandez speaking at Harvard University denied there was a “dollar clamp”, chided some students for making the same “monochord questions” as the Argentine media, attacked the IMF and finally described a question on her wish for re-re-election as ‘abstract’ since it does not depend from her or a single party.

• Thursday, September 27th 2012 - 14:04 UTC

  UK to Cristina: “no Falklands’ sovereignty negotiations unless and until the Islanders so wish”

  

  “There can be no negotiations on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands unless and until such time as the Islanders so wish” was the official reply from the UK to remarks made by Argentine president Cristina Fernandez during her speech on Tuesday before the UN General Assembly.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 07:02 UTC

  Pot-banging protestors follow Cristina Fernandez to her hotel in New York

  

  An estimated two hundred protesters demonstrated on Tuesday in front of the hotel where President Cristina Fernández is staying at in New York, holding similar signs to the ones seen at the September 13 pot-banging massive protest in Argentina’s main cities.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 02:52 UTC

  Argentina calls on UK for talks on ‘global issue’ Malvinas and ‘demilitarization’ of South Atlantic

  

  President Cristina Fernández once again claimed Argentina’s sovereignty over the Falklands/Malvinas islands and urged the United Kingdom to accept talks and abide by the United Nations resolutions on the matter which has become a “global issue”. The Argentine leader also asked for the demilitarization of the South Atlantic.

• Wednesday, September 26th 2012 - 00:45 UTC

  Argentina hits back at Lagarde: “this is not a football match and we are a sovereign nation”

  

  Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez hit back at the IMF on Tuesday for warning her country about bad stats data, saying her nation is sovereign and would not be subjected to threats of any kind.