Tag: Cristina Kirchner

• Sunday, April 26th 2026 - 19:13 UTC

  Argentine court orders execution of Cristina Kirchner's assets for about $480 million in Vialidad case

  

  Argentina's Federal Court of Cassation on Friday confirmed the confiscation of assets in the fraudulent administration case known as Vialidad and ordered their execution to cover an amount of 684.99 billion pesos — approximately $480 million at the official exchange rate — considered by the courts as the damage caused to the state in the awarding of public works contracts in the province of Santa Cruz during the Kirchner administrations.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 15:51 UTC

  Pepe Mujica criticizes Cristina Kirchner: “The old lady is at the head of Peronism screwing around”

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has taken aim at prominent Latin American leaders, criticizing a lack of generational renewal in politics and authoritarian trends in the region. Speaking from his home in Montevideo, Mujica called out Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner, accusing her of clinging to power rather than transitioning into an advisory role. “There’s the old Cristina at the head of Peronism, instead of leaving room for new generations. How hard it is for her to let go of the cake!” Mujica quipped.

• Thursday, January 6th 2022 - 00:22 UTC

  Argentina to buy Russian electric trains for diesel-only suburban railroad

  

  The Government of Argentina has allocated US $ 800 million to the purchase of Russian electric trains for a non-electrified railroad, the Buenos Aires daily La Nación reported.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 07:42 UTC

  A majority of Argentines, 51%, favor an opposition alternative for midterm elections

  

  Only hours before the different Argentine political parties must register their candidates for the PASO primaries – simultaneous and mandatory – on 12 September, ahead of the midterm election on 14 November, a local public opinion poll has released interesting data on the different leaders and hopefuls, having covered the whole Argentine territory.

• Wednesday, February 3rd 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  Cristina Kirchner political ally accused of human rights abuses in the province of Formosa

  

  Members of the opposition, international NGO’s and several Catholic and Anglican clerics, have criticized Gildo Insfran, the governor of Formosa, and a close political ally of Cristina Kirchner, for treating those who test positive for the coronavirus and their close contacts in an “inhuman” way, forcing them into public isolation centers for over 20 days.

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 14:27 UTC

  Alberto Fernández confesses that Néstor Kirchner marked a before and after for his life and is his permanent inspiration

  

  “Néstor, in history and in my heart,” said Argentine President Alberto Fernández emotionally, along with a video recalling his relationship with his former political mentor, former President Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) on the tenth anniversary of the former president's surprising death.

• Monday, July 6th 2020 - 09:40 UTC

  Argentine journalists reject a new impulse of Cristina Kirchner's harassing habits

  

  Three hundred Argentine journalists have made public a document rejecting claims from Vice-president Cristina Fernandez that several media professionals have colluded in an illicit association to spy on her.

• Friday, April 17th 2020 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina sets out its debt restructuring proposal to private creditors with a sizeable cut (62%) of interest payments

  

  Argentina sketched out its debt restructuring proposal to international creditors on Thursday, involving a three-year grace period, large coupon cuts and a smaller reduction in capital, as it looks to win over bondholders to a deal.

• Friday, January 3rd 2020 - 09:55 UTC

  Nisman's death controversy reignited: “there isn't a shred of proof” he was murdered, says president Fernandez

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernandez said on Thursday he doubts that a prosecutor who died two days after accusing former President Cristina Kirchner of a cover-up in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre committed suicide. But he insisted “there isn't a shred of proof” that Alberto Nisman was murdered, as his family insists.

• Saturday, October 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina: calls for a rational transition starting O-28 and the pancake syndrome

  

  On Sunday 33.8 million Argentines will vote for a president, for the renewal of the 130 members of the Lower House and a third of the Senate, 24 out of 72. But results should come as no surprise since a majority of the Argentine electorate has zapped to an old déjà vu show, fed up with president Mauricio Macri and his pro-business policies.