Tag: G-20 Russia summit

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:30 UTC

  “Go ask Obama why US refuses to support Argentina in dispute with vulture funds”

  

  President Cristina Fernández spoke out against the US refusal to discuss Argentina’s dispute with the so-called ‘vulture funds’, (and its inclusion in the final declaration) during the G-20 meeting in Moscow, Russia.

• Friday, September 6th 2013 - 01:17 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez meets WTO chief and blasts world powers ‘protectionism’

  

  With a busy agenda prior to her G20 Summit address, Argentine President Cristina Fernández renewed her criticism of so called world powers’ “protectionism” and warned about a “crisis of the multilateral system” both in the economic and political arenas.

• Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 02:46 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez anticipates she will address ‘vulture funds’ issue at G20 summit

  

  After arriving in Russia for the two-day G20 summit, Argentine President Cristina Fernández stressed she will be addressing the “vulture funds issue” during the summit despite the US rejected to mention it in the final statement.

• Thursday, September 5th 2013 - 01:59 UTC

  Advanced economies taking the global relay from emerging countries, says IMF

  

  Advanced economies led by the United States will increasingly drive global growth while emerging countries are at risk of slowing due to tighter US monetary policy, the IMF said in a note according to Reuters news agency.

• Tuesday, September 3rd 2013 - 23:35 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez flies to G-20 in Russia on Tango 01, but changes aircraft in Morocco

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández left on Tuesday for Russia to attend the G20 summit to begin next Thursday at the Constantine Palace in Saint Petersburg. The president flew on her office’s Tango 01 to Morocco where she changed aircraft to avoid any possible injunction from hedge funds on the presidential transport.