Tag: Grupo Clarín

• Saturday, December 15th 2012 - 06:05 UTC

  Victory for Cristina Fernandez: Federal Judge declares constitutional Media Law

  

  Argentine Federal Judge Horacio Alfonso declared that articles 45 and 161 of the controversial 2009 Media Law are “constitutional,” and ordered the injunction that left the application of the law in suspense to be lifted immediately.

• 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.

• 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.

• Saturday, December 8th 2012 - 04:02 UTC

  Supreme Court will decide on Clarin/Argentine government conflict next week

  

  The Argentine Supreme Court delayed on Friday until next week an answer to President Cristina Fernandez administration’s complaint referred to the Media Law when the seven Justices are present. Currently one is overseas on an academic trip and two others were unable to attend the emergency meeting.

• Friday, December 7th 2012 - 15:21 UTC

  Argentine government appeals to Supreme Court the conflict with Clarin Media group

  

  As part of another chapter of the bitter conflict over a controversial Media Law the government of President Cristina Fernandez called on Friday for the annulment of a ruling from the Civil and Commercial Court of Appeals, which on Thursday extended an injunction placed by the Clarín Group on Article 161 of the Media Law.

• Friday, December 7th 2012 - 05:50 UTC

  Argentine Executive and Judiciary clash over Media Bill and intimidation of Judges

  

  President Cristina Fernandez and the Argentine Judiciary branch are on a collision course after a federal court, despite all kinds of pressure and threats, decided on Thursday to extend an injunction referred to a controversial media bill which seems targeted to dismember the powerful Clarin Media Group, which has become to the eyes of the regime enemy number one.

• Thursday, November 15th 2012 - 18:33 UTC

  Congress gives Cristina Fernandez additional tool to dismember Clarin group

  

  Argentina's Congress approved on Wednesday a new legal regulation which critics say President Cristina Fernandez could use to force a conclusion in her long-running battle with the country's biggest media group.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2012 - 20:41 UTC

  Real estate activity drops dramatically in Argentina because of ‘dollar-clamp’

  

  Argentina’s real estate sector is already feeling the negative consequences of the ‘dollar-clamp’ implemented by the government of President Cristina Fernandez a year ago, and in 2013 the effect could have an even greater impact for the construction industry.

• Friday, October 12th 2012 - 06:18 UTC

  Global editors warn on ongoing campaign in Argentina against independent media

  

  The Global Editors Network (GEN) called on the world’s media to focus attention on a press freedom crisis in Argentina where independent journalism is facing a major threat on 7 December 2012, the day announced by the government for the break-up of the Clarin Group, the country’s main independent media organization.

• Thursday, July 19th 2012 - 22:36 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez unleashes tax agency against opponents, claims The Economist

  

  Under the heading of “Knock, knock, the government unleashes the tax agency against its opponents” The Economist latest edition claims that President Cristina Fernandez is using the tax revenue office to hound its political enemies.