Tag: Guillermo Moreno

• Thursday, August 8th 2024 - 09:11 UTC

  Former CFK Trade Secretary handed down 3-yr sentence

  

  Former Argentine Domestic Trade Secretary Guillermo Moreno was sentenced to three years in jail and imposed a six-year disenfranchisement. According to local media, he was found guilty of rigging the data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) between 2006 and 2007 under then-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK).

• Thursday, February 12th 2015 - 06:02 UTC

  Holdouts open new front in dispute with Argentina: officials dramatic increase in their personal wealth

  

  US holders of defaulted Argentine bonds have stepped up their campaign for full repayment of their loans by detailing how 14 senior Argentine officials experienced “dramatic and often unexplained increases” in their personal wealth during service in the Kirchner administrations.

• Friday, August 22nd 2014 - 08:04 UTC

  Argentina suspends beef exports 15-days to contain domestic prices

  

  The Argentine government has decided to restrict beef exports for a 15-day period seeking to stem the rise of prices in the domestic market. The decision was confirmed by Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich and sparked criticism by business leaders in the sector with some voices saying the strategy will have “no positive effects.”

• Tuesday, March 18th 2014 - 00:13 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez holds two-hour private meeting with the Pope and then flies to France

  

  President Cristina Fernández (with a sprained ankle in a boot) and Pope Francis shared on Monday a lunch which lasted two hours and a half at Santa Marta residence in the Vatican. It's the third time the Argentine head of state and Francis meet since he was elected pontiff one year ago.

• Thursday, December 26th 2013 - 23:54 UTC

  Argentina’s socioeconomic statistics: still lying after all these years, says The Economist

  

  For years the IMF turned a blind eye as Argentina doctored its inflation index and plumped up its numbers for economic growth. Then last February the fund steeled itself and censured the country, warning it to improve its statistics by September or face potential suspension or expulsion. This threat was unprecedented in the fund’s history.

• Thursday, November 21st 2013 - 06:56 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez for the first time live since surgery, takes the oath of new ministers

  

  In an emotional but brief (eleven minutes) ceremony Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, on Wednesday late evening, was back on stage at the Casa Rosada, the first time since she underwent cranium surgery six weeks ago, for the oath-taking ceremony of three new top officials who will be decisive ministers in the last two years of her second mandate.

• Wednesday, November 20th 2013 - 05:22 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez most emblematic and faithful “K soldier” sent to Italy

  

  On Tuesday, one day after resuming her Executive duties, Argentine president Cristina Fernandez accepted the resignation of the most emblematic of the Kirchner-couple bullying tactics, a true 'K soldier' who has been on the job since 2005 and was expected to step down with the lady in 2015.

• Thursday, November 14th 2013 - 07:23 UTC

  October inflation in Argentina reaches 2% and 25.86% in last twelve months

  

  Inflation in Argentina according to the so called Congressional index during the month of October reached 2% and 25.86% in the last twelve months, it was reported by opposition lawmakers.

• Thursday, November 7th 2013 - 23:05 UTC

  Advice for Mujica: “professional, not presidential diplomacy” to deal with Cristina Fernandez

  

  Uruguayan president Jose Mujica is fed up with problems with Argentina but must abandon the 'presidential diplomacy' and turn to 'professional diplomacy' because President Cristina Fernandez will not modify her conduct, warned one of Argentina's most respected political analysts, Rosendo Fraga.

• Monday, November 4th 2013 - 06:01 UTC

  Botnia/UPM controversy: Argentina retaliates delaying Uruguayan exports

  

  Argentina's clash with Uruguay over the Botnia/UPM pulp mill has led to furious retaliations from Buenos Aires severely limiting trade and not allowing Argentine exporters to make use of the port of Montevideo for transshipment.