Tag: Mario Negri

• Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 08:11 UTC

  Opposition not happy with President Fernández paying CABA with bonds

  

  After Argentine President Alberto Fernández announced Monday that the federal government would abide by last week's Supreme Court (CSJN) ruling and pay the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) its share of the so-called co-participation funds but not with pesos, Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta's administration filed a complaint before the Supreme Court.

• Thursday, March 17th 2022 - 09:58 UTC

  Opposition deputy wants Ukraine's President to speak before Argentine Congress

  

  Argentine opposition Congressman Mario Negri wants Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski to deliver a message to Parliament as he did before western powers legislatures.

• Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:46 UTC

  Argentine Lower House passes IMF deal

  

  Argentina's House of Deputies greenlighted the deal reached between the administration of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund in the wee hours of Friday by 202 votes in favor, 37 against, and 13 abstentions.

• Thursday, July 1st 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  The pandemic has cost Argentina “133 times the Malvinas war”

  

  Argentine opposition lawmaker Mario Negri said he was very much concerned by the way the country is addressing the second wave of coronavirus and asked if the government had any idea how many Argentine lives the pandemic has taken, “133 times the Malvinas war.”

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 12:59 UTC

  Macri's coalition suffers heavy defeat in Argentina's second most populous district

  

  The ruling coalition of Argentine president Mauricio Macri suffered a heavy defeat Sunday in elections held in Cordoba province, the country's second most populous district. Peronist governor Juan Schiaretti led comfortably after 94.2% of the vote had been counted, claiming 54% of ballots cast in his bid for re-election.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 09:21 UTC

  Congress expects to summon Malcorra on the Argentine/UK joint statement

  

  The recent Argentina/UK joint statement on cooperation on an ample range of fields with a special chapter on the South Atlantic has triggered strong reactions in Argentina's political establishment and will most probably summon foreign minister Susana Malcorra to Congress to explain the extent of the document announced last 13 September.

• Friday, February 27th 2015 - 05:46 UTC

  Argentine Congress approves 'strategic integral alliance' agreements with China

  

  Despite the strong questioning from the opposition, the manufacturers' lobby and many unions, the Argentine ruling coalition mustered sufficient votes in the Lower House to pass the controversial package of cooperation, economic and investment agreements between Argentina and China.