Tag: Mauricio Macri

Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:58 UTC
Unions and opposition promote 24-hour strike paralyzing Argentina

Opponents of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri launched a 24-hour strike on Wednesday to protest the government's inability to reduce inflation that has reached 55% over the past year. The strike paralyzed public transport while all flights to and from the country's airports were canceled. Banks, schools and universities remained closed.
Wednesday, May 29th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Argentina: In the midst of presidential election activists re launch efforts to legalize abortion

Activists and lawmakers in Argentina relaunched a bid to legalize abortion on Tuesday with a new bill before Congress and a major demonstration planned, resuming a battle that has divided the homeland of Pope Francis ahead of October's general election.
Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 10:00 UTC
Polls: Fernández-Fernández headed for a first-round win in Argentina's presidential elections

Barely a week after the Alberto Fernández-Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) ticket for the upcoming presidential elections in Argentina was announced, the unexpected Peronist-Kirchnerist pairing is over ten points ahead of incumbent President Mauricio Macri and whomever he picks as his running mate, according to two polls sponsored by the center-left Página 12 newspaper, it was reported.
Tuesday, May 28th 2019 - 09:55 UTC
Macri's junior partner confirms the 2015 successful coalition

The junior partner of the Argentine ruling coalition, the center-left Radical party, UCR, at its national convention, and after much debate finally agreed to remain as a junior member of, “Cambiemos”(Let's Change), headed by president Mauricio Macri.
Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:56 UTC
Santa Fe will host Argentina's first 2019 presidential debate

Argentina's first presidential debate of the 2019 election will take place in Santa Fe province, the Noticias news magazine confirmed on Tuesday. The event will be held at the auditorium of the National University of the Littoral (Universidad Nacional del Litoral), in Santa Fe City, after the PASOs.
Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
April inflation in Argentina eases but reaches 3.4% and an annualized 55.8%

Argentina released April inflation numbers on Wednesday, with the monthly price rise easing to 3.4% - high by international standards, but below market expectations and reversing an acceleration trend that began in January.
Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina's unions decided a 24-hour national strike on 29 May

Argentina’s biggest labor union on Tuesday called for a 24-hour national strike to protest the government’s austerity policies, heaping pressure on President Mauricio Macri as he battles against a biting recession and jittery markets.
Monday, May 13th 2019 - 17:03 UTC
Armed man arrested in Argentina’s presidential office: he wanted to meet with Mauricio Macri

An armed man was arrested in the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential office, who tried to enter on the grounds that he had an audience with President Mauricio Macri. The suspect was carrying a box with a Magnum 44 Taurus revolver and was arrested by the Military House before entering the building, according to information from the Government office in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:57 UTC
Trump spoke to Macri to strongly support Argentina's economic reforms

US President Donald Trump spoke with Argentina's leader Mauricio Macri on Wednesday and voiced support for the country's economic reforms, the White House said in a statement.
Thursday, May 9th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Cautious support from the Catholic Church to Macri's call for a national consensus to secure stability

Argentina’s bishops have offered tentative backing to the country’s president in securing a national consensus on politically sensitive issues, in a move that could be construed as giving a boost to a conservative incumbent facing a stiff challenge from a former populist president with an ambivalent history with both the current pope and the local church he once led.