Tag: Mauricio Macri

Thursday, May 25th 2023 - 21:43 UTC
Argentina's presidential elections: CFK did not say it, but she showed it

By Mordechai Taji

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) did not announce on Thursday anyone's candidacy - hers or not - for this year's elections. She did not do it with her voice. But by her side were her son, Deputy Máximo Kirchner, Interior Minister Wado De Pedro, and Economy Minister Sergio Massa. It was a visual message: two of those three will most likely be on one of the tickets to be presented in the primary, mandatory, simultaneous, and open elections (PASO). She also confirmed that she would not run and frustrated the hopes of some unconditional faithful, who expected her to change her mind.
Wednesday, April 12th 2023 - 10:37 UTC
Buenos Aires Mayor distances himself from party leadership

Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodíguez Larreta's decision to hold municipal elections concurrently with the federal ones albeit with different (and electronic) ballot boxes has sparked friction among Argentina's opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) coalition, particularly from former President Mauricio Macri.
Thursday, April 6th 2023 - 16:21 UTC
Argentina officially rejoins Unasur to play a leading role in its “revitalization”

Argentina made official its return to the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), founded in 2009 and from which it had left in 2019, to “promote its institutional revitalization and build an increasingly integrated region,” official sources said Thursday.
Monday, March 27th 2023 - 10:56 UTC
Macri will not be running again for president of Argentina in 2023

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri Sunday announced through a video posted on social media that he will not be making a new attempt to reach Casa Rosada this year.
Friday, February 24th 2023 - 10:43 UTC
Macri says Larreta entering the primaries strengthens competition

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri Thursday welcomed Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta's decision to launch his presidential bid on Wednesday evening through a recorded message.
Monday, December 5th 2022 - 20:08 UTC
Argentine President denounces somber deals between judges, media, and Macrist officials

Argentine President Alberto Fernández sent a message through the national broadcast network announcing he would be instructing the Justice Ministry and the representative of the Executive Branch within the Council of the Magistracy to investigate a news report that a group of judges and other high-ranking officials had convened at the Patagonian estate of British tycoon Joe Lewis, who is said to be a close friend of former President Mauricio Macri's.
Wednesday, November 16th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Macri apologizes for calling Germans “a superior race”

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri publicly apologized Tuesday for saying that Germany was a “superior race,” a statement which earned him strong criticism from the entire political spectrum.
Monday, November 7th 2022 - 09:52 UTC
“Macri is the enemy,” Máximo Kirchner tells Peronist convention

Argentine Deputy Máximo Kirchner said during a Justicialist Party (PJ) Convention in Mar del Plata that “the adversary of the Argentine society, and not only of Peronism, is former president [Mauricio] Macri.”
Wednesday, November 2nd 2022 - 09:54 UTC
Espionage charges filed against former Argentine President

Argentine Federal Prosecutor Franco Picardi requested the indictment of former President Mauricio Macri for the alleged crime of espionage, it was reported Tuesday in Buenos Aires.
Friday, October 28th 2022 - 10:23 UTC
Argentina to disregard EBY deal between Cartes and Macri

Argentina's Economy Ministry told Paraguayan authorities at the Binational Yacyretá Entity (EBY) that the agreement between former Presidents Horacio Cartes and Mauricio Macri will no longer be put for consideration before Congress in Buenos Aires.