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Montevideo, May 10th 2024 - 14:08 UTC

Tag: Mauricio Macri

  • Thursday, December 21st 2017 - 10:05 UTC

    President Maduro “cries” for Argentina and pledges to work for the people

    Speaking during the program “La Hora de la Salsa”, Maduro described how sad and miserable what he was seeing in Buenos Aires television made him feel

    The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, condemned the repression carried out by the Argentine security forces of president Mauricio Macri during the debate in Congress of the pensions' reform system, and underlined that the television reports from Buenos Aires called on him to work ever harder for the benefit of the people.

  • Wednesday, December 20th 2017 - 08:37 UTC

    Despite the violence and protests, Argentina's pension reform bill is passed

    “We’ve created a formula that defends (retirees) from inflation and guarantees that they will be better,” Macri said.“Our priority is to take care of the retirees.”

    Argentina’s president defended a pension reform bill approved by Congress in the early hours of Tuesday that has prompted violent protests and a general strike, saying it seeks only to benefit retirees. The measure passed in the lower house by a 127-117 vote after more than 12 hours of debate, much of which came as demonstrators clashed with police outside the chamber.

  • Friday, December 15th 2017 - 07:51 UTC

    Violent protests in Buenos Aires as Congress attempted to discuss a pensions reform plan

    Riot police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators, who threw stones and burned barricades made of rubbish outside Congress (Pic Clarin)

    A trade union-organized march in Buenos Aires descended into violence Thursday, with thousands of protesters clashing with police as they demanded lawmakers reject a controversial pension reform plan. Riot police used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators, who threw stones and burned barricades made of rubbish outside the doors of Argentina's congress.

  • Wednesday, December 13th 2017 - 07:33 UTC

    May expresses solidarity to Macri over the missing ARA San Juan submarine

    Macri on his side thanked PM May for the British effort as part of the international operation which collaborated in the search of the missing vessel.

    British Prime Minister Theresa May contacted on Tuesday Argentine president Mauricio Macri to express solidarity over the missing submarine ARA San Juan which disappeared on 15 November in the South Atlantic after exchanging messages with its base in Mar del Plata. The news was supplied by the official Argentine news agency, Telam.

  • Friday, December 8th 2017 - 08:35 UTC

    Judge indicts Cristina Fernandez for treason and puts Timerman under house arrest

    Fernandez called a news conference in Congress to deny wrongdoing and accuse Bonadio and President Mauricio Macri of degrading the judiciary.

    A federal judge in Argentina indicted former President Cristina Fernandez for treason and asked for her arrest for allegedly covering up Iran’s possible role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center that killed 85 people and injured hundreds, a court ruling said.

  • Friday, December 1st 2017 - 06:42 UTC

    Argentina as G20 chair will combat protectionism, pledges president Macri

    Macri and his market-friendly policies said the G20 chair was a chance to mark the country’s rise as a global “important place”, and boost Latin America’s profile.

    President Mauricio Macri hosted the official launching of the Argentine chair of G20, the world’s major forum for global economic, political, and financial cooperation. In his inaugural speech Macri said Argentina is committed ”to build consensus for fair and sustainable development” and will use its role as the first South American country to chair the G20 group of major economies to combat protectionism.

  • Saturday, November 25th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

    Macri promises the truth about what happened with the missing submarine

    “My commitment is with the truth,’ he said, adding the tragedy ‘will require a serious, in-depth investigation that will yield certainty about what has happened”.

    President Mauricio Macri on Friday ordered an inquiry to ‘know the truth’ about what happened to Argentina's missing submarine, ARA San Juan, which disappeared with the loss of its 44 crew. The 34-year-old submarine had gone through a refit and was ‘in perfect condition,’ Macri told reporters at the Argentine navy headquarters.

  • Thursday, November 23rd 2017 - 08:19 UTC

    Putin talks to Macri and sends a oceanographic vessel to help with the search

    The dispatch of a high-tech oceanographic ship was the result of the long phone call between presidents Putin and Macri

    Russia has agreed to dispatch an oceanographic ship to Argentina in order to help with the search for the missing Argentine submarine, ARA San Juan, the Argentine Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday following a telephone conversation between Russian and Argentine presidents Vladimir Putin and Mauricio Macri.

  • Monday, November 20th 2017 - 11:31 UTC

    Jimmy Carter awarded highest honor by Argentina for his defense of human rights

    President Carter, 1977 to 1981, was recognized for his denouncement of the Argentine dictatorship (1976 – 1983) and for his support of human rights

    Former United States President Jimmy Carter was recently recognized by the Argentine government in a ceremony held at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Carter, 93, was conferred the highest honor awarded by the government of Argentina: the ‘Order of the Liberator General San Martín.’

  • Monday, November 20th 2017 - 09:02 UTC

    Macri on the right track but economy needs growth and investment

    Governors of 23 out of Argentina’s 24 provinces agreed to drop legal claims over their share of federal taxes in exchange for a 10-year, US$ 4.6 billion bond issue

    Following on his congressional midterm election win, president Mauricio Macri sealed a fiscal agreement with governors of nearly all Argentine provinces in a sign of his growing clout in upcoming negotiations to close the budget deficit, reform labor legislation and open up the economy. However there are some warnings and indicators to keep watch off, according to an orthodox economist.