Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Monday, October 30th 2017 - 09:59 UTC

  Macri will present his government's plan for the next two years, supported on governance accords

  

  A week after his coalition's sweeping victory in the midterm elections, Argentine president Mauricio Macri will present this Monday the economic and institutional reforms which are to the core of reaching “governance basic accords”.

• Friday, October 27th 2017 - 08:24 UTC

  “Macri is the New Left; PC no longer means Communist Party, it means Personal Computer”

  

  Argentina's ruling coalition “Let's Change” sweeping victory in last Sunday's midterm elections, which had a special chapter in the province of Buenos Aires, was “one of the toughest” ever, and defeated ex president Cristina Fernandez performance was “meritorious”.

• Wednesday, October 25th 2017 - 10:02 UTC

  Macri reminds cabinet “more votes, means more responsibilities”

  

  “I'm not that happy, more votes means more responsibilities”, Argentine president Mauricio Macri told his ministers when they applauded him on entering the first cabinet meeting following on Sunday's victory of the ruling coalition, Let's Change in the midterm elections.

• Tuesday, October 24th 2017 - 06:34 UTC

  Macri anticipates sweeping tax, education and labor reforms

  

  President Mauricio Macri said on Monday he will seek more sweeping reforms for Argentina after his governing coalition scored a resounding victory in congressional elections. Macri's center-right coalition remains a minority in both houses of Congress.

• Monday, October 23rd 2017 - 06:25 UTC

  Sweeping victory for Macri consolidating his reform plans and 2019 reelection bid

  

  Candidates allied with Argentine President Mauricio Macri enjoyed sweeping victories in Sunday’s mid-term election, strengthening his position in Congress while dimming prospects for a political comeback by his predecessor Cristina Fernandez. free-spending populist who nearly bankrupted the country during her 2007-2015 rule.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 12:03 UTC

  Political spring ahead for Macri, if opinion polls results are confirmed on Sunday

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri seems to be in the threshold of a new political spring following on the expected results of next Sunday's midterm election when a third of the Senate seats and half the Lower House, plus several governorships will be on dispute.

• Tuesday, October 17th 2017 - 11:26 UTC

  Argentina's Macri Let's Change coalition “clearly predominant” ahead of Sunday's midterm elections

  

  There is a “clear predominance” of president Mauricio Macri's “Let's Change” coalition in Argentina and in the crucial Buenos Aires province, ahead of next Sunday's (October 22) midterm elections, according to political analyst Sergio Berensztein.

• Friday, October 13th 2017 - 13:54 UTC

  Argentina's September CPI 1.9% and 17.6% in nine months

  

  Consumer prices rose 1.9% in Argentina in September, government statistics agency Indec said on Thursday, pushing the nine-month inflation reading to 17.6%, above the upper band of the central bank’s target for the year.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2017 - 07:20 UTC

  Macri celebrates victory of staunch ally in Corrientes province

  

  Argentina's ruling coalition of president Mauricio Macri celebrated on Sunday victory in the Corrientes province governor race, a significant boost a couple of weeks before the crucial midterm elections. Candidate Gustavo Valdés supported by “Let's Change” grouping won the Corrientes gubernational dispute with 54.06% of the votes.

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2017 - 07:05 UTC

  “Hard to visualize a scenario” with Macri not running for reelection in 2019

  

  Argentine President Mauricio Macri is almost certain to run for re-election in 2019, his top campaign adviser said, even as he acknowledged that the leader's market-friendly reforms were unpopular among many poor Argentines.