Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

  Macri optimistic about reaching a Mercosur/EU trade deal by end of the year

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri who has made signing trade deals a priority, said he was optimistic that Mercosur, the trade bloc formed by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, would be able to conclude a free trade deal with the European Union by year-end despite differences over beef, ethanol and other agribusiness matters.

• Tuesday, November 7th 2017 - 09:05 UTC

  Macri paid tribute to Argentines killed in a New York terrorist attack

  

  Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri paid tribute on Monday to five of his countrymen killed in an attack in New York City. The five Argentines were among eight people killed when a man drove a rented pickup truck down a mile-long stretch of bike path in Manhattan, mowing down people enjoying a sunny fall afternoon.

• Friday, November 3rd 2017 - 07:45 UTC

  Macri's ambitious infrastructure investment plan begins with 7.700kms of roads

  

  Argentina hopes to attract US$26.5 billion in infrastructure investments through 2022 in the form of public-public private partnerships (PPPs), government officials told a gathering of construction and finance executives this week.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2017 - 07:50 UTC

  Argentina's top prosecutor resigns, under pressure of corruption charges

  

  Argentina’s top prosecutor quit on Monday under pressure from the government over accusations that she hampered corruption investigations into officials from the previous administration of President Cristina Fernandez.

• Tuesday, October 31st 2017 - 07:43 UTC

  Macri vows reforms to lower taxes and achieve fiscal balance

  

  Argentina's President Mauricio Macri vowed to press ahead with reforms to the country's tax, labor and retirement systems in a speech on Monday, a week after his “Let's Change” coalition swept to victory at the polls in midterm elections.

• 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.