Tag: Mauricio Macri

Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 07:07 UTC
Macri's Senate candidate leads poll in Buenos Aires province

With less than a month to Argentina's midterm elections, the government's Senate candidate in the province of Buenos Aires, Esteban Bullrich has a 39.6% vote intention, three percentage points ahead of ex president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, according to the latest M&R and Query public opinion poll.
Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 13:04 UTC
Argentina's GDP expands 2,7% in second quarter over a year ago

Argentina’s gross domestic product grew 2.7% in the second quarter versus the same period last year and expanded by 0.7% versus the first three months of 2017, the government’s Indec statistics agency said.
Wednesday, September 20th 2017 - 19:16 UTC
Maria Eugenia Vidal leads campaign in Buenos Aires province against Cristina Fernandez

Argentine President Mauricio Macri's has picked Buenos Aires province governor Maria Eugenia Vidal to lead the campaign against a comeback by populist ex president Cristina Fernandez in October's legislative elections.
Wednesday, September 13th 2017 - 10:32 UTC
Israel's Netanyahu praises Macri for his efforts to solve the AMIA bombing

Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday used the first Latin America visit of a sitting Israeli prime minister to praise President Mauricio Macri's effort to solve the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center, AMIA, in 1994 that killed 85 people.
Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 11:03 UTC
Go ahead to build two dams in Patagonia's Santa Cruz, financed by China

Argentina’s government approved the construction of two hydroelectric dams in the southern Patagonia region province of Santa Cruz, after holding public hearings as required by the Supreme Court, according to a notice in the Official Gazette on Monday.
Monday, August 14th 2017 - 07:43 UTC
Primaries in Argentina show Macri's coalition is en route to become the main political force

Argentina's ruling coalition headed by president Mauricio Macri managed better than expected overall results in Sunday's national mandatory and simultaneous primaries to choose candidates for the midterm elections of 22 October.
Saturday, August 12th 2017 - 11:08 UTC
Argentina' final sprint to the midterm elections; the primary cost the central bank US$ 1.8bn

With trading much more relaxed on Friday ended the several days of money market uncertainty leading to Argentina Sunday´s primary election, an anticipation of what can happen in the midterm elections of 22 October when President Mauricio Macri's economic reforms will be put to test in the polls, and hopefully his coalition will increase its congressional support.
Friday, August 11th 2017 - 08:32 UTC
Argentina Sunday's primary election: a re-edition of the Cristina Fernandez/Macri dispute

On Sunday Argentines will be able to choose their candidates to the Senate and Lower House for the midterm October elections, in a process known as PASO, which means open mandatory, simultaneous primaries for all parties, but which are not compulsory for the electoral roll.
Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 06:55 UTC
Macri confident in a flush of investments after his coalition win in midterm elections

President Mauricio Macri anticipated on Tuesday that investments in Argentina would multiply after what he predicted will be a triumph for his Let's Change Coalition in October's mid-term elections. While Macri said his allies would win “by a lot” nationwide, he admitted polls showed a tight race between his party's candidate and ex president Cristina Fernandez for a Senate seat in Buenos Aires province.
Monday, August 7th 2017 - 06:27 UTC
Cristina Kirchner/Macri dispute Buenos Aires province Senate seat

With less than a week to the Argentine primaries next Sunday to chose candidates for the October midterm election, the dispute in the province of Buenos Aires which concentrates 35% of the national electorate is particularly interesting as decisive since ex president Cristina Fernandez has good chances of winning the Senate bench.