Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Monday, August 31st 2015 - 07:11 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Sarkozy willing to bring sides together to address the issue

  

  Former French president Nicholas Sarkozy, visiting Buenos Aires, has offered to bring sides together regarding the Falklands/Malvinas Islands dispute between Argentina, the United Kingdom and the Islanders, according to the incumbent presidential candidate Daniel Scioli.

• Thursday, August 27th 2015 - 05:23 UTC

  Scioli-Macri the most probable run-off in Argentina's presidential race

  

  The scenario of a runoff in Argentina's coming presidential election next October 'remains' strong, according to public opinion analyst Jorge Giacobbe. The two candidates who are expected to dispute a second round in November are the incumbent Daniel Scioli and conservative Mauricio Macri.

• Monday, August 24th 2015 - 09:13 UTC

  Carlitos Tevez shocked with poverty, causes an uproar in Argentina

  

  The Argentine football star Carlos Tevez, who played in England, Italy and is now back in Argentina caused a major uproar when during a television interview he said that in the northern province of Formosa he had come across poor people who were literally 'dead hungry'.

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 07:05 UTC

  Rain and floods in Buenos Aires province become a political challenge

  

  Over 20.000 people are estimated to have been evacuated or suffering flooding because of continued rains in Buenos Aires province where a wind alert for the River Plate area and coastal zones is hampering draining possibilities, a situation which started last week and is expected to last until Sunday.

• Monday, August 10th 2015 - 07:28 UTC

  Argentine primaries added more expectations to October 25 first round vote

  

  The Cristina Fernandez administration candidate Daniel Scioli, as anticipated, was the presidential hopeful with most votes in Argentina Sunday's open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries, (PASO), in which the different parties chose those who will lead them into the 25 October election to elect the head of the Executive, half the Lower House and a third of the Senate.

• Thursday, August 6th 2015 - 08:59 UTC

  Sunday's vote, Argentina's first step to October's presidential election

  

  Argentines will be going to the polls this Sunday to vote in the open, simultaneous, mandatory primaries (PASO) when the different parties will be choosing their one-candidate for the big prize on 25 October when the successor of Cristina Fernandez will be elected together with half of the Lower House (129 seats), a third of the Senate (24 seats) and 43 members for the Mercosur parliament.

• Monday, August 3rd 2015 - 09:29 UTC

  Argentine farmers at Palermo show opening: “please don't vote for 'populist adventures'”

  

  Argentine farmers have taken sides decisively ahead of events leading to the presidential election in October and the primaries next weekend. At the opening of the country's major Palermo agriculture show in Buenos Aires, the head of the Argentine Rural Society Luis Etchevehere called on his fellow citizens to avoid supporting “democratically elected leaders but intoxicated with authoritarianism” and “populist adventures”.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 06:30 UTC

  Argentina's incumbent ticket leads comfortably ahead of August primaries

  

  Argentina's Victory Front presidential ticket of Daniel Scioli and Carlos Zannini is set to win the coming August PASO primary elections by almost 12 points over nearest challenger Mauricio Macri, a new poll published two weeks before the vote has predicted.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 06:08 UTC

  Malvinas' past statements, open new flank for Buenos Aires mayor Macri

  

  ”It is dangerous to forget what (Mauricio) Macri said about the Malvinas, that they would represent a deficit for Argentina”, Alicia Castro, Argentine ambassador in the UK was quoted by the Buenos Aires media, following on statements from the Argentine capital's mayor and presidential hopeful in reference to the Falklands Islands.

• Wednesday, July 22nd 2015 - 06:37 UTC

  Dollar in Argentina breaks 15-Peso threshold; pro-business candidate poor showing scares markets

  

  The US dollar kept climbing in Argentina and ended trading on Tuesday above the 15 Pesos threshold after having advanced 30 cents on Monday and 54 cents today. Sunday's electoral result in the City of Buenos Aires where the pro-business PRO party just managed to scrape by with victory, has triggered growing nervousness and speculation among savers and traders.