Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Wednesday, August 28th 2013 - 00:43 UTC

  Wide political support in Argentina for Cristina Fernandez new debt swap proposal

  

  The opening of a new sovereign debt swap announced by Argentine President Cristina Fernández on national television on Monday has received strong support from allies, pledges of neutrality from the main opposition party but also criticisms.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2013 - 03:24 UTC

  Tight race for President Cristina Fernandez candidate in Buenos Aires province

  

  Next Sunday the Argentine electorate will be participating in the different parties’ primaries ahead of the mid term October ballot, which could signal the beginning of the end of the Kirchner decade. The event is identified as PASO, open, simultaneous and mandatory primaries.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2013 - 06:48 UTC

  Buenos Aires collapses after 155mm of rainfall in seven hours flood the city

  

  At least eight people are reported dead after torrential rain and powerful winds battered Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires and surrounding neighbourhoods flooding streets, knocking out power, downing trees and damaging homes and cars, officials said Tuesday. An estimated 350.000 people have been affected by the floods.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:45 UTC

  Loyal unions give Argentine government 40 days to raise the income tax floor

  

  The branch of Argentina’s organized labour that supports President Cristina Fernandez gave the government forty days to raise the income tax floor, which with double digit inflation is including an ever increasing number of wage earners.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:20 UTC

  CFK’s positive image “rapidly melting”; Macri rising to main opposition reference

  

  The melting of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, positive image is increasing and has fallen to 37%, while the mayor of Buenos Aires City is increasingly occupying the position of head of the opposition, according to comments from Sergio Berensztein, head of Poliarquía one of the most respected pollsters in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, September 15th 2012 - 07:06 UTC

  Argentine government says protestors are more interested about what happens in Miami

  

  The Argentine government reacted strongly to Thursday’s massive demonstrations across the country and challenged them to organize in a political party and run for election. However the mayor of the city of Buenos Aires said the protests filled him with “pride” and called on the people to keep confronting the government.

• Monday, September 10th 2012 - 05:29 UTC

  In spite of God and Cristina, several Argentine governors teaming up as an option

  

  Cordoba’s governor picked up the glove and replied to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez statements on God and fear arguing that God cannot be feared; I learned not to fear God or any other kind of governing body, however powerful they are”.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2012 - 08:12 UTC

  Buenos Aires city underground service back running after ten day strike

  

  Buenos Aires commuters will return to the underground trains on Tuesday following a temporary labour agreement which puts an end to a nerve racking ten-day strike that made the Argentine capital collapse at times

• Monday, August 13th 2012 - 05:49 UTC

  Workers confirm tenth day running of subway strike in Buenos Aires

  

  Buenos Aires City one million commuters will be punished with yet another day, ten running, without subways as no agreement was reached between the striking workers with the Metrovias company.

• Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 06:52 UTC

  Buenos Aires City subway strike enters eighth day; Macri blames Cristina

  

  Buenos Aires subway splinter workers union announced Friday evening that they failed to reach an agreement with licensee company Metrovías and that the strike will continue for another 24 hours.