Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Argentina withdraws from lawsuit against Maduro before the International Criminal Court

  

  The Government of Argentina Wednesday withdrew from a joint lawsuit filed against the regime of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro before the International Criminal Court (ICC) brought forward by the previous administration of President Mauricio Macri.

• Monday, May 24th 2021 - 09:29 UTC

  Scholar highlights differences between Uruguayans and Argentines

  

  Uruguayan-Canadian scientist Nicolás Saldías of the Intelligence Unit within the famed publication The Economist, has described that ”Argentina and Uruguay are two countries that could be defined as twin brothers raised by different families.”

• Tuesday, May 18th 2021 - 08:40 UTC

  Former Macrist advisor seeks political asylum in Uruguay

  

  Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón Monday, a former legal advisor to the City of Buenos Aires run by former President Mauricio Macri's Cambiemos alliance, has requested political asylum as a refugee in Uruguay, it was reported.

• Tuesday, May 4th 2021 - 09:45 UTC

  CFK amazed at Biden plan's similarities with Argentina's economic policies

  

  Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Monday was full of praise for US President's Joseph Biden's message before Congress, citing resounding Keynesian resemblances to her economic policies both in the current term since 2019 and also when she was President between 2007 and 2015.

• Friday, April 23rd 2021 - 09:13 UTC

  Argentine opposition agrees to postponing primary, general elections

  

  The Juntos por el Cambio (Together for Change - JxC) opposition coalition Thursday agreed to reschedule this year's primary and general mid-term election to allow for a better anti-covid-19 campaign, it was announced.

• Thursday, April 1st 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  US State Department critical of Argentina in annual report

  

  The US State Department was particularly critical of Argentina in its annual report on the state of human rights in the world in 2020 released Tuesday.

• Thursday, April 1st 2021 - 09:48 UTC

  Argentine Foreign Ministry denies report regarding termination of Madrid I, II and Foradori-Duncan agreements with UK

  

  Argentina's Foreign Ministry Wednesday denied an alleged scoop published by the Buenos Aires daily Infobae, according to which the administration of President Alberto Fernández was eyeing the termination of the bilateral agreements with the United Kingdom regarding the issue of the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2020 - 09:56 UTC

  Controversial ruling of the Argentine High Court on the removal and relocation of magistrates

  

  The Argentine Supreme Court ruled in a 4 to 1 vote that two magistrates that had been relocated during the previous government of President Mauricio Macri must remain in their posts until a new qualification contest takes place to fill the posts.

• Monday, October 12th 2020 - 09:34 UTC

  IMF mission concludes a preliminary “exploratory” visit to Argentina

  

  An International Monetary Fund mission concluded a visit to Argentina on Sunday, after several days of preliminary talks aimed at repaying about US$ 44 billion owed by the cash-strapped government to the fund.

• Saturday, May 30th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  Prosecutors open investigations into allegations ex president Macri spied on political opponents

  

  Prosecutors in Argentina have opened an investigation into allegations that former president Mauricio Macri spied on political opponents during his four years in office, judicial sources reported on Friday.