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Tag: Maximo Kirchner

  • Friday, October 16th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

    Falklands' salvage rules apply to Argentine yacht La Sanmartiniana; contacts for its return

    Attorney General Peter Judge confirmed to PN that if the vessel is unclaimed it will ultimately become the property of the Crown.

    Rules of salvage will apply to the Falklands’ Patrol Vessel’s recovery of the abandoned Argentine yacht La Sanmartiniana, Falkland Islands Government (FIG) Attorney General Peter Judge confirmed to Penguin News on Thursday.

  • Friday, October 16th 2015 - 06:29 UTC

    Argentine yacht salvaged in the Falklands, effectively had the purpose of showing the flag

    “The yacht does not belong to La Campora” said FIPCA. It belongs to FIPCA to generate fluvial and maritime culture in Argentina. Pic Cap. Julio C. Urien

    The 'capture' (salvage) by a Falkland Islands Fisheries Patrol vessel of the Argentine flagged yacht La Sanmartiniana adrift in the South Atlantic had a great impact in the Buenos Aires media and immediate political controversy, basically accusing opposition newspapers of publishing dishonest 'pro-British' reports with the intent of jeopardizing the current presidential election.

  • Wednesday, October 14th 2015 - 07:10 UTC

    If Scioli is Argentina' next president he should have a strong support in Congress

    Boasting 113 seats in the Lower House, a total of 77 FpV lawmakers will contest their places during the general election

    Next October 25 Argentines will be voting for a new president but also to renew half of all seats (257) in the Lower House and one third of seats in the Senate. This means that more than fifty percent of the 130 seats available currently belonging to the ruling Victory Front (FpV) of Cristina Fernandez as the “first minority” within the legislature, will be disputed.

  • Friday, October 9th 2015 - 06:42 UTC

    Falklands' bound Argentine 'militant' yacht rescued abandoned by fisheries protection vessel

    “La Sanmartiniana” was adrift in Falklands FOCZ and was rescued by FPV Protegat and weather allowing will be towed to Stanley

    An Argentine flagged yacht “La Sanmartiniana” belonging to a political group which responds to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez son, Maximo Kirchner, was detected abandoned in the high seas by the Falklands Islands Fisheries Protection Vessel, FPV Protegat and is being towed to Port Stanley, reports a release from the Falklands government.

  • Saturday, July 25th 2015 - 05:55 UTC

    Mother and aunt at the launching of Maximo Kirchner's campaign for Congress

    Under the slogan “Always Santa Cruz”, Maximo's campaign recalls the figure of his late father Nestor with fragments from his Argentina’s minimum wagespeeches in radio and TV spots

    President Cristina Fernandez underlined the achievements of her government which, she said, have set the foundations of 'a bright future ahead for Argentina', and openly sponsored the electoral aspirations of Kirchner family members, during a political rally held in Santa Cruz province, from where the powerful presidential couple that has dominated Argentine politics for the last twelve years emerged in 2002/03.

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 05:24 UTC

    Maximo Kirchner and Macri clash over Sunday's election in Buenos Aires

    “They wanted to change everything last year and now they want to leave everything the same,” said Maximo Kirchner

    Cristina Fernandez son, Maximo Kirchner, lawmaker candidate for the Victory Front took time on Monday to comment on presidential hopeful Mauricio Macri’s Sunday speech, after his candidate Horacio Rodriguez Larreta won in the Buenos Aires City’s runoff by a much closer margin than expected.

  • Saturday, July 18th 2015 - 08:48 UTC

    Judge removal from Cristina Fernandez case triggers more suspicions

    “If they say I committed suicide, look for the murderer. It's not my style, investigate”, said ironically Argentine judge Claudio Bonadio

    “If they say I committed suicide, look for the murderer. It's not my style, investigate”, said ironically Argentine judge Claudio Bonadio when he was asked how he felt after having been removed from the case looking into alleged money laundering and tax elusion in one of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner family businesses in the hotel industry, Hotesur.

  • Friday, July 17th 2015 - 05:28 UTC

    Argentine Judge who ordered a raid of Cristina Fernandez's businesses, was removed

    The raid was carried out at the real estate offices of Maximo Kirchner in Santa Cruz and involved Metropolitan Police agents, that is from Buenos Aires City.

    An Argentine judge who on Monday ordered a raid of real estate offices belonging to the son of President Cristina Fernandez, on an ongoing probe into money laundering and tax elusion, was removed from the case on Thursday. A Federal court ruled the nullity of the order issued by Judge Claudio Bonadio after a presentation by Romina Mercado, niece of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and who also happens to figure as the head of the Hotesur company under investigation.

  • Tuesday, July 14th 2015 - 05:29 UTC

    Barrage of accusations following a Judge's order to raid Maximo Kirchner's real estate agency

    Judge Claudio Bonadio formally requested information from Idea SA and Valle Mitre, companies which administrate hotels owned by Cristina Fernandez.

    The raid ordered by an Argentine Federal Judge at a real estate agency which belongs to president Cristina Fernandez' son, Maximo Kirchner's in Rio Gallegos, triggered a barrage of accusations from government officials, just a few days ahead of decisive primaries in August, in anticipation of the October presidential elections.

  • Monday, June 22nd 2015 - 07:35 UTC

    Cristina Fernandez ensuring continuity for Kirchner's 'development 'project'

    The Argentine president will not run for any office in the coming elections, but son Maximo Kirchner will most probably become lawmaker for Santa Cruz

    Argentine President Cristina Fernandez will not run for any office in this year's general elections, but she has set up supporters in key candidacies for the primaries in which 13 presidential hopefuls are participating. These include her two closest advisors since the death of her husband Nestor Kirchner and they are, son Maximo Kirchner, and Carlos Zannini, the Legal and Technical Secretary of the Executive.