Tag: Maximo Kirchner

• Tuesday, May 3rd 2016 - 08:30 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez and son Maximo accused of illicit enrichment

  

  Argentine court has asked a judge to look into accusations of illicit enrichment against former President Cristina Fernandez and her son Maximo Kirchner, state press agency Telam reported on Monday.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2016 - 08:30 UTC

  Hero's welcome for Cristina Fernandez in Buenos Aires, where she faces first court investigation

  

  Supporters of former President Cristina Fernandez gave her a hero's welcome Monday night at a Buenos Aires metropolitan airport before she faces a court over her possible role in an alleged scheme to manipulate Argentina's currency.

• Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 06:24 UTC

  Cristina Fernández reinstates benefits for exports shipped from Patagonia ports

  

  The outgoing government of president Cristina Fernandez reinstated benefits for all exports that are handled through Patagonian ports. Decree 2229/15 published in the Federal Gazette establishes the extent and percentage of benefits, for the next five years, as long as they are shipped from ports and customs to the south of the Colorado River.

• Monday, October 19th 2015 - 06:40 UTC

  Falklands' salvage of La Sanmartiniana, triggered minor air incident, reports Argentine media

  

  The loss of the Argentine yacht La Sanmartiniana which was abandoned and left adrift in the South Atlantic, but is currently moored in the Falklands as part of a salvage effort, led to a minor air incident according to Clarin when an RAF Typhoon from MPA warned a private search plane it was approaching Falkland Islands jurisdiction.

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

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

  

  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 '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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.