Tag: Miguel Angel Pichetto

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Macri stuns Argentina and markets with his vice presidential candidate, a respected leader of the opposition in Congress

  

  President Mauricio Macri stunned Argentines and markets on Tuesday by naming the head of the congressional opposition as his vice-presidential candidate in October's general election. Miguel Angel Pichetto, a 68-year-old lawyer and Senator from the province of Rio Negro has been a loyal and pragmatic member of the Peronist movement since he started in politics in the early eighties.

• Wednesday, June 12th 2019 - 09:57 UTC

  Pichetto pledges a “democratic, capitalist, intelligent, productive” Argentina

  

  Miguel Angel Pichetto was born in Buenos Aires and moved to the Patagonian province of Río Negro early in his career. He was first elected in 1983 as a Councilor of Sierra Grande, then mayor (85/87) and later a provincial lawmaker.

• Tuesday, June 11th 2019 - 20:47 UTC

  Argentina: Macri shocks everyone by picking Peronist Pichetto for VP spot

  

  Argentina's incumbent President Mauricio Macri has announced Tuesday he chose Senate Majority (and opposition) Leader Miguel Ángel Pichetto as his running mate for this year's elections.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  Government fails to strip Cristina Fernandez of her parliamentary immunity

  

  Argentina ex-president and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will retain her parliamentary immunity for the rest of the year following the ruling coalition's Senate block failed attempt on Tuesday afternoon to address the issue.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2018 - 06:43 UTC

  Argentines turnout to the streets to demand end to corruption and Cristina Fernandez immunity

  

  A massive demonstration concentrated in front of Argentina's congress in down town Buenos Aires to demand the removal of ex president and now Senator Cristina Fernandez immunities and the approval of a “dominium extinction” which would force “corrupt politicians” to return stolen money and assets.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2017 - 12:03 UTC

  Political spring ahead for Macri, if opinion polls results are confirmed on Sunday

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri seems to be in the threshold of a new political spring following on the expected results of next Sunday's midterm election when a third of the Senate seats and half the Lower House, plus several governorships will be on dispute.

• Monday, November 7th 2016 - 09:21 UTC

  Argentine Human Rights Secretary agrees “stronger immigration controls” necessary

  

  Argentina's Human Rights Scecretary Claudio Avruj agreed with Senator Pichetto, saying that “stronger controls” are needed. During the previous administration, people entered the country without a proper background check.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2016 - 07:43 UTC

  Chief Kirchnerite Senator calls for an end on naivety regarding immigration

  

  Miguel Angel Pichetto, chairman of the Victory Front (FPV) in the Upper House, said Wednesday that Argentina has always worked “as a social adjustment tool for crime in Bolivia and Peru.”“How much misery can Argentina put up with by receiving poor immigrants?” Pichetto said in a TV interview.

• Saturday, June 4th 2016 - 08:43 UTC

  Argentina's main opposition political force names a shadow cabinet

  

  Argentina's largest political movement, almost hegemonic, but currently in the opposition under the name of Justicialista Party (PJ), announced this week a shadow Cabinet, saying they will work hard to return to power after losing last year’s election to President Mauricio Macri.

• Sunday, April 3rd 2016 - 07:35 UTC

  Argentina promulgates bill which allows for payment of accord with bondholders

  The Argentine government made official the accord reached with the holdout funds sponsored by a New York federal court, to pay for defaulted bonds in a fifteen year litigation, following the approval of the bill by the Senate. This means Argentina can now look for funds in the international monetary market.