Tag: Néstor Kirchner

Sunday, August 22nd 2010 - 03:05 UTC
The Economist on Argentina's economy: happy-go-lucky Cristina

Earlier this year, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentina’s president, proffered some advice to European governments facing recession and market panic. Its essence was “stuff the IMF and carry on spending.” It is what she and her predecessor and husband, Néstor Kirchner, have practiced since 2003. Argentina is one of only a handful of countries that refuse all dealings with the IMF. Almost a decade after it defaulted on $90 billion of debt when its economy collapsed, it still has few financial ties with the world and very little bank credit. Yet contrary to repeated forecasts of doom from orthodox economists, the economy is roaring.
Tuesday, August 17th 2010 - 09:26 UTC
Cristina has better image, but husband Nestor, “next presidential candidate”

Argentine president Cristina Kirchner has a better image but most interviews believe her husband Nestor Kirchner will finally be the incumbent presidential candidate in 2011, according to a public opinion poll undertaken by Poliarquía for Buenos Aires daily La Nación.
Monday, August 16th 2010 - 04:52 UTC
It is official: Cristina or Nestor will be running for president in 2011

Argentine Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández said Sunday that either Néstor Kirchner or Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would be the candidates for the 2011 presidential elections from the ruling party.
Friday, August 13th 2010 - 07:03 UTC
Unasur, Argentina, Venezuela condemn car-bomb “terrorist action” in Colombia

The Union of South American Nations, Unasur, Argentina and Venezuela were among several to condemn the car bomb attack perpetrated Thursday morning in the Colombian capital, Bogotá that left at least nine people injured and which President Juan Manuel Santos described as a “terrorist action”.
Monday, July 26th 2010 - 05:36 UTC
Both Kirchners, Nestor and Cristina want to run in the 2011 presidential election

Former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner added more fuel to speculations about next year’s presidential election when he insinuated that both members of the most powerful couple in Argentina could be running.
Friday, July 23rd 2010 - 03:32 UTC
Kirchner and Ecuador’s Correa to mediate in Venezuela/Colombia row

Former Argentine president and current Secretary-General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Néstor Kirchner, “will collaborate in the mediation led by Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa, in order to overcome the crisis between the Colombian and Venezuelan governments”.
Friday, July 9th 2010 - 05:10 UTC
Kirchner couple fortune climbs 20.6% in one year totalling 14.5 million USD

The fortune of Argentine presidential couple, President Cristina Kirchner and her immediate predecessor and husband, Nestor Kirchner jumped 20.6% in 2009 totalling the equivalent of 14.5 million US dollars, and soared 700% since they first took office in 2003, according to their latest income statements delivered to the country’s Anti Corruption Office.
Friday, July 9th 2010 - 04:36 UTC
Kirchner ‘social grassroots leader” proposes celebrating “Son of the b… Day”

A thug described as a “social grassroots leader” belonging to the Kirchner couple’s ‘black shirts’ cadres has proposed Argentina celebrate August 2 as the Day of the “Son of a b….” which is when former military dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was born.
Wednesday, July 7th 2010 - 06:38 UTC
Unasur will be the “political complement which is missing with Mercosur”

Unasur (Union of South American Nations) Secretary General Nestor Kirchner said on Tuesday that the regional block will become “the political complement which is missing with Mercosur”.
Saturday, June 26th 2010 - 05:36 UTC
Plain and clear: the Kirchner couple planning for the next ten years

Former president Nestor Kirchner said Argentina needs a “strategic project for the next ten years” and forecasted that investors will arrive knowing the country has an established proven development model.