Tag: Nilda Garré

• Wednesday, July 18th 2012 - 07:52 UTC

  Buenos Aires sends forces to Santa Cruz province to help with law and order

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez political turf, the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz has formally requested the deployment of federal forces to help keep law and order because of a 16-day strike by the provincial police.

• Sunday, June 19th 2011 - 22:37 UTC

  Argentine Coast Guard seizes 444 kilos of cocaine en route to Uruguay sea resort

  

  Argentina’s Coast Guard reported that a total of 444 kilos of cocaine were seized on Saturday, after being found on a sailing boat manned by a Spanish crew, close to the main port of the Olivos. The vessel was heading for Piriápolis, in neighbouring Uruguay.

• Tuesday, December 21st 2010 - 00:15 UTC

  CFK promises 6.000 border patrols to combat crime and rash of land grabs

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced Monday the launching of operation “Guard Watch” with the deployment of 6.000 border guards throughout the Greater Buenos Aires with the purpose of combating the insecurity wave and putting an end to the rash of illegal occupation of open spaces by organized squatters.

• Saturday, December 18th 2010 - 19:09 UTC

  Conflicting assessments of Argentina’s defence policy and military capabilities

  

  Conflicting assessments of Argentina’s military capacity, defence policies and future planning were given by the brand-new Defence minister, Arturo Puricelli and a former minister from the opposition.

• Thursday, December 16th 2010 - 12:05 UTC

  CFK names first Security Minister to address the challenge of “social problems”

  

  In an attempt to cope with what has been described as “social problems”, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner swore in Nilda Garré as new Security Minister and Arturo Puricelli as new Defence Minister during a ceremony at Government House.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2010 - 02:57 UTC

  CFK names professional politician and bureaucrat Defence minister

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner appointed on Tuesday former provincial governor Arturo Antonio Puricelli to replace Defence Minister Nilda Garre, who will be taking the reins the new ministry responsible for domestic security.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2010 - 21:21 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Brazil joins Argentina in criticizing UK’s “unilateral actions”

  

  The Brazilian government questioned UK’s “unilateral actions” regarding the (Falklands) Malvinas Islands and called for the sovereignty “long standing dispute” to reach “as soon as possible a solution”.

• Sunday, November 21st 2010 - 21:09 UTC

  Garré claims Malvinas sovereignty during ceremony at South African vessel

  

  Argentina claimed sovereignty over the Malvinas and South Atlantic Islands and criticized UK’s unilateral actions in fisheries and hydrocarbons during the signing on Saturday of a defence cooperation and development agreement with South Africa.

• Sunday, November 21st 2010 - 21:08 UTC

  Argentina/South Africa sign wide ranging defense development agreement

  

  Argentina and South Africa signed on Saturday on board a South African navy vessel docked in Buenos Aires a wide ranging agreement on defense development and military co-operation.

• Wednesday, September 1st 2010 - 06:48 UTC

  Argentine to increase budget defence 50%, recovering losses of Falklands war

  

  Defence minister Nilda Garré said the Argentine government would increase the defence budget in coming years from 0.9% to 1.5% of GDP to help overcome decades of divestment following the defeat in the (1982) Falklands/Malvinas war.