Tag: PASO

Monday, September 27th 2021 - 09:29 UTC
Argentina's revamped cabinet needs to lift cap on meat exports asap

Argentina's new Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur is said to be speeding up the path towards the lifting of caps on meat exports in an attempt to bring in hard currency as the government of President Alberto Fernández desperately tries to recover from defeat at Sept. 12's Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primary (PASO) elections.
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Friday, September 24th 2021 - 08:59 UTC
Argentine First Lady 10 weeks pregnant

Argentine First Lady Fabiola Yáñez is 10 weeks pregnant, the Presidential medical unit in Buenos Aires announced Thursday. The baby is due in April next year.
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Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 09:37 UTC
Argentine President appoints new ministers; measures coming up in coming days

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday took the oath of office to the new members of his cabinet, with whom he intends to reconfigure his Government following a resounding loss at September 12's Mandatory, Open and Simultaneous (PASO) elections and its following political crisis.
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Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 08:46 UTC
Argentina will pay IMF US$ 1,9bn plus interests on Wednesday, but no budget funds contemplated in 2022

In the midst of the critical situation that emerged following the results of Sunday 12 September primary election, and the cabinet reshuffle a week later, the government of Argentine president Alberto Fernandez nevertheless confirmed that this week it will honor a US$ 1,9bn repayment plus interests to the IMF.
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Saturday, September 18th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Argentine President reshuffles cabinet to overcome electoral defeat

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday announced a major cabinet reshuffle in an attempt to build up a new government team with which to reverse last Sunday's loss at the Open, Mandatory and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections.
Friday, September 17th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
CFK sends open letter to President Fernández urging him to honor the will of the Argentine people

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Thursday wrote an open letter to President Alberto Fernández demanding that the latter honours “the will of the Argentine people” who elected him in 2019.
Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 10:02 UTC
Mass resignation in Argentina's Government after electoral loss

Last Sunday's defeat at the Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections finally seem to have taken its toll on Argentina's Frente de Todos (FdT) ruling coalition as members of cabinet loyal to Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner handed in their resignations to President Alberto Fernández, it was reported.
Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
Argentine government said to be eyeing injecting pesos into the market to bounce back from electoral loss

The Frente de Todos coalition ruling Argentina is said to be going through an internal crisis following last Sunday's results at the Mandatory, Simultaneous and Open Primary (PASO) elections where it lost some 4.8 million votes nationwide from when Alberto Fernández was chosen to the presidency two years ago.
Monday, September 13th 2021 - 09:46 UTC
Macrists win most districts in Argentina's primary elections

Argentina's ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) coalition Sunday took a heavy blow by losing the Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections to the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) alliance of former President Mauricio Macri in most districts nationwide.
Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:30 UTC
Argentine President Fernández underscores differences between him and Macri ahead of primary elections

Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took centre stage Thursday as the ruling Frente de Todos party rounded up its political campaign aimed at next Sunday's Open, Simultaneous and Mandatory Primary (PASO) elections.