Tag: PASO

• 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.

• Friday, September 10th 2021 - 09:25 UTC

  Argentina heads to the primary election with almost record country risk and the US dollar at 186 Pesos

  

  As a direct consequence of political uncertainty ahead of the primary elections to be held by the different Argentine political parties on Sunday, the US dollar in the black market climbed 5 Pesos during the first seven working days of September, reaching 187 Argentine Pesos.

• Monday, September 6th 2021 - 09:47 UTC

  Argentine right-wing candidate rounds up campaign before large crowd and with endorsement from Bolsonaro Jr

  

  Neoliberal right-wing candidate Javier Milei Sunday closed his electoral campaign ahead of next weekend's Open Primary, Simultaneous and Mandatory elections (PASO) at Buenos Aires' Parque Lezama before a crowd of between 20,000 and 50,000 depending on the sources.

• Saturday, September 4th 2021 - 08:49 UTC

  Paraguayan Chancellor waiting for after Argentine PASO elections to discuss reopening borders

  

  Paraguay's Foreign Minister Euclides Acevedo Friday insisted on discussing the reopening of the land borders with Argentina right after the Sept. 12 Open Primary, Simultaneous and Mandatory (PASO) elections.

• Thursday, September 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina primary elections: Ruling coalition still ahead in polls in the most important electoral district

  

  According to most surveys, opposition candidates are still trailing those of the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) coalition in Argentina's province of Buenos Aires, the country's largest district, less than two weeks before Sept. 12's Open Primary, Mandatory and Simultaneous (PASO) elections.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:57 UTC

  Argentine President indicted for skipping lockdown, pleas to buy his way out of trial

  

  A federal prosecutor indicted Argentine President Alberto Fernández for violating the sanitary restrictions he had himself decreed, after evidence surfaced of a large gathering at the Olivos Residence in July 2020 to celebrate the First Lady's birthday while the rest of the country was placed under quarantine.

• Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Legislator from the Argentine province of Corrientes shot during a campaign speech

  

  Peronist provincial lawmaker Miguel Arias was shot at during the party's closing ceremony not far from the town of Paso de Los Libres as the province of Corrientes gets ready for this coming Sunday's elñections where the offices of Governor and Vice Governor will be at stake.