Tag: Peronism

• Wednesday, March 19th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Peronists oppose Milei's intention to take another loan from the IMF

  

  Argentina's Justicialist [Peronist] Party (PJ) led by former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) Tuesday expressed its rejection of President Javier Milei's Emergency Decree (DNU) 179/25 clearing the way for further borrowing from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) with no Congressional approval. The PJ deemed the initiative “illegitimate” and unconstitutional on the grounds that it violated Law 27.612, which requires the Executive to submit full IMF agreement details to Congress, and Article 75 of the National Constitution, which assigns Congress the authority to manage national debt.

• Friday, December 13th 2024 - 10:31 UTC

  Argentina: Senator Kueider under arrest in Paraguay expelled from Parliament

  

  Argentina's Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to expel the Peronist Edgardo Kueider from Entre Ríos, who was arrested in Paraguay with US$ 200,000 of undeclared money in addition to pesos and guaranis. Giving Kueider the thumbs down were the opposition Unión por la Patria (Peronism), the Radical Civic Union (UCR), the ruling La Libertad Avanza (LLA) of President Javier Milei, and part of former President Mauricio Macri's Propuesta Republicana (PRO).

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 15:51 UTC

  Pepe Mujica criticizes Cristina Kirchner: “The old lady is at the head of Peronism screwing around”

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has taken aim at prominent Latin American leaders, criticizing a lack of generational renewal in politics and authoritarian trends in the region. Speaking from his home in Montevideo, Mujica called out Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner, accusing her of clinging to power rather than transitioning into an advisory role. “There’s the old Cristina at the head of Peronism, instead of leaving room for new generations. How hard it is for her to let go of the cake!” Mujica quipped.

• Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 10:42 UTC

  No president-elect in Argentina

  

  Argentina's next president will be chosen in a runoff election on Nov. 19, according to preliminary results released Sunday minutes before 10 p.m. local time in Buenos Aires (GMT -3).

• Thursday, February 23rd 2023 - 10:53 UTC

  Argentina: Ruling bloc in the Senate breaks up and a new bench emerges

  

  A group of Argentine senators announced on Wednesday their withdrawal from the bloc of the ruling Frente de Todos in the Upper House and their decision to form their own bench, in the run-up to the complex electoral process that the South American country will undergo this year.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 10:31 UTC

  Madrid mayor pledges not to allow Peronism 'fiscal populism' into Spain

  

  The mayor of Spain's capital Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, and a rising star among the conservative Popular Party has condemned the Spanish Socialist government accusing it of following Argentine Peronism populist policies, underlining that “here in Spain people want to be free”

• Thursday, October 29th 2020 - 14:27 UTC

  Alberto Fernández confesses that Néstor Kirchner marked a before and after for his life and is his permanent inspiration

  

  “Néstor, in history and in my heart,” said Argentine President Alberto Fernández emotionally, along with a video recalling his relationship with his former political mentor, former President Néstor Kirchner (2003-2007) on the tenth anniversary of the former president's surprising death.

• Saturday, October 17th 2020 - 09:58 UTC

  Argentine president confident in the ruling coalition unity to face challenges, despite signs of rifts

  

  Argentina’s ruling coalition is showing signs of strain just 10 months into power, further complicating the nation’s challenge to climb out of a deep recession while President Alberto Fernandez’s popularity dives.

• Saturday, January 18th 2020 - 08:48 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez again considered the most influential Argentine

  

  After eight years in office, back in 2015, when ex-president Cristina Fernandez left office, she ranked ninth among the most influential Argentines, according to an ongoing national opinion poll from Giacobbe & Associates which was started in the nineties.

• Thursday, January 16th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  Bolivia interim government asks Argentina to disavow comments from ex president Evo Morales

  

  Bolivia’s Foreign Ministry has asked Argentina’s government to disavow comments by Bolivian former President Evo Morales, currently living in exile in Buenos Aires that called for the organization of armed militias in his home country.