All posts tagged cristina fernandez de Kirchner
ARGENTINA, CHILE, PARAGUAY, URUGUAY: Calbuco Volcano
The Calbuco volcano surprised Chile with three violent eruptions after half a century of inactivity, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people. Tourist activities in the Patagonian Los Lagos region were also suspended as ash spreads across the Andes Mountains […]
ARGENTINA: HEAVY FLOODING TAKES THREE LIVES
Flooding Across Buenos Aires Province; President Fernández de Kirchner Hospitalised Serious flooding across the province of Buenos Aires has taken the lives of three people while the number of evacuees has risen over 5,000. 23 districts of the province have been […]
Argentina: National Strike halts the nation
National strike halts the nation The second national strike of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration took place on Thursday 10th April. The strike stopped transport in a large part of the countries, with trains, buses, planes, the Buenos Aires […]
Argentina: President Fernández de Kirchner opens 2014 Congress
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner opens 2014 Congress; US State Department highlights Argentine corruption, police violence and gender violence in human rights report; Eviction of squatters postponed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner opens 2014 Congress President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner opened […]
Brazil: Yet another rally against high cost of World Cup
More protests against World Cup spending across Brazil; Dilma arrives in Cuba ahead of CELAC summit; Nearly 20,000 families lose homes due to World Cup. Brazil: Yet another rally against high cost of World Cup Over 2,500 people took to the […]
Chile: Bachelet prepares for second presidential term
Bachelet prepares for second presidential term.
Argentina: President Cristina Fernández suffers brain haematoma
Cristina Fernández suffers brain haematoma; Argentina prolongs its fiscal amnesty program faced with disappointing results; Mexico’s Grupo Elektra to exit the country Cristina Fernández suffers brain haematoma Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, will take a month off as she has […]
Argentina: Standard and Poor’s downgrades country’s debt
Standard and Poor’s downgrades country’s debt; Congress approve a law against bullying; Chilean judiciary seeks extradition of Uruguayan lost in the Argentine Andes Standard and Poor’s downgrades country’s debt The notation agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Argentina’s debt rating on Tuesday 10 September from […]
Argentina: Primary elections indicate drop in Cristina Fernández’s popularity
Primary congressional elections indicate a drop in Cristina Fernández’s popularity; A gas explosion kills 21 people in Rosario Primary congressional elections indicate a drop in Cristina Fernández’s popularity On Sunday 11 August, the primary elections for a third of the Senate […]
Argentina: Britain denies Argentine president invitation to Margaret Thatcher’s funeral
Britain snubs Argentina over Margaret Thatcher’s funeral; Freeze in fuel prices in an attempt to stop Argentina’s hyperinflation Britain snubs Argentina over Margaret Thatcher’s funeral Baroness Margaret Thatcher, the controversial former Prime Minister who led Britain during the Falkland War […]
Argentina: President delivers state of the union
President proposes judicial reform in the annual state of the union; holdout creditors case heard in New York; AMIA pact becomes law.
Argentina: Truth commission with Iran over 1994 AMIA bombing
Argentina agrees to a joint truth commission with Iran over the 1994 AMIA bombing; IMF censures the country over economic data; an Argentine queen to sit on the Dutch throne.
Argentina: IMF closer to censuring Argentina
IMF sets a date to review the reliability of Argentina’s economic data; Fernández de Kirchner tours Asia; Falklands set date for a status referendum.
Argentina: Fernández de Kirchner visits Chávez in Cuba
Fernández de Kirchner travels to Cuba to visit Chávez; Libertad welcomed home in grand ceremony; upgrades planned to Buenos Aires railway; president and film actor Darín face off
Paraguay: Franco ‘will not invite’ UNASUR to monitor elections
President Franco ‘will not invite Unasur’ to monitor 2013 elections; public protests over repatriation of ex dictator’s remains; government will protest new Argentinian customs controls