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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 11:22 UTC

Tag: Cristina Fernandez

  • Monday, July 1st 2024 - 09:35 UTC

    CFK: The Libertarians' zero deficit is a fabrication

    Milei “lives in a world that no longer exists,” CFK argued

    Former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007-2015 / CFK) said during an interview on the internet streaming channel Gelatina outside mainstream media that the Liberal administration's “fiscal surplus is increasingly trumped up.”

  • Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 10:15 UTC

    US State Dept. addresses corruption in Argentina under Alberto Fernández

    The study was released during a press conference by Secretary of State Antony Blinken

    According to a human rights report released Monday by the US State Department, corruption was substantial in Argentina under former President Alberto Fernandez. The document highlighted the conviction of then-Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) in the so-called Vialidad case. The study was released Monday during a press conference held by Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

  • Thursday, November 23rd 2023 - 10:44 UTC

    Transition in Argentina: Milei's vice-president met with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

    Beyond the ideological differences that separate them, the leader of La Libertad Avanza “respects the investiture” of the former president and current VP

    Amid Argentina's transition of power, outgoing Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reappeared Wednesday to meet with Victoria Villarruel, the running mate of President-elect Javier Milei, who will replace Kirchner on Dec. 10.

  • Monday, October 23rd 2023 - 09:17 UTC

    CFK insists that Alberto Fernández's was not “her” government

    After Dec. 10, the former president said she would remain in politics

    Argentine Vice President and former two-time President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) insisted Sunday when voting in the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz that the current administration of Alberto Fernández, which ends on December 10, was not “her” government because “I do not decide policies,” as her differences with the incumbent head of state are also well known.

  • Tuesday, September 19th 2023 - 08:19 UTC

    Grim future ahead for CFK

    CFK will have no immunity, parliamentary or otherwise, after Dec. 10.

    Chaco Governor Jorge Milton Capitanich's failure in his reelection bid has triggered a series of setbacks for Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, whose aura is beginning to wane, marking the end of Kirchnerism as the main line within Peronism.

  • Tuesday, June 6th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

    All money laundering charges against CFK dismissed

    “Without [an] accusation there is no possible criminal proceeding,” Judge Casanello ruled

    All charges against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) have been dismissed in the money laundering case known as La Ruta del Dinero K (The K Money Route).

  • Wednesday, May 3rd 2023 - 11:20 UTC

    “Super May”: Eight Kirchnerite provinces advance local elections to avoid October debacle

    All eight elections will be held in the first two Sundays of May, some with electronic votes, others with the more traditional envelope ballots.

    With the Argentine government of Alberto Fernandez and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in total disarray, the economy in shambles and with no hard currency, while a top delegation travels the world, China, Brazil, the US, and the IMF begging for fresh funds, several Argentine provinces are holding their local elections for governor and lawmakers, un hooked from the national presidential event next October.

  • Friday, April 28th 2023 - 10:59 UTC

    Argentina: CFK announces no candidacies

    “Inflation does not stop with dollarization,” CFK stressed

    Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) made no announcement regarding the upcoming presidential elections during her appearance Thursday at a La Plata theater for the ceremony marking the opening of the Néstor Kirchner Institute. Following last week's declaration by President Alberto Fernández that he would not seek reelection, all eyes are focused on her next move.

  • Monday, April 3rd 2023 - 14:57 UTC

    Alberto Fernandez suggested that he would run against Cristina Kirchner in the internal elections

    Alberto Fernández advocated for the unity of the Frente de Todos: “The only aspiration I have is for the Frente de Todos to win. I want us to elect the one who can make us win”, he said.

    On Sunday, President Alberto Fernández stated in an interview that Peronism must “renew itself once again and put an end to personalism”. He also emphasized that his ”enemy is not the comrades of the Frente de Todos (FdT) but the Macrismo and the recalcitrant right-wing”. Fernández asserted that the FdT cares about the weakest sectors of society and represents the middle class and impoverished sectors of Argentina.

  • Wednesday, March 22nd 2023 - 10:16 UTC

    Puebla Group supports CFK at Buenos Aires gathering

    “If we have to fight against drug trafficking, first we have to fight against the financial system that launders drug money,” CFK noted

    The Puebla Group Tuesday expressed its support to Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) during a convention at Buenos Aires' Centro Cultural Kirchner (CCK).

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