09/01/2013 | Argentina

Fernández to Scioli: saving in pesos 'won’t kill you'

Kirchnerite senator Aníbal Fernández expressed his support for the recent calls to pass a Public Ethics Law in the Buenos Aires province and asked Governor Daniel Scioli to pesify his dollar savings, estimated in $200,000.

04/07/2012 | Argentina

'Lack of security is not just a feeling,' Aníbal Fernández

Senator Aníbal Fernández (Victory Front) came on stage to assured that “I never said that the lack of security was just a feeling," referring to the murder of two brothers in Buenos Aires province town of Cañuelas.

11/07/2012 | Argentina

'Bootlicking's Aníbal Fernández true vocation,' Moyano

CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano, ratified this morning he is not quitting on his reelection hopes, and promised that once reelected “I’ll approach the national government with some serious and firm complaints.”

19/11/2012 | Argentina

'Strikers' threats could be considered common crime,' Aníbal Fernández

31/05/2012 | Argentina

'I save in dollars because I feel it's my right to do so,' Aníbal Fernández

Victory Front’s Senator Aníbal Fernández came on stage to explain why his savings are in dollars after the government, including him personally, launched not only strong restriction policies on dollar purchases.

05/06/2012 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández says no one ordered him to avoid comments on dollar

Victory Front’s Senator Aníbal Fernández stressed that “talking about a parallel dollar is an illegal act”, thus agreeing with Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo and denying that the latter had told him to avoid giving any more opinions about the greenback.

02/07/2012 | Argentina

National gov't urges BA province to solve problems on its own

Victory Front's Senator Aníbal Fernández and Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo today said that although the national government will collaborate with Buenos Aires province's financial problems to pay salaries, its authorities should “face and solve their problems by themselves.”

12/04/2012 | Argentina

'I don’t see why Reposo’s appointment should be rejected,' Senator Fernández

National Senator Aníbal Fernández came on stage to defend the government’s proposal to appoint current SIGEN comptroller Daniel Reposo as prosecutor-general after the resignation of Esteban Righi, and remarked that there “should be no reasons to reject Reposo’s appointment at the Upper House.”

23/04/2012 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández: 'We won't pay what the main responsible for looting YPF says'

Kirchnerite Senator Aníbal Fernández assured today that the government “will pay what YPF truly worth, and not what Repsol’s chairman [Antonio Brufau] wants.”

29/05/2012 | Argentina

Gov't defends 'value of currency'

Senator Aníbal Fernández and Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo came on stage in defence of the new restrictions placed on the dollar by assuring “they are there to preserve the value of the currency,” and that further actions might be taken.

27/12/2011 | Argentina

Fernández calls CGT, AFIP and court workers 'misogynists'

Kirchnerite Senator Aníbal Fernández came on stage to attack CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano, and open fire against AFIP tax agency workers as well court employees who have decided to go on strike.

17/01/2012 | Argentina

'Ruling backing subway hike is a disgrace,' Senator Fernández

Senator Aníbal Fernández bashed the ruling of City Judge Fernando Juan Lima that yesterday rejected requests for legal protection on subway fares and ratified the 127 percent hike.

19/03/2012 | Argentina

Victory Front, Radical Party senators to approve Subway transfer

Both senators of the ruling party and the Radical Party (UCR) confirmed to have reached an agreement for next Wednesday’s Upper House session to pass the bill that grants the Subway transfer to the Buenos Aires City administration, and had a preliminary approval by the Lower House last week.

19/09/2011 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández: 'Only a great administration allows such a victory in Chaco'

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández came on stage to congratulate Chaco’s governor, Jorge Capitanich, who was re-elected last night after obtaining over 65 percent of the vote. Thus, the minister said “Only a great administration allows one to obtain such a large margin victory.”

19/09/2011 | Argentina

'Gov't hasn't brought train underground works to a halt'

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández called to be “careful” about the many hypotheses that are being studied over the fatal train accident occurred in Flores last week, when a train swept a bus, derail and ended up crashing against another train coming in the opposite direction with a cost of 11 lives. 

12/12/2011 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández assures 2012 budget bill will be passed by next week

Kichnerite Senator Aníbal Fernández assured this morning that the Victory Front’s caucus at the Upper House will do anything possible in order to get the 2012 budget passed by next week.

10/07/2011 | Argentina

‘Macri didn’t win, he still has to face a second round,’ Cabinet Chief says

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández was visibly upset with the election results and assured that “Mauricio Macri didn’t win,” stressing that “he still has to face a second round,”

08/08/2011 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández claims to be 'happy' with De la Sota's win

Chief of Staff, Aníbal Fernández, came on stage and said to be “happy” with last night gubernatorial victory of Juan Manuel de la Sota in Córdoba province, but emphasized that the Kichnerism didn’t back the winner’s campaign. Moreover, he replied to De la Sota’s speech and said “We (national government) also seek to unite and not to divide.” 

29/08/2011 | Argentina

Gov't regards opposition's plan to apply single-ballot system as 'irresponsible'

The National Government considered the opposition’s request to try and implement the single-ballot system during the October presidential elections to be “irresponsible” and assured the current ballot system is the best there is.

11/05/2011 | Argentina

Private consultants 'randomly come up with price index estimates,' Cabinet Chief

As he briefed the Senate on the government's management report, Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández, rejected price index estimates issued by economic consulting firms, stating that “they randomly come up with them and lie to the Argentine people.”

13/05/2011 | Argentina

'CFK will not permit extortion,' Cabinet Chief confirms

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández assured today that with her speech yesterday, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner showed Argentines to be presenting “a firm disposition of strength” and made it clear that “extortion of any kind will not be allowed.”

14/05/2011 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief blasts unions

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández blasted the unions and criticized the oil workers’ conflict, the teachers’ protest in Santa Cruz and the strikes of Aerolíneas Argentinas airline, after President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner denounced the “pressure” applied by the unions.

10/02/2011 | Argentina

Gov't addresses Wikileaks controversy: 'some US diplomats are a joke'

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández is the latest high-ranking official to address the Wikileaks controversy after Spanish newspaper El País published several cables that denounced various corruption cases within the Fernández de Kirchner administration.

02/03/2011 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief assures ‘there’s no such thing as an out-of control inflation’

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández assured “there is no such thing as an out-of-control inflation,” and blasted private consulting agencies, saying they will never explain how they measure inflation “because they don’t.”

28/03/2011 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández's bodyguards involved in shoot-out in Quilmes

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández's bodyguards were involved in a shootout with two robbers who tried to ambush them in Quilmes, in the Greater Buenos Aires area.

11/12/2010 | Argentina

Gov't fails to reach agreement with Macri, but grants security in Villa Soldati

From a televised press conference in the Government House, Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández confirmed that the national and local governments were unable to reach an agreement regarding the illegal settlements in the Iberoamericano Park in Villa Soldati, for which he ordered the National Gendarmerie to surround the park in order to protect the squatters inside from the residents in the area asking for their removal. The Gendarmerie arrived at the park at 5pm.

14/12/2010 | Argentina

'After assesing the city on the situation, solving the Villa Soldati conflict is up to them,' Cabinet Chief

After conducting an exhaustive census on the Parque Indoamericano, Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández announced he would soon be meeting with city government authorities in order to asses them on the situation. "After that, solving this conflict is up to them," he said.

15/12/2010 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief: 'Incidents were ‘horrific antidemocratic gestures of destabilization’

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández once again repeated that the national government would "help the city administration" with the creation of a comprehensive public housing plan in order to solve the conflict that arose last week when several squatter families settled illegally in the Indoamericano Park.