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  • 15/12/2010 | Breaking News

    Villa Soldati conflict 'didn't just get out of hand,' was 'deliberately sponsored' by some, CFK says

    While attending the opening ceremony of an Expedited Documentation Center in José C. Paz, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said the violent clashes between residents and squatters in the south of the city "didn't just get out of hand" and accused certain sectors of "deliberately sponsoring" them.

  • 16/12/2011 | Argentina

    Mario Barletta unanimously elected as UCR's president

    Santa Fe's Mario Barletta has been unanimously elected as the President of the Radical Party, and former Senator Alicia Mastandrea is the new vice-president.

  • 17/11/2011 | Argentina

    'There are no internal conflicts within Aerolíneas,' Recalde says

    The president of Aerolíneas Argentinas Mariano Recalde, today assured that “there are no conflicts” within the company and sustained that the existence of a national airline controlled by the State “works in Argentina’s favour”.

  • 17/11/2011 | Argentina

    Capitanich highlights subordination of economy to politics

    Chaco’s Governor Jorge Capitanich highlighted the “subordination of the economy to politics” while visiting Ámbito de Debate TV show, and added that the only one “who has a clue over the new cabinet is the President.”

  • 18/11/2011 | Argentina

    Economy grows 7.7% in September

    Indec national statistics bureau reported that the economy grew 7.7 percent in September year on year. Earlier President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner stated that the nation’s economy had increased by 9 percent in the first nine months of the year.

  • 18/11/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't extends current Budget to $38.5 bl

    The national government extended the budget resources to more than 38.508 billion pesos by a DNU emergency decree and a DA Administrative Decision.

  • 30/11/2011 | Argentina

    Rojkés de Alperovich promises 'loyalty' to President CFK

    The Peronist senator for Tucumán, Beatriz Rojkés de Alperovich spoke today after it was confirmed that she will be sworn in as the provisional president of the Senate and promised full “loyalty” to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.  The Senate will this morning swear in a third of its members, who were elected in the October 23 elections.

  • 28/12/2011 | Argentina

    'One can dedicate their health to the country, yet still, it's not enough,' CFK

    Cristina Fernández de Kirchner spoke today at the Government House after the announcement of the cancer surgery she will be undergoing in January. “One can dedicate their health to the country, yet still, it’s not enough,” stated the head of state, whilst also asking for “all Argentines to collaborate” during this time.  

  • 28/12/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't announces 2-yr extension for 17 provinces under 'Debt Reduction' programme

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced today that the debt reduction extension for the provinces will be put forward for two more years, until the end of 2013. Seventeen provinces in the country agreed during talks today and signed the deal today at the Government House.

  • 28/12/2011 | Argentina

    President requests 'balance' in demands on workers, businessmen

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today asked for “prudence, balance and contribution” on the business sector and workers, requesting that everyone “collaborate” to “continue working with the utmost amount of trust possible” for Argentina.

  • 10/12/2010 | Argentina

    Macri sends a letter to CFK, calls for an 'urgent' audience

    Buenos Aires City Mayor, Mauricio Macri, sent a letter to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to request for an "urgent" audience to analyze the conflict in Villa Soldati neighbourhood.

  • 09/01/2012 | Argentina

    Boudou meets with Weretilneck, shows support

    Acting President Amado Boudou met with Río Negro province Governor Alberto Weretilneck, to whom he transmitted the political support of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, after he replaced the late Carlos Soria.

  • 23/01/2012 | Argentina

    CFK returns to Olivos residence, readies to resume activities

    After spending three days with her children at the official residence in Chapadmalal, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returned to Buenos Aires to get ready to resume her activities after a medical leave of absence.

  • 22/02/2012 | Argentina

    Fiscal surplus reaches 622.4 M in January

    Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino and Treasury Secretary Juan Carlos Pezoa anticipated that the fiscal surplus totalled $622.4 million pesos ($142.9 million dollars) in January against the positive result registered the same month in 2011, when it reached 2.105 billions.

  • 23/02/2012 | Argentina

    Lawmakers postpone Friday's special session over Malvinas

    Pro-government and opposition legislators decided to postpone until Saturday the trip to Tierra del Fuego to present the document that will be the base for the “State policy” regarding the sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.

  • 23/02/2012 | Argentina

    Amid controversy, CFK meets with Schiavi

    In the midst of the conflict left by the train crash, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi at the Government House.

  • 24/02/2012 | Argentina

    Lugo travels to Santa Cruz, expresses solidarity to CFK over train crash

    Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo arrived in Río Gallegos, where he was received by Planning Minister Julio De Vido, and later travelled to El Calafate where he met his Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 28/02/2012 | Argentina

    'It would seem I'm only President when I speak in public,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner regretted some of the criticism towards her echoed by the media over the time she took to address the Once railway tragedy. “It seems I’m only President when I speak in public," she said.

  • 06/03/2012 | Argentina

    National Gov't files lawsuit against City over subway transfer

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration filed a lawsuit against the Buenos Aires City government to urge Mayor Mauricio Macri to fulfil the obligations stated at the agreement signed over the transfer of the subway service administration.

  • 08/03/2012 | Argentina

    De Vido makes strongly defends transport subsidies

    During the inauguration ceremony held for newly-appointed Transport Secretary Alejandro Ramos today, Planning Minister Julio De Vido defended achievements made in the sector, stating that the Government would “maintain the subsidies” on public transport and that the sensitive issue "would be resolved by May."

  • 01/03/2012 | Argentina

    CFK to seek reinstatement of flights between Buenos Aires and Malvinas

    During her speech this afternoon at the opening of this year's ordinary sessions in Congress, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced her wishes to resume flights between Buenos Aires and the Malvinas Islands. "I will instruct Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to renegotiate the route to the Islands with the British government," she stated.

  • 14/03/2012 | Argentina

    'This is a one-way decision making gov't,' Macri bashes CFK administration

    Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri once again triggered some piquant remarks against the administration of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as he claimed for “a true federal government and not just one pretended for official speeches.”

  • 22/03/2012 | Argentina

    CFK receives Rattenbach report

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner received the Rattenbach report, which contains information of the Malvinas war, during a ceremony at the Olivos presidential residence and announced that it will be accessible for everyone in the www.presidencia.gob.ar website.

  • 19/04/2012 | Argentina

    Macri admits YPF would remain Argentine if elected president

    City Mayor Mauricio Macri once again criticized the Fernández de Kirchner administration over the decision to expropriate YPF, although he acknowledged that were he chosen president in 2015 the company would remain in the hands of the state. 

  • 27/04/2012 | Argentina

    CFK thanks support over YPF, called to work 'united and organized'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that "the major consensus of Argentina's political forces that accompanied the country, despite this government, allowed the recovery of YPF," during a massive Kirchnerite rally held at the José Amalfitani stadium.

  • 27/04/2012 | Argentina

    CFK ratifies the 'fine tunning'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner affirmed that "these ideas and achievements do not belong to a president or a political force, but to the entire Argentina Republic."

  • 08/05/2012 | Argentina

    Wage talks: State workers agree 21% hike

    The State Unions Front that gathers the unions of the public sector workers signed a 21 percent salarial hike during a meeting with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at the Government House.

  • 04/05/2012 | Argentina

    Miguel Galuccio to head YPF

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner presented Engineer Miguel Galuccio as the new head of YPF, after enacting the law over the nationalization of the oil company.

  • 25/05/2012 | Argentina

    CFK: 'We've given patriotism back to Argentines'

    After participating in the Tedeum religious ceremony, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gave a live televised speech in the city of San Carlos de Bariloche in the mark of the May Revolution celebrations.

  • 26/05/2012 | Argentina

    Subte: City Gov't renews demands for meeting with CFK

    City Economy Minister, Néstor Grindentti confirmed that “there would not be any kind of agreement” regarding the handing over of Buenos Aires underground train system until Mayor Mauricio Macri is granted a meeting with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 11/06/2012 | Argentina

    CFK's son hospitalized with septic arthritis

    Máximo Kirchner, 36, son of the President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was hospitalized in the early hours of yesterday morning at the Austral Hospital in the Greater BA district of Pilar due to a septic arthritis on his right knee.

  • 12/06/2012 | Argentina

    Máximo Kirchner remains in hospital after operation

    For the second day, Máximo Kirchner, the elder child and only son of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner remained admitted to the Austral Hospital in Pilar, after undergoing an operation on his right knee yesterday for septic arthritis.

  • 13/06/2012 | Argentina

    Máximo Kirchner 'recovering well' in hospital

    Máximo Kirchner, the elder and only son of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was recovering well, following his knee surgery for septic arthritis he underwent on Monday, and is to remain under medical observation for a week, the Austral Hospital said today.

  • 14/06/2012 | Argentina

    CFK urges UK to 'leave history of colonialism behind'

    While speaking before the UN’s Decolonization Committee in New York, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner urged the United Kingdom to “leave this history of colonialism behind and start building a new history based on dialogue."

  • 06/06/2012 | Argentina

    CFK heads televised rally

    Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is expected to lead a televised rally and press conference at noon at the Government House, according to official sources.

  • 27/06/2012 | Argentina

    Three-day mourning period for Chubut victims made official

    The Government made official a three-day period of mourning for the victims of the horrific accident that took place yesterday in Chubut, which claimed the lives of nine Border Guards and three civilians.

  • 28/06/2012 | Argentina

    'If there were some harsh words, it was due to CFK's irresponsibility,' Facundo Moyano

    Lawmaker Facundo Moyano assured that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s speeches “increase the tension” between the CGT umbrella union and the Government and considered that if his father has had some harsh words, it was due to the Head of State’s "irresponsibility."

  • 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.”

  • 02/08/2012 | Argentina

    Tax revenue climbs 28.2% in July

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the tax revenue has climbed 28.2 percent in July, reaching 61.317 billion pesos, year-on-year.

  • 02/08/2012 | Argentina

    Trade surplus accumulates $8.322 bln so far in 2012

    The trade surplus accumulated 8.322 billion dollars between January and July, according to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 11/08/2012 | Argentina

    City Gov't fines unionists on strike nearly 5 million pesos

    The City Government sanctioned today the dissident subway workers –currently leading the longest subway strike in Argentine history, lasting a total of eight days so far- for five million pesos and reported them to the Judiciary and to the national Labour Ministry.

  • 10/08/2012 | Argentina

    'Subway delegates have the Nat'l Gov't support to continue with the strike'

    After the negotiations failed and a week of traffic chaos, Buenos Aires City Mayor gave a press conference in which he blamed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for the subway strike.

  • 22/08/2012 | Argentina

    CFK cancels official activities due to low blood pressure

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has just cancelled all her official activities for today's agenda due to low blood pressure sysmptoms, according to a communiqué released by the Presidential Doctors' Unit.

  • 29/08/2012 | Argentina

    CFK hands out first Procrear housing credit certificates

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today handed out the first certificates of a government housing credit plan ‘Procrear’, to six families from Salta, La Rioja and Tucumán provinces.

  • 06/09/2012 | Argentina

    Trade surplus climbs 102% in August

    The trade surplus reached $1.637 billion dollars in August, and climbed 102 percent against the same month in 2011, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced.

  • 07/09/2012 | Argentina

    President receives Gov't officials at Olivos

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner held her activites from the Olivos presidential residence, where she met with several government officials.

  • 08/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK renews fierce criticism against Techint

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner renewed her fierce criticism of steelmaker Techint, Argentina’s largest industrial group, charging that when its Chairman Paolo Rocca complains about labour costs what he wants is lower workers’ salaries.

  • 11/09/2012 | Argentina

    Opposition parties launch plans against re-reelection

    The main opposition blocs had set different actions to reject and try to avoid the government's will to carry out a constitutional reform to allow the re-reelection for President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 14/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Randazzo and Lorenzino in Olivos

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner resumed her agenda at the presidential residence in Olivos today, and met with Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo and Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino.

  • 14/09/2012 | Argentina

    Protesters 'are more worried about what happens in Miami than Argentina'

    Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina assured that those who marched on Thursday to Plaza de Mayo square and the main squares of the country “are more concerned about what happens in Miami than in San Juan,” referring to Argentina.

  • 17/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK postpones visit to Chaco, meets with ministers in Olivos

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner postponed her visit to Chaco province and decided to continue with her agenda without making public appearanced. She held meetings with several cabinet members at the Olivos presidential residence.

  • 24/08/2012 | Argentina

    Scioli: 'If there's a Constitution reform, I'll support CFK'

    Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli ratified he is willing to support President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner if she is allowed to run for a new term in office, although he assured that he would like to run for president if a constitutional reform fails.

  • 24/09/2012 | Argentina

    Before her speech at the UN, CFK meets George Soros

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with billionaire investor George Soros at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York, a day before her speech at the United Nations General Assembly.

  • 25/09/2012 | Argentina

    Argentina, Iran set meeting to discuss 1990's bombings

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that Argentina and Iran will meet to discuss the two bombings of Jewish targets in the 1990's, attacks in which Iran was accused by Argentine courts of playing a role.

  • 27/09/2012 | Argentina

    'There's no such a thing as a clamp on foreign currency exchange'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner affirmed that "there's no such thing as a clamp on foreign currency exchange," during her lecture at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.

  • 01/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK bashes media:'There's no such thing as dollar clamp'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner denied the existence of restrictions over the purchase of dollars by explaining that “Argentina has already paid 79.8 billion dollars so far this year”, during the announcement of a series of bank loans granted to small and medium sized companies, today at the Government House.

  • 26/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets IDB head in Washington

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with the head of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno, in Washington in the midst of her visit to the US.

  • 05/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with officials at Olivos

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner carried out her agenda at the Olivos Presidential residence, where she met several officials.

  • 15/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK: 'IMF admitted developed countries are complicating emerging countries' lives'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner affirmed that she "almost fell flat on my back" when she was informed that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) had admitted that the developed countries "are complicating the emerging countries' lives," regarding the international crisis.

  • 22/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK announces modifications in insurance companies' regime

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced several modifications in the insurance companies' regulation system and stated that these changes will increase the funds destined to productive investments from 88 to 7 billion pesos by May 31, 2013.

  • 22/10/2012 | Argentina

    'They might retain the Frigate, but will not retain our country's sovereignty'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner referred to the conflict with Ghana over the detention of the Libertad frigate in the African country, during a nationwide broadcast speech.

  • 30/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK diagnosed with low blood pressure, cancels agenda

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was forced to cancel her agenda for 24 hours after doctors diagnosed her with low blood pressure.

  • 16/10/2012 | Argentina

    Lorenzetti reelected as head of the Supreme Court

    The president of the Supreme Court of Justice, Ricardo Lorenzetti, was reelected and will continue at his post for another term.

  • 17/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Lula Da Silva at Government House

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met  today with former Brazilian president Lula Da Silva at the Government House.

  • 05/11/2012 | Argentina

    CFK launches plan to boost engineering graduates

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner launched a strategic plan to increase the amount of engineering graduates, stated "let's have 8,000 engineers by 2016, one out of 5,000 inhabitants, and one every 4,000 by 2020."

  • 08/11/2012 | Argentina

    President suspends official trip to Spain after medical recommendation

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will fail to assist the Ibero-American Summit to be held in Cádiz city, after her personal doctors recommended her to "avoid additional efforts" in her agenda.

  • 09/11/2012 | Argentina

    'People don't want to wait 3 years to resolve issues'

    Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri referred to the pot-banging protest that were held at Plaza de Mayo square and the Obelisk by stating that "people doesn't want to wait three years to get their issues solved."

  • 09/11/2012 | Argentina

    'Those who make more money should understand Argentina must achieve a harmonious growth'

  • 11/11/2012 | Argentina

    Macri refers to CFK's speech after 8N protest

    Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri referred to the speech President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner after the 8N pot-banging protest, and released a photograph of the demonstration.

  • 14/11/2012 | Argentina

    Workers exempt from paying income tax on year end bonus, CFK announces

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that workers who earn up to a gross monthly salary of 25,000 pesos will not pay for income tax on their annual year end bonus, during a televised speech. Also added that Antonio Caló-led CGT will discuss a hike on the income tax floor in 2013.

  • 16/11/2012 | Argentina

    CFK urges provinces to guarantee tax collection

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today inaugurated a cultural centre and a toy museum in El Calafate and urged provinces to apply “leadership and administration models” which guarantee tax collection.

  • 27/11/2012 | Argentina

    CFK calls Unasur for support against 'vulture funds'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said today that she would make a plea for members of the Unasur to come together in the fight against ‘vulture funds’ in the region next week, during Peruvian President Ollanta Humala’s visit at the Government House.

  • 28/11/2012 | Argentina

    CFK: 'We will keep on paying our debt obligations'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today assured the government will pay all its financial obligations to bond holders who joined the 2005 and 2010 debt swaps, during a speech to close the annual UIA Industrial Union conference.

  • 07/11/2012 | Argentina

    Crossfire on the verge of 8-N anti-gov't protest

    Pro and anti-government officials, politicians and lawmakers took to the nation’s radio stations to speak out on tomorrow’s planned 8-N anti-government pot-banging protest.

  • 29/11/2012 | Argentina

    President suspends trip to Peru after medical recommendation

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will fail to assist the VI Summit of the Unasur states in Peru, as her personal doctors "diagnosed back pains," the government announced today.

  • 08/12/2012 | Argentina

    Media Law: Gov't considers impeachment of judges

    A Kirchnerite senator warned today that judges who upheld an injunction request made by the media group Clarín on Thursday could be impeached.

  • 10/12/2012 | Argentina

    President inaugurates 'Nativity scene' exhibition

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner inaugurated a "nativity scene" replica of the Vatican's Christmas crèche on display in St. Peter's Square, and wished the Argentines "merry Christmas."

  • 12/12/2012 | Argentina

    Marita Verón case: Plaintiff's attorney says court decision 'weak, permissive'

    José D’Antona, the plaintiff’s attorney in the Marita Verón case, said the president of the court Alberto Piedrabuena, who acquitted all 13 defendants of all charges for the disappearance of the young woman, made a “totally weak, feeble and permissive” decision.

  • 12/12/2012 | Argentina

    Lorenzetti rules out plans to run for president

    President of the Supreme Court of Justice, Ricardo Lorenzetti confirmed in an official communiqué today that he has no plans to put himself forward as a candidate for president, assuring that he will continue to work as a judge.

  • 15/12/2012 | Argentina

    CFK says 'the Frigate is coming back'

    "Once more we comply, the Frigate is coming back," was the first statement given by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over the ruling of the UN's International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea to release the Libertad frigate.

  • 17/12/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Susana Trimarco at Gov't House

    Susana Trimarco met with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner tonight and showed her "support" to achieve the approval of the human trafficking law.

  • 17/12/2012 | Argentina

    CFK: 'Libertad's return marks triumph of sovereignty'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner praised the Libertad frigate release during the Armed Forces graduation ceremony, and blasted those who called for the payment to the vulture funds to get the ship back, stating the need of "not being lured by the call of sirens."

  • 09/01/2013 | Argentina

    Timerman to travel to Caracas in support of Chávez

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner designated Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman to represent the country in the events taking place tomorrow in the Venezuelan capital.

  • 16/01/2013 | Argentina

    CFK arrives to Indonesia

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived to Indonesia today, where she will meet with government officials with hopes to improve bilateral relations.

  • 22/01/2013 | Argentina

    Macri says he 'has what it takes' to run for president in 2015

    City Mayor Mauricio Macri once again assured he would not be running for a congressional seat in the midterm elections this year, and stated that he believes "he has what it takes" to run for president in 2015.

  • 25/01/2013 | Argentina

    CFK: 'Consumers should start defending themselves'

    Cristina Fernández de Kirchner maintained today that customers and consumers “have to start to defend themselves,” during a ceremony to sign an agreement with governors for the construction of 17,000 new homes.

  • 28/01/2013 | Argentina

    Unemployment rate hits 6.9% in 2012 last quarter

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the unemployment rate has dropped in the last quarter of 2012 to 6.9 percent, 0.7 points lower than the level registered in the previous quarter, and that the economy has grown 1.8 percent, "despite the severe international crisis."

  • 06/02/2013 | Argentina

    CFK says 'ban' is most effective sanction for ratings agencies

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner stated in her Twitter account that the "ban to act as rating agencies should be the most real and effective sanction" for those agencies that failed the citizens and investors.

  • 08/02/2013 | Argentina

    AMIA accord 'opens the possibility of a third attack,' says entity head

    After last night's announcement made by Cristina Fernández de Kirchner that the deal with Iran to open up a truth commission to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish centre was sent to Congress, the president of the entity Guillermo Borger said that the decision puts the centre at risk for a “third attack.”

  • 15/12/2010 | Argentina

    Duhalde condemns gov't accusations, says 'he was never violent' during his administration

    After the national government accused ex President Eduardo Duhalde of advocating police repression during his administration, the former head of state defended his stance during "such a difficult moment in history," and assured he knew "how to bring peace and order to a country."

  • 15/12/2010 | Argentina

    President announces industrial activity rose 12.8% in November

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the industrial activity has climbed 12.8 percent in November compared to the volume registered during the same month last year.

  • 18/12/2010 | Argentina

    CFK inaugurates Néstor Kirchner Avenue in Santa Cruz

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led the ceremony of inauguration for the Néstor Kirchner Avenue in the city of Río Gallegos, in the Santa Cruz province, honouring her late husband and the country's former president.

  • 20/12/2010 | Argentina

    CFK announces deployment of 6,000 Border guards in Greater BA

    Amidst the tensed scenes lived in the City of Buenos Aires and Greater Buenos Aires over angry neighbours overtaking lands, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced the deployment of 6,000 Border guards throughout the Grater Buenos Aires in order to sack down the insecurity wave.

  • 21/12/2010 | Argentina

    Defending Kirchnerite 'model' and criticizing media, CFK leads PJ conference

    "This Kirchnerist model has shown political unity and economic sustainability," said CFK while holding a conference for the national council of the Justicialist Party (PJ). All seventy-five members of the party were present.

  • 29/12/2010 | Argentina

    Opposition rejects Gov't use of BCRA reserves

    Members of the opposition blasted the government’s authorization for the use of 7.5 billion dollars of the reserves of the Central Bank (BCRA) assigned to the payment of foreign debt in 2011 published in the Official Gazette, calling it a “shameful” measure.

  • 04/01/2011 | Argentina

    Interior Minister quashes rumours Cabinet changes

    Interior Minister, Florencio Randazzo confirmed that, “the changes in the Cabinet are decided by the President”. Furthermore, he considered that published press on the supposed changes, “lack in information and realistic data”.

  • 11/01/2011 | Argentina

    'Chacho' Álvarez criticises opposition

    Ex-vice president Carlos “Chacho” Álvarez believes that the ruling party does not have to “ultimately define” the candidacy for the President Cristina de Kirchner for the re-elections and began to criticise the opposition.

  • 11/01/2011 | Argentina

    CFK announces loans for wheat producers

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner launched a 840 million pesos loan for wheat producers, adding that Labour Minister Carlos Tomada will be present during the meeting between Agriculture Minister Julián Dominguez and the Liaison Committee scheduled for Wednesday.

  • 12/01/2011 | Argentina

    President announces foreign tourism boom

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that Argentina registered “a 72 percent increase of foreign tourism compared to 2003,” and added that “the foreign exchange soared 97 percent.”

  • 14/01/2011 | Argentina

    CFK begins trip in Kuwait to 'improve bilateral relations'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner began her trip to Kuwait, Qatar and Turkey yesterday, with the intention of “improving bilateral relations, and to increase co-operation over international matters”, official sources state.

  • 31/01/2011 | Argentina

    Both Argentine, Brazilian private sectors 'facing great challenge,' CFK

    While attending an official lunch in order to celebrate the visit of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that both Argentina and Brazil must “join forces” and ratified that “private sectors from both countries face a great challenge.”

  • 31/01/2011 | Argentina

    ‘If CFK chose not to run, Scioli would make a great candidate,’ Alberto Fernández

    Former Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernández praised Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli and said he is a potential candidate for the presidential elections in October. “He has been a part of the Kirchnerite movement since its early stages, even when others wouldn’t even dare to be,” he said.

  • 31/01/2011 | Argentina

    Duhalde ratifies candidacy despite low poll numbers

    Former President Eduardo Duhalde referred to his apparently low popularity among voters and warned that the presidential race “is just getting started.”

  • 02/02/2011 | Argentina

    Argentina 'no longer the country it used to be eight years ago,' Randazzo

    Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said that “no matter who chooses to run for president, we should be debating what every political party has to offer.” He also assured that thanks to his party, Argentina "is no longer the country it used to be eight years ago."

  • 04/02/2011 | Argentina

    'Néstor suffered the most when my Gov't was attacked'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured “no president has been attacked” the way she is, and added that the crisis of the beginning of her administration had “really affected” her husband, ex President Néstor Kirchner.

  • 23/02/2011 | Argentina

    CFK formally calls for Ordinary Sessions in Congress

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner formally announced the commencement of the schedule of sessions in Congress to begin on March 1, according to a decree published in the Official Gazette.

  • 24/02/2011 | Argentina

    CFK: 'There's no such thing as a free market'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said “we must end with the myth of the existence of a free market” adding that “there still are some who accuse the government of applying barely legal measures in order to defend local industry and labour.”

  • 03/03/2011 | Argentina

    'Come June, CFK will decide not to seek reelection,' Duhalde says

    Presidential pre-candidate Eduardo Duhalde assured that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will decide not to seek re-election in June because "she will realize that she has no chances of winning” in a second round.

  • 07/03/2011 | Argentina

    'To think that the government is invincible is ridiculous,' Carrió

    Civic Coalition leader Elisa Carrió stated that “now that former President Néstor Kirchner has passed away, the ruling party will not even gather a 20 percent of the votes in the next October presidential elections,” and repeated that “thinking that the current government is invincible is ridiculous.”

  • 09/03/2011 | Argentina

    National, City Gov’t clash over Illia Highway delays

    Transport Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi and Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri clashed over the delays in the completion of works on the Illia Highway. During a press conference, Schiavi assured that the government "has never engaged in dialogue with the City over the highway" and urged the Macri administration "to stop fooling around.”

  • 15/03/2011 | Argentina

    CFK highlights poultry sector's growth

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reported that Argentina has almost doubled the consumption of chicken between 2003 and 2011, as it has increased from 20 to 38 kilos per person, during the inauguration of the new plant of Gran Tres Arroyos Company in Pilar district, Buenos Aires province.

  • 01/03/2011 | Argentina

    CFK maintains mystery over reelection plans

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner raised doubts about her presidential reelection hopes during the inauguration speech of this year's ordinary congressional sessions, asking: “Did anybody hear me saying that I would seek reelection?”

  • 02/03/2011 | Argentina

    CFK announces financial compensation for Somisa workers

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced the government would financially compensate workers from the former state iron and steel factory Somisa and new plans to reactivate the area near the plant in San Nicolás city.

  • 21/03/2011 | Argentina

    CFK suspends flight to Salta due to failure in Control Tower

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had to postpone her visit to Salta province until next Monday due to the Control Tower failure.

  • 31/03/2011 | Argentina

    CFK met with President Václav Klaus, praised export growth

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner received Czech Republic President Václav Klaus today at the Government House for a meeting, and underlined the “growth Argentina has seen in its exports.”

  • 06/05/2011 | Argentina

    Duhalde relaunches his candidacy, accuses Gov't of 'being intolerant'

    Ex President Eduardo Duhalde relaunched his presidential candidacy at the Luna Park Stadium and blasted the government by accusing it of being “intolerant” and of being “anchored in the past.”

  • 10/05/2011 | Argentina

    Oil discovery 'represents 6% increase in local oil reserves,' Gov't assures

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the YPF energy company had made a large shale oil discovery in Neuquén province, a find that she considered to be of extreme importance, since “it will allow for us to maintain and further promote development” throughout the country. 

  • 22/05/2011 | Argentina

    ‘CFK will surely be running for president again,’ Reutemann says

    As the vote recount in the Santa Fe primaries continue, Peronist Senator Carlos Reutemann said that he is certain that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will be seeking reelection in the October presidential elections, and assured that her recent clash with the CGT umbrella union are “nothing but mere disagreements.” 

  • 31/05/2011 | Argentina

    CFK arrives in Rome for official two-day visit

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived to Rome today at 5.20PM local time (12.20PM Argentina), to head an official two-day visit in which commercial agreements will be closed. The President will meet with Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, and is also to attend the official celebrations for the Italian Unification’s 150th anniversary.

  • 04/06/2011 | Argentina

    CFK returns to BA after 3-day Italian visit

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returned to Buenos Aires after spending three days in Italy on an official visit that included various meetings with other heads of State, and participation in Italy’s Unification celebrations in Rome. The President arrived to the Military Base at Jorge Newbery Metropolitan airport at 8.03AM.

  • 07/06/2011 | Argentina

    CFK scolds media on Journalist's Day

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner congratulated the press on the anniversary of the founding of country’s first newspaper. During a speech referring to radars she gave at the Government House, Fernández de Kirchner said that it is necessary to create “a radar that detects media manipulation, but it would overheat.”

  • 25/06/2011 | Argentina

    CFK confirms Amado Boudou as running mate

    “It’s the man who will accompany me to face the people’s will,” President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured after she announced the current Economy Minister, Amado Boudou, as her running mate for October’s election.

  • 01/07/2011 | Argentina

    ‘Our macroeconomic variables are very good,’ Boudou says

    Economy Minister Amado Boudou rejected inflation criticism and assured that all of the macroeconomic variables of the country are “very good.” He also indicated that surplus and the accumulation of reserves “should maintain themselves with time.” The candidate to vice-president for the Victory Front bloc showed his “pride” to stand alongside President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in her run for re-election.

  • 05/07/2011 | Argentina

    CFK bans sex ads by decree

    By decree, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner banned all “adult services” sections published in the classified ads – known locally as “Rubro 59” – after considering it “a tool for promoting human trafficking.”

  • 23/07/2011 | Argentina

    CFK defends model, says 'it's not tail wind'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner headed a rally at the thermoelectric plant of 240 megawatts that is being build in Río Turbio and announced that the turbines have already arrived and defended the government’s economic model by stating that “it’s not magic or tail wind, but work and planification.”

  • 26/07/2011 | Argentina

    President unveils Evita mural at Social Development Ministry

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner headed the inauguration of a large portrait of Eva Perón, erected on a large iron structure, and remembered her as “an authentic cultural and historical icon for the Argentines.”

  • 28/07/2011 | Argentina

    Ollanta Humala sworn in as Peru's President

    Ollanta Humala was officially sworn in as the president of Peru today, taking over the reins of one of the world's fastest-growing economies as poor voters. Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was present at the ceremony Lima, after arriving to the city last night.

  • 14/08/2011 | Argentina

    'We need to come together, to create a united society' CFK

    Those were the words of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, in her first speech after discovering that she was the most-voted candidate in the primaries. She acknowledged the candidates from across the whole country and said, “Don't expect me to blast anyone tonight, that's not what I'm here for.”

  • 16/08/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't calls businessmen for a 'cultural change' to replace imports with nat'l production

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner defended the active policies and the measures applied so that the companies import less and insisted that they should invest in national production to boost the supply, while the State stimulates the demand.

  • 16/08/2011 | Argentina

    Duhalde confirms he will be running for president in October

    In a brief press conference, Unión Popular presidential candidate Eduardo Duhalde confirmed that he would run for president in the coming October presidential elections. “I will be running on behalf of that half of the Argentine population that disagrees with the Government,” he said.

  • 25/08/2011 | Argentina

    Gov't announces industry grew 7.6% in July

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the industrial output grew 7.3 percent in July and detailed that the volume of the Industrial Monthly Estimator (EMI) is compared to the same month last year.

  • 11/09/2011 | Argentina

    CFK travels to France to meet with Sarkozy

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner travelled to France accompanied by Foreign Minister, Héctor Timerman. The official visit will begin its planned activities on Monday. The President is to meet with her French pair, Nicolas Sarkozy, on Wednesday, news sources informed.

  • 21/09/2011 | Argentina

    President meets Piñera in last day in NY

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was invited to visit Chile during a meeting she held in New York City with her Chilean counterpart Sebastián Piñera, and said she will after the October 23 elections and before the end of her administration, according to Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman.

  • 26/09/2011 | Argentina

    'They come with same old medicine that already ruined us,' CFK bashes int'l lenders

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attended the opening ceremony of the inauguration of the Comahue-Cuyo 500 kilowatts power line network in Mendoza, and bashed international lenders and rate agencies.

  • 26/09/2011 | Argentina

    Poverty levels drop to 8.3%

    The Indec national statistics bureau confirmed that the poverty levels lowered in the first semester of the year, as President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had previously reported.

  • 04/10/2011 | Argentina

    CFK to announce 2020 Industrial Plan

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is to announce today, the objectives and strategies selected for the 2020 Industrial Plan, from Venado Tuerto in Santa Fe province.

  • 09/07/2011 | Argentina

    CFK inaugurates new terminal of Ezeiza Airport

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner blasted the members of the opposition and assured that “there are some who believe that the administration of a country is like the administration of a company.”

  • 14/10/2011 | Argentina

    CFK cancels activities on death of Alicia Kirchner's partner

    The Secretary General to the President informed that Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had suspended her activities, which included a visit to the Coninagro agricultural centre, on discovering the news of Elvio Macchi’s death, partner of Social Development Minister, Alicia Kirchner.

  • 17/10/2011 | Argentina

    CFK calls for 'consolidating dialogue' during meeting with farming leaders

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and Agriculture Minister, Julián Domínguez, met with the head of the Coninagro Agricultural Centre, Carlos Garetto.

  • 17/10/2011 | Argentina

    'I only ask that we're all loyal to Argentina and all Argentines,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured during a rally to celebrate the 60 anniversary of the creation of public television that “the greatest challenge is in intellectual means to achieve thinking more and better, correcting what’s bad and recognizing what’s wrong.”

  • 18/10/2011 | Argentina

    Biolcati praises CFK's approach to farm sector

    Argentine Rural Society’s head, Hugo Biolcati, praised the visit President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner made to Coninagro farmers’ federation, but emphasized that “claims from our sector will keep coming and the government should listen to them.”

  • 19/10/2011 | Argentina

    Macri pledges to support CFK if she's reelected

    Buenos Aires City Mayor, Mauricio Macri, kept sending signs of conciliation to the national government as the business tycoon assured that if President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is reelected on Sunday, “she will count with the entire support of the City government.”

  • 22/10/2011 | Argentina

    CFK reelected in landslide victory with 54% of the vote, regains majority in Congress

    Argentina's president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, won a landslide re-election with over 98.25 percent of polling stations tallied, the President obtained 53.96 percent of the vote with a massive lead of 36 percentage points over her nearest rival, socialist candidate Hermes Binner. Thus, the Victory Front party will regain a working majority in both houses of Congress.

  • 23/10/2011 | Argentina

    Randazzo: 'It's the most successful election since the return to democracy'

    Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo stated that today marked ‘the most successful election since the return to democracy,” which he put down to the political reform put in place by the President which “enable a greater democracy”.

  • 23/10/2011 | Argentina

    Alfonsín settles for third place in presidential elections

    Union for Social Development’s presidential candidate Ricardo Alfonsin acknowledged his defeat and congratulated President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for her victory in the elections and vowed to return "in full force."

  • 23/10/2011 | Argentina

    World media reacts to news of CFK's landslide win

    News sites across the globe reacted to the news of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s landslide victory, with which she will begin a second term until 2015. Opinions on the news of the head of State’s reelection were varied, with some attributing her win to the country’s economic recovery, while others focused on her widowhood gaining her votes.

  • 24/10/2011 | Argentina

    Aníbal Fernández: 'People understood Argentina couldn’t be in improvised hands'

    Cabinet Chief and Senator-elect Aníbal Fernández celebrated the overwhelming victory of the Victory Front in the general elections and considered that “people understood that Argentina could not be left in improvised hands.”

  • 24/10/2011 | Argentina

    Pérez assures Mendoza will work 'side by side' with the Gov't

    Mendoza province’ Governor-elect, Kirchnerite Francisco “Paco” Pérez, committed to work “side by side” with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “to trigger the growth of the province and the whole region.”

  • 26/10/2011 | Argentina

    One year on: Images from the Kirchner era

    A chronology in pictures from 2003 to 2010, from his unexpected rise to power to his emotional farewell funeral.

  • 03/11/2011 | Argentina

    Obama praises CFK while greeting Sarkozy

    Prior to the lunch inaugurating the G20 summit in Cannes, during an informal chat, US President Barack Obama, recommended that his French counterpart, Nicolas Sarkozy, follow the example set by Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was re-elected in a landslide win just ten days ago.

  • 26/10/2011 | World

    Iran’s Ahmadinejad congratulates CFK, seeks to improve relatonship

    Iran’s President, Mahmud Ahmadinejad, sent his regards to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for last Sunday’s reelection, and insisted on his desire to improve the relationship with Argentina.

  • 22/07/2011 | World

    Women strip to bras to back Putin return as president

    About 20 young women stripped to their bras in central Moscow to show their support for Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to return as Russia's president.

  • 04/02/2011 | World

    Italian president rejects Berlusconi's tax decree

    Italian President Giorgio Napolitano refused to sign a key government decree to increase the taxation powers of local authorities, dealing a blow to embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

  • 08/07/2011 | World

    Former US first lady Betty Ford dies, age 93

    Betty Ford, the wife of the late President Gerald Ford, who overcame alcohol and prescription drug addictions and helped found a rehabilitation clinic that bears her name, died at the age of 93.

  • 18/06/2011 | World

    Former Zambian President Frederick Chiluba dies, aged 68

    Frederick Chiluba, Zambia's first democratically elected president who fought off corruption charges after standing down, has died aged 68, a government spokesman said today.

  • 31/03/2011 | World

    Portugal to hold snap general election June 5

    Portugal's president dissolved parliament and set a snap general election for June 5, warning the next government faced an "unprecedented economic crisis."

  • 02/04/2011 | World

    Obama likely to announce re-election bid next week

    US President Barack Obama is likely to announce plans next week to run for re-election and file campaign papers with the Federal Election Commission as early as Monday, a Democratic official said.

  • 23/04/2011 | World

    Ex-Sony chairman Norio Ohga dies, aged 81

    Former Sony President and Chairman Norio Ohga, who gave up a career as an opera singer to join the fledgling consumer electronics maker in the 1950s and later led its expansion into movies and video games, died on Saturday, the company said. He was 81.

  • 25/03/2011 | World

    Portuguese parties want early election in May

    Portugal's political leaders urged the president to call a snap election in late May or early June after the Socialist prime minister's resignation, rejecting the option of a coalition cabinet.

  • 20/03/2011 | World

    Haitians vote for president to lead reconstruction

    Haitians voted to elect a president for their poverty-stricken and earthquake-scarred country, choosing between an extrovert singer and a former first lady in a scrappy run-off ballot.

  • 10/02/2011 | World

    Obama calls Mubarak's latest move insufficient

    US President Barack Obama said Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's statement that he would hand over power to his vice president was not enough to meet the demands of protesters clamouring for democratic change.

  • 12/02/2011 | World

    Nigeria presidential rally ends in deadly stampede

    At least 11 people were trampled to death in a stampede at an election campaign rally for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt.

  • 26/01/2011 | World

    Tunisia seeks arrest of ousted president

    Tunisia wants to have ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his family arrested and put on trial for theft and currency offences, the justice minister said.

  • 29/01/2011 | World

    Mubarak names deputy as protesters defy curfew

    Egypt's president gave the first indication on Saturday he was preparing an eventual handover of power by naming a vice-president for the first time in 30 years after protests that have rocked the foundations of the state.

  • 01/02/2011 | World

    Mubarak says will not run for presidency again

  • 22/01/2011 | World

    Tunisia's PM pledges to step aside after vote

    Tunisia's interim prime minister promised to quit politics after elections, a pledge intended to appease protesters demanding remnants of the old guard leave a unity coalition formed after the overthrow of the president.

  • 22/01/2011 | World

    Street pressure mounts on Tunisia PM to go

    Protesters who overthrew Tunisia's president took to the streets again on Saturday to accuse his lieutenants of clinging to power and to demand new leaders now.

  • 21/01/2013 | World

    Obama looks 'to finish what we started' in second term

  • 01/02/2013 | World

    Bush family mourns loss of Barney the dog

    Harry Truman once said if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. George W. Bush had one, a Scottish terrier named Barney, and Bush announced today that Barney had died.

  • 14/01/2013 | World

    Former President George H.W. Bush leaves hospital

    Former US President George H.W. Bush was released from a Houston hospital today after more than seven weeks of treatment for bronchitis and related ailments, according to a statement issued by a family spokesman.

  • 02/01/2013 | World

    Nelson Mandela's recovery 'on track', says S. African gov't

    Former South African President Nelson Mandela's recovery is 'on track' at his home in Johannesburg, the government said today in its first statement since the anti-apartheid hero was released from hospital a week ago.

  • 05/01/2013 | World

    Assad to make rare speech as Syrian rebels draw nearer

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will deliver a rare speech on Sunday about the uprising against his rule, which has killed 60,000 people and brought civil war to the edge of his capital.

  • 29/12/2012 | World

    Former President George H.W. Bush moved out of intensive care

    Former President George H.W. Bush's condition has improved enough for him to be moved out of the intensive care unit and into a regular room at the Houston hospital where he was admitted more than a month ago, a spokesman said.

  • 18/12/2012 | World

    Iraqi president in hospital after suffering stroke

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd who has mediated among Shi'ite, Sunni and Kurdish parties, was in hospital today after suffering a stroke that left him in "critical but stable condition", government officials and lawmakers said.

  • 20/12/2012 | World

    Iraq president arrives in Germany for treatment

    Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has arrived in Germany for medical treatment, the German government confirmed today, after he suffered a stroke earlier in the week.

  • 25/12/2012 | World

    Egypt approves new constitution drafted by Mursi allies

    Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved a constitution drafted by President Mohamed Mursi's allies, results announced today showed, proving that liberals, leftists and Christians have been powerless to halt the march of Islamists in power.

  • 26/12/2012 | World

    Mandela discharged from hospital

    Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital, ending a nearly three-week stay during which he was treated for a lung infection and had surgery to remove gallstones, the government said today.

  • 15/12/2012 | World

    Syria opposition forms body to preserve state institutions

    Syrian government defectors and opposition figures formed a body today that would step in to prevent the collapse of state institutions if President Bashar al-Assad is overthrown.

  • 23/11/2012 | World

    Protests after Mursi assumes powers in Egypt

    Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi's decision to assume sweeping powers caused fury amongst his opponents and prompted violent clashes in central Cairo and other cities today.

  • 15/12/2012 | World

    Nelson Mandela recovering after gallstone operation

    Nelson Mandela, the 94-year-old former South African president and Nobel Peace laureate hospitalised with a lung infection, has successfully undergone a procedure to have gall stones removed, the South African government said today.

  • 14/12/2012 | World

    'Obama remains committed to trying to renew a ban on assault weapons'

    President Barack Obama has been notified about the "tragic" shooting incident at an elementary school in Connecticut and will receive regular updates throughout the day, the White House said.

  • 11/12/2012 | World

    Yale names new toothy dinosaur Obamadon after smiling president

    Researchers at Yale University have named a newly discovered dinosaur 'Obamadon gracilis' in honor of the 44th president's toothy grin.

  • 10/12/2012 | World

    US 'fiscal cliff' talks fail to reach common ground

    The White House and House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner's office held more negotiations today on ways to break the "fiscal cliff" stalemate, although neither side showed any public signs that they were ready to give ground.

  • 07/11/2012 | World

    Fitch threatens to downgrade Obama's US

    In the midst of the honeymoon of the reelection of US President Barack Obama, Fitch Ratings agency called the newly appointed head of state to quickly "secure agreement on avoiding the 'fiscal cliff' and raising the debt ceiling," to retain its "AAA" status.

  • 29/11/2012 | World

    Former US President George H. W. Bush hospitalized

    Former US President George H.W. Bush is being treated at Methodist Hospital in Houston, hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Asin said today.

  • 29/11/2012 | World

    Obama hosts election rival, Romney, for lunch

    Republican Mitt Romney fell short in his White House bid but he got a consolation prize of sorts today as US President Barack Obama had him over for lunch in an attempt to display some political harmony in the bitterly divided capital.

  • 06/11/2012 | World

    Barack Obama re-elected

  • 22/10/2012 | World

    Obama, Romney clash over foreign policy in last debate

    US President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney clashed over US military strength and how to deal with crises in the Middle East in a third and final debate as polls showed them in deadlock two weeks before the Nov. 6 election.

  • 30/10/2012 | World

    Obama, Romney put aside campaign for storm relief - for now

    US President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney briefly put aside their fierce battle for the White House, as they avoided politics to focus on relief efforts after mammoth storm Sandy left millions of citizens struggling to recover.

  • 31/10/2012 | World

    Red State: Obama campaign's efforts to reclaim Florida

    By Adrian Bono, special correspondent in Miami.

  • 24/10/2012 | World

    Obama offers a glimpse of his second-term priorities

    US President Barack Obama predicted passage of immigration reform and a deficit-reduction deal, offering a fresh glimpse of his second-term agenda as he fights for votes in the final stretch of the tight race for the White House.

  • 25/10/2012 | World

    Fighting near Damascus ahead of truce deadline

    President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tank and rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb today, killing five people, opposition activists said, a day before a UN-brokered ceasefire is due to come into force.

  • 16/10/2012 | World

    Obama gets tough on Romney in debate rematch

    US President Barack Obama and Republican rival Mitt Romney clashed repeatedly on jobs, energy and Libya in their second debate, with Obama moving aggressively to challenge his opponent.

  • 12/10/2012 | World

    Fiery Biden sets stage for Obama recovery attempt

    Joe Biden's spirited performance in the vice presidential debate had Republicans criticizing him for snide grins and a comment on Libya, but it set the stage for President Barack Obama to try to regain his footing during a rematch with challenger Mitt Romney next Tuesday.

  • 15/10/2012 | World

    Romney raised $170 million in September, trails Obama

    US Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney and his allies raised $170.5 million in September, the campaign said, falling just short of the 2012 fundraising record set last month by Democratic rival President Barack Obama.

  • 26/09/2012 | World

    Kelpers deem CFK's speech at UN as 'hypocrisy'

    Malvinas Islands British Government deemed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's speech at the UN General Assembly as "hypocrisy."

  • 03/10/2012 | World

    Obama and Romney battle over economy at debate

    Mitt Romney accused US President Barack Obama on Wednesday of promoting "trickle-down government" policies that are burdening the US economy, as the Republican candidate sought to use a high-stakes debate to right his struggling campaign before the Nov. 6 presidential election.

  • 25/09/2012 | World

    Protesters demonstrate in front of CFK's hotel in NY

    Over a hundred protesters demonstrated in front of the hotel where President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is staying at in New York, holding similar signs to the ones seen at the September 13 pot-banging protest.

  • 03/06/2012 | World

    Egyptians threaten more protests after Mubarak verdict

    Egyptians demonstrated throughout the night in Cairo's central Tahrir Square and other cities, enraged that a court had spared deposed leader Hosni Mubarak his life over the killing of protesters in the uprising that ended his three-decade rule.

  • 24/09/2012 | World

    'Those who say the presidential race is over are completely wrong'

    By Adrián Bono
    In an interview with the BuenosAiresHerald.com, former John Mc Cain presidential campaign manager and Republican strategist Steve Schmidt says that despite a recent series of faux pas in the Romney camp, the presidential race is far from over.

  • 27/08/2012 | World

    Romania parliament clears president's return to office

    Romania's parliament recognized a court decision that country's suspended president should return to office, drawing a line under a political row that has brought criticism from the European Union and punishment from financial markets.

  • 01/09/2012 | World

    Angola's Dos Santos secures big election win

    Angola's long-serving President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his MPLA party scored a landslide win today in an election criticised as one-sided and not credible by opponents and civil society activists, according to provisional results.

  • 03/09/2012 | World

    Obama, on eve of convention, tours storm-hit Louisiana

    US President Barack Obama visited Louisiana for a first-hand look at the damage from Hurricane Isaac, seeking to show his administration was on top of the relief effort on the eve of his Democrats' national convention in North Carolina.

  • 06/09/2012 | World

    Obama unites hope with realism in pitch for re-election

    US President Barack Obama asked US citizens for patience in rebuilding the weak economy as he appealed for a new term in office and defiantly rejected Republican Mitt Romney's proposals to restore growth.

  • 10/08/2012 | World

    At Ramadan dinner, Obama calls Clinton aide a 'patriot'

    US President Barack Obama called Huma Abedin, a top aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, an "American patriot" after a group of Republican lawmakers accused her of having ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist political organization.

  • 12/08/2012 | World

    Breaking free, Egypt's President Mursi removes generals

    Egypt's Islamist President Mohamed Mursi dismissed Cairo's two top generals and quashed a military order that had curbed the new leader's powers, in a move that further stamped his authority on the country and its army.

  • 13/08/2012 | World

    First woman to moderate US presidential debate in 20 years

    CNN's Candy Crowley will become the first woman in 20 years to moderate a US presidential debate when she questions US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney in October.

  • 14/08/2012 | World

    Egypt president sweeps out army rulers

    Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has driven back the biggest challenge to civilian rule by dismissing top generals and tearing up their legal attempt to curb his power in a bold bid to end 60 years of military leadership.

  • 14/08/2012 | World

    Romney, Obama in rare battle over energy policy

    Republican Mitt Romney vowed to step up coal production and US President Barack Obama mocked him for opposing a windmill tax credit, in a rare debate over energy policy on the campaign trail.

  • 20/08/2012 | World

    Obama takes aim at Republicans in surprise press conference

    US President Barack Obama slammed Republicans over taxes and women's rights in a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room that was meant to undercut his rivals on what was already a bad news day for them.

  • 20/08/2012 | World

    US sends al-Assad invasion warning

    US forces could move against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, President Barack Obama warned, notably if he deploys his chemical weapons against rebels trying to overthrow him.

  • 07/08/2012 | World

    Romney opens attack on Obama over welfare law

    US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney opened a new line of attack on President Barack Obama for waiving parts of a landmark welfare-to-work law, but Obama's team argued Romney had backed a similar move as Massachusetts governor.

  • 09/08/2012 | World

    Syria's Assad replaces PM, Aleppo battles rage

    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad appointed Health Minister Wael al-Halki as prime minister today, after the defection earlier this week of Prime Minister Riyad Hijab. Meanwhile, Syrian forces continued to pound rebels today in a strategic district of Aleppo.

  • 08/07/2012 | World

    Egypt president recalls parliament, generals meet

    Egypt's new president ordered a parliament dominated by his Islamist party to reconvene, challenging the authority of the generals who had dissolved the assembly in line with a court order.

  • 13/07/2012 | World

    Romney demands Obama apology over Bain attacks

    US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney demanded President Barack Obama apologize for his campaign's assault over Romney's time at a private equity firm that outsourced US jobs, as he tried to recover from a week-long pounding on the issue.

  • 24/07/2012 | World

    Ghana President Mills dies, VP replaces him

    Ghana's President John Atta Mills, who won international praise for presiding over a stable model democracy in Africa, died suddenly today and his vice-president was quickly sworn in to replace him at the helm of the oil, gold and cocoa producer.

  • 24/07/2012 | World

    Romney accuses Obama of weakness abroad, leaks

    Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama of weakness in the face of US adversaries and promised he would be firm against Iran and China as he prepares to head overseas to boost his foreign policy credentials.

  • 26/07/2012 | World

    Syrian forces pound Aleppo and Damascus

    Damascus and Syria's second biggest city, Aleppo, came under shell fire today as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stepped up efforts to crush rebels threatening the government's two main power centres.

  • 30/07/2012 | World

    Italy president urges speedy electoral reform

    Italian President Giorgio Napolitano told political parties to make faster progress to reform the electoral law and expressed concern over speculation that there may be an early general election.

  • 01/08/2012 | World

    US House approves new Iran sanctions on oil, shipping sectors

    The US House of Representatives passed a new package of sanctions against Iran that aim to punish banks, insurance companies and shippers that help Tehran sell its oil.

  • 30/06/2012 | World

    Egypt's first Islamist president takes oath

    Egypt's first Islamist president, Mohamed Mursi, was sworn in today propelling his Muslim Brotherhood into power after 84 years of struggle, although the military remains determined to call the shots.

  • 23/06/2012 | World

    Egyptians find out their next president on Sunday

    Egyptians find out on Sunday whether their next president will be a former military officer or an Islamist from the army's old adversary, the Muslim Brotherhood, after a long week's wait since a vote to pick a successor to the deposed Hosni Mubarak.

  • 29/05/2012 | World

    French unions put pressure on Hollande to avoid job cuts

    French unions pressed President Francois Hollande to prove his job-saving mettle by handing his Socialist cabinet a list of looming company shutdowns that are threatening tens of thousands of jobs at the start of labor talks.

  • 29/05/2012 | World

    Obama honors Dylan, Morrison for 'incredible impact'

    US President Barack Obama gave the United States' top civilian honor to musician Bob Dylan, novelist Toni Morrison and 11 other people he said have had an "incredible impact" on society through their words and actions.

  • 29/05/2012 | World

    Romney clinches US Republican presidential nomination

    Mitt Romney clinched the US Republican presidential nomination with a resounding victory in Texas and now faces a five-month sprint to convince voters to trust him over Democratic President Barack Obama in the Nov. 6 election.

  • 07/05/2012 | World

    Sarkozy seeks party unity after French defeat

    Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged his divided conservative UMP party to pull together quickly after his election defeat to fight off a double challenge from the left and far-right in parliamentary polls next month.

  • 24/05/2012 | World

    Egypt counts votes, Brotherhood says ahead

    The Muslim Brotherhood said its candidate was leading the early count in Egypt's first free presidential election that exposed a rift in the nation between supporters of Islamists and backers of men who served deposed autocrat Hosni Mubarak.

  • 14/05/2012 | World

    Hollande to be sworn in as new French president

    Francois Hollande will be sworn in as France's first Socialist president in 17 years in a hurried ceremony on Tuesday before a dash to Berlin to challenge German Chancellor Angela Merkel's focus on austerity policies.

  • 15/05/2012 | World

    Merkel says Germany, France to work closely on growth

    New French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences over how to boost growth in recession-plagued Europe, but pledged to work together on a joint approach in time for a summit next month.

  • 27/04/2012 | World

    Romney keeps focus on economy despite Obama attacks

    White House candidate Mitt Romney kept his focus on attacking President Barack Obama's handling of the economy, in the face of Democrats' attempts to paint the Republican hopeful as weak on national security.

  • 08/04/2012 | World

    Mali's president resigns, neighbours discuss north

    Mali's President Amadou Toumani Toure resigned on Sunday, paving the way for the soldiers who ousted him in a coup to stick by a deal to restore civilian rule and hand power to the president of the National Assembly.

  • 16/04/2012 | World

    YPF: Spain says Argentina's decision is 'discriminatory, arbitrary'

    The Spanish government condemned Argentina’s announcement over the expropriation of YPF, calling it a “discriminatory” and “arbitrary” decision, and stated that it will adopt any measures deemed necessary to defend the interests of Repsol and every other Spanish company.

  • 02/04/2012 | World

    Romney eyes primary knockout, Obama fight looms

    As Mitt Romney sought to land a knockout blow against Rick Santorum in the race for the Republican US presidential nomination, the difficulty of a general election matchup against US Democratic President Barack Obama became clearer.

  • 02/04/2012 | World

    Hungarian president quits after plagiarism row

    Hungary's President Pal Schmitt resigned after a plagiarism scandal, eliminating a potential distraction to his allies in the government as they try to win funding from international lenders.

  • 07/04/2012 | World

    Malawi VP Banda takes over after Mutharika death

    Malawian Vice-President Joyce Banda took over the running of the southern African nation on Saturday after the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika, and fears of a succession struggle receded as state institutions backed the constitutional handover.

  • 20/04/2012 | World

    French election rivals in final race for workers

    Socialist presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande appealed to French voters to throw out conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and shun the far right in a final push for working-class votes before Sunday's first round of the election.

  • 20/04/2012 | World

    South African President Zuma marries for sixth time

    South Africa's polygamous President Jacob Zuma married for the sixth time, taking his long-time girlfriend Bongi Ngema as his newest bride and fourth current wife in a private ceremony at his rural home.

  • 21/04/2012 | World

    French voters protest in Paris on eve of election

    French voters voiced disillusionment on Saturday at a campaign that many said ignored the country's real problems, on the eve of a first-round vote expected to send President Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist rival Francois Hollande to a runoff next month.

  • 23/04/2012 | World

    Rubio campaigns with Romney, raising VP speculation

    US Popular Florida Senator Marco Rubio campaigned with Mitt Romney, increasing speculation that the conservative Cuban-American might be high on the Republican presidential front-runner's list of potential vice presidential running mates.

  • 24/04/2012 | World

    Hollande: ‘Merkel ran Europe along with Sarkozy and we can see the results’

    French presidential candidate for the Socialist bloc François Hollande defended his intention to “re-guide” Europe by criticizing the results of the vision applied until now by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and current French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

  • 25/04/2012 | World

    Gingrich to quit White House race after stormy bid

    Newt Gingrich is quitting the US Republican presidential contest after a tumultuous campaign that saw him go from longshot to front-runner and back again, a campaign official said.

  • 23/03/2012 | World

    Obama gets personal over killing of black Florida teenager

    US President Barack Obama weighed into the controversial killing of a black teenager in Florida in very personal terms, comparing the boy to a son he doesn't have and calling for US "soul searching" over how the incident occurred.

  • 26/03/2012 | World

    Tibetan sets himself on fire in India before China's Hu visit

    A Tibetan man set himself on fire in New Delhi at a protest against a visit by Chinese president Hu Jintao, who is due to arrive in India later this week for a summit meeting.

  • 01/03/2012 | World

    Ann Romney adds personal touch to Mitt's campaign

    Ann Romney gets it. She is aware that her husband, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, has an image problem. Critics say he often seems stiff and reserved on the campaign trail, and has difficulty connecting with voters.

  • 05/03/2012 | World

    Romney, Santorum hunt for Super Tuesday votes in Ohio

    Rivals Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum made their final pitch for support in the vital battleground state of Ohio, the day before 10 states hold Super Tuesday nominating contests that could be pivotal in an unpredictable Republican presidential race.

  • 08/03/2012 | World

    Obama campaign makes election pitch with Hollywood-style film

    US President Barack Obama's campaign is putting a cinematic finish on its re-election pitch with a new documentary about the Democratic president's first three years in the White House.

  • 12/03/2012 | World

    Sarkozy blasts accusation he took money from Gaddafi

    France's Nicolas Sarkozy angrily denied receiving money from deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his first presidential run in 2007, as one news website reported earlier in the day.

  • 28/02/2012 | World

    Day of reckoning for Romney as Michigan votes

    US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused rival Rick Santorum of trying to "kidnap" Michigan's Republican presidential contest as he faced the possibility of a humiliating defeat in the Rust Belt state where he grew up.

  • 23/02/2012 | World

    Obama hits back at Republican criticism of high gas prices

    US President Barack Obama hit back at election-year Republican criticism of his energy policy, offering a staunch defence of his attempts to wean US citizens off foreign oil and saying there was no 'silver bullet' for high gas prices.

  • 02/02/2012 | World

    Romney plays Trump card in Las Vegas

    Real estate mogul Donald Trump re-injected himself and his wealth into the Republican presidential race by endorsing Mitt Romney, a day after the front-runner stumbled with remarks suggesting he was indifferent to US' poor.

  • 17/02/2012 | World

    German president resigns in blow to Merkel

    In a curt five-minute statement at the Bellevue presidential palace, Christian Wulff said he had lost the trust of the German people, making it impossible to continue in a role that is meant to serve as a moral compass for the nation.

  • 19/02/2012 | World

    Merkel backs opposition's choice for president

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel bowed to pressure on Sunday and agreed to back popular opposition candidate Joachim Gauck to become president, averting a political fight that might have distracted her government from solving the euro zone crisis.

  • 27/12/2011 | World

    Obama to nominate economist, banker, as Fed governors

    US President Barack Obama will nominate Harvard economist Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell, an investment banker and former Treasury official, to the two empty seats on the Federal Reserve's policy-setting board of governors.

  • 31/12/2011 | World

    Sarkozy vows reforms in austere New Year's speech

    French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged in a grave New Year's message to find ways to pull the economy out of stagnation in the four months left before a presidential election and vowed no further public spending cuts.

  • 04/01/2012 | World

    Obama defies Republicans with consumer agency pick

    A defiant President Barack Obama said he will bypass Congress and install Richard Cordray as head of the country's new consumer financial watchdog, escalating an election-year fight with Republicans, who questioned the legality of the move.

  • 09/01/2012 | World

    Clinton calls CFK, says 'relieved' after surgery result

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to communicate her “relief” after the result of the positive result of the surgical intervention she underwent last week due to the presence of nodules in the thyroid glands.

  • 06/12/2011 | World

    Obama says US to stand up for gay rights abroad

    President Barack Obama told US diplomats and foreign aid workers to do more to advance gay rights abroad, a move that promotes US human rights policy and appeals to a key Democratic constituency at home.

  • 12/11/2011 | Latin America

    Piñera aims for 'strong agreement' over education in Chile

    Chile’s President, Sebastián Piñera, expressed his hopes to be able to achieve a “strong agreement” this month over education, despite the fact that the relationship between the Chilean Government and students has been rocky, following six months of tension-filled protests in the country's capital.

  • 22/02/2012 | Latin America

    Chávez surgery rocks Venezuela ahead of election

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's imminent departure for more cancer surgery in Cuba has thrown his re-election campaign into uncertainty and once again shaken the socialist leader's passionate supporters.

  • 29/01/2012 | Latin America

    'Mercosur lacks institutional warranties,' Uruguay’s Mujica

    Uruguay's President José Mujica told reporters that the Mercosur bloc is "stuck" and has no natural institutional operation to push other countries to express their willingness to enter it.

  • 26/03/2012 | Latin America

    Colombian troops kill 35 rebels in new blow to FARC

    Colombian troops killed 35 leftist FARC rebels in a remote jungle region, President Juan Manuel Santos said, the second blow to the drug-funded group in less than a week.

  • 26/04/2012 | Latin America

    Chile proposes tax reform to fund education overhaul

    Chile's government proposed a sweeping tax reform that raises levies on companies to help fund an education overhaul, as it seeks to quell social protests ahead of local elections seen as a litmus test for the 2013 presidential race.

  • 08/04/2012 | Latin America

    Venezuela's Chávez lands in Cuba for treatment

    Venezuelan President Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías returned to Cuba on Easter Sunday for a third round of radiation therapy.

  • 18/04/2012 | Latin America

    Haiti's Martelly recovering from lung blood clot

    Haitian President Michel Martelly is in stable condition at a Miami hospital where he is recovering from a blood clot in his lung caused by recent shoulder surgery, the Haitian government said.

  • 18/05/2012 | Latin America

    Chávez breaks silence with phone call

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ended a weeklong silence after his latest cancer treatment with a call to state television, singing a folk song and vowing to deepen his self-styled socialist "revolution."

  • 13/03/2012 | Latin America

    Wife of ousted Honduran leader to run for president

    The left-wing party of ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya named his wife as its presidential candidate in elections next year.

  • 07/05/2012 | Latin America

    Chávez breaks silence, says governing Venezuela

    President Hugo Chávez broke a week-long silence to deny he had left Venezuela rudderless during his cancer treatment in Cuba and to promise a resounding re-election win in October.

  • 02/06/2012 | Latin America

    Chávez reappears in public

    President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez, who is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, made his first public appearance before the press today since April, after meeting with a part of the Belarus government.

  • 22/06/2012 | Latin America

    Federico Franco sworn-in as new Paraguayan president

    Paraguayan vice-president Federico Franco was sworn-in as president following Fernando Lugo’s impeachment, which was voted by the Senate by 39 votes in favour this afternoon.

  • 25/06/2012 | Latin America

    Lugo summons former cabinet for 'democracy restoration'

    Paraguay’s ousted President Fernando Lugo summoned at least ten former ministers for a meeting called “A cabinet for democracy restoration” to be held hours before Vice-President Federico Franco takes oath as the new Head of State.

  • 25/06/2012 | Latin America

    'I want to attend Mercosur's summit to explain what happened,' Lugo

    Paraguay’s ousted President Fernando Lugo confirmed today his intentions to attend this Friday’s Mercosur summit in Mendoza “to explain what has happened last ‘black’ Friday in my country”, in reference to the express impeachment process that swept him out of power.

  • 09/06/2012 | Latin America

    Humala begins Europe visit

    Peru's president Ollanta Humala, travelled to Europe today, where he will stay for the total of one week and visit Switzerland, France and Germany.

  • 09/06/2012 | Latin America

    Chavez says tests show him in good health

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said today medical tests following his cancer treatment show he is in good health, but provided few additional details about an illness that has become an obsession in the OPEC nation.

  • 30/06/2012 | Latin America

    Mexicans to elect new president, PRI candidate favourite

    As Mexicans go to the polls today, Calderón finds his legacy battered, his PAN ruling party unpopular and its standard bearer trailing in third place far behind PRI frontrunner Enrique Peña Nieto.

  • 17/07/2012 | Latin America

    Peru's Humala sounds out replacements for prime minister

    President Ollanta Humala has begun sounding out replacements for his prime minister as part of a widely expected Cabinet shuffle designed to calm a wave of violent anti-mining protests in the world's No. 2 copper producer.

  • 08/07/2012 | Latin America

    Mexican electoral officials confirm Pena Nieto win

    Enrique Pena Nieto won Mexico's July 1 presidential election by 3.3 million ballots, or almost 7 percentage points, although allegations of excessive campaign spending and voter fraud could be reviewed by the electoral tribunal, officials said.

  • 09/08/2012 | Latin America

    Uruguay wants to grow, sell marijuana to cut drug-related crime

    Uruguay's government has sent a bill to Congress that would allow the state to grow and sell marijuana, a move that President Jose Mujica says will cut crime associated with illegal drug trafficking.

  • 23/08/2012 | Latin America

    Colombia's president replaces finance minister

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced he replaced his finance minister, in a move that surprised financial markets, and named current Energy Minister Mauricio Cardenas to take over running Latin America's fourth-largest economy.

  • 31/08/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico electoral tribunal confirms Peña Nieto as president-elect

    Mexico's electoral tribunal officially named centrist Enrique Peña Nieto as president-elect on Friday, ending a drawn-out dispute over the results of the July election.

  • 31/08/2012 | Latin America

    Mujica calls for 'shrewdness' to ease impact of Argentina's protectionism

    Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica ratified his decision to avoid conflicts with Argentina despite its "brutal protectionist" measures, and said they should face them with "shrewdness."

  • 01/09/2012 | Latin America

    Mexico's Calderon makes new push for reform of labour laws

    Mexican President Felipe Calderon sent a new proposal to liberalize the country's antiquated labor laws to lawmakers today as he seeks to fast-track the legislation before leaving office at the end of November.

  • 22/09/2012 | Latin America

    Seven mutilated, burnt bodies found in western Mexico

    Seven decapitated bodies that had been chopped into pieces and burnt were left on a highway in western Mexico today in an apparent drug gang killing, the government said.

  • 22/09/2012 | Latin America

    Venezuela's Capriles mocks Chávez's pledges at rally

    Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate Henrique Capriles spoke at a rally today, mocking President Hugo Chavez's grandiose campaign pledges two weeks before the election, and vowed to fix voters' daily problems if he wins.

  • 05/10/2012 | Latin America

    Colombian president to leave hospital on Saturday

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos will be released from the hospital on Saturday following surgery for prostate cancer that has not spread beyond the gland, his medical team said.

  • 06/10/2012 | Latin America

    Colombian president leaves hospital after cancer surgery

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was released from a hospital today and said he was "totally cured" after successful surgery for prostate cancer that had not spread beyond the gland.

  • 05/11/2012 | Latin America

    Presidential hopefuls exit in Chile cabinet shuffle

    Chilean President Sebastian Piñera shuffled his cabinet today to allow ministers with presidential aspirations to leave, as his embattled conservative coalition seeks support before presidential elections in November 2013.

  • 22/11/2012 | Latin America

    Mexican president wants to change his country's name...to Mexico

    Mexican President Felipe Calderón has one non-urgent item pending on his agenda in the dying days of his presidency - he wants to change his country's name.

  • 07/12/2012 | Latin America

    CFK holds bilateral meeting with Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner held a bilateral meeting with her Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff, after participating in the Mercosur Summit held this morning in Brasilia.

  • 14/12/2012 | Latin America

    Venezuela's Chávez in satisfactory condition

    Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez is recovering "satisfactorily" from his cancer surgery in Cuba although the process remains slow, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said today.

  • 12/12/2012 | Latin America

    Venezuela's Chávez 'in stable condition' after operation

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is in stable condition after his cancer operation in Cuba, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said today.

  • 28/12/2012 | Latin America

    Colombian president has urinary infection, at no risk

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who underwent cancer surgery in October, is suffering from a urinary infection but there is no risk to his overall health, his office said today.

  • 01/01/2013 | Latin America

    Venezuelan VP says Chávez 'absolutely aware of his situation'

    Venezuelan Vice-President Nicolás Maduro stated during an interview that President Hugo Chávez is "aware of the complex situation he is going through," and blasted the press over the rumours about of his condition.

  • 09/01/2013 | Latin America

    Venezuela court endorses Chávez inauguration delay

    Venezuela's top court endorsed the postponement of Hugo Chavez's inauguration this week and ruled that the cancer-stricken president remained the South American OPEC nation's leader.

  • 04/01/2013 | Latin America

    Chávez swearing-in can be delayed, Venezuelan VP says

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez's formal swearing-in for a new six-year term scheduled for Jan. 10 can be postponed if he is unable to attend due to his struggle to recover from cancer surgery, his vice-president said today.

  • 15/01/2013 | Latin America

    Maduro stands in for Venezuela's ailing Chávez in key speech

    Venezuelan Vice President Nicolás Maduro gave a brief state of the nation address today in place of his ailing boss, Hugo Chávez, who has not been seen in public since going to Cuba for cancer surgery more than a month ago.

  • 16/01/2013 | Latin America

    'Talk to us,' Venezuela's Capriles urges Chávez

    Venezuela's opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, called today for a proof of life from ailing President Hugo Chávez who has not been seen since cancer surgery in Cuba five weeks ago.

  • 18/01/2013 | Latin America

    Mexico's Peña Nieto to launch drive to end hunger

    Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto unveils his plans to eradicate extreme poverty on Monday, a blight affecting more than 10 percent of the population in Latin America's second biggest economy.

  • 21/01/2013 | Latin America

    Mexican president vows to end hunger for millions

    Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto launched a campaign against hunger today, pledging to transform the lives of nearly 7.5 million of the country's poorest, though he gave few details, prompting criticism that the plan was a "rehash" of old policies.

  • 07/02/2013 | Latin America

    Ecuador's Correa has large lead in presidential race polls

    Leftist Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has maintained a huge lead over his nearest opposition rival in the run-up to the Feb. 17 elections, recent polls show.

  • 25/01/2011 | Latin America

    Obama to visit Brazil in sign of warmer ties

    US President Barack Obama plans to visit Brazil in March in a sign that ties between the two countries are substantially improving after a year of tension over Iran, Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper reports.

  • 01/03/2011 | Latin America

    Rousseff inspires female audience in television address

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff addressed a female audience today when she spoke during an appearance on a popular television programme in Brazil, about how she had ‘opened the path for all young girls who dream of becoming president’.

  • 03/03/2011 | Latin America

    Obama, Mexico's Calderón seek to ease tensions

    US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderón vowed greater cooperation to combat drugs and arms smuggling and ease trade tensions as they sought to smooth over cross-border differences.

  • 05/05/2011 | Latin America

    Chávez denounces opposition plans to ‘destabilize’ Venezuela

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez denounced that the opposition might be plotting to “destabilize” the country. He urged the people to watch out from those "groups playing to the destabilizing plot."

  • 12/05/2011 | Latin America

    Rousseff cancels trip as health precaution

    Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who has been suffering from pneumonia, has cancelled a trip to Paraguay this weekend on her doctor's recommendation, her spokesman said.

  • 14/05/2011 | Latin America

    Michel Martelly sworn in as new president of Haiti

    Michel Martelly, a charismatic singer with no government experience, was sworn in as Haiti's president today, shouldering a daunting task of reconstruction in the poor, earthquake-battered nation.

  • 02/07/2011 | Latin America

    Uncertainty over Chavez's recovery roils Venezuela

    Venezuela was mired in uncertainty today over how long President Hugo Chavez would take to recover from a cancer operation, despite assurances by allies he will be fit to run for re-election next year.

  • 05/07/2011 | Latin America

    Beset by protests, Chile offers $4 bln for education

    Chile's President Sebastián Piñera, beset by mass student protests over education standards and costs seen threatening his legislative agenda, proposed a $4 billion fund for higher education.

  • 06/07/2011 | Latin America

    Another Brazil minister quits in corruption scandal

    Brazil's transport minister became the latest top official to quit because of corruption allegations, adding to the recent struggles of President Dilma Rousseff's six-month-old government.

  • 29/07/2011 | Latin America

    Doctor says no sign cancer is back for Paraguay's Lugo

    Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo's lymphatic cancer is still in remission, one of his doctors said, a day after the leader cancelled a trip to Peru and went to Brazil early for routine medical tests.

  • 31/07/2011 | Latin America

    Lat Am could create 'collective defense' in case of US default, Mujica

    President of Uruguay José Mujica stated that it is “probable” that Latin American countries come together to “create a collective defense” to be able to face the impact of an eventual economic default in the United States.

  • 13/10/2011 | Latin America

    Uruguay's gov't praises relationship with Argentina; Vázquez ratifies statement

    Uruguayan Presidential Legal Secretary, Alberto Breccia, assured that the statements made by former President of Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez, indicating that he had considered armed conflict in 2006, “will not affect the intense and warm relationship we have with Argentina.”

  • 11/09/2011 | Latin America

    Crime fears color Guatemala's presidential vote

    Guatemalans anxious for relief from out-of-control crime voted for a new president with the leading candidates promising to crack down on gangs and drug cartels terrorizing the country.

  • 13/09/2011 | Latin America

    Venezuela's Chávez to run again in October 2012

    Venezuela's presidential vote will be held on Oct. 7 next year when Hugo Chávez hopes to win re-election and cement his socialist "revolution" in South America's largest oil exporter.

  • 17/10/2011 | Latin America

    Venezuela blocks Chávez rival's presidential bid

    Venezuela's Supreme Court blocked high-profile opposition challenger Leopoldo López on Monday from running against President Hugo Chávez in a 2012 vote despite an international ruling in his favour.

  • 20/10/2011 | Latin America

    Peru's Humala says backs investigation of VP

    Peru's President Ollanta Humala broke his silence surrounding the first political crisis of his government, saying he backed investigations into alleged corruption by Vice President Omar Chehade.

  • 05/11/2011 | Latin America

    Chávez shows good health on national television

    President of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, who is currently recovering from a battle with cancer, went out of his way to show his good state of health today, by running with a group of students of the Military Academy, shown on a Venezuelan television network.

  • 26/06/2011 | Sports

    'The only way for me to leave River is if I'm dead,' Pasarella

    After River Plate was relegated to National B second division, its president, former player Daniel Pasarella said he will “hang on.” “I will have to be taken from here body in a body bag," Pasarella vowed.

  • 03/02/2011 | Sports

    Bielsa to stay as Chile coach, says FA chief

    Marcelo Bielsa, who led Chile to their first World Cup finals in 12 years, has reversed his decision to quit as national team coach and is staying on in the job, Chilean FA (ANFP) President Sergio Jadue said.

  • 07/01/2011 | Sports

    Doubts over Bielsa as Jadue takes Chile FA chair

    Opposition candidate Sergio Jadue won the twice-held election for president of the Chilean Football Association (ANFP), opening up new doubts about Marcelo Bielsa's future as Chile coach.

  • 21/05/2012 | Sports

    Havelange discharged from hospital after two months

    Former president Joao Havelange was discharged from hospital after a two-month stay which at one point included a spell in intensive care.

  • 22/03/2012 | Sports

    Havelange condition shows slight improvement

    Former FIFA president Joao Havelange, in hospital since Sunday with septic arthritis, has shown a slight improvement in his condition, a hospital statement said.

  • 20/03/2012 | Sports

    Havelange has serious bacterial infection

    Former FIFA president Joao Havelange has a serious bacterial infection, the Río de Janeiro hospital where he is being treated said in a statement.

  • 13/03/2012 | Sports

    Blatter to meet with Brazil president

    FIFA president Sepp Blatter will meet Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday to clear the air following the recent spat over preparations for the 2014 World Cup, soccer's governing body said.

  • 17/12/2011 | Sports

    Gastón Cogorno is made new head of Racing

    Pro-government Gastón Cogorno was made the new president of Racing club on Saturday, leading with 68.06 of the vote in the elections which took place at the club’s social headquarters.

  • 29/12/2011 | Sports

    Messi well wishes CFK through letter

    Barcelona FC‘s star Lionel Messi and his family sent an emotional letter to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner wishing for "a prompt recovery" after it came to light the leader will undergo thyroid cancer surgery.

  • 17/12/2012 | Entertainment

    Martin Scorsese to direct Bill Clinton documentary

    Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese will get up close and personal with Bill Clinton in a documentary about the former US president, cable channel HBO said today.


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