24/10/2012 | Argentina

Lower House approves ART law reform

The Lower House of Congress approved the reform of the ART risk insurance law with 139 votes in favour and 82 against. The bill had been preliminary approved by the Senate on October 3.

18/12/2012 | Argentina

Human trafficking law bill cleared for debate

Lower House's committees cleared the Human trafficking law bill for debate, and will discussed at the floor tomorrow. The bill has been preliminary approved by the Upper House.

22/01/2013 | Argentina

Rossi: 'There is no other leadership comparable to Cristina's'

Head of the Victory Front bloc Agustín Rossi, said today that there was no other leadership that could compare with that of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s and that her government should maintain as many seats as possible in the Upper and Lower house for that to remain intact.

22/08/2012 | Argentina

Lawmakers approve Ciccone expropriation bill

The Lower House of Congress has approved the bill that declares the mint South American Values Company (CSV), formerly known as Ciccone Calcográfica, of public use and subject to expropriation by the national government, in a special session.

25/08/2012 | Argentina

'Argentina is gaining autonomy in a difficult world,' Feletti

National deputy for the Victory Front caucus Roberto Feletti said today that “Argentina is gaining autonomy in the face of a difficult world,” and sustained that with the current policies in place, “the Government is moving in the right direction.”

02/10/2012 | Argentina

Budget 2013 bill cleared for debate in Lower House

The 2013 Budget bill was cleared for debate in the Lower House with 29 votes in favour and will be debated on floor next wek.

08/08/2012 | Argentina

Ciccone: Gov't seeks to pass expropriation bill 'quickly'

National Senator for the Victory Front Aníbal Fernández expressed today the government’s intentions regarding the former money printing company and said: “the objective is that the draft bill is passed quickly.”

16/08/2012 | Argentina

Senate preliminary approves Ciccone expropriation bill

The bill to take over the currency printing South American Values Company, formerly known as Ciccone, was preliminary approved at the Upper House, as 44 senators voted in favour and 20 voted against. The bill. which also aims to declare mint a matter of national interest, will be sent to the Lower House floor.

21/08/2012 | Argentina

Appropriation of ex-Ciccone 'should get unanimous vote,' Rossi

Head of the Victory Front (FpV) caucus in the Lower House Agustín Rossi, sustained today that the bill being pushed in the Congress, through which the government will appropriate the mint company formerly known as Ciccone Calcográfica, said “it should gain a unanimous vote.”

28/05/2012 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández praises government's exchange rate regime

Victory Front Senator and former Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández defended today the "administrated floating exchange rate regime" saying it was implemented in defense of "the interests of Argentines."

02/06/2012 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández confirms pressure on money changers to lower ‘blue’ dollar rate

By Pablo Jimenez

National Senator for the Victory Front bloc, Aníbal Fernández, said today that the Government is planning, from the open of the black market on Monday, to put pressure on money changers, in order for the ‘blue’ dollar rate to not go over AR$5.10.

22/06/2012 | Argentina

Facundo Moyano admits he’s 'torn between two sides'

National lawmaker for the Victory Front bloc Facundo Moyano expressed today his preoccupation over the conflict between his father Hugo Moyano, head of the CGT Labour Confederation and Teamster leader, with the National Government saying that he feels “torn between two sides.”

14/12/2011 | Argentina

Lower House passes 2012 Budget bill

The Lower House finally passed the 2012 budget bill that the Government House had sent to Congress hoping it would be debated in extraordinary sessions. After a 7-hour debate, lawmakers voted in general and began debating the bill in particular.

16/01/2012 | Argentina

Landau to head DNU bicameral committee

Victory Front bloc’s lawmaker Jorge Landau has been elected to head the Legislative Procedure Bicameral Committee.

20/02/2012 | Argentina

Opposition presents doubts over Malvinas session at Tierra del Fuego

Members of the opposition presented doubts regarding the agenda that will be debated in a session next Friday in Ushuaia, where the committees of Foreign Affairs and Senate and Lower House Cult will meet over the Malvinas Islands case.

02/10/2011 | Argentina

Kirchnerite candidate wins election in Bariloche

Bariloche's mayor candidate for the Victory Front (FPV), Omar Goye, announced he has won the municipal election and will take office on December 10.

23/10/2011 | Argentina

Recalde: 'Demonstration at Plaza de Mayo shows the essence of this Government'

Victory Front’s National Lawmaker Héctor Recalde highlighted that the demonstration of Kirchnerite groups at Plaza de Mayo square “shows the whole essence of the national government,” referring to the celebrations held in front of the Government House.

24/10/2011 | Argentina

Victory Front obtains five City lawmaker seats

Victory Front  party obtained five City lawmaker seats and PRO party was able to hold the three seats at stake, although City Mayor Mauricio Macri assured that "there was a record high of split-ballots."

24/07/2011 | Argentina

Rossi admits he expected 'a better result' in the elections

Kirchnerite candidate for governor Agustín Rossi admitted he expected to perform better in the elections and stressed that he is the sole responsible of the electoral results. "I salute those who won the elections," Rossi said, after vote count showed he stood in third place with 22.33 percent of votes.

14/08/2011 | Argentina

Primary elections 'not a poll,' Amado Boudou stresses

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner running mate and Economy Minister Amado Boudou responded today to the accusations that first time held primary elections are an expensive poll aimed to measure CFK´s popularity.

18/08/2011 | Argentina

'The opposition is using scare tactics to frighten society,' Mariotto

Buenos Aires province deputy gubernatorial candidate Gabriel Mariotto said that “the opposition is using scare tactics to frighten society,” after last Sunday’s electoral results, in which President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner gathered 50 percent of votes.

29/06/2011 | Argentina

Filmus awaits Macri's response over debate proposition

Candidate to city mayor, Daniel Filmus assured today that he is awaiting “a response” from current City Mayor Mauricio Macri after suggesting they both take part in a “broad debate,” through a letter he sent yesterday, reiterating that he does not accept “monopolizing debate through a single media.”

05/07/2011 | Argentina

Filmus insists on forming a 'City coalition gov't'

The candidate to City Mayor for the Victory Front (FPV), Daniel Filmus,  reaffirmed the idea of forming a “coalition government” between political forces, which he believes would enable the possibility of “change” in the city.

10/07/2011 | Argentina

'We achieved our goal of making it into the second round,'Tomada says

Deputy mayoral candidate Carlos Tomada said that the Victory Front “has achieved our goal of getting into the second round,” after polls closed in the City elections.

22/04/2011 | Argentina

Chubut: VF appeals ruling against complementary elections

Chubut’s Victory Front Alliance appealed the Electoral Court’s ruling against complementary elections for the six anulled ballot boxes of the election held on March 20.

21/05/2011 | Argentina

Filmus launches his City mayoral bid

Senator Daniel Filmus launched his official Victory Front mayoral bid alongside running mate Carlos Tomada in a rally in the ND theatre in the City. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was gave a speech and backed her administration and said she was there "as an activist, not as President". Earlier Filmus confirmed his candidacy for the Victory Front party.

25/06/2011 | Argentina

Redrado heads Duhalde's list, Feletti in the Victory Front's lawmakers' list in BA City

The list of candidates for Buenos Aires City’s national lawmakers was closing tonight before the end of the legal time limit to present them before the electoral committee.

08/04/2011 | Argentina

Chubut's provincial Court annuls Puerto Madryn's precinct

Chubut’s High Court confirmed the annulment of the Puerto Madryn’s 174 precinct after an unanimous vote, the issue will now be discussed in the Provincial Electoral Court.

09/04/2011 | Argentina

Chubut's justice ratifies annulment of second precinct

Chubut’s High Court of Justice unanimously ratified the annulment of a second precinct of the March 20 provincial election belonging to Camarones locality.

19/04/2011 | Argentina

Sanz urges opposition to join forces against Kirchnerites

Radical party leader Ernesto Sanz urged the opposition "to leave petty aspirations aside and work together”, to defeat the Victory Front in the October elections. He also critiziced the regulation of the Electoral Reform Law.

22/12/2010 | Argentina

Senate approves military appointments

The Kirchnerite bloc managed to muster quorum and approve the 300 additional military appointments sent by the Executive Branch to the Upper House of Congress.

22/03/2011 | Argentina

Chubut: votes’ recount to begin tomorrow

Chubut’s Vice-Governor elect César Mac Carthy announced that due to the lack of space, the recount of votes of Sunday’s election will begin tomorrow at 10am.

29/03/2011 | Argentina

FPV calls for anullment of two more precincts in Chubut

The Victory Front candidate for Chubut Governor, Carlos Eliceche, stated that during the votes recount in a polling station, authorities had found an empty ballot box and an empty log, with no opening or closing times registered on the day of the election.