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  • 26/01/2013 | Argentina

    CFK calls for new Mercosur proposal, meets with Rousseff

    The Argentine Head of State met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in Chile today, stating afterward that a new foundation must be built “between the Mercosur partners."

  • 05/02/2013 | Argentina

    'We never have to be like those who don't understand,' CFK warns

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured today that “we don’t have to be like those who don’t understand and don’t comprehend” as she launched a education five year plan in a ceremony held at the Gran Rex theatre in downtown City.

  • 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.”

  • 13/01/2013 | Argentina

    CFK in Abu Dhabi, first stop of Asian tour

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived to the United Arab Emirates in the first stop for her Asian tour which includes visits to Vietnam and Indonesia as part of an eleven day-long official trip. CFK first visit was to Cuba, where she met with family members of ailing Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez.

  • 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.

  • 19/01/2013 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Le Hoang Quan in Vietnam

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met  with Vietnamese political leader Le Hoang Quang at the presidential palace in Ho Chi Minh, during the last stop of her Middle East and southeast Asia tour.

  • 03/01/2013 | Argentina

    'Islanders remain free to choose their own futures,' UK gov't responds

    A day after President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner sent an open letter to be published as an advert in several UK newspapers calling on David Cameron’s government to re-open negotiations over the Malvinas islands, the UK responded: “the islanders remain free to choose their own futures.”

  • 03/01/2013 | Argentina

    UK to Argentina: 'hands off' Malvinas

  • 09/01/2013 | Argentina

    'Nobody will obtain anything from Argentina through extortion,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that her administration will continue to resist pressure and warned that "through extortion and by force nobody will obtain anything from Argentina," as she led a ceremony to celebrate of the return of Frigate Libertad at the Mar del Plata port.

  • 27/12/2012 | Argentina

    'Lootings were a decadent reenactment of 2001,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that the looting and ransacking of supermarkets that left four people dead last week were orchestrated in order to destabilize her Government.

  • 02/01/2013 | Argentina

    CFK urges Cameron to open Malvinas Islands sovereignty talks

  • 02/01/2013 | Argentina

    CFK's letter to David Cameron

  • 01/12/2012 | Argentina

    CFK to meet with Catholic Church leaders on December 18th

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will meet with Catholic Church leaders on December 18th, following the Argentine Episcopal Conference  harsh document released earlier this week.

  • 04/12/2012 | Argentina

    Ecuador's Correa to lobby Argentina on Chevron case

    Ecuador's president, Rafael Correa, said he would discuss a lawsuit against Chevron for environmental damage in Ecuador's jungle areas with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez after plaintiffs took their case to that country.

  • 06/12/2012 | Argentina

    CFK flies to Brasilia for Mercosur Summit

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left for Brasilia today, where she will participate on the Mercosur summit on Friday.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 27/10/2012 | Argentina

    Néstor Kirchner remembered two years after his death

    Late president Néstor Kirchner was remembered today on the second anniversary of his death. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attended a private ceremony at the cemetery where her husband's remains were laid to rest in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz province.

  • 01/11/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with energy company leaders, flies to Santa Cruz

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left to Santa Cruz province Thursday evening, after meeting the CEO and other top ranking executives of French energy company Total at the Government House.

  • 06/11/2012 | Argentina

    Trade surplus reaches 11,5 billion dollars in October

    Trade surplus accumulated 11,527 million dollars between January and October of 2012, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured today.

  • 18/10/2012 | Argentina

    'We must stand united in these complicated times,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “many times we are criticized because they say we have a soft hand, because we do not repress, I would rather be accused of being soft that shed Argentine soil with the blood of a fellow countryman.

  • 23/10/2012 | Argentina

    'Youth vote gives democracy more sustainability,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that giving youngsters between 16 and 18 years old the opportunity to vote gives democracy more sustainability because “the more people decide, better.”

  • 26/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK flies to Río Gallegos to commemorate second anniversary of Néstor Kirchner's death

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner traveled to Santa Cruz province, where on Saturday she will pay homage to her husband Néstor Kirchner, on the second anniversary of his death.

  • 12/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK arrives in Santa Cruz to spend the weekend

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner traveled to Santa Cruz, where she arrived after flying in a private plane, due to the fact that the official Tango01 airplane is undergoing maintenance in the US.

  • 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.

  • 17/10/2012 | Argentina

    'Peronism is measured in facts, not in years', CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that “Peronism is measured by what we do,” and ratified her loyalty to the interests of the Argentine people, as she celebrated Loyalty Day.

  • 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.

  • 09/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Caló at Government House

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with the leader of the anti-Moyano CGT faction Antonio Caló at the Government House for over an hour last night.

  • 10/10/2012 | Argentina

    CFK to lead ceremony at Bicentennary Museum

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will lead a ceremony at the Bicentennary Museum, which will be aired on national broadcast. She is expected to make announcements regarding the Media Law, as Wednesday marks the third anniversary of the passing of the bill

  • 25/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK: 'We want the UK to sit and talk, not to simply tell us we are right'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner once again claimed Argentina’s sovereignty over the Malvinas islands and urged the United Kingdom to accept talks and abide by the United Nations’s resolutions on the matter.

  • 25/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Ban Ki-moon, Morsi

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with her Egyptian counterpart, Mohamed Morsi and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, following her speech at the entity’s general assembly in New York.

  • 29/09/2012 | Argentina

    'The President loves, respects people of La Matanza,' Scioli

    Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli assured that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has strong feelings of respect and affection towards the people of La Matanza, following the controversy stemmed from comments she made at Harvard University on Thursday.

  • 20/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK launches new phase of ProCreAr housing programme

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that loans will soon be granted to those beneficiaries of the ProCreAr housing programme, and called for a meeting with City authorities to coordinate the use of available plots.

  • 21/09/2012 | Argentina

    Government puts creation of audiovisual centre in motion

    The government put in motion today the creation of the new audiovisual centre on Demarchi Island, by ordering by decree that the land be cleared and a derelict building designated for the project be evacuated for future use.

  • 22/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK flies to NY for UN General Assembly

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner flew to New York today, where she is to part of the annual United Nations General Assembly.

  • 08/09/2012 | Argentina

    'I learned to fear neither God, nor any governing body,' Córdoba Governor

    Córdoba Governor José Manuel de la Sota spoke again today against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s polemic statements made on Thursday and said that he had learnt “to not fear God or any other governing body, however powerful they are.”

  • 13/09/2012 | Argentina

    'Critics of my administration do not make me nervious,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kircher referred to the possibility of reelection and said that “no matter where she is, she will keep working actively,” as she said that “critics of her administration would not make her nervous.”

  • 19/09/2012 | Argentina

    CFK to send bill modifying workers risk insurance law to Congress

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced she will send a bill aiming to modify the workers' risk insurance law to Congress, in her first public appearance since last Thursday’s massive pot-banging protests against the Government.

  • 21/08/2012 | Argentina

    'Public works will only be intensified,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that “we will keep on working as strongly as ever, public works will only be intensified,” announced the relaunch of a public tender to build hydroelectric dams in Santa Cruz province.

  • 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.

  • 29/08/2012 | Argentina

    Gils Carbo's sworn in as Procurator General

    Alejandra Gils Carbó was officially sworn in by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as Procurator General in a brief ceremony at the Goverment House today,

  • 26/07/2012 | Argentina

    'I can't comprehend those who join the oligarchs to undermine this movement,' CFK

    While attending a ceremony commemorating the 60th anniversary of Eva Perón’s death in José C. Paz, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that she “understands the oligarchy’s disdain” towards the masses, but “can’t comprehend those who join it to undermine their movement.”

  • 08/08/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Cabinet members at Olivos presidential residence

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was meeting with members of the Cabinet and government officials at the Olivos presidential residence.

  • 15/08/2012 | Argentina

    'It is time we valued smart, qualified people,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that “we must value smart, qualified people”, as she led the Bernardo Houssay awards ceremony, which are handed to Argentine scientists for their contribution to the production of knowledge, their social impact and the formation of human resources.

  • 20/07/2012 | Argentina

    CFK returns to Santa Cruz after a month

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived in Santa Cruz to spend the weekend thereafter more than a month of abscence. She will resume her agenda on Monday with a rally in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Haedo.

  • 21/07/2012 | Argentina

    'CFK wants to be CGT's secretary general,' Barrionuevo

    Restaurant workers union leader Luis Barrionuevo assured that President Cristina Fernández de Kircchner "seeks to bend the CGT's will" and accused Economy vice-minister Axel Kicillof of promoting intervention in unions.

  • 24/07/2012 | Argentina

    'If we administer our resources well, we can change reality,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that “if everybody administers their resources well we can change reality”, while heading the inauguration of an airport in Río Hondo, in Santiago del Estero province.

  • 10/07/2012 | Argentina

    CFK announces wage hike for Armed Forces members

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the Armed Forces will receive a pay rise as she headed the armed forces annual dinner at the Libertador Building, in the Ministry of Defence.

  • 18/07/2012 | Argentina

    Moyano sends letter to CFK, asks her to meet with CGT leaders

    Central Labour Confederation leader Hugo Moyano sent a letter to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner requesting her to receive the new CGT board of directors following the umbrella union’s elections, which were not recognized by the Govermnent.

  • 19/07/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Scioli at Government House

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli following Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino’s announcement that the National Governmentwill send $1.5 billion pesos in financial aid for the payment of the midyear bonuses for provincial state workers.

  • 26/06/2012 | Argentina

    'The Gov't stopped giving answers to worker's claims,' Moyano

    CGT leader Hugo Moyano fired back at Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, and assured that the relationship ended “when the Government stopped giving answers to the workers."

  • 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."

  • 04/07/2012 | Argentina

    CFK announces CB to force banks to give out investment loans

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced today that via the Central Bank, “the twenty A-class banks in the country will be obligated to give out loans,” in order for "investment to be made on goods and services.”

  • 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.

  • 22/06/2012 | Argentina

    'Argentina does not condone the coup d'etat', CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured on Friday that “Argentina does not condone the coup’d etat in Paraguay” as she addressed reporters at the Government House.

  • 26/06/2012 | Argentina

    With heavy ammunition, CFK confirms sending of shared-revenue funds to BA province

    After the numerous claims made by different provinces urged for the national government’s shared-revenue fundings, and mainly the ones coming from the BA Province Governor Daniel Scioli, who stated that there could be problems with the mid-year bonus payments for public workers, President Crisitina Fernández de Kirchner responded with heavy ammunition by saying that “Conspiracy operations should stop.”

  • 25/05/2012 | Argentina

    'Handing over power is inevitable'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured today that handing over power is unavoidable, thus implying that she has no plans to seek a re-reelection, and warned those expecting her to be in office for a long time “to please pray the rosary at night and realize how fragile you are,” as she headed the 25 de Mayo celebrations in Bariloche.

  • 07/06/2012 | Argentina

    CFK praises Reposo's performance as SIGEN comptroller

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner praised procurator-general candidate Daniel Reposo, as complaints over the current SIGEN comptroller increase and more senators choose to abstain from voting, effectively putting his bid is in peril.

  • 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.

  • 16/05/2012 | Argentina

    CFK leaves for Angola

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was flying to Angola for a three day official visit in which she will meet her counterpart, José Eduardo Dos Santos and will lead a trade mission with 400 Argentine businessmen.

  • 19/05/2012 | Argentina

    CFK returns from Angola

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner landed back in Buenos Aires shortly before 7 am today, after her two day official visit to Angola.

  • 22/05/2012 | Argentina

    President on second day off duty, recovering from the flu

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, currently suffering a bout of flu, was going through with her second day of bed rest at the presidential residence in Olivos, as ordered by her doctors, where she will remain until tomorrow.

  • 03/05/2012 | Argentina

    'YPF will be a big challenge for us,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that "YPF will be a great challenge for us," as the Lower House is set to pass the bill of nationalization of the oil company later today.

  • 12/05/2012 | Argentina

    'Apparently, if you ask for a pay rise, you are considered the enemy'

    The feud between the Government and Hugo Moyano took a turn for the worse today as the CGT union leader assured that "It would seem that asking for a salary increase is being an enemy to the country,' following President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's criticisms.

  • 12/05/2012 | Argentina

    Scioli admits having 'presidential hopes' for 2015

    Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli assured today that he has presidential hopes for 2015, but clarified that he will not face President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner if she decides to run for re-reelection.

  • 10/03/2012 | Argentina

    Judge summons Nat'l, City Gov'ts to hearing over subway service transfer

    Judge Nidia Cicero ruled that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration must guarantee security at the subway stations with the Federal Police until April 1st and also summoned National and City Governments for an hearing in order to reach an agreememn

  • 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.

  • 06/04/2012 | Argentina

    CFK contacts mayors of storm-affected districts to offer help

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner contacted several of the mayors of districts affected by the storm that left 15 people dead in the City and Greater Buenos Aires area in order to offer help and resources. The Head of State is spending Easter weekend in her private residence in El Calafate, in Santa Cruz province.

  • 03/03/2012 | Argentina

    'Oyarbide's probe is a mere arm-twisting,' Moyano

    CGT umbrella union boss Hugo Moyano assured that the lawsuit filed against him in Suiza is a mere arm-twisting, and deemed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s comments regarding teachers to be “unpleasant.”

  • 06/03/2012 | Argentina

    CFK meets with Roger Waters at Government House

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with musician Roger Waters in the Government House. The former Pink Floyd frontman will begin on Wednesday a series of nine shows at River Plate’s stadium. The Malvinas islands sovereignty was not discussed during the meeting, which lasted 40 minutes.

  • 07/03/2012 | Argentina

    CFK to send bill ratifying subway transfer to Congress

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced she will send a bill to Congress to ratify the agreement between the national and City governments regarding the transfer of the subway service

  • 22/02/2012 | Argentina

    CFK expresses 'deep sorrow' for crash victims

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner expressed her “deep regret over the death of citizens in the train tragedy that took place this morning” and send her condolences to the victims’ families.

  • 24/02/2012 | Argentina

    CFK flies to Santa Cruz, to reappear in Rosario on Monday

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner kept her silence over the train crash in Once and once again flew to Santa Cruz province, where she will visit the mausoleum at the Rio Gallegos cemetery where late president Nestor Kirchner, who would have turned 62 on Saturday, was laid to rest.

  • 02/03/2012 | Argentina

    Macri accuses CFK of 'stating falsehoods' over subway service

    Mayor Mauricio Macri assured President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner "stated seven falsehoods" regarding the transfer of the management of the subway service and summoned her for a private meeting to work in the issue.

  • 07/02/2012 | Argentina

    CFK orders declassification of Rattenbach report

    President Cristina Fernández signed decree 200/12, which declassifies a report by Colonel Benjamin Rattenbach on the Malvinas war and orders the creation of a committee that will read the report and advise the Head of State what materials must be made public without affecting national security.

  • 09/02/2012 | Argentina

    'People like el Flaco never die, they simply leave us,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner paid homage to  iconic musician Luis Alberto ‘el Flaco’ Spinetta, who died yesterday after a long battle with lung cancer and included  thepopular phrase ‘Bye, Flaco,” in her speech.

  • 22/02/2012 | Argentina

    Gov't announces two days of mourning

  • 26/01/2012 | Argentina

    CFK flies to Santa Cruz for the weekend

    After resuming her activities as Head of State, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met twice with various Government officials in the Olivos presidential residence and later flew to Santa Cruz, where she is expected to spend the weekend with her family.

  • 01/02/2012 | Argentina

    Tax collection reaches $52.8 B pesos, Gov't

    Tax collection reached $52.8 billion pesos in January, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced during a ceremony in the Government House.

  • 02/02/2012 | Argentina

    Moyano breaks his silence, assures relation with Gov't is 'suspended'

    CGT umbrella union boss Hugo Moyano broke his silence and assured his relationship with the Government is “suspended” but dismissed the possibility of staging a national hike. Regarding wage talks, he stressed thayt "if the Government set limits and percentages, free wage talks are over," and revealed he hasn't spoken to any Government official in over two months.

  • 04/01/2012 | Argentina

    'I thank everybody who supports us,' Alicia Kirchner

    Social Development minister Alicia Kirchner, sister-in-law of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, thanked the messages of support she received over the Head of State’s thyroid cancer surgery, which was performed earlier today.

  • 04/01/2012 | Argentina

    Chávez, Lula and Hillary Clinton pay close attention to CFK's health

    Former Brazilian President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton referred to the Head of State's health and wished her a speedy recovery.

  • 11/01/2012 | Argentina

    Boudou heads first official rally as acting President

    Vice-president Amado Boudou headed his first rally as acting President in the Government House and handed out garbage trucks to Buenos Aires province municipalities.

  • 27/12/2011 | Argentina

    Civic Coalition leaders urge CFK to veto Anti-terrorism Law

    The leaders of the Civic Coalition party urged President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to veto the Anti-terrorism Law that was passed in Congress last week since they believe "it allows judges to decide which actions entail a terrorist purpose and which don’t."

  • 29/12/2011 | Argentina

    CGT confirms plans to ease tensions with the Gov't

    The Labour Policies secretary of the CGT Central Labour Confederation, Jorge Lobais, admitted that the powerful umbrella union will call for a truce in their conflict with the Government, as its head Hugo Moyano was expected to call President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and offer his support. Sources have so far refused to confirm whether the call has already taken place.

  • 04/01/2012 | Argentina

    'No complications during CFK's surgery,' says Government spokesman

    Presidential spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced that, "there were no complications during President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's surgery," a little over two hours after the Head of State came out of the operating theatre today. He added that the President is "awake" and will remain in hospital for the next 72 hours. Scoccimarro furthered that the next official medical report will be issued tomorrow at noon. 

  • 17/12/2011 | Argentina

    'CFK's relationship with workers won't break'

    Peronist lawmaker Jorge Landau predicted that “a large majority of unionists will side with the Government,” after CGT umbrella union boss Hugo Moyano stepped down as the Peronist party provincial branch leader.

  • 19/12/2011 | Argentina

    Budget: Fernández says 'no one can tell the President how to govern'

    Senator and former Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández blasted the opposition’s intention to modify the bill for the “law of laws” sent by the Executive branch and considered that “no one can tell the President (Cristina Fernández de Kirchner) how to govern.”

  • 22/12/2011 | Argentina

    CFK to spend Christmas in Río Gallegos

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived to Río Gallegos, in Santa Cruz province, where she will spend Christmas with her family. She is expected to return to Buenos Aires on Monday.

  • 10/12/2011 | Argentina

    Cabinet sworn in at Bicentenary Museum

    Cristina Fernández de Kirchner hosted today the swearing in ceremony for her twenty-one secretaries of State. Alicia Kirchner and Abal Medina dedicated their oaths to Néstor Kirchner. Businessmen, artists, government officials and family members witnessed the event taking place at the Bicentenary Museum.

  • 14/12/2011 | Argentina

    CFK urges not to stigmatize unregistered workers

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called for “legalizing unregistered workers” and urged “everyone’s solidarity” to achieve that goal and added that "they shouldn’t be stigmatized nor persecuted."

  • 15/12/2011 | Argentina

    'If we follow this path, we'll end up with another resolution 125'

    City Mayor Mauricio Macri called for dialogue between CGT umbrella union leader Hugo Moyano and the Government and warned that “if we continue down this path, we will end up with a conflict like the one triggered by resolution 125 grain export duties.”

  • 09/12/2011 | Argentina

    CFK's swearing in ceremony to be streamed on Youtube

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s inauguration ceremony will be the first ever to be streamed live in video website Youtube,  The ceremony will be streamed in High Definition on the Goverment's House Youtube channel, Youtube.com/casarosada.

  • 10/12/2011 | Argentina

    CFK swears by God, the nation and 'him'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was sworn-in before the Legislative Assembly in Congress. Towards the end of her oath, she said that, if she failed to comply with her responsibilities as President, “may God, the nation and him (in reference to her late husband Néstor Kirchner,) demand it from me.”

  • 10/12/2011 | Argentina

    CFK greets regional heads of state and foreign dignataries

    The majority of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s favourite regional heads of state arrived to the Government House this afternoon for the official greeting. For the first time the foreign leaders entered the building by the Paseo Colón entrance for the reception taking place in the Argentine Painters Salon.

  • 24/11/2011 | Argentina

    CFK strongly backs heads of nat'l airline

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner a new hangar of Aerolíneas Argentinas in the Metropolitan airport and strongly backed the state-run airline’s authorities. "Mariano Recalde was appointed by me, not by the Holy Spirit," she said, refering to the airline's director.

  • 30/11/2011 | Argentina

    CFK flies to Caracas, to meet with Chávez, Rousseff

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is en route to Caracas, Venezuela where she will meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and her Brazilian counterpart, Dilma Rousseff.

  • 03/12/2011 | Argentina

    CFK back in Buenos Aires after CELAC summit

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived back to Buenos Aires early this morning, after her participation the first Community for Latin American and Caribbean States CELAC summit in Venezuela, where she held meetings with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and her Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.

  • 10/11/2011 | Argentina

    CFK meets with newly appointed Argentine Catholic Church leader

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with the new president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA), Monsignor José María Arancedo in the Government House. Arancedo was elected on Tuesday and replaces Buenos Aires archibishop, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio.

  • 16/11/2011 | Argentina

    'Some want us to fail, but we won't do so,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “some want us to fail, but we won’t” while announcing rural sector promoting programmes, which will be financed by the Interamerican Development Bank (BID), the Corporación Andina de Fomento (development Bank Latin America) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

  • 18/11/2011 | Argentina

    CFK calls for 'an effort to understand the situation the country, world are undergoing'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner urged Argentines "to make an effort to understand the moment the country and the world are undergoing,”while heading a ceremony to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Vuelta de Obligado battle in the Buenos Aires area of San Pedro. Her words sounded as a message after her administration announced further cuts in subsidies to great companies and affluent neighbourhoods.

  • 03/11/2011 | Argentina

    Victory Front increases difference over Binner, definitive vote count shows

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner obtained over 54 percent of votes in the presidential elections, according to the definitive vote count released today by Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo.

  • 05/11/2011 | Argentina

    CFK back in Buenos Aires after G20 Summit

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived back to Buenos Aires this morning, after her trip to Cannes, France, where she took part in the G20 Summit and met with US President Barack Obama.

  • 08/11/2011 | Argentina

    CFK blasts financial adjustment guidelines

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “the investment in this area wasn’t done casually” while inaugurating the Airport University in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Ezeiza and stated that "ajustiment guidelines end up sinking economies."

  • 19/10/2011 | Argentina

    CFK ends campaign, calls for unity, hopes 'real country keeps growing'

    By Liliana Franco
    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called for unity and hoped "the real country keeps growing" as she adressed supporters as she closed her campaing in a rally held at the City Coliseo theatre.

  • 23/10/2011 | Argentina

    'There's an atmosphere of festivity in the country,' Carlotto

    Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo founder Estela de Carlotto assured that “there's an atmosphere of festivitiy in the country and we expect good results,” as she arrived to the Victory Front’s headquarters at the Intercontinental Hotel, along Moreno street.

  • 24/10/2011 | Argentina

    Union of South American Nations congratulates CFK on reelection

    The Union of South American Nations (Unasur) congratulated President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on her landslide reelection. The regional bloc's Secretary General María Emma Mejía deemed the reelection "an extraordinary event."

  • 05/10/2011 | Argentina

    Government, Binner clash over 2020 Industrial Plan launch

    The cold greeting between President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Hermes Binner in the rally they shared in Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe, on Tuesday keeps triggering conflicts. Binner complained that he wasn’t allowed to talk and the Ceremonial area of the Government House dismissed the version. “The governor desisted from speaking in public,” they assured in a press release.

  • 06/10/2011 | Argentina

    Binner rejects Carrió' accusations of supporting CFK's indefinite reelection

    Presidential candidate Hermes Binner replied to Elisa Carrio’s comments and said the Civic Coalition leader “is wrong” when she says the Santa Ge governor seeks to enable President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s indefinite reelection.

  • 13/10/2011 | Argentina

    'We are facing the global crisis in an orderly way,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “Argentina is facing an unprecedented global crisis in an orderly and organized way,” while heading the inauguration of a new wind power plant in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Florencio Varela. The Head of State resumed her activities after a two day rest due to a low pressure episode.

  • 29/09/2011 | Argentina

    'We are trying to keep the wild sea from damaging this ship,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “we will keep on working so that the wild sea doesn’t damage this ship,” a metaphor explaining the effort Argentina is doing to avoid a downfall as a result of the international financial crisis. She added that “we intend to reach the goal of replacing the Universal Child Allowance with jobs.”

  • 30/09/2011 | Argentina

    CFK received by Das Neves in Chubut, declared 'guest of honour'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was received by Governor Mario Das Neves and declared a provincial guest of honour as she arrived in Chubut to inaugurate the Wind Power Park.

  • 04/10/2011 | Argentina

    Argentina's 'macroeconomic conditions allow us to stay firm under turbulences,' CFK

    By Matías Ortega
    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that “we have built macroeconomic conditions that allow us to stay firm,” while launching the 2020 Industrial Plan in Venado Tuerto, in Santa Fe province.

  • 24/09/2011 | Argentina

    'We realized domestic market, exports aren't incompatible,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that “we realized that domestic market and exports aren’t incompatible,” while heading the inauguration of a diary exhibition in the locality of Morteros, in northern Córdoba province.

  • 27/09/2011 | Argentina

    'The naval industry was neglected for a long time,' CFK

    While attending the launch of the Bernardo Houssay ship in the Costanera Sur's Argentine Naval Industrial Complex (CINAR), President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that "naval activity in the country had been neglected for a long time.”

  • 28/09/2011 | Argentina

    CFK praises Argentina's 'leadership in peaceful nuclear energy'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner attended the launch of Atucha II nuclear power plant, in the Greater Buenos Aires district of Zárate, and highlighted the fact that “Argentina is leader in the use of nuclear power for peaceful purposes.”

  • 06/09/2011 | Argentina

    'If its for Argentina's sake, we'll keep being tough,' CFK on non-automatic licenses

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner warned that her administration will “keep on being tough if it is for Argentina’sake” regarding the implementation of non-automatic trade licenses to protect the local industry, while heading the 60th anniversary celebration of Mercedez-Benz in Argentina.

  • 07/09/2011 | Argentina

    'This was one of the CGT's most important claims,' Moyano on child allowance increase

    By: Liliana Franco

    “Excellent, excellent,” was CGT leader Hugo’s Moyano reply when asked by Ambito.com how the relationship between the umbrella union and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He quickly stressed that the increase of the universal child allowance was one of the CGT most important claims, and refused to refer to the possibility of increasing the income tax floor.

  • 15/09/2011 | Argentina

    'We should reconsider trials by jury,' CFK

    By Liliana Franco
    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “it would be good to reconsider trial by juries” and said that the Civil Code should be updated, because she considers judges are judging with regulations and proceedings from the Roman law era.

  • 01/09/2011 | Argentina

    'Tax revenue increased 35.4,%' Gov't announces

    Tax revenue increased 35.4 percent in August, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchenr announced while heading a dinner with union leaders, businessmen and politicians to commemorate Industry Day and the reopening of science and technology fair Tecnópolis.

  • 01/09/2011 | Argentina

    CFK vows to 'keep current economic policies, correct distortions'

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner vowed to “maintain the current economic plan and correct distortions,” in a roomful of businessmen, union leaders, bankers, Government officials and Governors, while heading a dinner in celebration of Industry Day.

  • 03/09/2011 | Argentina

    'Leaving confrontations aside is essential for economic growth,' De Mendiguren warns

    UIA Argentine Industrial Union leader José Ignacio de Mendiguren assured that in order to move forward with economic development, “it is essential to end with national confrontations” and warned that the worst case-scenario for Argentine finances is that Brazil’s economy growth stalls.

  • 20/08/2011 | Argentina

    'I had no doubt we would win,' says Cabinet Chief

    Cabinet Chief, Aníbal Fernández, affirmed that he “had no doubt that we would win” when referring to the primary elections that took place last Sunday, in which the Victory Front party gained the highest percentage of the vote.

  • 23/08/2011 | Argentina

    'Your support only doubles my commitment to Argentina,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that the massive support she received during the primary elections will “only double the commitment I have with Argentina,” while inaugurating public works in the Greater Buenos Aires area of Avellaneda

  • 29/08/2011 | Argentina

    Schiaretti meets with CFK over Nation's debt with Córdoba province

    Córdoba province Governor Juan Schiaretti met with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the Government House, and claimed a 1.18 billion pesos debt the Nation owes the province.

  • 20/07/2011 | Argentina

    Binner targets national Gov't: 'We can't continue living in a tension-filled country'

    Santa Fe’s incumbent governor and presidencial candidate for the Socialist Party, Hermes Binner, met with the head of the Argentine Agrarian Federation, Eduardo Buzzi, and aimed to the national government for the political and ideological polarization speech that comes across the nation’s social reality.

  • 25/07/2011 | Argentina

    Gov’t to launch a food supply plan

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Agriculture Minister Julian Domínguez are scheduled to launch this evening the 2016-2020 Strategic Food and Agriculture Plan at the Olivos official residence.

  • 29/07/2011 | Argentina

    'Argentina didn't have an Embassy in the house of its main partner'

    Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Brazilian counterpart Dilma Rousseff inaugurated the new Argentine Embassy in the Brazilian Capital. Former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was also present during the rally. Earlier, they stressed the need of expanding the commercial integration between the two nations.

  • 11/07/2011 | Argentina

    'Argentina is absolutely committed to peace,' CFK says

    While heading the Armed Forces annual dinner, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “Argentina is absolutely committed to peace” and dismissed England’s “ridiculous” statements over the Malvinas Islands.

  • 14/07/2011 | Argentina

    'We aren't the ones who inaugurate public works before the elections,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner blasted City mayor Mauricio Macri -without naming him- while inaugurating scientific exhibition Tecnópolis,located in the locality of Villa Martelli. She recalled that her administration wanted to inaugurate Tecnópolis in 2010, "but, unfortunately, the City didn't allow us to set it up." "We aren't the ones that inaugurate public works five months before the elections," she stated.

  • 17/07/2011 | Argentina

    'I never discussed my decision of taking part of the second round with CFK,' Filmus

    Mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus, assured he “never” discussed his decision of taking part of the City's second round with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Filmus will face current Mayor Mauricio Macri on July 31st.

  • 23/06/2011 | Argentina

    CFK resumes agenda after minor accident

    President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner returned to her normal activities after a small accident yesterday night took her, as a precautionary measure, to a local clinic for a check up.

  • 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.”

  • 11/07/2011 | Argentina

    Aníbal Fernández ‘not surprised’ with the city’s electorate

    Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández said this morning he wasn’t surprised Buenos Aires City identifies itself with Mauricio Macri. According to him, “porteños could not care less who runs the city.”

  • 06/05/2011 | Argentina

    'CFK running for re-election is inevitable,' says Cabinet Chief

    Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández discussed his opinion toward the upcoming presidential race and considered it “a certainty” for Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to run for re-election in the October elections, further stating that she is “the only person capable of looking after the Argentine people.”

  • 06/06/2011 | Argentina

    CFK congratulates Humala on electoral victory

    Argentina’s president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner called today the newly elected Peruvian mandate, Ollanta Humala, to congratulate him on his triumph at the countries’ second round elections.

  • 12/06/2011 | Argentina

    UN's Ban Ki-Moon arrives in Argentina for official visit

    UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon is set to arrive in Buenos Aires for a two-day official visit, in which he is to meet President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, amongst other activities.

  • 16/03/2011 | Argentina

    'We have rebuilt a previously burnt down nation,' CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured today that “Argentina is walking on a path of prosperity, constantly growing and adding value to do things much better”, during the inauguration of a Sancor Insurance company corporate building in Santa Fe province.

  • 01/04/2011 | Argentina

    Bond holders, Paris Club in Italian Foreign Minister's agenda

    After meeting with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, the Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini unveiled his interest on finding a solution for the Italian bond holders of Argentine titles that were not part of the debt-swap and also how the negotiations between Argentina and the Paris Club continue.

  • 01/04/2011 | Argentina

    'We've made a very important step forward,' Moyano says on meeting with Gov't

    The CGT Labour Confederation boss Hugo Moyano celebrated today, as the minimum income tax floor was raised by 20% for his workers. “We’ve made a very important step forward,” he stated.

  • 19/01/2011 | Argentina

    Ruralists threaten to repeat strike

    Ruralists threatened to repeat a strike that has paralyzed grain sales this week in one of the world's biggest food providers.

  • 12/02/2011 | Argentina

    WikiLeaks cable unveils relationship between Kirchners and banks

    The Spanish newspaper El Pais published new cables of the US embassy which mention the relationship between the Kirchners and the banks, specially during the period previous to the presidential election of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 25/02/2011 | Argentina

    President inaugurates Casa Patria Grande, pays homage to Kirchner

    Along with Paraguayan President Fernándo Lugo and her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner inaugurated the Casa Patria Grande and paid homage to her husband, late ex President Néstor Kirchner, in his 61 birthday.

  • 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.”

  • 13/01/2011 | Argentina

    Thieves steal $362,000 allocated for CFK's trip to Mid-East

    Thieves stole a government official who was carrying part of the money allocated to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s trip to Middle East, official sources said.

  • 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.

  • 10/12/2010 | Argentina

    CFK announces creation of Security Ministry

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that she has created a Security Ministry that will be headed by the current Defence Minister Nilda Garré and in the midst of Villa Soldati conflict she assured she is not "willing" to let Argentina be "part of the xenophobic countries."

  • 14/12/2010 | Argentina

    CFK launches low-cost Christmas basket

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner launched a low cost Christmas basket and highlighted the "great moment" that consumption is going through during a rally at the Government House with Economy Minister Amado Boudou.

  • 30/05/2011 | World

    Aníbal Fernández: 'We are more than happy with the results in Chubut'

    Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández spoke today about yesterday's results in the province of Chubut where candidate Martín Buzzi won.

  • 28/12/2011 | Latin America

    Chávez, Piñera, Rousseff, among first leaders to call CFK

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner thanked all those who demontrated solidarity and well wishes," while addressing the nation for the first time since it was announced that she will undergo surgery to remove a thyroid carcinoma, She confirmed Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez was the first regional leader to call her and offer her support.

  • 02/02/2012 | Latin America

    Chávez reiterates support on Argentina's sovereignty claim over Malvinas

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner held a phone conversation with her Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez, who reiterated his support of Argentina’s claim over the sovereignty of the Malvinas islands, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry announced

  • 15/03/2012 | Latin America

    CFK arrives to Chile ahead of Piñera meeting

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner landed in Santiago, Chile, where she will meet with her Chilean counterpart Sebastián Piñera. Fernández de Kirchner and Piñera will hold a meeting on Friday and will discuss the Argentine claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas islands and trade barriers, among other topics.

  • 19/02/2011 | Latin America

    Mujica to meet CFK over non-automatic licenses

    Uruguayan President José Mujica will meet with his Argentine counterpart, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to show his concern over the decision to require special import licenses for around 200 products.

  • 25/02/2011 | Latin America

    CFK, Mujica meet over non-automatic licenses

    President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Uruguayan counterpart José Mujica agreed on the construction of a re-gasification plant during a meeting held at the Olivos presidential residence.

  • 14/06/2011 | Latin America

    Humala meets with Gov't, maintains he intends to work with Mercosur

    Peru President-elect Ollanta Humala met with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at the Olivos presidential residence. After the meeting, Humala assured that Perú “will look for the necessary mechanisms to take part in the Mercosur trade bloc committee" with the purpose of contributing with their share of solutions to common problems,” he said.

  • 14/03/2012 | Sports

    F1 could return to Argentina in 2013

    Negotiations to bring Formula One back to Argentina are underway, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced during a ceremony at the Government House. The career would be held in Mar del Plata.


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