14/01/2013 | Argentina

CFK meets with UAE's President

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner met with United Arab Emirates’ President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan to discuss possible food and nuclear energy agreements between the two countries as well the opening of a UAE’s trade bureau in Buenos Aires.

19/11/2012 | Argentina

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

07/01/2013 | Argentina

Pichetto doubts Congress support for CFK third period

The head of the Victory Front’s bloc in the Senate, Miguel Angel Pichetto, acknowledged the government will need to reach large "political consensus" with the opposition in order to reform the constitution and enable a third period for President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

09/01/2013 | Argentina

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

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

11/07/2012 | Argentina

'Bootlicking's Aníbal Fernández true vocation,' Moyano

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

15/07/2012 | Argentina

'Mariotto not trying to take over BA province governorship,' Fernández

Kirchnerite senator Aníbal Fernández defended Buenos Aires province deputy governor Gabriel Mariotto’s recent actions and assured that he doesn’t see him as trying to take over the governorship.

07/09/2012 | Argentina

Pablo Moyano repudiates Aníbal Fernández's remarks

Teamsters' Union head Pablo Moyano responded today to Victory Front Senator Aníbal Fernández's remarks on his father, Hugo Moyano, by questioning the former cabinet chief’s ‘moral authority’ and blasting him for what he called the senator’s “lack of memory.”

11/06/2012 | Argentina

CFK suspends agenda due to son's condition

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner postponed all presidential activity for the day due to the sudden hospitalization of her older son, Máximo Kirchner. Thus, the Head of State cancelled an early rally scheduled at 11:30 am in the Western Greater Buenos Aires district of Morón.

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.”

04/07/2012 | Argentina

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

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

29/05/2012 | Argentina

Gov't defends 'value of currency'

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

31/05/2012 | Argentina

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

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

05/06/2012 | Argentina

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

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

25/04/2012 | Argentina

Gov't urges governors to 'help keep yerba mate price down'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner urged governors and mayors to help in order to defend consumers from the rising costs of yerba mate and warned that “it is impossible to maintain profitability when 50 percent of the profits go to just one sector of the value chain. It’s not fair.”

30/04/2012 | Argentina

'I'd be glad to see CFK go for another term,' Lawmaker Rossi

Following the statements of ruling party’s Lawmaker Diana Conti, the head of the Victory Front’s bloc in the Lower House Agustín Rossi came on stage and left more doubts around a government’s possible change looking for a constitutional reform in order to grant President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner a third consecutive term in power.

21/05/2012 | Argentina

CFK cancels activities due to flu symptoms

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was diagnosed with flu having to remain in bed for at least 48 hours, thus cancelling all presidential agenda activities. The symptoms started right after the leader arrived from a business 3-day trip to Angola, last Saturday.

16/04/2012 | Argentina

CFK sends draft bill to expropriate Repsol-YPF to Congress

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner presented a draft bill to expropriate Repsol-YPF oil and gas company at the Government House during a sudden meeting with officials, political leaders, unionists and businessmen.

16/04/2012 | Argentina

'We don't promote nationalizations, but we focus on recovering our resources,' CFK

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner stated that the decision of presenting a draft bill to expropriate the majority of shares held by Spanish Repsol came after “witnessing how 17 years after the [1992] privatization of YPF, Argentina became, for the first time, a net importer of oil and gas with a total deficit of over 3 billion dollars."

23/04/2012 | Argentina

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

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

29/03/2012 | Argentina

CFK defends mining industry, urges corporations 'to be more responsible'

While attending a ceremony in Santa Cruz, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner praised the Union of Governors of Mining Provinces (OFEMI), defended the mining industry from attacks by environmentalists, and urged corporations “to be more responsible” before society.

12/04/2012 | Argentina

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

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

15/04/2012 | Argentina

CFK leaves Summit before final meeting

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner left the 6th Summit of the Americas held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia before the official closing meeting according to Colombian media.

19/03/2012 | Argentina

Victory Front, Radical Party senators to approve Subway transfer

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

22/03/2012 | Argentina

President says 'access to medicine in Argentina's one of the best in LatAm'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner inaugurated today a pharmaceutical plant that will mainly focus in the production of medicine for cancer tratement, in North Western Greater Buenos Aires district of Pilar.

26/03/2012 | Argentina

CFK holds series of meetings with ministers

After spending the weekend in Río Gallegos in Santa Cruz province, President Cristina fernández de Kirchner resumes her agenda with a series of meetings with ministers at the Presidential residence in Northern Greater BA town of Olivos.

27/02/2012 | Argentina

CFK vows to make 'any decisions necessary' in aftermath of Once tragedy

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner reappeared in public on Monday and for the first time spoke about the train accident in which 51 people were killed and 703 others were injured. She assured that she would make “any decisions necessary” once the matter is resolved in court.

06/03/2012 | Argentina

CFK supports Central Bank's charter reform bill

President Cristina Fernámdez de Kirchner today defended the draft bill which would implement amendments to the Central Bank’s charter.

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.”

17/01/2012 | Argentina

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

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

07/02/2012 | Argentina

Expectation grows about CFK's announcement on Malvinas

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner summoned provincial governors, union leaders, senators, and deputies from both Kirchnerite and opposition ranks to a meeting scheduled for today at 7pm as it is believed to be the announcement of new diplomatic measures against the UK over Malvinas Islands. Islanders showed their concerns over a possible interruption of Chile/Malvinas air link.  

12/02/2012 | Argentina

Archbishop Arancedo support's CFK's claims over Malvinas

The head of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA) José María Arancedo expressed his support for the Government's strategy to claim the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, deeming it “a state matter.”

27/12/2011 | Argentina

Fernández calls CGT, AFIP and court workers 'misogynists'

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

27/12/2011 | Argentina

CFK to undergo cancer surgery

12/01/2012 | Argentina

Fernández urges Macri to 'explain' alleged campaign ties to 'pimp'

Senator Aníbal Fernández urged City Mayor Mauricio Macri to “come out and explain” what is behind the recent accusations made by the La Alameda NGO, that say an alleged pimp was a large contributor to his 2011 reelection campaign.

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.”

20/10/2011 | Argentina

CFK calls for 'peace and harmony to build greater nation'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, gave a speech at a pasta factory in the southwestern Greater Buenos Aires District of Esteban Echeverría, where she thanked workers for their “endless efforts and contribution to make this a better nation.”

12/12/2011 | Argentina

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

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

21/09/2011 | Argentina

CFK threatens UK with banning stops from Chilean flights heading to Malvinas Islands

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner delivered her fourth speech before the UN’s General Assembly and renewed the country’s claim to sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands, and threatened the UK with banning all stops from Chilean flights heading to Malvinas.

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.

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.”

09/08/2011 | Argentina

Alfonsín predicts he will end up on second place after primaries

Union for Social Development presidential candidate Ricardo Alfonsín says he hopes to finish up in second place in the Sunday’s primary elections, with a “wide margin” over fellow candidate Eduardo Duhalde.

19/09/2011 | Argentina

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

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

19/09/2011 | Argentina

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

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

28/07/2011 | Argentina

'Alberto Fernández is a liar,' Cabinet Chief says

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández struck back at his predecessor, Alberto Fernández, who yesterday harshly criticized President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. The former Cabinet Chief was labeled a “liar,” “shameless,” and was accused of being linked with media companies.

08/08/2011 | Argentina

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

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

08/08/2011 | Argentina

Unemployment rate drops to 7.3% in second quarter, CFK says

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner anounced that the unemployment rate has dropped to 7.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011, a 0.6 decrease in comparison to a 7.9 rate in the same time period of 2010.

21/06/2011 | Argentina

CFK announces she will be seeking reelection

While addressing the nation on live television, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced she will be seeking reelection in the next October presidential elections. "I always knew what I had to do but I decided to wait until today to announce it," she said, adding she would once again "be facing the popular will."

10/07/2011 | Argentina

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

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

27/07/2011 | Argentina

Alberto Fernández: 'CFK invents non-existent battles'

Former Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernández went against comments made by the President in a biographical book, where she had labeled him as the “voice” of the businesses that opposed the Media Law. He also accused the President of “inventing non-existent battles to display herself as a hero.”

13/05/2011 | Argentina

'CFK will not permit extortion,' Cabinet Chief confirms

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

14/05/2011 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief blasts unions

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

28/05/2011 | Argentina

'Alicia Kirchner will be FPV's candidate, not CFK,' Carrió assures

Civic Coalition leader Elisa Carrió predicted that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would decide not to seek reelection next October, and the Kirchnerite candidate would instead be Social Development Minister Alicia Kirchner. 

11/05/2011 | Argentina

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

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

11/05/2011 | Argentina

CFK, Boudou meet in Olivos to define BA City mayoral candidate

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Economy Minister and Buenos Aires City Mayoral pre-candidate Amado Boudou met at Olivos presidential residence, and according to official sources, they discussed over the strategy to use in order to win the city election in July.

11/05/2011 | Argentina

CFK urges international powers 'to grasp the gravity of the economic crisis'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “we are worried by Greece’s complicated situation, it resembles Argentina in 2001” and urged "the great powers change their view on the international crisis."

19/03/2011 | Argentina

Gov't says their relationship with CGT 'is the same as always'

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández expressed today that the Government’s relationship with the CGT Labour Confederation, “is the same as always”, even after the threat of a transport strike had been issued, which eventually was lifted yesterday.

28/03/2011 | Argentina

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

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

28/04/2011 | Argentina

UIA, CGT accept CFK’s invitation to debate

Leaders of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA), and the CGT labour confederation accepted yesterday’s invitation of President Cristina Elizabet Fernández de Kirchner to open the dialogue among workers, businessmen, and the State in order to seek a new social pact.

02/03/2011 | Argentina

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

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

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.”

08/03/2011 | Argentina

Third suspect in Balvanera murder case turns himself in

A third suspect believed to have been involved in the murder of Matías Jano Fernández, killed after exiting the "Fantástico Bailable" nightclub in Balvanera, turned himself in to the authorities. Earlier, two men had also been arrested in connection to the case.

02/02/2011 | Argentina

CFK announces 17,33% raise for pensioners

While speaking live from the Government House, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced a 17.33 percent raise for pensioners starting in March. Minimum pensions are now to be set at $1,272 pesos.

10/02/2011 | Argentina

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

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

22/02/2011 | Argentina

Amidst bargain talks, CFK urges all sides to 'leave petty differences aside'

While attending the inauguration of a bus station in the coastal town of Miramar, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner said that “such constructions are proof of the profound political project that began in 2003,” and urged those "who have already achieved their goals to think about those who still haven't."

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.

01/02/2011 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief says 'if presidential bid means Macri-Duhalde pair we’re in trouble'

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández has issued statements against a possible joining of Mauricio Macri with Eduardo Duhalde to discuss a presidential bid, in saying that, ‘we’d be in trouble.’

18/01/2011 | Argentina

Fernández responds to accusations of involvement in drug-trafficking

Cabinet Chief, Aníbal Fernández stated today that “to say that a person is politically responsible for drug-trafficking is an act of cowardice”. The statement was made in response to strong accusations of his involvement in drug handling, made by head of Civic Coalition, Elisa Carrió.

21/01/2011 | Argentina

CFK praises local economic growth

As she closed a seminar with Turkish businessmen in Istanbul, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that Argentina “has made a qualitative jump un science and technology” and highlighted the successful economic growth that the country has seen in recent years.

22/01/2011 | Argentina

Cabinet Chief dares Duhalde to a 'lapdog vs. fraud' debate

In the midst of a faceoff between Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández and Ex-President Eduardo Duhalde, both pre-candidates for October's presidential election, Fernández threw words back at Duhalde and began a ‘lapdog vs fraud’ debate.

03/01/2011 | Argentina

CFK returns to BA, resumes activities

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner returned to the Olivos presidential residence and resumed her activities after spending the New Year’s celebrations with her family in the Santa Cruz province.

07/01/2011 | Argentina

‘CFK is our candidate unless she decides against it,’ Senator Pampuro

Senator José Pampuro assured that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is the Peronist Party’s “most important referent” and added that she’s the party’s candidate “unless she decides against it.”

13/01/2011 | Argentina

Aníbal Fernández denies losing power over 'Fútbol para Todos'

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández stated that he “still runs the 'Fútbol para Todos' programme with the same staff, nothing has changed.”

14/12/2010 | Argentina

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

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

15/12/2010 | Argentina

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

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

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.

11/12/2010 | Argentina

Local, national gov't officials continue negotiations, hope to stop violent clash between Villa Soldati residents, squatters settling nearby

Officials from both national and local governments met again this afternoon in order to continue negotiations and find a solution to the extremely violent confrontations between angry residents in the Villa Soldati area and the squatters living inside the Iberoamericano Park nearby, that have already left four people dead and many more injured. The first emergency meeting had ended last night in no agreement between the parts, which were represented by officials from both governments and the squatters.

11/12/2010 | Argentina

One more dead, nine injured after Villa Soldati residents collide with squatters in bloody confrontation

A 19-year old man was killed and at least nine people were seriously injured in a violent clash between residents in the Villa Soldati area and squatter families settling in the Indoamericano Park nearby, the head of the SAME emergency services confirmed.

11/12/2010 | Argentina

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

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

12/06/2012 | World

Malvinas islanders travel to NY to address CFK

A group of young Malvinas Islanders has travelled to New York City in order to pass a firm message to Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during the United Nations summit that they want to remain British subjects and continue their current way of life.

08/02/2012 | World

CFK a 'troubled woman', says British war vet

After yesterday’s announcements made by Argentina over Malvinas sovereignty claims, numerous British voices came on stage to express their feelings on the topic.

09/02/2012 | World

Malvinas: UK dismisses Argentina's complaint to the UN

UK Prime Minister David Cameron said no one should doubt his determination to keep the Malvinas Islands British as he dismissed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s complaint to the United Nations.

13/02/2012 | World

RAF jetfighters patrol skies in Malvinas, UK media

After Argentina addressed the UN reporting the militarization of the South Atlantic by British forces, two UK’s RAF jetfighters came into action as patrolling the skies of Malvinas Islands, and escorting a private Cessna that was heading to the Islands for a re-fuel stop.

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.

07/02/2012 | World

Opposition confirms attendance to CFK's meeting

As both PRO and Socialist parties will attend the Government House to listen to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's speech at 7pm, Radical Party members are divided as the head of the UCR's bloc in the Upper House Senator Luis Naidenoff rejected the invitation, while Ricardo Gil Lavedra and Mario Barleta confirmed their attendance.

08/02/2012 | World

UK media portraits CFK as 'quintessential bully'

After President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced Argentina will complain to the UN over the “militarisation” of the South Atlantic, British newspaper The Telegraph published a controversial article slashing the Head of State and bringing back to life the possibility of the “Argentine regime” sending a military taskforce to the Malvinas.

17/12/2010 | Latin America

Mercosur Summit held, member countries to pass several strategic motions

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived in Brazil last night to participate in the 40th summit of the Heads of State in the Mercosur. The summit will conclude today, and the decisions that have been made by the leaders are then to be announced.

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.

01/08/2012 | Sports

Rowing: Not a good day for Argentina

03/08/2012 | Sports

Men's single scull: Fernández fails to win Olympic diploma

Argentine rower Santiago "Pollo" Fernández ended up at the tenth place at the single scull at the London 2012 Olympic Games, after entering at the fourth place at the final B held at Eton Dorney lake.

06/01/2013 | Argentina

CFK: Court goes beyond all bounds

In her first political statements of the year, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner harshly criticized the judiciary, especially the Civil and Commercial Court, for accepting the Argentine Rural Society’s request to suspend an executive decree expropriating their fairgrounds in Palermo.