11/09/2012 | Argentina

'Differences aren't necessarily in place forever,' says Moyano after UCR meeting

Following a meeting held with members of the Radical Party (UCR) at the Azopardo branch of the CGT umbrella union led by Hugo Moyano, the secretary-general insisted the creation of an “opposition against the lack of freedom” and that all sectors look to “face the government.”

11/09/2012 | Argentina

Opposition parties launch plans against re-reelection

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

03/01/2013 | Argentina

UCR leader downplays Giudici's appointment as City official

Radical Party president Mario Barletta questioned former lawmaker Silvana Giudici’s decision of accepting a post within the City Government and warned that “it was a personal decision and has nothing to do with upcoming accords between both parties.”

07/02/2012 | Argentina

Aguad differs from the rest of UCR, criticizes CFK's speech

Radical Party lawmaker Oscar Aguad showed differences with the leaders of the UCR that attended to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s rally at the Government House, and said it was a “staging that does not help the aim to recover the Malvinas.”

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.

25/04/2012 | Argentina

Morales: 'The UCR bloc will vote in favour of the YPF bill'

National senator Gerardo Morales affirmed today that the UCR Radical party bloc overall would vote in favour of the expropriation of 51% of YPF’s shares, but said he would state differences over the decision separately.

18/11/2011 | Argentina

Tension in UCR’s National Convention

Tension rose during the Radical Party’s (UCR) Convention after a strong discussion led to a pushing between Senator Gerardo Morales and historical leader Leopoldo Moreau. Also in the encounter, Ricardo Alfonsín admitted that the accord with Francisco de Narváez "was a mistake."

19/11/2011 | Argentina

Scandal at UCR national convention 'shows the party is alive,' Moreau

Radical Party leader Leopoldo Moreau minimizad the clashes that took place in the first day of the party’s national convention on Friday, in which he and Senator Gerardo Morales shoved each other and traded insults.

16/12/2011 | Argentina

Mario Barletta unanimously elected as UCR's president

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

18/08/2011 | Argentina

Sanz: 'if primaries' trend is confirmed, we'll face a severe institutional problem'

The leaders of the Radical Party (UCR) Ernesto Sanz, Gerardo Morales and Ricardo Gil Lavedra ratified that the party will run for October’s election and assured that if the trend shown in the primaries continues, “then we will be facing a severe lack of balance between the branches.”

09/09/2011 | Argentina

Schoklender case: UCR urges to know if there was ‘complicity or negligence’ of the Gov’t

The leaders of the Radical Party called for the creation of a congressional Special Investigatory Committee to analyze the housing programme of the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo foundation, “Share Dreams,” which is already being investigated by the Judicial over alleged accusations of money laundering activities in the organization.

29/10/2011 | Argentina

'The Radical party isn't useful for Argentine democracy,' Aguad

Radical Party lawmaker Oscar Aguado sustained that “the Radical Party, under these conditions, isn’t useful for Argentine democracy,” and warned that the party must resume “the path it should have never left,” to become “a long term alternative.”

10/07/2011 | Argentina

Giudici warns of a 'fake polarization' in the elections

Radical Party (UCR) mayoral candidate Silvana Giudici criticized the mayoral campaign, assuring that there had been a “fake polarization” between Mauricio Macri and Daniel Filmus, and also blasted the National Government for issuing official advertisement linked to the City during the electoral ban.

07/08/2011 | Argentina

'I will keep on defending Córdoba's interests from my seat in Congress,' Aguad

Córdoba province gubernatorial candidate Oscar Aguad (Radical Party) admitted his defeat on Sunday’s elections and vowed to "fight for Córdoba's interests from my seat in Congress."  With 10 percent of votes accounted for, the UCR gubernatorial candidate was in third place, after Peronist candidate Juan Manuel De la Sota and Progressive Front candidate Luis Juez.

14/08/2011 | Argentina

'We expect a better result than a third place for Alfonsín, ' Gil Lavedra

30/04/2011 | Argentina

UCR, GEN near the breakdown

The head of the Radical Party at the Upper House of Congress, Gerardo Morales, assured that the bloc will continue with the “negotiations with de Narváez” and gave no importance to the position established last week by the head of the GEN caucus, Margarita Stolbizer.

26/05/2011 | Argentina

Alfonsín seeks to delay break up with Binner

Presidential candidate Ricardo Alfonsín chose to use this Twitter social network account and not the press to communicate with his political partners. The Radical party leader once again stated his desire to set an alliance with right wing lawmaker Francisco De Naváez and urged the Socialist Party and GEN to accept him, because the “convictions that unite the Progressive Front” aren’t at stake.

11/06/2011 | Argentina

Alfonsín blasts GEN, PS: 'No one has the right to demand demonstrations of progressism'

Radical Party’s presidential candidate Raúl Alfonsín strongly defended his alliance with Francisco De Narváez, questioned the GEN bloc and the Socialist Party, and said that “no one has the right” to “demand a demonstration of progressism.”

27/04/2011 | Argentina

Alfonsín downplays Carrió’s outburst

Following Civic Coalition leader Elisa Carrió’s outburst yesterday, the presidential pre-candidate for the Radical Party (UCR) Ricardo Alfonsín calmly downplayed her remarks, ensuring that “she will regret it later.” The response came after Carrió accused him of “not being capable to govern” the country.

28/04/2011 | Argentina

Sanz withdraws from presidential race

Radical Party’s Senator, Ernesto Sanz, announced he withdraws from the presidential race and stated in a communiqué that he will support Ricardo Alfonsín’s candidacy because he is “the party’s representative who has more possibilities to win.”

28/04/2011 | Argentina

Cobos urges Sanz to return to UCR´s leadership

After Ernesto Sanz´s announcement that he will not take part in the primary elections in August 14th, Vice-president Julio César Cleto Cobos said he shares Sanz’s reasons for quitting the pre-primaries and urged him to return to the Radical Party's presidency "as soon as possible."

23/04/2011 | Argentina

Morales does not rule out possibility of 'agreements with Federal Peronism'

Radical party (UCR) senator Gerardo Morales said, ‘we cannot rule out the possibility of agreements with provincial sectors of Federal Peronism,’ even though he rejected having reached an electoral agreement with City Mayor Mauricio Macri, or ex-president Eduardo Duhalde.

23/04/2011 | Argentina

'CFK would win the election today,' Cobos says

Vice-President Julio Cobos admitted that, if the election were held today, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner would win it, although he added that the scenario might change, because it is a “cyclothymic country and politics are very dinamic.”

24/04/2011 | Argentina

Duhalde wants to 'set State policies' with the Radical Party

Federal Peronism presidential pre-candidate Eduardo Duhalde confirmed that his relationship with his rival Alberto Rodríguez Saá “is broken,” and that he will begin with the creation of a new electoral front this week.

02/04/2011 | Argentina

Civic Coalition does not rule out an electoral accord for October

Civic Coalition lawmaker Patricia Bullrich assured that her party “remains open” for an electoral accord with other caucuses, and she mentioned the Radical Party, PRO and the Federal Peronism as possible “members of a common political space.”

08/04/2011 | Argentina

Cobos blasts the UCR, denies running for Mendoza's Governor

Vice-President Julio Cobos denied he will run for Mendoza’s Governor and compromised to work in order to change the Radical Party’s way of thinking because he is willing that the bloc governs the province.

09/04/2011 | Argentina

Morales suggests Macri should run for City election

Senator and ex head of the Radical Party, Gerardo Morales, suggested that Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri “would help the opposition” if he runs for the city elections.

17/03/2011 | Argentina

Opposition accuses Moyano of using strike for 'personal issues'

Members of the opposition harshly criticized the head of the CGT Labour Confederation Hugo Moyano for the truck drivers’ union strike and demanded that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner must intervene in the issue to stop the measure.

26/03/2011 | Argentina

Radical Party tension still present in build up to internal primaries

Between both Ricardo Alfonsín and Ernesto Sanz, tension is still largely present in the build up their head to head in the internal primaries on April 30.

30/03/2011 | Argentina

UCR chairman 'disgusted' by Sanz' move to drop out of April internal primaries

Radical party (UCR) chairman Ángel Rozas emphasized his "surprise" and "disgust" over the decision made by lawmaker Ernesto Sanz, who yesterday decided to drop out of the radical internal primary elections, which take place on April 30. Sanz stated that "it would have been embarrassing to run".

02/03/2011 | Argentina

Cobos shoots down resignation rumours

Vice-President Julio Cobos assured he would not resign to his post minutes after lawmaker Daniel Katz announced during a radio interview that the vice-president was going to tender his resignation in order to focus on his presidential campaign.

03/03/2011 | Argentina

Cobos ratifies he will not resign if he takes part in presidential primaries

Vice-President Julio Cobos ratified he will not resign to his post if he decides to “participate” in the open presidential primaries scheduled for August, adding that at most "he would request a leave of absence."

16/03/2011 | Argentina

Morales accuses Cobos of wanting to 'weaken' UCR primaries

Radical party (UCR) member Gerardo Morales spoke out against Vice-President Julio Cobos today, by accusing him of trying to “weaken” the primaries within the Radical Party.

25/01/2011 | Argentina

Cobos confirms his absence from Radical primaries to Rozas

Ángel Rozas, newly appointed chairman of the Radical party (UCR) while Ernesto Sanz prepares his campaign, met with Vice-President Julio Cobos to talk about his participation in the April primaries, to be held on April 30.

25/01/2011 | Argentina

Upset amongst Radical party for Cobos' absence in open primaries

Presidential pre-candidate for the Radical Party (UCR), Ernesto Sanz expressed his upset and that of the entire party, due to the absence of Vice-President Julio Cobos in the internal open primaries the 30 April.

26/01/2011 | Argentina

'Cobos has not decided whether or not to be a presidential candidate,' Morales

Radical party (UCR) member, Gerardo Morales spoke out about Cobos’ decision to not participate in April internal primaries and said, “I believe that the problem with Cobos is that he has not decided whether or not he will be a presidential candidate.”

08/01/2011 | Argentina

'Personal speculation' causes Cobos to oppose internal pre-elections, says Sanz

One of the three pre-candidates of the Radical Party (UCR), Ernesto Sanz, expressed his intentions to promote the idea of having internal pre-elections, “at the end of April or the beginning of May.” Vice-President, Julio Cobos however, opposes the idea due to “personal speculation.”

13/01/2011 | Argentina

Cobos dismisses participation in Radical primaries

Vice President Julio Cobos has dismissed the idea of presenting himself for the primary elections within the Radical Party (UCR) against other pre-candidates, Ricardo Alfonsín and Ernesto Sanz.

19/01/2011 | Argentina

Alfonsín 'fed up with the internal primaries debate'

Pre-primary candidate Ricardo Alfonsín is said to be “fed up with the internal primaries debate”. He mentioned that even if he is not successful in the internal pre-elections coming up against Ernesto Sanz, he has not ruled out the possibility of running in August primaries.

29/12/2010 | Argentina

Opposition rejects Gov't use of BCRA reserves

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

06/01/2011 | Argentina

Alfonsín puts forward idea for internal pre-election in UCR

One of the presidential hopefuls from Radical Party (UCR), Ricardo Alfonsín, expressed his competitive spirit, after talks of an internal pre-election within the party. The pre-election is said to take place in April or May, and Alfonsín and competitor, Ernesto Sanz would be participating.

06/01/2011 | Argentina

Tension mounts between UCR party presidential hopefuls

Following Alfonsín’s comments regarding the internal pre-elections, tension is now building within the Radical Party (UCR) between pre-candidates.