The Latest Breaking News from Fernandez de Kirchner

Argentina VP says IMF hinders growth in Revolution Day speech

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner slammed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday, saying that the program agreed to with the multinational lender is holding back the country's economy.

Reuters · May 25, 2023

Argentina's Kirchner says she won't run for president, slams IMF

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said on Tuesday she will not run for president in the elections scheduled for October, claiming that the country's judicial system would disqualify her after her high-profile corruption case.

Reuters · May 17, 2023

Factbox-Who are the early contenders in Argentina's presidential race?

Candidates for Argentina's October general election are assembling for what looks to be an open and uncertain race, with most established political leaders on the sidelines after President Alberto Fernandez last week ruled out reelection.

Reuters · Apr 27, 2023

Messages point to plan to kill Argentine vice president: local media

Messages revealed in court appeared to show a pre-meditated plan to kill Argentina's vice president before a failed assassination attempt earlier this month, local media reported on Thursday.

Reuters · Sep 16, 2022

Argentina arrests new suspect in attack on vice president -local media

Argentine authorities have arrested a woman suspected of participating in the organization of the failed assassination attempt on Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner almost two weeks ago, local media reported on Tuesday.

Reuters · Sep 13, 2022

Explainer-How the attack on Argentine VP Cristina Kirchner unfolded

Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was attacked late on Thursday by an assailant with a loaded gun that apparently failed to discharge.

Reuters · Sep 2, 2022

Argentina shaken by assassination attempt on vice president

Hundreds of thousands of Argentines descended on the capital's main plaza on Friday in a show of solidarity against a shocking assassination attempt on the country's vice president a day earlier, which triggered an outpouring of support in a country gripped by deep political polarization and economic crisis.

Reuters · Sep 2, 2022

Assassin who pointed gun at Argentina vice president is 'church-goer' with Nazi tattoo

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was touching the face of a sailor in the crowd outside her Buenos Aires home last night when a gunman appeared from the crowd and pointed his weapon right between her eyes

Daily Mirror · Sep 2, 2022

Argentina vice-president incredibly survives assassination attempt after attacker’s gun jams: ‘The trigger was pulled’

Video footage of the incident shows a man holding a pistol inches away from the vice-president’s head as she greets supporters

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2022

Argentina VP Kirchner unharmed after attempted shooting

Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was unharmed late Thursday when a man with a loaded gun tried to shoot her but the gun did not go off, officials said.

France 24 · Sep 2, 2022