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A federal prosecutor requests a 12-year sentence for former president and current vice president of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on corruption-related charges.
2022-08-22

President Alberto Fernández reshuffles his cabinet, as demanded by Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, following the poor turnout of their Peronist and Kirchnerist Frente de Todos coalition in the legislative primary election. Among the appointed ministers include Santiago Cafiero, Julián Domínguez, Aníbal Fernández, and Daniel Filmus.
2021-09-17

The Industrial Bank of Korea agrees to pay US$86 million and will enter a two-year deferred prosecution agreement to settle lawsuits with the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of New York over a 2011 scheme to help transfer US$1 billion to Iran.
2020-04-20

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri rules that chemical companies Bayer and BASF are accountable for the adverse effects of their Dicamba-based herbicides on American farmlands, and awards the plaintiff, a peach farmer, US$265 million in damages. Bayer announces it will appeal.
2020-02-16

Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner declares that the government will not pay back its US$57 billion debt to the International Monetary Fund until the country exits its recession.
2020-02-8

Alphabet Inc., parent company of Google, becomes the fourth American company to hit a stock market capitalization of US$1 trillion.
2020-01-16

Visa Inc. purchases financial technology firm Plaid for US$5.3 billion, after it and Mastercard each invested US$250 million into the company last year.
2020-01-13

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appeals to Pope Francis for assistance in settling Argentina's dispute over the Falkland Islands with the United Kingdom.
2013-03-18

2012 G-20 Mexico summit: UK prime minister David Cameron confronts Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over a letter she sent to him regarding the Falkland Islands.
2012-06-19

Addressing the United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization, Argentina's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner demands the United Kingdom enters negotiations over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
2012-06-14