A report on Martín Lousteau

Lousteau making his case for higher oilseed export taxes in an April 2008 press conference. The resulting conflict with the nation's agricultural sector dominated his brief tenure as Economy Minister.
Lousteau with Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner
Martín Lousteau canvassing in Buenos Aires during his 2015 mayoral run.
Lousteau takes over as senator

Argentine economist and politician of the Radical Civic Union.

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Fernández de Kirchner in 2021

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

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Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the 37th Vice President of Argentina since 2019.

Argentine lawyer and politician who has served as the 37th Vice President of Argentina since 2019.

Fernández de Kirchner in 2021
Cristina Fernández during her youth
First Lady Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (right) campaigning alongside her husband, Néstor Kirchner in 2007.
Fernández de Kirchner with minister of economy Axel Kicillof
Fernández de Kirchner announces the bill to renationalize YPF
Road blockade during the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector in Villa María, Córdoba
200,000 people took part in a cacerolazo against Fernández de Kirchner
A financial firm located at the Madero Center hotel sparked The Route of the K-Money scandal
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner with the Mothers and Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo
Kirchner holding a copy of Clarín
President Kirchner after the defeat at the 2009 midterm elections
Fernández de Kirchner with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in 2011
Fernández de Kirchner with then-Buenos Aires Mayor and successor Mauricio Macri in 2014
Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (right) alongside President Alberto Fernández (left) in 2021.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in presidential regalia posing with her children, Máximo and Florencia (2011)
Coat of Arms of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as a member of Order of Isabella the Catholic

Peirano was succeeded by Martín Lousteau in December 2007.

Buenos Aires

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Capital and primate city of Argentina.

Capital and primate city of Argentina.

Our Lady of Buen Aire in front of the National Migration Department
Juan de Garay founding Buenos Aires in 1580. The initial settlement, founded by Pedro de Mendoza, had been abandoned since 1542.
Aldus verthoont hem de stadt Buenos Ayrros geleegen in Rio de la Plata, painting by a Dutch sailor who anchored at the port around 1628.
Emeric Essex Vidal, General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros, 1820. In this area now lies the Plaza San Martín.
Impression of the Buenos Aires Cathedral by Carlos Pellegrini, 1829.
View of the Avenida de Mayo in 1915
Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.
9 de Julio Avenue, 1986.
Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies, foreign subsidiaries, and diplomatic offices. It is located in the Retiro and San Nicolás neighborhoods.
Satellite view of the Greater Buenos Aires area, and the Río de la Plata.
Buenos Aires Botanical Garden
Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Plaza San Martin. Thunderstorms are usual during the summer.
The Buenos Aires City Hall in the right corner of the entrance to the Avenida de Mayo
Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City
The Immigrants' Hotel, constructed in 1906, received and assisted the thousands of immigrants arriving to the city. The hotel is now a National Museum.
Villa 31, a villa miseria in Buenos Aires
The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in the city.
The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the main stock exchange and financial center of Argentina.
Headquarters of the National Bank of Argentina, the national bank and the largest in the country's banking sector.
Buenos Aires Bus, the city's tourist bus service. The official estimate is that the bus carries between 700 and 800 passengers per day, and has carried half a million passengers since its opening.
Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina in the neighborhood of Palermo
The Centro Cultural Kirchner (Kirchner Cultural Center), located at the former Central Post Office, is the largest of Latin America.
Homage to Buenos Aires, a mural located at the Carlos Gardel station of the Buenos Aires Underground. It represents a typical scene from the city and several of its icons, such as singer Carlos Gardel, the Obelisco, the port, tango dancing and the Abasto market.
Buenos Aires Museum of Modern Art.
MALBA
The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.
Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.
The Buenos Aires Philharmonic.
Gaumont Cinema opened in 1912.
A screening at Parque Centenario, as part of the 2011 edition of BAFICI
A fashion show at the Planetarium in 2013, as part of BAFWEEK.
View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts and modernist architecture.
Teatro Colón.
Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, a public high school in Buenos Aires, and it is one of the most prestigious in Argentina and Latin America.
University of Buenos Aires' Law School in Recoleta
July 9 Avenue
Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station
Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network
EcoBici.
200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.
Buenos Aires Underground map
Metrobus, Paseo del Bajo.
Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Buenos Aires to Uruguay
Campo Argentino de Polo, home of the Argentine Open Polo Championship, the most important global event of this discipline
La Bombonera during a night game of Copa Libertadores between Boca Juniors v. Colo Colo.
Luna Park

In the first round of voting, FPV's Mariano Recalde obtained 21.78% of the vote, while Martín Lousteau of the ECO party obtained 25.59% and Larreta obtained 45.55%, meaning that the elections went to a second round since PRO was unable to secure the majority required for victory.

Horacio Rodríguez Larreta

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Argentine economist, politician and the current Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

Argentine economist, politician and the current Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires.

Rodríguez Larreta at a press conference
Rodríguez Larreta inaugurating a housing complex
Rodríguez Larreta with then-mayor Mauricio Macri and SBASE chief Juan Pablo Picardo on a 200 Series train

On 5 July 2015, Larreta won 45% of the vote, forcing a runoff with the leader of center-left Evolution's, Martín Lousteau, who secured 28% of the vote.

2008 Argentine agrarian strike

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The 2008 Argentine agrarian strike refers to the conflict between the Argentine national government and the 4 entities that represented the agriculture sector.

The 2008 Argentine agrarian strike refers to the conflict between the Argentine national government and the 4 entities that represented the agriculture sector.

The subsequent political upheaval has seen elements of the ruling Front for Victory speak out against the government and the resignation of Economy Minister Martín Lousteau.

Juntos por el Cambio

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Liberal political coalition in Argentina.

Liberal political coalition in Argentina.

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Macri and Carrió prepared a launch photo of their alliance.
Sanz designed an alliance between PRO and UCR
First speech of the president-elect Macri
Macri and the governor-elect, Maria Eugenia Vidal
Macri, Vidal and the new member, Pichetto
Macri and IMF Managing Director, Christine Lagarde.
Macri with the members of Cambiemos Gabriela Michetti, Federico Pinedo and Emilio Monzó at the Argentine Congress.
Macri and U.S President Barack Obama.

Mauricio Macri, Maria Eugenia Vidal, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Elisa Carrió, and ministers Marcos Peña, Rogelio Frigerio, Esteban Bullrich, etc., are anti-abortion; Martin Lousteau, Mario Negri, Luis Petcoff Naidenoff and ministers Sergio Rubinstein, Patricia Bullrich, Sergio Bergman, Juan José Aranguren, etc.; are pro-abortion.

Evolución (political coalition)

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Evolución Ciudadana or simply Evolución , was an Argentine political coalition founded by Martin Lousteau in the City of Buenos Aires.

Sergio Massa (5th from right) caps a campaign rally with his fellow Renewal Front candidates. Their party list won in Buenos Aires Province, the nation's largest. The balance of power in Congress was largely unchanged, however, and the Front for Victory maintained their working majority in both houses.

2013 Argentine legislative election

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Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 27 October 2013.

Legislative elections were held in Argentina on 27 October 2013.

Sergio Massa (5th from right) caps a campaign rally with his fellow Renewal Front candidates. Their party list won in Buenos Aires Province, the nation's largest. The balance of power in Congress was largely unchanged, however, and the Front for Victory maintained their working majority in both houses.

Prat-Gay was nominated as the lead UNEN candidate for a seat in the Argentine Senate for the City of Buenos Aires (where the alliance was strongest), and Gil Lavedra the lead UNEN candidate for the Lower House; former Economy Minister Martín Lousteau (who fell out with President Fernández de Kirchner after his 2008 dismissal) joined Gil Lavedra and Carrió on the UNEN Lower House list for the city.

Carlos Rafael Fernández

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Argentine economist and was, from April 2008 to July 2009, the Minister of the Economy of the country.

Argentine economist and was, from April 2008 to July 2009, the Minister of the Economy of the country.

Following the 2008 Argentine government conflict with the agricultural sector, touched off by a proposed increase in export taxes, the economist's non-confrontational style helped lead to his April 25 replacement of the less conciliatory Martín Lousteau as Minister of the Economy.

US President George W. Bush and Argentine President Nestor Kirchner during the 2005 Summit of the Americas, in Mar del Plata, Argentina

Argentina–United States relations

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Argentina and the United States have maintained bilateral relations since the United States formally recognized the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, the predecessor to Argentina, on January 27, 1823.

Argentina and the United States have maintained bilateral relations since the United States formally recognized the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, the predecessor to Argentina, on January 27, 1823.

US President George W. Bush and Argentine President Nestor Kirchner during the 2005 Summit of the Americas, in Mar del Plata, Argentina
US President Barack Obama and Argentine President Mauricio Macri in March 2016.
The US delivers COVID vaccines to Argentina through the COVAX program in 2021
US Ambassador Residence in Buenos Aires
President Trump, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, First Lady Melania Trump and US Ambassador to Argentina Edward Prado in the US Embassy in Buenos Aires.

The post had been vacant since the April 3, 2017, resignation of Martín Lousteau over an arms procurement scandal involving a $2 billion request disclosed by the office of Congressman Pete Visclosky but not authorized by the Argentine Congress.

Javier González Fraga

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Argentine economist and businessman.

Argentine economist and businessman.

González Fraga in a conversation with (from left) Congressman Ricardo Gil Lavedra, UCR presidential candidate Ricardo Alfonsín, and Miguel Bazze of the Buenos Aires Province UCR during the 2011 elections.

He would influence a number of future policy makers in Argentina, including Martín Lousteau, with whom he wrote Sin Atajos ("Without Shortcuts") in 2005, and Débora Giorgi, who worked with González Fraga during his tenure at the Central Bank.