There are two main reasons why Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner decided to seize these private accounts.
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Earlier this year Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called Britain "arrogant" for refusing to negotiate on the islands.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced the measure on Monday, saying she was asserting sovereignty over Argentina's energy resources.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called the ruling "judicial colonialism" and said her government would not pay a single dollar.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner won a second term last month and her party won a majority in the legislature.
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President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has also asked the newly elected Pope Francis, who is Argentine, to intercede in the dispute.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has maintained that the Falkland islanders' wishes are not relevant in what is a territorial issue.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has made clear that her country does not recognise the referendum, insisting it has no legal validity.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has won re-election in a landslide victory, on the back of strong economic growth in the country.
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He has strong ties to Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, cheering on Argentina in its sovereignty dispute with Britain over the Malvinas or Falkland Islands.
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On Wednesday, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner visited Tolosa, the worst-hit area of La Plata, where she grew up and where her mother still lives.
As cardinal, Francis clashed with the government of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner over his opposition to gay marriage and free distribution of contraceptives.
As cardinal, Bergoglio clashed with the government of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner over his opposition to gay marriage and free distribution of contraceptives.
It comes after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner urged the prime minister to abide by a 1965 UN resolution to "negotiate a solution" to the dispute.
However, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called the agreement "historic".
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President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday visited Tolosa, the worst affected neighbourhood of La Plata, where she grew up and where her mother still lives.
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As a cardinal, he clashed with the government of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner over his opposition to gay marriage and free distribution of contraceptives.
In 2010 he said that gay adoption was a form of discrimination against children, a statement that was challenged by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called this week's two-day referendum a "parody" and maintained that the territory, which Argentina calls Las Malvinas, rightfully belongs to her country.
Earlier this month, Argentina's president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, urged the prime minister to abide by a 1965 UN resolution to "negotiate a solution" to the dispute.
"It is as if a consortium of occupiers had voted on whether to continue illegally occupying a building, " Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said earlier this month.
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Argentine Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino has said it is illegitimate to pay "vulture funds" and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said her government would not pay a single dollar.
"This is a very important step that gets rid of what has been the most severe restriction on the Argentine economy in recent decades", President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said.
Mr Hague said the Argentine government, led by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, had rejected diplomatic dialogue in favour of "a pattern of bullying and intimidatory behaviour towards the Falkland Islands".
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Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner congratulated the pontiff.
Peter's Square for the Mass include European Union leaders Jose Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of the pope's native Argentina, and Zimbabwe's controversial President Robert Mugabe.
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