Council Deliberates Amid Controversy to Select Federal Judge Nominees
The Tribunal Council meets today to determine its six nominations to assume five vacant judicial posts in civil and commercial courts. Among them is the First Federal Civil and Commercial Court post,...
View ArticleSix Ex-Military Repressors Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
Yesterday, the Federal Court of Mar del Plata handed out convictions to 14 retired Argentine military and police officers, six of which were life sentences for crimes against humanity during the last...
View ArticlePrefecture Coastguards Protest Against Wage Decrease
This morning, Argentine Naval Prefecture agents gathered in La Boca, Puerto Madero and Tigre in protest of a recent drastic wage decrease. Members of the maritime security force claim that their wages...
View ArticleCity Judge Orders Bullrich to Negotiate With Students Over School Takeovers
A city of Buenos Aires judge, Elena Liberatori, today ordered Esteban Bullrich, the minister for education, to hold negotiation talks with representatives of the student body that has orchestrated the...
View ArticlePresident Fernández Speaks at South American-Arab Summit in Peru
Yesterday President Fernández spoke at the South American-Arab summit about the colonial situation of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands and demanded a Palestinian Sate. She also angled critique towards the...
View ArticleSecurity Force Protests On Wages Expand
Protests against salary cuts expanded as the National Gendarmerie and more members of the Prefecture Coastguard in other cities joined the fight. At 5am this morning the Prefecture Coastguard protests...
View ArticleBill on Lower Voting Age Goes To Senate
The bill drafted to change the law to lower the voting age to 16, instead of the current 18, has reached another instance. The bill received a favourable opinion in the Constitutional Affairs Committee...
View ArticleSecurity Force Protestors Continue With New Petition
Security Force protests that started on Tuesday 2nd October continue this morning with a new petition of demands.
View ArticleWitness in Mariano Ferreyra Murder Trial Goes Missing
Enrique Alfonso Severo disappeared last night before he was expected to testify today at noon in the trail against José Pedraza, general secretary of the Railway Union (UF), and his assistant Juan...
View ArticleArgentine Senate Imposes Life Imprisonment For Femicide
Last night the Argentine Senate approved a bill to amend the Criminal Code and significantly increase sentences for femicide. This project is a modification to the existing norm related to femicide....
View ArticleGendarmes Regulate Highway Protest
In the midst of their fourth day of protest, the National Gendarmerie was called to the Autopista Riccheri to prevent activists from the State Worker’s Association (ATE) from completely blocking...
View ArticleMacri Vetoes City’s Legal Abortion Law
Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri yesterday vetoed the ‘non-punishable’ abortion law passed on the 28th September which would have served to legalise abortion in cases of rape or life endangerment of...
View ArticlePlanned Legal Abortion Suspended Today
The first legal abortion planned to happen Tuesday was suspended after an injunction was filed by the Catholic group Pro Vida against the operation.
View ArticleGovernment Rejects Salary Settlement for Gendarmerie and Coast Guard
The government announced today that they will insist on the correct application of the current decree but reject the Police and Coast Guard demands of a salary raise to $7,000.
View ArticleJudge Assigned to Clarín Case Resigns
Raul Tettamanti resigned from his position as temporary judge today following objections of his appointment from the government.
View ArticleAbuelas de Plaza de Mayo Announce Identification of Grandchild
Thirty-four years ago Mercedes Moreno had her daughter taken from her after giving birth in an illegal detention centre, the Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo have now announced they have found her daughter.
View ArticleArgentine Journalist Accuses Venezuelan Authorities of Censorship
Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata claims that police held him and a group of journalists for over two hours at Simón Bólivar Airport in Caracas on Monday. Lanata said that during this time the police...
View ArticleIndigenous Farmer Murdered in Santiago del Estero
Miguel Galván, 40, an indigenous farmer and member of the Lule Vilela tribe, was stabbed to death yesterday afternoon in his home in Monte Quemado, Santiago del Estero. Galván was a member of the of...
View ArticleGendarmarie and Coast Guard Wage Conflict Subsides
Protesting members of the Coast Guard have abandoned their encampment at the Coast Guard building as of yesterday, whilst only a handful of Gendarmarie members remain at theirs in front of the...
View ArticleGhanan Court Rejects Argentine Plea to Release Ship
The Commercial Court of Accra ruled in favour of hedge fund investors who have seized a ship belonging to the Argentine Navy in exchange for unpaid debts dating back to 2001. The Libertad, a training...
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