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Argentina News Roundup: 10th February 2014
Seventeen people died in the crash, including the lorry driver (photo: Alfredo Ponce/Télam/ddc) Mendoza Policemen Suspended Due to Negligence: Four police officers and five civilian employees were...
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Argentina News Roundup: 11th February 2014
The ‘Spring Without Monsanto’ protest in Malvinas Argentinas (photo: Paola Castillo, via Tierra Negra)Córdoba Rejects Monsanto Environmental Study: The Environment Secretariat for the province of...
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Argentina News Roundup: 12th February 2014
Secretary General of the metal workers’ union and the CGT, Antonio Caló, and of the taxi drivers’ union, Omar Viviani (photo: Paula Ribas/Télam/ef) President Meets with Unions Ahead of Wage...
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Argentina News Roundup: 13th February 2014
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof with heads of INDEC (photo: Raúl Ferrari/Télam/ddc) New Consumer Price Index Notes 3.7% Inflation: In a joint press conference with the national statistics agency INDEC,...
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Argentina News Roundup: 14th February 2014
Minister Lino Barañao and Biochemist Gabriel Rabinovich (photo: Télam/jcp) Argentine Scientists Present Key Findings in Fight Against Cancer: A group of Argentine scientists led by Dr. Daniel...
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Argentina News Roundup: 17th February 2014
Martín Sabbatella, director of AFSCA, the organisation in charge of implementing the media law. (Photo – Wikimedia Commons) AFSCA Approves Clarín Compliance Plan: The Federal Administration of...
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Argentina News Roundup: 18th February 2014
Flooding in San Juan (Photo: Rubén Paratore/Télam)Government Increases Support for Flood Victims: The head of the National Administration for Social Security (Anses), Diego Bossio, announced this...
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Argentina News Roundup: 19th February 2014
The scene after the assassination of Martín Luis Paz (photo: José Granata/Télam/ef) Drug Gang Leaders and Policemen Prosecuted: A court in Rosario prosecuted 35 people allegedly involved in drug...
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Argentina News Roundup: 20th February 2014
Human rights organisations joined civil society outside the Masacre de la Carcova trial in San Martín. (Photo: Gustavo Amarelle/Télam/lz) ‘Masacre de La Carcova’ Trial Begins: The trial against Buenos...
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Argentina News Roundup: 21st February 2014
Police violently suppressed an anti-Monsanto demonstration (photo: RNMA- Red Nacional de Medios Alternativos) Incidents in Anti-Monsanto Protest: At least four people were injured last night as the...
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Argentina News Roundup: 24th February 2014
Young men fight against the police in December 2001 (Photo: Sub Coop/Nicolas Pousthomis) Trial Begins Over December 2001 Deaths: The trial of 17 former civil servants and police officers for their role...
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Argentina News Roundup: 25th February 2014
The former Repsol-YPF tower in Puerto Madero (photo: Wikipedia) Repsol Agrees To US$5bn Settlement With Government Over YPF Takeover: The board of directors at Spanish oil company Repsol today accepted...
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Argentina News Roundup: 26th February 2014
Randazzo and Capitanich show the new train (photo: Interior and Transport Ministry) First New Train Arrives in the Country: Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo and Chief of Cabinet Jorge...
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Argentina News Roundup: 27th February 2014
Occupiers are refusing to leave the terrain in Villa Lugano (Photo: Gustavo Amarellee/Télam/lz) No Agreement in Lugano Terrain Occupation: A terrain in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Villa Lugano...
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Argentina News Roundup: 28th February 2014
Children discovered working at the ‘Los Avalos’ tobacco plantation in Jujuy (photo courtesy of AFIP) Child Workers Rescued From Tobacco Plantation in Jujuy: Inspectors from the tax office AFIP...
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Argentina News Roundup: 6th March 2014
Teachers march in Tucumán, rejecting an offer of a staggered pay rise (photo: Julio Pantoja/Télam/ef) Teachers’ Strike Delays Start of School Year:Teachers in 19 provinces across Argentina began a...
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Argentina News Roundup: 7th March 2014
San José de Flores subte station (photo: Beatrice Murch) Subte Fares to Increase: Subte fares in the city of Buenos Aires will increase as of next Friday 14th March, from the current $3.50 to $4.50 for...
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Argentina News Roundup: 10th March 2014
Personal look over the wreckage at the Once station in Buenos Aires. (Photo: Beatrice Murch) Once Train Crash – Brakes in Working Order: An expert’s report on 2012′s Once train crash determined that...
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Argentina News Roundup: 11th March 2014
Police at the scene of the fight (photo: Tito La Penna/Télam/dsl) One Dead in Union Clash: One person was killed and another hospitalised as a result of a fight between rival union factions this...
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Argentina News Roundup: 12th March 2014
Teachers demand a $6,400 minimum wage (photo: Carlos Cermele/Télam/jcp) Buenos Aires Teachers Continue Strike: Teachers’ unions rejected the provincial government’s offer for a wage increase and will...
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