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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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...
View ArticleArgentina 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...
View ArticleArgentina 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...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 20th March 2014
Daniel Scioli (photo source: wikipedia) Buenos Aires Government Raises Teachers’ Wages by Decree: After another failed meeting between the Buenos Aires province government and teachers’...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 21st March 2014
Communications Secretary Norberto Berner (photo: Paula Ribas/Télam/ef) Mobile Phone Companies Announce Rates Increase: Mobile phone operators Movistar, Personal, and Claro announced an increase of...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 25th March 2014
A monument to the murdered French tourists was inaugurated last year in the area they were found in Salta (photo: Néstor Troncoso/El Tribuno/Télam) Trial Over Murdered French Tourists Begins in Salta:...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 26th March 2014
Hotel Bauen on Callao by Corrientes (Photo: Sam Verhaert) Bauen Hotel Cooperative To Be Evicted: A judge ordered the eviction of the Bauen Hotel, run by a workers’ cooperative, in order to give it back...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 27th March 2014
The senate debate the government’s agreement with Repsol (photo: Fernando Sturla/Telam/ddc) Senate Ratifies Agreement with Repsol: Last night, Argentina’s senate approved the agreement met between the...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 28th March 2014
Head of Suteba teachers’ union Roberto Baradel (photo: Carlos Cermele/Télam/lz) Teachers and Government Close to Deal in BA Province: After three weeks of disruption to classes which have delayed the...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 31st March 2014
Children in Buenos Aires started school today, after an agreement with the government ended a 17-day teachers’ strike (photo: Daniel Dabove/Télam/lz) Students Start School Year After Teachers Reach...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 1st April 2014
Supreme Court Justice Eugenio Raúl Zaffaroni (photo courtesy of Ariel Darder) Widespread Condemnation After Wave of ‘Lynchings’: Politicians and judges have expressed concern after several new cases of...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 3rd April 2014
President Fernández presents the new $50 bill (photo: Presidencia/Télam/dsl) New Fifty Peso Note Unveiled on Anniversary of Falklands/Malvinas War: In a ceremony at the Casa Rosada yesterday, President...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 4th April 2014
Map showing the location of the 5.3 earthquake (courtesy of INPRES) Earthquakes Hit San Juan: Six earthquakes measuring between 2.7 and 5.3 on the Richter scale were registered in San Juan this morning...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 7th April 2014
Governor Scioli and his cabinet declare a ‘security emergency’ (photo: Victoria Egurza/Télam/ef) Scioli Declares Security Emergency in Buenos Aires: Governor Daniel Scioli declared on Saturday a...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 8th April 2014
Susana Trimarco (Photo: Natasha Ali)Long Prison Sentences for Ten Convicted in Marita Verón Case: Judges in Tucumán today handed prison sentences for the ten people convicted of the kidnapping and...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 9th April 2014
Hugo Moyano in today’s press conference with CTA’s Pablo Miceli and CGT’s Luis Barrionuevo, among others (photo: Tito La Penna/Télam/jc) Unions Ratify Tomorrow’s General Strike: A general strike...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 10th April 2014
Puente Pueyrredón was one of the main access routes into Buenos Aires that was cut during today’s national strike (photo: Carlos Brigo/Télam/dsl) National Strike a ‘Success’: Today’s general strike,...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 11th April 2014
Héctor Timerman at the Casa Rosada (Photo: Presidencia/Télam/cf)Argentina Denounces British Military Manoeuvres on Falklands/Malvinas: In a press conference today, Foreign Affairs Minister Héctor...
View ArticleArgentina News Roundup: 14th April 2014
Chief of Cabinet Jorge Capitanich referred to the negotiations between Mercosur and the EU (photo: Ricardo Ceppi / Prensa Jefatura de Gabiente/Télam/jc.) Argentina Lifts Trade Restrictions, Advances EU...
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