Salta: Land Transfer to Indigenous Groups Ends 20-Year Dispute
Juan Manuel Urtubey casting his vote in Salta. (courtesy of Urtubey for Governor) The governor of Salta province, Juan Manuel Urtubey, signed the transfer of 643,000 hectares of state-owned land to...
View ArticleSubte Workers to Strike on Thursday Morning
Buenos Aires subte (photo: Beatrice Murch) Subte workers will strike for two hours, between 5 and 7am, tomorrow. Service will be suspended on all six lines as employees demand better safety conditions....
View ArticleNeo-Nazi Party Given Legal Status
Carlos Biondini at a ‘cacerolazo’ (photo: Télam) Judge Ariel Lijo approved an application by Bandera Vecinal to become a registered political party. This party is led by Alejandro Carlos Biondini,...
View ArticleCórdoba Passes Controversial Environment Law amid Protests
Yesterday’s disturbances turned violent and led to police intervention (photo: Irma Montiel/Télam/jcp) Protests continue in Córdoba after last night’s approval of the province’s controversial new...
View ArticleOrganisations Lift Carpa Villera
The Carpa Villera was set up on 21st April (photo: Marc Rogers) The organisations behind the Carpa Villera, Corriente Villera Independiente (CVI) and La Poderosa, announced that they will end the...
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US Supreme Court Rejects Argentine Appeal on Vulture Funds Case
US Supreme Court building (photo: Wikipediture The US Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the Argentine government in the case against the vulture funds, thus ratifying the first instance ruling by New...
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Ex-Governor Sobisch Found Not Guilty
Former Neuquén governor Jorge Sobisch (photo: Wikipedia) Judge Marcelo Muñoz acquitted former Neuquén governor Jorge Sobisch, who had been accused of ordering the provincial police to not intervene...
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Government Reacts to Decision on Vulture Funds
US Supreme Court building (photo: Wikipedia) President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and cabinet chief Jorge Capitanich have responded to yesterday’s US Supreme Court’s rejection of Argentina’s appeal...
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Anti-Monsanto Protesters Denounce Police Repression
Policemen and detainees at the parking lot (photo: ANRed) A group of demonstrators who were protesting before the House of Córdoba in Buenos Aires last night denounced being repressed by the Federal...
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Vulture Funds: Government to Negotiate with Holdouts
Kicillof, Capitanich, and Zannini held a meeting in Congress today (photo: Prensa HCDN/Télam/ef) Economy Minister Axel Kicillof announced yesterday the next steps the government is planning to take on...
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Vulture Funds: Argentina Requests Stay to Pay Exchange Bondholders
Minister Kicillof gave a press conference this afternoon to announce the next steps in the dispute (photo: Maria Candelaria Lagos/Télam/dsl) Economy Minister Axel Kicillof announced today that the...
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Vulture Funds: Judge Griesa Denies Stay, Government Deposits Payment
Kicillof with Chief of Cabinet Jorge Capitanich (left) and Legal Secretary Carlos Zannini (right) during today’s press conference (photo: José Casal/Télam/dsl) New York Judge Thomas Griesa rejected...
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Judge Griesa Orders Bank to Return Argentine Money
The lawyers representing Argentina arrive at the court of Judge Griesa for a hearing (photo: AFP/Don Emmert/Télam/dsl) After yesterday’s announcement by Economy Minister Axel Kicillof regarding the...
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Vice-President Prosecuted in Ciccone Case
Vice-President Amado Boudou (photo: Paula Ribas/Télam/ef) Judge Ariel Lijo has charged Vice-President Amado Boudou on charges of passive bribery and incompatible negotiations in the Ciccone case. The...
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Over 14,500 People Displaced in North-East Due to Flooding
Flooding in Misiones (photo: Alba Posse/Télam/cf) Over 14,500 people had to be evacuated from their homes in the north-western provinces of Misiones, Formosa, Corrientes, and Chaco due to flooding...
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Ex-Military Fugitive Arrested in Panama
Ricardo Luis Von Kyaw as a military officer (photo via Security Ministry)A former military officer wanted for crimes against humanity during the last dictatorship in Argentina has been arrested in...
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Vulture Funds: Argentine Team to Meet Mediator Next Week
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof (photo: Maria Candelaria Lagos/Télam/dsl)A special task force from Argentina will travel to New York next week to meet with the mediator appointed by Judge Thomas Griesa...
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Hugo Moyano Elected President of Independiente
Hugo Moyano, of Agrupación Independiente, was elected president of Independiente (photo: Julián Alvarez/Télam/cf) Unionist Hugo Moyano was elected president of first-division football club...
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Several Injured in Clashes Over Panamericana Highway Protest
Gendarmerie forces face off with protesters on the Panamericana highway (Photo: Daniel Dabove/Télam)Ten people were reportedly injured this morning after national gendarmerie forces used rubber...
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Districts in BA Province Sign Up for Municipal Police Forces
The Buenos Aires police force (Photo: Daniel Muñoz/Télam) The district of Avellaneda, immediately south of Buenos Aires, will be the first to create a new municipal police under the terms of a decree...
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