Tourist with GoPro Records Attempted Armed Robbery in La Boca
A tourist wearing a GoPro camera has captured the dramatic moments when a man attempted to rob him at gunpoint in Buenos Aires. Canadian Alexander Hennessy was travelling through the neighbourhood of...
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Doctors Tried for Role in Kidnapping of Children during Last Dictatorship
Human rights organisation Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, has been at the forefront of the fight to find those born in captivity. Here the organisation’s president, Estela de Carlotto, shows the picture of a...
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Qom Man Killed in Formosa Hit and Run
Felix Diaz, one of the Qom leaders, speaks at a protest in Buenos Aires (Photo: Patricio Guillamón) Members of the Qom La Primavera community have cut a Ruta 86 in Formosa to demand justice after a...
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Buenos Aires Approves Relocation of Columbus Monument
The Christopher Columbus statue used to stand behind the Casa Rosada (photo courtesy of Wikipedia) After months of debate, Buenos Aires’ city legislature has approved the removal of the Christopher...
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US Court Rejects Citigroup Appeal Over Bond Payments
A US court today rejected an appeal by Citigroup to release it from a judge’s order blocking payments to holders of restructured Argentine debt. Citigroup presented its case to the appeals court...
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Holdouts: Judge Threatens to Hold Argentina in Contempt
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner addresses the UN General Assembly (photo Carreira Víctor/Telam) Judge Thomas Griesa has called for a new hearing on Monday in which Argentina must show cause...
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Judge Griesa Authorises ‘One Time’ Citigroup Bond Payment
Citigroup was today given a green light to process around US$5m in Argentine bond payments due on 30th September. In a hearing this afternoon in New York, Judge Thomas Griesa authorised the bank to...
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Argentine Researcher Awarded United Nations Conservation Prize
Dr Vilá has spent 30 years working on conservation of vicuñas (photo courtesy of Wikipedia) Argentine researcher Bibiana Vilá has been awarded the United Nation’s Midori prize for her work in...
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Judge Griesa Finds Argentina in Contempt of Court
New York Judge Thomas Griesa New York Judge Thomas Griesa has declared Argentina to be in contempt of court for refusing to pay debt owed to bond holdouts, though stopped short of issuing sanctions....
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President Creates New Housing Secretariat to Urbanise 100 Villas
New Secretary for Housing Access Rubén_Pascolini (Photo via Presidencia)President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced yesterday the creation of a National Secretariat for Housing Access to support...
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Head of Central Bank Resigns
The Central Bank headquarters are in Buenos Aires (photo Wikipedia) The president of Argentina’s Central Bank, Juan Carlos Fábrega, resigned yesterday after almost a year in the post. He will be...
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Estela de Carlotto Named Latin America’s First Outstanding Citizen
Estela de Carlotto received the honour in Montevideo (Photo: Pablo Porciuncula / AFP / Telam) The Latin American Association for Integration (ALADI) has named Estela de Carlotto an Outstanding Citizen....
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Ex-Minister Cavallo Absolved in 2001 Debt Swap Case
Domingo Cavallo in 2001 (photo: Wikipedia) Former Economy Minister under President Fernándo de La Rúa (1999-2001), Domingo Cavallo, was acquitted yesterday in the case that investigated irregular...
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President Fernández Defends New Civil and Commercial Code
President Fernández holds up a copy of the new Civil and Commerical Code, which will come into force in Argentina in 2016. (Photo: Raúl Ferrari/Télam)President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last night...
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Media Law: AFSCA Rejects Clarín’s Compliance Plan
Martín Sabbatella at yesterday’s press conference (photo: José Romero/telam/aa) The Federal Administration of Audiovisual Communication (AFSCA) rejected Grupo Clarín’s voluntary divestment plan to...
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Argentina on Ebola Alert as Suspected Case Analysed in Brazil
Brazilian health authorities transfer the man suspected of having contracted Ebola to Rio de Janeiro (photo: Vanderlei Faria / SECOM Cascavel Pr/Fotospúblicas) In a press conference this morning,...
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Neuquén: Mapuche Community Blocks Access to Shale Oil Field
Mapuche protesters block access to Loma Campana oil field (photo: Mapuche Confederation of Neuquén) Mapuche community Campo Maripe blocked all three accesses to the Loma Campana oil field, part of the...
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Formosa: Wichí Brothers Released from Prison
Rogelio Tejada’s son shares a photo of his imprisoned father (photo by Julieta Colomer) Four of the five Wichí brothers held in detention in Las Lomitas, Formosa, were released on Friday. One of them,...
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Supreme Court Judge Enrique Petracchi Dies
Judge Enrique Petracchi (photo: Wikipedia) Supreme Court judge Enrique Petracchi died on Sunday, aged 78. He was suffering from a pancreatic disease. Petracchi had been part of the Supreme Court since...
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Trial over Parque Indoamericano Occupation Opens
Police approach Parque Indoamericano in December 2010. (Photo: Kate-Sedgwick) The trial of Diosnel Pérez and Leonardo Nardulli over their role in the planning and organisation of the December 2010...
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