Convicted Suspects Arrested in Cromañon Case
Ten of the fourteen suspects convicted in the Cromañon case have been arrested while the former lead singer of Callejeros was admitted to a private psychiatric clinic.
View ArticleRural Society Calls for Livestock Farmers’ Strike Next Week
The president of the Rural Society of Argentina (SRA), Luis Etchevehere, called for a livestock farmers' strike next Wednesday in protest of a measure by the government to restore ownership of La...
View ArticleMoyano Launches Political Party with Eye on 2015
After orchestrating last week’s anti-government protests in the Plaza de Mayo, General Labour Confederation (CGT) union boss and major opposition figure Hugo Moyano is launching his own political party...
View ArticleHeavy Storm Alert in the Capital and Surrounding Suburban Areas
The National Weather Service (SMN) issued this morning a severe storm warning in the areas of Entre Rios, central and south parts of Santa Fe, Rio de la Plata and the city of Buenos Aires. After the...
View ArticleBank Workers Demand Salary Raise and Prepare for a National Strike
La Bancaria, a syndicate that unites bank workers, announced a national strike starting this midday, if their demands regarding to 35% salaries’ raise are not satisfied. National secretary of...
View ArticleMedia Law: Supreme Court Rejects Per Saltum, Upholds Suspension
The Supreme Court ruled the government’s request for a per saltum midday today “inadmissible”, rejecting the measure that would have allowed the controversial Media Law case to skip straight to the...
View ArticleDeclassified British Documents Give Insights into Falklands/Malvinas War
The British government has released over 3,500 official documents from 1982 related to the ten-week war on the Falklands/ Malvinas islands. The documents include testimonials by then-British Prime...
View ArticleFormer Economy Minister Miceli To Be Jailed
Argentina’s former economy minister, Felisa Miceli, has been sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of corruption. A court found the ex-minister guilty of covering up an allegedly...
View ArticleHome-made Bomb Explodes in Front of Penitentiary Service Building
This morning, at around 4am, a home-made bomb was thrown from a moving car at the Federal Penitentiary Service (SPF) building in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Once. The front of the building was...
View ArticleMedia Law: Government Asks Court To Work Through Holidays
The government will ask the courts to work during the traditional January holidays to reach a rapid decision on the appeals present by Clarín against key articles in the 2009 media law.
View ArticleCity Government Takes Control of Subte
The Buenos Aires city government officially took control of the subte on 1st January, amid ongoing uncertainty over possible changes to the service.
View ArticleGas Stations Ask Scioli to Help Solve Lack of Gasoline
The Buenos Aires Federation of Fuel (FECOBA) confirmed that they will ask Buenos Aires Province’s governor Daniel Scioli for help to avoid running out of gasoline. The Atlantic Coast has started the...
View ArticleMoyano Asks For a 30% Salary Increase for Truck Drivers in 2013
Salary rise expectations for 2013 have begun and leader of the Truck Driver’s Union Camioneros, Hugo Moyano, has asked for a 30% wage increase. Unions, employers and government are now starting to...
View ArticleForeigners in Argentina Now Able to Change Sex in Identification
The National Directorate of National Register and the National Immigration approved gender identity change for foreigners, refugees and stateless people living in Argentina.
View ArticleOpen Letter Marks Anniversary of British Landing on Falklands/Malvinas
An open letter from President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to British Prime Minister David Cameron printed today in The Guardian, once again inviting the British government to open a dialogue...
View ArticleNew Waste Treatment Plant Inaugurated in Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri of the Propuesta Republicana (PRO) and provincial Governor Daniel Scioli of the Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) joined together this morning in José León Suárez, in the...
View ArticleJustice Minister Under Fire for Controversial New Year’s Celebration
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Julio Alak has come under intense criticism from opposition legislators and non-governmental organisations for the controversial New Year’s asado, or barbeque, held...
View ArticleBritish Tabloid Responds to Falklands/Malvinas Letter
British tabloid The Sun today published an open letter in Argentine English-language newspaper The Buenos Aires Herald in response to President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request for dialogue...
View ArticleAgricultural Producers Plan to Occupy La Rural
Yesterday an assembly of approximately 500 agricultural and livestock producers convened in the town of Azul, in Buenos Aires province, to propose the occupation of the Argentine Rural Society (SRA)...
View ArticleJournalist Fumigated in Confrontation, Suffers Respiratory Problems
Oscar Di Vincensi, an Argentine journalist for the newspaper PerteneSer and radio station 94.1 Punto Cero, was admitted to a provincial hospital with respiratory problems on Wednesday after inhaling...
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