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Judge Rafecas Rejects AMIA Cover up Case Against President
President Fernández was accused of an alleged cover up in the AMIA bombing case. (Photo: Presidencia/Télam)Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas today dismissed the criminal case against President Cristina...
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Government Announces Cabinet Reshuffle
Alfredo Scoccimarro announces changes in the cabinet (photo: Casa Rosada) In a press conference this afternoon, Public Communications Secretary, Alfredo Scoccimarro, announced a series of changes in...
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New Health Minister Willing to “Promote Debate” on Abortion
Health Minister Daniel Gollán was sworn in last week (photo: Health Ministry) Health Minister Daniel Gollán said in an interview this morning that “we are going to promote a mature debate about...
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Chubut Governor Announces New Measures Following Bushfires
The fire in Cholila has affected 24,000 hectares of forest (photo: Pablo Wegrzyn) Chubut governor Martín Buzzi announced he will send a bill to the provincial legislature “banning any type of real...
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Nisman’s Ex-Wife Claims Prosecutor was Killed
Prosecutor Alberto Nisman (photo: Wikipedia) Alberto Nisman’s ex-wife, Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado, presented today the experts’ report into the death of the prosecutor carried out on behalf of the...
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Iron Mountain Fire Intentional ‘to Destroy Evidence’
Firefighter at the scene (photo: Daniel Dabove/Télam/lz) The head of the Financial Information Unit (UIF), José Sbatella, has said that he strongly believes that last year’s fire in an Iron Mountain...
View ArticleTen Killed after Helicopters Crash in La Rioja Province
Ten people were killed after two helicopters suffered an apparent mid-air collision in the Western province of La Rioja. The crash occurred at around 5pm Monday near Villa Castelli, some 300km west of...
View ArticleTeenager Dies in Rodrigo Bueno Villa
A 13-year-old boy from the Rodrigo Bueno villa has died after falling into a cesspit. Residents denounced the ambulance took 40 minutes to arrive. Gastón, who lived in the villa located in Costanera...
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Nisman Case: Prosecutor, Ex-Wife Clash Over Alternative Investigation
Prosecutor Viviana Fein is leading the investigations into Alberto Nisman’s death (Photo: Claudio Fanchi/Télam) Prosecutor Viviana Fein and Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado clashed this morning over new...
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UCR and PRO Form Alliance Ahead of Elections
The UCR National Convention took place in Gualeguaychú over the weekend (photo: UCR) The Unión Cívica Radical (UCR) National Convention voted in favour of forming an alliance with PRO ahead of the...
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New Consumer Protection System Goes into Effect
Domestic Trade Secretary Augusto Costa (photo: Wikipedia) The previously slow and complicated process to submit a claim for violations of consumer rights has been overhauled and simplified to include a...
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Ten Dead as Plane Explodes leaving Punta del Este
Judge Adriana Morosini (centre) inspects the aircraft (Photo: Pablo Porciuncula/Telam/AFP) Nine Argentines and one Portuguese woman have been killed after a light aircraft exploded shortly after taking...
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AMIA Case: Appeals Court Rejects Case Against President
The aftermath of the AMIA bombing in 1994 (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia). The Federal Appeals Chamber dismissed today the case against President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner over an alleged plan to...
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Wichí Protest Violently Supressed in Formosa
Protest in solidarity with Wichí communities in Formosa (photo: ANRed) A protest by a Wichí indigenous community in Ingeniero Juárez, Formosa, was violently suppressed yesterday evening. The community...
View ArticleGeneral Strike Called for Tuesday
A general strike has been called for Tuesday 31st March. The 24-hour strike, which will begin at midnight today, was originally announced by the transport workers’ unions, and will be joined by the...
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Ex-Economy Minister Given Suspended Prison Sentence
Then-Economy Minister Felisa Miceli and President Néstor Kirchner in 2006 (photo by Casa Rosada)Former economy minister Felisa Miceli was handed a three-year suspended prison sentence yesterday, more...
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Nisman Case: Judge Ratifies Prosecutor Viviana Fein
Prosecutor Viviana Fein is leading the investigations into Alberto Nisman’s death (Photo: Claudio Fanchi/Télam) The judge in charge of the Nisman case has ratified Viviana Fein in her role as the...
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Salta: Governor Urtubey Wins Primary Election
Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey (photo courtesy of Urtubey for Governor 2011) Salta Governor Juan Manuel Urtubey from Frente Justicialista Renovador para la Victoria came ahead in his provinces’s...
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Primary Elections: Opposition Victories in Santa Fe and Mendoza
PRO pre-candidate Miguel Del Sel came first by a very narrow margin in the primary elections for governor in Santa Fe, whilst Alfredo Cornejo from the Frente Cambia Mendoza coalition won more...
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Indigenous Women March for ‘Good Living’
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel and Nora Cortiñas joined the march (photo: Patricio Murphy) Indigenous women marched yesterday from the Julio Roca monument, on Diagonal Sur and Perú, to Congress. There, they...
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