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First Baby Registered with Three Parents in Argentina
Antonio with his parents and Buenos Aires government officials (photo: BA Noticias) The Buenos Aires provincial government authorised yesterday the registration of a baby with two mothers and one...
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Neuquén: MPN Wins Election for Governor
Governor-elect Omar Gutiérrez (photo courtesy of Omar Gutiérrez) Movimiento Popular Neuquino (MPN) candidate, Omar Gutiérrez won the gubernatorial elections in Neuquén yesterday with 37.86% of the...
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Fire in Textile Sweatshop Kills Two Children
At the scene of yesterday’s fire in Flores (Photo courtesy of La Alameda)Two children died yesterday after a fire broke out in a house that functioned as an illegal textile sweatshop in Flores, Buenos...
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Castelar Train Crash: Driver Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
Castelar Train Crash (Photo: Carlos Brigo/Télam/aa) The driver of the Chapa 1 train which crashed in Castelar in June 2013, killing three people and injuring more than 300, has been found guilty of...
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Congress Approves Compensation for AMIA Victims
The aftermath of the AMIA bombing in 1994 (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia). Argentina’s Lower House has unanimously passed a law to economically compensate victims of the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish...
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Government Announces Changes to Income Tax
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof (photo: Wikimedia commons) Economy Minister Axel Kicillof has announced changes in income tax rates. The modifications announced this afternoon will apply to the lowest...
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Salta: Governor Urtubey Re-Elected for Third Term
Salta governor Juan Manuel Urtubey (photo: Wikipedia) Salta governor Juan Manuel Urtubey celebrated his second re-election on Sunday. With 51.2% of the vote, the Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) candidate...
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Unions Call National Strike for 9th June
Hugo Moyano (centre) with CTA’s Pablo Miceli (left) and CGT’s Luis Barrionuevo (right), are joining the strike (photo: Tito La Penna/Télam/jc)Major unions critical of the government today said they...
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Indigenous Peoples Make Joint Declaration After Summit
Representatives of 25 indigenous peoples from around Argentina signed a joint declaration in demand of basic rights after holding a national summit in Buenos Aires last week. “No more sisters or...
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Randazzo Claims ‘Sabotage’ After Dozens Injured in Train Crash
Transport and Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said last night’s crash was caused by ‘sabotage’ (Photo: Carlos Brigo/Télam/dsl) Transport and Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo has accused unions...
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9th June General Strike – Services That Will Be Affected
A general strike will be held tomorrow, Tuesday 9th June. Several services will not operate due to the strike, which will begin at midnight tonight and will be supported by the opposition factions of...
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Santa Fe: Socialists Claim Victory in Contested Local Election
Miguel Lifschitz claimed a narrow victory in Santa Fe.According to the provisional count, the Frente Progresista Civico y Social (FPCyS) will continue to govern in the province of Santa Fe after...
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Appeals Court Reopens Investigation into Police Killing
A mural remembering ‘Kiki’ Lezcano in Villa 20. (Photo: Nahuel Alfonso, via Cosecha Roja)The Federal Court of Criminal Appeal has ordered the reopening of the investigation of the fatal shooting of...
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Provincial Elections: FpV Loses in Mendoza, Wins in Tierra del Fuego
El Frente Cambia Mendoza’s Alfredo Cornejo was elected governor of Mendoza with 46.82% of the votes in yesterday’s provincial ballot. Cornejo defeated FvP’s Adolfo Bermejo, who obtained 39.06% of the...
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Elections 2015: Thirteen Candidates Sign Up for Presidential Race
Thirteen candidates have been presented in the official race to succeed President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at elections later this year. Saturday night was the deadline for the different...
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Army Chief Milani to Resign From Post for ‘Personal Reasons’
César Milani after being promoted by the president (Photo: Tito La Penna/Télam/dsl)Argentine Army chief César Milani has submitted a request to resign from his position, according to a military press...
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Santa Fe: Lifschitz Declared Governor-Elect After Recount
Miguel Lifschitz was declared the governor-elect for Santa Fe province. Miguel Lifschitz, of the Frente Progresista Cívico y Social (FPCyS), was confirmed as governor-elect today following a recount of...
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FPV Candidate Wins Tierra del Fuego Run-Off
Newly elected Tierra del Fuego governor Rosana Bertone (photo courtesy of Rosana Bertone) Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) candidate Rosana Bertone was elected governor of Tierra del Fuego at yesterday’s...
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FaSinPat (ex-Zanón) Demands Loan for Technological Renewal
FaSinPat workers protest in Congress (photo courtesy of FaSinPat) Workers from the emblematic Neuquén ceramics factory FaSinPat (‘Fábrica Sin Patrones’ or ‘Factory Without Bosses’) marched yesterday in...
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Horacio Rodríguez Larreta Elected Mayor of Buenos Aires
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, from PRO, won the Buenos Aires City mayoral election by 51,64% of the vote against 48,36% of his second-round rival, ECO’s Martín Lousteau. Lousteau almost doubled the amount...
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