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Police Launch Renewed Crackdown on Illegal Street Vendors
The city government has renewed efforts to clamp down on illegal street vendors, more commonly known as manteros, throughout Buenos Aires. In a operation between Federal and Metropolitan Police forces,...
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Murga Group Reports Brutal Attack by Security Forces
Some of the members of the murga who were shot by gendarmerie officers, including eight-year-old Carlos Ariel Sulca (top left and right), and murga director Gustavo González (Photo via Garganta...
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Government Removes Tariff Ceiling on Domestic Flights
The government has removed the maximum limit on fares for domestic flights, paving the way for increased tariffs. The measure was released by the government under decree number 294/2016, which seeks to...
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ATE Calls for National Strike
The State Workers’ Association (ATE) has announced a general strike on 24th February to protest the government’s dismissal of state employees at the municipal, provincial, and national levels. ATE...
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Deputies Leave FPV Parliamentary Bloc
Twelve Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) deputies, led by Diego Bossio, announced yesterday their decision to leave the party’s parliamentary bloc and create a new one After the shift, the FPV will be left...
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Government to Call Extraordinary Congress Sessions Next Week
The Government will hold extraordinary sessions in Congress next week to debate the appointment of new Supreme Court judges, military chiefs and ambassadors. Macri may still face stiff opposition in...
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Boudou Prosecuted for Illegally Accepting Gifts in Office
This afternoon, Federal Judge Norberto Oyarbide prosecuted the former vice president, Amado Boudou, for receiving gifts more than four years ago. The formal accusation comes, now, at the request of...
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Government Scraps Mining Export Taxes
During a visit to San Juan today, President Macri announced the elimination of export taxes on mining. The decree, signed yesterday by Energy Minister Juan José Aranguren, officially revoked the 5% tax...
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Catamarca Police Investigated after Assault on Journalist
Catamarca’s Security Secretary Marcos Denett has launched an investigation after a photojournalist was beaten and detained by police on Saturday. The decision was announced during a meeting on Sunday...
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Protest Over Shooting of Social Activist
Julian “Iki” Eugenio (photo courtesy of MPLD) Crowds took to the streets to protest the shooting of a member of the Movimiento Popular La Dignidad (MPLD) yesterday in La Matanza. Witnesses and MPLD...
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Protests Around the Country Demand Release of Milagro Sala
In what is being called the “National Day of Struggle for the Liberation of Milagro Sala”, social organisation Tupac Amaru, cut off road access to the city of Buenos Aires and at other points across...
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US President Barack Obama to Visit Argentina
US President Barack Obama US president Barack Obama is set to visit Argentina on 23rd and 24th March in attempts to strengthen bilateral ties and relations between the countries. A statement by the...
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Government Introduces New Protocol for Demonstrations
Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced yesterday a new protocol which establishes the way security forces should act to disperse demonstrations and roadblocks. The Internal Security Council met...
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Barrick Gold Mine Spill ‘Contaminated Five Rivers with Cyanide’
Last September’s cyanide spill at the Veladero mine owned by Barrick Gold contaminated five rivers in the region, according to a federal court commissioned report. The Veladero gold mine in San Juan...
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Thousands Take to the Streets in First National Strike under Macri
Thousands of demonstrators led by the Association of State Workers (ATE) gathered in the streets of Buenos Aires yesterday in what is being called the first national union protest under President...
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Argentina Agrees US$4.65bn Settlement with Vulture Funds
Argentina has reached an Agreement in Principle with the four key US hedge funds that could settle the country’s 15-year debt dispute, mediator Daniel Pollack said today. New York Judge Thomas Griesa...
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Nisman Case: Ex-Spy’s Testimony Changes Course of Investigation
Prosecutor Alberto Nisman (photo: Wikipedia) Argentine judge Fabiana Palmaghini has declared herself unable to continue the investigation into prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death after hearing evidence...
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Official Report Criticises Barrick Gold for Cyanide Spill in San Juan
A report conducted by the Secretariat for Environmental Control and Supervision has identified several ways in which last September’s cyanide spill at Barrick Gold’s Veladero mine was mismanaged,...
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San Juan: Nine Barrick Gold Executives Prosecuted Over Cyanide Spill
Nine Barrick Gold employees have been prosecuted in relation to the cyanide spill in September 2015, which contaminated five rivers in the San Juan province. The Veladero gold mine in San Juan province...
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Lower House Approves Holdouts Bill After 20-Hour Debate
Following a marathon debate, President Mauricio Macri’s government won its first legislative triumph, as the lower house of Congress voted overwhelmingly in favour of a deal to settle with holders of...
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