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Pensions Nationalised Amid Controversy
Photo courtesy of Presidencia de la Nacion President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s bill to nationalise pension plans received final approval from the Argentine senate on 20th November when it was...
View ArticleGovernment Loses Control of Senate
President Cristina Kirchner has suffered the double blow of losing control of the Argentine Senate and also having her nomination for head of the central bank, Mercedes Marco del Pont, rejected....
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Is a Former Argentine President a Living Curse?
DISCLAIMER: Many say a curse is not real unless one believes in it. Therefore as a precaution that the following stories may very well convince you, and in an attempt to save her own hide and those of...
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A Tour of South America’s Largest Mosque
The mosque along Av Bullrich (Photo: Beatrice Murch) The largest mosque in South America is improbably located across the street from the gambling mecca of the Hippodrome and right next to the shopping...
View ArticleBeder Herrera won in La Rioja.
Not everything is bad news for the kirchnerism: after the defeat in Chubut Luis Bader Herrera, ruling party’s candidate was re-elected as La Rioja’s governor by 67.2% of votes. Kirchnerism won in La...
View ArticleMenem Acquitted of Arms Smuggling
Former Argentine president Carlos Menem was yesterday acquitted of violating international weapon embargoes by selling 6,500 tons of arms to Ecuador and Croatia during the 1990s. Menem, president from...
View ArticleNew “Mixed” Capital Structure for YPF Oil
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is expected to announce a new economic structure for Argentine oil company YPF at tomorrow’s meeting with province governors. The decision will come after weeks...
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Weekly News Roundup, April 20th
It’s Friday, and it may be my last. WE’RE AT WAR WITH SPAIN!!!! Well, no. We’re not. But I’m a sucker for hyperbole. There are dark clouds in the horizon, my friends. In the last few days I have had to...
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Former President Menem Found Guilty of Arms Smuggling
Carlos Menem Former president of Argentina Carlos Saúl Menem has been found guilty of smuggling arms to Ecuador and Croatia, carrying a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. An Appeals Court convicted...
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Prosecution Seeks Eight Years in Prison for Menem in Arms Trafficking Case
Carlos Menem during his presidency (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) On Friday, 31st May, Prosecutor Marcelo Agüero Vera of Argentina’s Economic Court 3 requested that ex-President Carlos Menem...
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Menem Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison for Illegal Arms Trading
Carlos Menem during his presidency (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons) Former President of Argentina Carlos Menem has been sentenced to seven years in prison for illegal arms trading to Ecuador and...
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Carlos Menem Under Investigation for 1995 Bombing
Raúl Alfonsín hands the presidential baton to Carlos Menem in 1989 Former president and senator Carlos Menem will once again be tried for his alleged role in the bombing of a military industrial plant...
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Menem Absolved of Falsifying Tax Declarations
Former president Carlos Menem and daughter Zulemita (José Casal/Télam) Former president Carlos Menem was absolved of all charges of falsifying tax declarations by a Federal Court today. Menem, 83, was...
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Top 5 Classic Argentine Jokes
As acclaimed humorist and scriptwriter Leo Rosten expertly put it: “humour is the affectionate communication of insight.” When it comes to Argentine humour, littered with references to their history...
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Argentina News Roundup: 27th December 2013
Bus number 5 (photo: Beatrice Murch) Increase in Bus Fares: The Interior and Transport Ministry announced today that bus fares in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area will increase by as much as 66% from...
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Argentina News Roundup: 12th February 2014
Secretary General of the metal workers’ union and the CGT, Antonio Caló, and of the taxi drivers’ union, Omar Viviani (photo: Paula Ribas/Télam/ef) President Meets with Unions Ahead of Wage...
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