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Córdoba Governor Stirs Controversy With Dictatorship Comments

May 23, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

Governor José Manuel de la Sota suggested people involved in the dictatorship be given lesser sentences in exchange for information about the disappeared....

Qom Community Granted Supreme Court Hearing

May 23, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

The Qom indigenous community from the province of Formosa were granted a hearing with the Supreme Court yesterday. After on-going issues with the provincial government over land rights, the commitment was made to introduce the Supreme Court as a “r...

President Announces Increases in Family Allowances

May 23, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

Last night, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the government would be implementing ‘six steps’ to increase family allowances. The measures will increase funding in areas such as pregnancy and family allowance, school aid, a...

No, Argentina is not a ‘cautionary tale’ for the eurozone | Nikos Chrysoloras

May 23, 2013| Original source: Guardian.co.uk

Two flawed analogies are trotted out: comparing the eurozone to Argentina's 1990s dollar-pegging, and the EU to the USA true giant of modern thought, Ludwig Wittgenstein believed that all problems in philosophy arise from the misguided use of languag...

Government Issues Supermarket Price Freeze Product List

May 22, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

Argentina’s Domestic Trade department has approved a list of 500 supermarket products that will maintain their prices for at least three months, effective as of 1st June....

Government Considers Nationalisation of More Railways

May 22, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

The government announced today that it is reviewing the country’s railroad operatives and could nationalise more lines if “objectives” are not upheld.The announcement comes three months after the federal government assumed control over the Belg...

Five Police Officers Accused of Murder Acquitted in La Matanza

May 22, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

Yesterday Criminal Court 4 of La Matanza announced the acquittal of five police officers accused of torturing and killing a man they had taken into custody in 2008. The lawyers of the victim’s family have rejected the court’s decision and will fi...

An Argentine Scandal: The Money Laundering Investigation

May 22, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

An alleged money laundering scheme that would implicate the president and her late husband has dominated the news headlines for the last month. Laura Benitez explains the development of the case....

New Bus Terminal Planned for Buenos Aires by 2015

May 21, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

The government has today announced plans to open a new bus terminal in Villa Soldati in 2015, creating 1,200 new jobs in Buenos Aires....

Teachers Poised to Begin More Strikes in Buenos Aires Province

May 21, 2013| Original source: The Argentina Independent

The Unified Union of Educational Workers in Buenos Aires (SUTEBA) has warned that a strike of 96 hours will go ahead if the government refuses to hold wage negotiation talks by today....

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