Police stopped the head of Argentina's central bank from entering the bank on Sunday evening, hours after he vowed to stay in his job despite a court ruling that the government said meant he had to step down.
Brazil has extradited to Argentina a retired Uruguayan army colonel to face charges of human rights abuses dating back to military rule in the Southern cone countries during the 1970s.
Argentine central bank President Martin Redrado vowed to stay in his post until Congress considers a government decree firing him for not setting aside 6.6 billion US dollars in reserves to pay debt due this year.
Argentina’s Federal Contentious Administrative Court Friday ratified the suspension on the use of the Central Bank foreign currency reserves to payout public debt, according to judicial sources in Buenos Aires.
Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina was again rattled this week with seismic activity of 5.3 points intensity in the Richter scale, although there were no human losses and minimum damage to property.
Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, cancelled a trip to China and called for a congressional committee to meet in an attempt to defuse the controversy over her plans to use Central bank reserves to pay for debts.
Turbulent political times seem to be wearing down Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her lecturing style, forcing her to commit a full blown gaffe, given her long standing defence of human rights and condemnation of the abuses and disappearances committed under Argentine military regimes.
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's postponement of her trip to China is still causing repercussions. Argentine ambassador to China, César Mayoral, tried to minimize her absence, although he regretted that domestic affairs seem to be given more importance than foreign affairs.
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, CFK, last minute decision to cancel next week’s ten day official visit to China alleging she did not trust Vice-president Julio Cobos in her post, has sent shockwaves across Buenos Aires foreign policy circles that fear the political consequences of such an action.
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced Wednesday the unemployment rate had fallen from 9.1% to 8.4% in the last quarter of 2009.