Tag: Argentina

Friday, December 28th 2018 - 07:43 UTC
Buenos Aires passes law allowing athletes to compete under perceived gender

The Argentine Province of Buenos Aires has signed into law a bill whereby athletes shall be allowed to compete both professionally and as amateurs in accordance with their perceived gender.
Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 13:00 UTC
Argentine gas stations file class action against VISA to bring down fees

The Argentine Federation of Expenders of Naphtha of the Interior (Faeni), Wednesday filed a class action suit in the Buenos Aires courts against Visa Argentina to bring down the abusive fees and payment terms that the latter imposes unilaterally.
Thursday, December 27th 2018 - 12:31 UTC
Argentine Catholic University study shows 1.5 million children in food crisis

Around 1.5 million children are not fed properly amidst Argentina's current crisis, according to the Argentine Catholic University's (UCA) latest study on the matter, which was released Wednesday. The new record means an increase of around 456,000 children from the previous research.
Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 12:30 UTC
Pro-choice groups will try again in 2019 to legalize abortion in Argentina

Supporters of the voluntary interruption of pregnancy (IVE) bill have announced they will make yet another try in March 2019 to get the Argentine Congress to allow women to legally seek an abortion if they so desire, it was reported.
Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 09:09 UTC
Argentine woman freed after being abducted 32 years ago

An Argentine woman seized in the 1980s by people traffickers has been reunited with her family in a joint operation by Argentine and Bolivian police. The whereabouts of the woman, who is now 45, had been unknown until earlier this year when police received a tip-off she was in Bermejo, south Bolivia.
Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 06:51 UTC
Market analyst views Argentina, Brazil on path to recovery in 2019

Argentina, Brazil and India lead the prospects of an economic recovery, according to Michael Hasenstab of Templeton Global Bond Fund Management.
Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 09:24 UTC
Mapuche rebel Jones-Huala gets 9 years in Chilean prison

Argentine Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala was sentenced Friday to nine years and one day in jail by a Chilean court in Valdivia. Jones-Huala received a six-year sentence for arson plus three years and one day for illegal possession of a firearm in the context of the 2013 attack at the Pisu Pisué farm in Río Bueno.
Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 07:01 UTC
Marine Protected Areas controversy in the South Atlantic

In a brief communiqué released on Friday the Falkland Islands government takes note of a recent Argentine announcement indicating the creation of Marine Protected Areas to the south of the Budrwood Bank. The Falklands government said it “believes the designation of this area encroaches on our Fisheries Conservation Zone and steps are being taken to address the matter”.
Saturday, December 22nd 2018 - 06:35 UTC
Eurnekian's home and business offices raided by the Argentine federal police

Argentine federal police raided this week three addresses belonging to businessman Eduardo Eurnekian as part of an ongoing major investigation into public works contracts awards in exchange for money contributions.
Friday, December 21st 2018 - 19:41 UTC
Court says CFK must be tried for corruption and jailed preemptively

An Argentine appeals court Thursday upheld the September decision by judge Claudio Bonadio whereby Former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) must stand trial and be preemptively imprisoned throughout the proceedings for having allegedly received millionaire bribes from businessmen in the Kirchnerist governments (2003-2015).