Tag: Argentine Congress

Friday, March 11th 2022 - 21:46 UTC
Argentine Lower House passes IMF deal

Argentina's House of Deputies greenlighted the deal reached between the administration of President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund in the wee hours of Friday by 202 votes in favor, 37 against, and 13 abstentions.
Monday, March 7th 2022 - 09:55 UTC
Controversy over empty bench in Argentine Congress representing Malvinas

A “nutty” initiative, Tierra del Fuego governor Gustavo Melella described the proposal by several Argentine lawmakers to create in Congress a Malvinas Islands bench, which would remain empty covered with an Argentine flag until the legitimate occupier arrives, a symbolic sovereignty claim over the Islands 'usurped' by Great Britain.
Saturday, November 27th 2021 - 09:32 UTC
Case of Argentine Ambassador in Bolivia to be brought before Congress in BA

Argentine opposition lawmakers have announced they would ask President Alberto Fernández to sack Adrián Basteiro as Ambassador to Bolivia after the diplomat was found engaging in domestic political acts in violation of international conventions regarding Consular representations.
Friday, November 19th 2021 - 09:44 UTC
Argentina's ruling party retains Lower House majority

Argentina's ruling coalition Everybody's Front (Frente de Todos - FdT) finally retained a majority within the Lower House after vote-counting in the province of La Rioja granted it the two seats still in doubt.
Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Argentine President diagnosed with brain disorder by Deputy-elect

Neurologist Facundo Manes, who has just been voted into Argentina's Lower House on behalf of the opposition Together for a Change (JxC - Juntos por el Cambio) coalition, has said President Alberto Fernández had a cognitive deficiency known as “anosognosia.”
Tuesday, October 26th 2021 - 18:17 UTC
Rural workers stage protest before Argentine Congress in support of Access to Land bill

Argentina's Union of Land Workers (UTT) Monday camped in front of the Congress building in Buenos Aires in support of the Access to Land bill. The UTT, which claims to represent rural workers nationwide, who make up for 8 % of the national workforce, planned to stay mobilized for 4 days in a row.
Tuesday, September 21st 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Argentine farmers stage protests and activities in front of Congress

Argentina's Union of Land Workers (UTT) Monday began a 48-hour protest in front of the National Congress building demanding lawmakers pass the Access to Land bill.
Monday, July 26th 2021 - 09:49 UTC
A pro-Falklands lawmaker in Argentine congress: not to be dismissed...

An academic respectful of historic events and understanding towards the people of the Falkland Islands sitting in the Argentine congress? That could be the outcome of the scheduled September primaries and midterm elections in November according to some ultra-nationalistic media in Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, June 30th 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Opposition lawmakers file for impeachment of Argentine President and Vice President

Deputy Álvaro de Lamadrid of the opposition JxC-UCR (Juntos por el Cambio + Unión Cívica Radical) coalition Tuesday filed a motion before the Lower House to seek the impeachment of President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “for poor performance and possible crimes in the exercise of their functions.”
Saturday, December 12th 2020 - 09:52 UTC
Argentine Lower House passes bill legalizing abortion; a harder battle forecasted in the Senate

Argentina’s lower house of Congress approved a bill to legalize abortion in the early hours of Friday morning, a big step forward for the legislation that could set the tone for a wider shift in conservative Latin America.