Tag: Argentine lawmakers

• Saturday, February 23rd 2019 - 10:59 UTC

  Argentine lawmakers wish to travel to Falklands but with no migration passport stamping

  

  A group of Argentine lawmakers from president Mauricio Macri's coalition is willing to travel to the Falkland Islands in the near future, but, a big but is that their passports are not to be stamped by migration when they land in the Islands.

• Wednesday, February 15th 2012 - 05:28 UTC

  Argentine labour accuses CFK of “escalating repression” and endangering human rights policy

  

  Argentina’s organized labour hit back at President Cristina Fernandez and expressed concern over what it described the “escalation” of government repression and hoped the country keeps to state policies of persuasion and unrestricted respect for human rights.

• Tuesday, February 14th 2012 - 22:10 UTC

  Controversy over Argentine lawmakers doubling their salaries confirms runaway inflation

  

  Argentina’s head of the ruling Victory Front’s bloc in the Lower House Deputy Julián Domínguez labelled those who lashed out against Deputies and Senators for doubling their salaries as “hypocrites”.

• Monday, February 13th 2012 - 19:57 UTC

  Controversy erupts in Argentina as lawmakers vote to double their salaries

  

  A controversy has erupted in Argentina following lawmakers vote to double their congressional income while the federal government is cutting on subsidies and expenditure and has suggested ‘salary moderation’ for the coming round of negotiations with a roof of 20%.