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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 20:41 UTC

Tag: Cecilia Moreau

  • Wednesday, June 12th 2024 - 23:58 UTC

    Scuffles in front of Argentine Congress reported

    Five Congressmen were hospitalized after being pepper-sprayed by the police

    Argentine law enforcement officers Wednesday fired teargas to disperse demonstrators convening in front of Congress to encourage Senators to vote against President Javier Milei's so-called Omnibus Law bill (officially known as Bases Law) with which the Libertarian administration intends to bring the country out of its economic plight. The bill has already been passed by the Lower House.

  • Tuesday, August 2nd 2022 - 23:10 UTC

    Argentina's Lower House has a new Speaker

    “I am aware that I have an additional responsibility for being a woman,” said the first-ever female Lower House Speaker.

    Cecilia Moreau Tuesday became the first woman ever to be the Speaker of Argentina's House of Deputies after the resignation of Sergio Massa was accepted so that he can be appointed “superminister” of Economy, Agriculture, and Production.