Tag: Formosa

• Thursday, May 23rd 2013 - 19:26 UTC

  Indigenous community asks Argentine president to protect their ancestral land

  

  Northern Argentina Qom indigenous community leaders this week held a formal meeting with Supreme Court justices and Formosa government officials. After the hearing, the community leader Félix Díaz requested President Cristina Fernández support in a controversy over land property they have with the provincial authorities in Formosa.

• Saturday, January 12th 2013 - 12:19 UTC

  Second indigenous teenager in a week murdered in the north east of Argentina

  

  Argentine police are investigating a second murder of a member of the Qom indigenous community in less than a week, after a 16-year old died in a Formosa hospital on Thursday after suffering for four days.

• Wednesday, November 21st 2012 - 21:18 UTC

  Another Argentine province confirms ‘pesification’ of dollar-denominated bonds

  

  Another Argentine province, Formosa announced that it would be repaying in Pesos its dollar-denominated bonds (FORM3) issued under local law, at an exchange rate of 4.81 Pesos per dollar.