Tag: José Luis Gioja

• Friday, November 25th 2016 - 15:53 UTC

  Opposition governors give thumbs down to electronic vote reform for 2017

  

  Argentine province governors of the opposition Justicialist (Peronist) Party now embodied in the Kirchnerite Victory Front (FpV) Thursday instructed their representatives on the national Senate to vote against President Mauricio Macri's proposal for an reform that would include electronic voting tickets.

• Saturday, June 4th 2016 - 08:43 UTC

  Argentina's main opposition political force names a shadow cabinet

  

  Argentina's largest political movement, almost hegemonic, but currently in the opposition under the name of Justicialista Party (PJ), announced this week a shadow Cabinet, saying they will work hard to return to power after losing last year’s election to President Mauricio Macri.

• Wednesday, September 16th 2015 - 08:16 UTC

  Cyanide spill in Argentine Andean mine triggers strong protests from local residents

  

  Residents of a town in the Argentine northwestern province of San Juan took to the streets in protest after an industrial malfunction caused a pipe carrying potentially lethal cyanide to the nearby Veladero gold mine to fracture and spill an amount of its contents in the area on Sunday. The news reached national level on Monday.