Tag: Santa Fe

• Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 09:56 UTC

  Santa Fe will host Argentina's first 2019 presidential debate

  

  Argentina's first presidential debate of the 2019 election will take place in Santa Fe province, the Noticias news magazine confirmed on Tuesday. The event will be held at the auditorium of the National University of the Littoral (Universidad Nacional del Litoral), in Santa Fe City, after the PASOs.

• Sunday, December 16th 2018 - 23:44 UTC

  Argentine city of Rosario to grant allowance to victims of gender violence

  

  The City Hall of Rosario has passed an ordinance whereby victims of gender violence housed in one of the city shelters are to collect a monthly allowance of 2,000 pesos (52 US dollars) during six months, it was reported.

• Wednesday, February 19th 2014 - 05:04 UTC

  Small meteorite bang spreads fear of mini earth tremor in central Argentina

  

  Argentine space expert Jorge Coghlan said that the huge bang heard on Tuesday and that scared many people in central Santa Fe province was caused by a “meteorite which disintegrated on entering the atmosphere and thus caused a major vibration”. The incident was reported early mid morning.

• Saturday, December 7th 2013 - 22:07 UTC

  Police unrest in Argentina continues to extend; Buenos Aires says it is prepared

  

  The Argentine police unrest in demand for higher wages which started last Monday in Cordoba has rapidly spread to at least eight other provinces and the central government in Buenos Aires is preparing for a major challenge. It has already sent special gendarmerie forces to Santa Fe and Cordoba, on request from the governors.

• Wednesday, October 23rd 2013 - 04:01 UTC

  Lady Cristina is out of combat but on Sunday's election could reap more than anticipated

  

  With less than four days for Sunday’s midterm elections in Argentina, Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli called on “undecided” and independent voters to cast their ballot for President Cristina Fernandez Victory Front (FpV) top candidate Martín Insaurralde “in favor of the province and the country.”

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 05:14 UTC

  CFK confirms Argentina will attend London Olympics “with our flag up high”

  

  President Cristina Fernández rejected the possibility that a delegation of Argentine sportsmen may not fly to London to attend the 2012 Olympics as part of an Argentine boycott in response to the United Kingdom’s refusal to discuss the Malvinas Islands sovereignty.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2012 - 05:12 UTC

  Forty million Argentines need to know “what happened and who was responsible”

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández reappeared in public on Monday and for the first time talked about the Buenos Aires train station accident in which 51 people were killed and 703 others were injured. She assured that she would make “any decisions necessary” once the matter is resolved in court.

• Monday, October 10th 2011 - 22:53 UTC

  CFK main presidential competitor promises “responsible opposition”

  

  The Argentine Socialist Frente Amplio Progresista’s (FAP) presidential candidate Hermes Binner assured that if he doesn’t make it to a second round after October 23rd, his party will be part of a “responsible opposition.”

• Friday, July 29th 2011 - 06:22 UTC

  President Cristina Fernandez “disregards and looks down on the rural sector”

  

  A respected reference in Argentine politics, Senator Carlos Reutemann came out strongly this week in support of farmers saying that the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, (CFK), “disregards and looks down on the rural sector”.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2011 - 03:48 UTC

  Argentine farmers furious with government’s wheat export policy

  

  Argentina liberated 450.000 tons of wheat for export, a decision which is believed to be closely linked to Sunday’s election in the farming province of Santa Fe where the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner suffered a major defeat.