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22/05/2013 |
Silvia Merega accredited as ambassador to Ireland
Silvia María Merega has been officially accredited as Argentina’s ambassador to Ireland. Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman appointed Merega to head Argentina’s Foreign Service office (ISEN) in August 2012.
22/05/2013 |
Obama salutes CFK on National Day anniversary
In a letter sent to president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner today, US president Barack Obama "congratulated" Argentina on the anniversary of its National Day on May 25th.
22/05/2013 |
Black market dollar plunges to AR$8.43; official rate rises
The black market dollar continued today with its declining tendency as its selling price hit AR$8.43, 15 cents lower than yesterday's close.
22/05/2013 |
Senate debates whitewash bill
Senators were addressing today the whitewashing bill that sets a tax amnesty plan allowing undeclared greenbacks’ access to the formal market and that most opposition blocs have resisted for "paving the way to money laundering."
22/05/2013 |
Pope Francis meets Capitanich, Binner
At the end of the weekly general audience in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Pope Francis received governor of the province of Chaco Jorge Capitanich and head of the Progressive Front coalition (FAP in Spanish) Hermes Binner.
21/05/2013 |
BA province teachers: salary negotiations fail, warnings of strike return
The Buenos Aires province government failed to reach an agreement with the teachers’ unions over salary conditions and negotiations were postponed to Thursday morning.
21/05/2013 |
‘Fortunately nowadays no one can disappear anymore,’ CFK
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner once again targeted media companies who “offend, insult and say they are afraid,” which she assured are “ridiculous,” adding that “fortunately no one can disappear anymore”.
21/05/2013 |
AFIP raids headquarters of Kenneth Dart's company in Buenos Aires
AFIP tax agency officials today raided the headquarters of foam-cup maker Dart Sudamericana SRL, owned by billionaire Kenneth Dart, Argentina’s largest private creditor.
21/05/2013 |
Court bans Macri's press decree
Judge Osvaldo Otheguy ruled today an injunction against the DNU emergency decree issued by Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri on May 14 in “defence of freedom of expression” and that was cleared for the floor yesterday by the local Legislature.
21/05/2013 |
UIA downgrades unemployment trends
The head of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA in Spanish) José Ignacio de Mendiguren today played down the jobless rates unveiled yesterday by the INDEC, but recognized a reduction in extra hours and working days schedules.
21/05/2013 |
'No formal notification' about Iran's AMIA deal approval
The Foreign Ministry has received “no formal notification” about Iran’s approval of the Memorandum of Agreement signed with the Islamic Republic to probe the 1994 AMIA attack.
21/05/2013 |
Court releases Videla's body from morgue
Federal Judge Juan Pablo Salas has authorized the release of ex dictador Jorge Rafael Videla’s body that was lying in the state judicial morgue. It will be delivered to his family.
21/05/2013 |
'Non-declared dollars ease tax evasion,' Sbatella
The head of the Financial Information Office(UIF in Spanish) José Sbatella today warned that non-declared dollars are a “black market investment factor” that creates “illegal activities” and “eases tax offense.”
