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llambias: kirchner should see a shrink
Kirchner: Cristina shall not be brought to her knees

Ex-president Néstor Kirchner yesterday said that farmers opposing an export duty hike attempted to overthrow his wife, President Cristina Kirchner, but he warned that “they will not make comrade Cristina kneel down.” Read More

Ingrid: CFK is ‘like a sister’

Ingrid Betancourt said yesterday that she felt as if President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner “were my sister. “I thank her for having fought for the hostages,” she told local TV Channel 7. Read More

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires authorities take legal action
No end yet to students’ school takeover

by julio nakamurakare
Herald staff

The conflict between students and authorities of the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires — the uncontended emblem of the standards of excellence of middle school in Buenos Aires since its foundation in 1863 — yesterday continued at a standstill as students remained adamant in their... Read More

Memories are made of this

It is often the case that amusing anecdotes will draw a better picture than a well documented historical account. This is, perhaps, the case of the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, the setting of many hilarious and — by today’s standards — unacceptable jokes, in those days considered just “students’... Read More

cavallo prosecuted
S Court denies Massera, Videla’s extradition

The Supreme Court yesterday turned down a request from Germany for the extradition of former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla and Emilio Massera, military junta and navy head during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship. The extradition request was in connection with the death of a German citizen, Elizabeth Kaseman, kidnapped, tortured and... Read More

Das Neves sends bill to legislature
Chubut seeks to buy US$ 500M in YPF shares

The government of Chubut has sent a bill to the provincial legislature asking for authorization to get a loan of 700 million dollars, 500 million of which would be channeled into the purchase of shares in the YPF oil firm, which is controlled by Spain’s Repsol.
The bill, signed by... Read More

Macri in china

City Mayor Mauricio Macri yesterday visited the company Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) in the city of Tianjin, China, and attended a meeting with the firm’s manager Li Yong. Macri arrived in China last Monday and is scheduled to stay there until next week. The aim is to sign trade agreements... Read More

Ex-president says farmers attempted to overthrow his wife
Kirchner: ‘Cristina won’t kneel’

Separately, Vice-President Julio Cobos, reportedly at odds with Mrs. Kirchner over the handling of Argentina’s longest farm rebellion in history, said that it would be “regrettable” for him to have to “ask permission” to talk about the conflict.
Farmers on June 22 ended a 102-day protest and the hike is now... Read More

health minister on anesthesiologist case
Zin: ‘it was homicide’

Buenos Aires Province Health Minister Claudio Zin yesterday said the death of a young girl at the Magnasco clinic in the district of Haedo was “homicide.” The case made the news when it was found that the anesthesiologist had no licence to practise.
Eliana Romero, 18, died on Tuesday after undergoing... Read More

death of woman suffering from cancer
Six doctors indicted

A Santa Fe provincial court has indicted six doctors for malfeasance and three for negligence, following the death of a cancer-stricken woman whom the physicians had refused to perform a preventive abortion on.
Ana María Acevedo, aged 20, died at the Iturraspe hospital, Santa Fe, on May 17. Judge Eduardo... Read More