With New Year around the corner, the government will have to replace three key positions following the resignations of the heads of the anti-discrimination institute, National Mint, and Anti-Corruption Office. This Thursday, Victoria Donda resigned as chairwoman of the National Institute Against Discrimination, Racism and Xenophobia (INADI), a …
On Tuesday, vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner accused the judiciary of timing legal action against her to nix her electoral chances. It was her first public speech since being handed a six-year prison sentence and a ban on holding public office in the Vialidad case on December 6. …
Buenos Aires mayor and opposition figurehead, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, has appointed top economist Martín Redrado to his team in a move signalling his possible cabinet lineup if he were to win the 2023 presidential elections. Redrado will join his government in the newly-created role of Secretary of Strategic …
The Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) and the US Chamber of Commerce in Argentina (AmCham) have criticized declarations by the national government last week that it would not comply with a Supreme Court ruling to restore a greater share of tax funding to Buenos Aires city. AmCham said in …
President Alberto Fernández said on Monday that the national government would pay federal tax revenues to Buenos Aires city government in the form of bonds. His announcement indicates that the national government will comply with a Supreme Court order to direct more tax funding to the city, after …
Brazilian police arrested a man on December 24 suspected of attempting to blow up a fuel truck at Brasilia international airport in order to prevent leftist president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from taking office. A homemade explosive device made of dynamite connected to a timer was removed …
After the Supreme Court ruled on December 21 to restore disputed federal tax revenues to Buenos Aires city in the dispute with the national government, president Alberto Fernández and Frente de Todos politicians have argued that the decision is arbitrary and unfair to the rest of the country’s …
The Supreme Court ruling tried to aim at the middle. To be fair like Solomon. Obviously, the national government believes the top court’s ruling, which grants an injunction to the Buenos Aires City to recover part of the percentage of the federal tax share that had been taken …
The Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that federal tax funding for Buenos Aires city, which was slashed by President Alberto Fernández in 2020, should be restored. The Justices’ decision marked a victory for Buenos Aires city mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta in the dispute with Fernández, his political antagonist …
