All posts in Argentina
Argentina 26/03/2012
Provincial power: more licenses taken from YPF, and challenges to the supreme court on abortion. Meanwhile, the president and her allies close ranks around Boudou.
Argentina 19/03/2012
The supreme court makes an historic ruling on abortion, legal measures are announced against Falklands oil companies, and the 1992 attack on the Israeli embassy is remembered.
Argentina 12/03/2012
The spat between Kirchner and Macri reaches new levels, the EU gives Argentina a ticking off, and a teachers’ strike leaves millions out of school.
Argentina 05/03/2012
VP Boudou responds to accusations of corruption, Cristina announces a raft of new measures, and the Perito Moreno glacier puts on a show.
Argentina 27/02/2012
Horrific train crash in Buenos Aires leaves 51 dead and hundreds wounded, and some new schools in the capital go missing.
Argentina 06/02/2012
A controversial mining project is halted in La Rioja, Prince William arrives in the Falklands/Malvinas, and Macri reconsiders his use of the veto.
Argentina 30/01/2012
Cristina comes back to work with strong words for oil companies. Meanwhile, the unions think economic ‘fine-tuning’ is rather more than that, and the vicepresident gets into a pickle over constitutional reform.
Argentina 23/01/2012
The war of words grows over the Falklands, possible Argentine repercussions from the Megaupload case, and new security measures at Buenos Aires’ bus terminal.
Argentina 16/01/2012
A crackdown on street vendors in Buenos Aires, new import controls announced, and continued protests over Subte fares.
Argentina 09/01/2012
Drought strikes the country, there’s uproar over a hike in Subte prices, and the president doesn’t have cancer after all.
Argentina 02/01/2012
CFK will be operated for a thyroid cancer, and the governor of Río Negro dies in mysterious circumstances.
Argentina 26/12/2011
A foreign policy win as Mercosur shuts its ports to Falklands boats, while the new government’s legislative onslaught continues.
Argentina 19/12/2011
Moyano lets loose against the government, Scioli deals with some unhappy police, and a bill on newsprint stirs up (predictable) opposition.
Argentina 12/12/2011
CFK is sworn in for another four years as president. Macri starts his second mandate too, failing to do away with Buenos Aires’ street car-cleaners.
Argentina 05/12/2011
The politics of sport: elections in Boca Juniors. Elsewhere, disappointment (again) in the Davis cup, and a state foray into historical revisionism.