The government has today announced plans to open a new bus terminal in Villa Soldati in 2015, creating 1,200 new jobs in Buenos Aires.
by Laura Benitez, 21 May 2013.
The government has today announced plans to open a new bus terminal in Villa Soldati in 2015, creating 1,200 new jobs in Buenos Aires.
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by Laura Benitez, 21 May 2013.
The Unified Union of Educational Workers in Buenos Aires (SUTEBA) has warned that a strike of 96 hours will go ahead if the government refuses to hold wage negotiation talks by today.
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by George Nelson, 21 May 2013.
The ex Chief of Security and two managers at Ford’s General Pacheco factory in Tigre have been prosecuted for aiding the kidnapping of 24 workers in 1976.
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by Sabrina Hummel, 20 May 2013.
Mayor Mauricio Macri’s decree in defence of the freedom of the press and freedom of expression is being debated today in congress.
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by Sabrina Hummel, 20 May 2013.
Argentina is no longer a world leader in beef exports.
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by Sabrina Hummel, 20 May 2013.
Earlier today, Alí Pakdaman, Iran’s charge d’affaires in Buenos Aires, announced that the Iranian government has officially ratified its Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Argentina.
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by David Vajda, 17 May 2013.
Dante Heredia, Transport Minister of the province of Cordoba, resigned today as officials under his jurisdiction face corruption charges. The governor of Cordoba, José Manuel De la Sota, had backed him in recent days. Heredia explained his resignation as a measure to help the investigation of the alleged corruption cases. Channel 10’s ADN program caught [...]
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by David Vajda, 17 May 2013.
The trial against Carlos Pedro Blaquier, ex-president of the agricultural corporation Ledesma, who is accused of collaborating with the military junta in the abduction of workers, will restart this week. In November last year, the federal court of Jujuy started prosecuting Blaquier on the charge of “first grade complicity” with the military dictatorship in the [...]
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by David Vajda, 17 May 2013.
Jorge Rafael Videla, ex-military dictator and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981, died early this morning in a penitentiary in Marcos Paz, aged 87.
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by Laura Benitez, 16 May 2013.
A teacher from the Florencio Varela kindergarden school in Buenos Aires has been arrested after allegations of child abuse have surfaced.
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In a week that sees the return of ArteBA, we recall a bizarre incident from the art fair's 2010 opening, when Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri broke a large artwork.