CFK suspends afternoon activities in light of Once train crash

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner changed her official agenda for today, suspending planned activities for this afternoon. The decision came in light of the tragic railway accident at Once train station today, which claimed the lives of at least 49 people and injured at least 550.

The President was to lead a ceremony from 6 pm today at the Government House in order to commemorate 108 years since the first Argentine deployment to the Malvinas islands. It was to be an opportune moment for Fernández de Kirchner to renew Argentina’s sovereignty claim against the United Kingdom over the islands.