Victory Front Senator and former Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández tackled Labour Confederation (CGT) leader Hugo Moyano today for criticizing President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s administration and calling him a “fairground clown” during an interview yesterday.
Alejandra Bonafini, the daughter of Madres de Plaza de Mayo head, Hebe de Bonafini, testified at the Comodoro Py court today, as the case investigating the misuse of public funds meant for public housing continues.
The Buenos Aires province Senate ratified the changes made earlier by the Lower House and passed the land reform bill, which will to raise taxes on 38 percent of rural properties. The law is widely rejected by the farming sector.
Buenos Aires stocks dropped today 0.4 percent to 2,256.74 points, as local investors observed the evolution of the euro zone debt crisis.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was leading a ceremony at the Government House this afternoon in order to announce via live television, public housing hand-outs.
The Construction Activity Synthetic Index (ISAC) dropped 3.8 percent compared to the volume registered during the same month last year, the Indec national statistics bureau reported.
Growers in Buenos Aires province will halt sales of grain and livestock for nine days to protest a tax-hike bill advancing in the provincial Congress, agricultural groups announced
The biggest search engine on the web, Google, commemorated today Francisco Pascasio Moreno, Argentine naturalist, scientist, politician and explorer who introduced the Scout movement to the country on their home page.
Victory Front’s Senator Aníbal Fernández came on stage to explain why his savings are in dollars after the government, including him personally, launched not only strong restriction policies on dollar purchases.
The US dollar ended at AR$4.45/AR$4.49, unchanged compared with the previous closing price. The black market rate climbed two cents to trade at AR$5.92.