17/05/2013 | Argentina

LAN resumes its flights after suppliers' conflict

LATAM Airlines Group SA resumed all flight operations to, from and within the country this morning, after halting them due to the conflict with the state company Intercargo on Friday.

23/05/2013 | Argentina

Teachers' conflict deepens as BA gov't says will discount strike days from wages

The Buenos Aires province government assured that “the unmovable position taken by the teachers’ unions” will keep students from recovering the eight days of class they have missed due to strikes, as officials said that they would discount the eight days of strike from their paychecks.

28/05/2013 | Argentina

BA province teachers extend strike till Thursday

Unionized teachers extended a strike for 48 hours and said the government of the Buenos Aires province had not called them to continue negotiations. Governo Scioli asked teachers unions to resume classes.

20/03/2013 | Argentina

BA province teachers' conflict: Baradel insists negotiations 'not closed'

Head of SUTEBA Rodolfo Baradel ratified teachers’ action plan against BA province government and questioned Daniel Scioli’s decision to “unilaterally” close out salary negotiations.

22/03/2013 | Argentina

BA province teachers ratify position against Scioli's salary increase

Head of SUTEBA Roberto Baradel, one of the main leaders of the Union Front that brings together Buenos Aires province teachers, held a press conference saying that governor Daniel Scioli “is losing a great opportunity” to call on a new meeting with unions and settle the education conflict.

30/03/2013 | Argentina

BA province teachers renew salary claims

Secretary General of the Buenos Aires Teachers’ Union (UDOCBA in Spanish) Miguel Ángel Díaz renewed teachers' claims and demanded a “change of attitude” from Governor Daniel Scioli to resume salary talks .

10/10/2012 | Argentina

Security minister's brother resigns amid Border Guard conflict

Raúl Garré, the brother of National Security Minister Nilda Garré, resigned from his post in the security ministry, amid the 8-day-long conflict between Border Guard and Coast Guard officers over wages.

04/12/2012 | Argentina

Subway rotating strikes to continue tomorrow

Subway workers of the AGTSyP announced will strike again on Thursday, as the wage dispute continues. They had initally carried out three hour strikes on Monday, that eventually affected all lines due to clashes between UTA union members and delegates.

19/03/2013 | Argentina

BA province teachers conflict reaches deadlock in negotiations

Second day of teachers’ 48-hour walkout affecting almost 5 million children in the province of Buenos Aires continues as tensions between the government of Daniel Scioli and education unions escalate.

25/08/2012 | Argentina

Subway delegates warn conflict 'could return'

Subway delegates head Roberto Pianelli warned that if Metrovías concessionary company does not comply with the agreement signed earlier this month “another conflict will be unavoidable."

23/09/2012 | Argentina

Pianelli warns new subway conflict could arrive 'before year's end'

The secretary general of the Subway and Tram Union Association, Roberto Pianelli, warned that there could be a new conflict affecting the subway service “before year’s end” after indicating that the Metrovías company “is getting less subsidies.”

06/10/2012 | Argentina

Gendarmerie officers suspended as wages dispute continues

At least three officers were suspended today by the Government as the conflict began its fifth days. Officers confirmed they will continue to claim for an increase in wages along with Border Guards.

01/08/2012 | Argentina

Labour Ministry issues mandatory conciliation in APTA, Aerolíneas conflict

The Labour Ministry ordered on Wednesday afternoon a mandatory conciliation for a 10-day period in the conflict between airlines Aerolíneas Argentinas and Austral and the Technical Aeronautical Staff Association (APTA).

12/08/2012 | Argentina

National gov’t seeks to subjugate the BA City, Macri says

Amidst the political tug of war that has held hostage almost one million City commuters daily for the past ten days, BA City Mayor Mauricio Macri, reaffirmed its position to assert that the current situation is part of “several lies incurred by the national government.”

13/08/2012 | Argentina

Macri charges against National Gov't once more over subway conflict

City Government Mauricio Macri said in a radio interview that the City government cannot apply sanctions on the Metrovías company for not resuming the subway service because “it is a concessionary that bears no relationship to it since “it is the National Government who is granting its concession.”

08/05/2012 | Argentina

Transport Secretary urges Macri to 'sit down and work' to solve subway conflict

Transport Secretary Alejandro Ramos urged City Mayor Mauricio Macri to “sit down and talk” to subway workers and Metrovías representatives in order to reach a wage deal.

18/05/2012 | Argentina

ANSeS reports Roggio Group to CNV for 'contract irregularities'

In the midst of the conflict with the city government over the subway transfer, the national government put further pressure on subway company Metrovías.

07/07/2012 | Argentina

'CFK is willing to keep working together'

Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli assured “I talked to the President and found her very willing to keep on working together,” in the resolution of the economic problems affecting the province.

02/02/2012 | Argentina

Labour Ministry offers teamsters' union exit to their conflict with Camuzzi

The Government offered the teamsters’ union the chance to relocate the outsourced workers who were dismissed from the Correo Sur company after Camuzzi Gas del Sur decided to switch to a different post company.

12/03/2012 | Argentina

Zaffaroni confident subway conflict will be resolved by Supreme Court

As the chances for finding a political solution to the subway management conflict diminish, Justice Eugenio Zaffaroni assured that the matter is likely to be resolved at the Supreme Court.

03/04/2012 | Argentina

'The subway transfer must be agreed upon between CFK and Macri,' Vidal

Deputy Mayor María Eugenia Vidal said she appreciated “the call for dialogue” made by Transport Secretary Alejandro Ramos, but insisted that the solution of the subway transfer conflict must be done between President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Mayor Mauricio Macri.

14/10/2011 | Argentina

Overnight shooting in Hurlingham; possible links to Candela detainee

A shoot-out took place Thursday night in front of a house belonging to family members of one of the detainees in the Candela Rodríguez murder case. Neighbours in the area announced that there had been a planned attack on the house; however Police suggested that the shooting took place between an officer and a group of delinquents who had tried to attack him.    

19/01/2012 | Argentina

Boudou praises regional support for Malvinas sovereignty claim

Vice-President Amado Boudou praised the immediate support expressed by several countries in the region in the bilateral conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Malvinas Islands sovereignty.

30/01/2012 | Argentina

Viviani admits 'rifts' within CGT over conflict with the Government

The head of the taxi drivers’ union Omar Viviani acknowledged that there are “rifts” within the CGT labour condeferation union due to the current differences between the organization’s leader Hugo Moyano and President Fernández de Kirchner. He warned that “there are some comrades who do not support a confrontation with the Government.”

05/05/2011 | Argentina

One of Cobos' police officers kills delinquent during gun fight

A member of the Federal Police assigned to the custody of Vice President Julio Cobos, killed one of five delinquents who attacked him while he was walking along Gregorio Laferrere Street in La Matanza, after enduring a gun fight with the criminal.

13/06/2011 | Argentina

Talks between Santa Cruz teachers' unions, Government fail

The Santa Cruz province teachers' unions and the local Government failed to reach an agreement after a lengthy meeting which seeked to solve the ongoing conflict based on the unions demands for a 50 percent hike in salaries.

23/06/2011 | Argentina

Incidents as Police evicts Santa Cruz teachers camping in front of the Labour Ministry

Santa Cruz teachers camping in front of the Labour Ministry were evicted by the Federal Police Infantry. Sources told BuenosAiresHerald.com that there were at least 9 injured and three people were detained. The teachers had set their tents at the entrance of the ministry to claim a 50% increase in their wages.

07/04/2011 | Argentina

'The City Gov't may assume custody over public buildings,' Garré says

Security Minister Nilda Garré stated this morning, that the City Government could “assume custody over public buildings,” whilst sustaining that the Metropolitan Police “have two-thousand officers available” to take on the task.

08/04/2011 | Argentina

Garré considers Federal Police the Gov'ts 'most serious and complex problem'

Security Minister Nilda Garré stated today that she considers the Federal Police, the Government’s “most serious and complex” problem to deal with, pointing out that there are sectors of the force that “dispute over business,” and that some that “manage business well.”

21/04/2011 | Argentina

Oil workers to lift Santa Cruz strike only if union leader resigns

The head oil worker Luis Cárdenas stated that the strike affecting the production of crude oil in Santa Cruz will only be lifted if the Private Petrol Trade Union’s secretary Héctor Segovia, steps down.

15/02/2011 | Argentina

Opposition weighs in on US plane conflict

Several lawmakers in the opposition formally requested Congress to ask the Fernández de Kirchner administration for a full briefing on the case involving a US Air Force plane which was allegedly "trying to smuggle sensitive material in the country."

28/02/2011 | Argentina

Despite truce in conflict , city Gov't urges residents not to take rubbish out

Even though the conflict has apparently been solved, the city Government once again asked residents not to take the rubbish out, in order to help dustmen clear the streets faster on Monday night.

01/04/2011 | Argentina

Teatro Colón musicians lift strike until Tuesday

The Colón Theatre’s musicians announced they will lift the strike until next Tuesday in order to wait for a negotiation with Buenos Aires City government, after fourty-one members of the Resident Orchestra received letters of dismissal.

13/12/2010 | Argentina

Government links attacks to Border Guards to opposition politicians

Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández gave a press conference in company of Justice Minister Julio Alak and made opposition factions responsible for the attacks to the Border Guard members that are fencing the Parque Indoamericano in Villa Soldati.

23/12/2010 | Argentina

National government 'is responsible for city's safety,' Mayor Macri says

Following recent incidents in Indo-Americano Park, city mayor Mauricio Macri mentioned that the security of the city is “the National Government’s responsibility”. These comments were made in response to the recent land occupations and the various transport cuts in recent days.

08/01/2011 | Argentina

'Personal speculation' causes Cobos to oppose internal pre-elections, says Sanz

One of the three pre-candidates of the Radical Party (UCR), Ernesto Sanz, expressed his intentions to promote the idea of having internal pre-elections, “at the end of April or the beginning of May.” Vice-President, Julio Cobos however, opposes the idea due to “personal speculation.”

02/01/2013 | World

Over 60,000 dead in Syria conflict, UN says

22/01/2013 | World

US begins transporting French troops, equipment to Mali

The United States has started transporting French soldiers and equipment to Mali as part of its logistical aid to French forces fighting Islamist militants in the north of the country, a US official said.

25/09/2012 | World

'Door for Israeli-Palestinian peace may be closing,' Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the "door may be closing, for good" on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the continued growth of Jewish settlements undercuts peace.

06/10/2012 | World

Israeli leaders confront political rift as election looms

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu summoned his defence minister, Ehud Barak, on Saturday to discuss allegations he had undermined the premier during recent trips to the United States, raising further speculation of an early election.

29/12/2012 | World

Only political process can save Syria from 'hell', envoy warns

Syria faces "hell" if no deal is struck to end 21 months of bloodshed, an international mediator said on Saturday, but his talks in Russia brought no sign of a breakthrough after a week of intense diplomacy.

24/12/2010 | World

North Korea nuclear test 'possible' in new year

North Korea could carry out a third nuclear test next year to strengthen the credentials of its young leader-in-waiting, Kim Jong-un, a research report from a South Korean Foreign Ministry institute said on Friday.

27/02/2011 | World

Libyan rebels create National Council aimed at toppling Gaddafi

In the Libyan city of Bengasi, anti-Gaddafi rebels announced the creation of a “National Council” composed of the cities that are currently under control of the opposition. The move is seen as a symbolic step –yet still imprecise - towards the end of Colonel Gaddafi’s rule.

05/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi forces step up attack on western rebel town

Libyan government forces launched fierce attacks on the western rebel stronghold of Zawiyah, while in the east, rebels advanced on Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte.

21/05/2011 | Latin America

Brazil lowers the tone of trade conflict with Argentina

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff's international advisor Marco Aurélio García lowered the tone of the trade conflict that began in Argentina and said that the relationship between both countries "is fine" despite the trade barriers that Brazil imposed on the import of Argentine cars.

28/05/2011 | Latin America

Former Brazilian Minister stands by Argentina in bilateral trade conflict

Former Brazilian Industry and Foreign Trade Minister Miguel Jorge decided to weight in on the bilateral trade conflict currently affecting Brazil and Argentina, and surprisingly came out in defence of the Fernández de Kirchner administration, comparing President Rousseff’s move to impose non-automatic licenses on import vehicles to “firing a cannon ball.”

26/02/2011 | Entertainment

Charlie Sheen's rants put his career in doubt

Hollywood appeared to be distancing itself from "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen Friday after days of erratic behavior and insults put the future of his top-rated TV comedy in jeopardy.