Following a government's decree seizing the Rural Society grounds, its president Luis Miguel Etchevehere, came on stage today to say the decision is "an attack against the farming sector."
The national government renewed Ricardo Echegaray’s post as head of the AFIP tax agency, for a period of four more years.
A week since the protests involving Gendarmerie and Coast Guard officials begun, the Government ratified the implementation of the 1307 decree, which dramatically slashed their salaries, but clarified that by “applying it correctly will benefit most of the officials.”
The national government published a decree today confirming the opening of an Argentine Embassy in the Republic of Suriname, formally known as Dutch Guiana, located in the northern area of South America.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner signed today the decree that formally made the teen suffrage bill into law whilst hosting a celebratory ceremony at the Government House over 20 million DNI cards being handed out.
In the midst of the pressure of the oil provinces over Oil Giant YPF to increase its production, the company ruled out the accusations and warned that it will press charges for the “arbitrary actions” of the local government.
Secretary-general of the CGT umbrella union Hugo Moyano said today that he will not be attending the Minimum Wage Council “because the Government will put limits” on the demands of the trade unions.
The national government signed a decree today formalising their decision for the state to begin to control a part of the mobile phone sector, a measure announced yesterday by Planning Minister Julio De Vido.
Members of the opposition blasted the government’s authorization for the use of 7.5 billion dollars of the reserves of the Central Bank (BCRA) assigned to the payment of foreign debt in 2011 published in the Official Gazette, calling it a “shameful” measure.
Members of the opposition considered the decision of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner to increase the income tax floor by decree as a “mockery to the Congress, it’s embarassing.”
The national government extended the budget resources to more than 38.508 billion pesos by a DNU emergency decree and a DA Administrative Decision.
Venezuela's parliament gave preliminary approval for President Hugo Chávez to rule South America's top oil producer by decree for a year, prompting opposition accusations that the socialist leader is behaving like a dictator.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano refused to sign a key government decree to increase the taxation powers of local authorities, dealing a blow to embattled Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised an emergency decree to approve austerity measures agreed with the European Central Bank but faced union opposition over concern that the cuts would hit ordinary Italians.
A small diplomatic slip up in the Uruguayan government has once again ignited the Malvinas Islands controversy, after a document recently issued by the neighbouring country’s Foreign Ministry describes the archipelago as “Falkland.”
Venezuela's opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, called today for a proof of life from ailing President Hugo Chávez who has not been seen since cancer surgery in Cuba five weeks ago.