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February 9, 2013
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  • 21/11/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves stock market regulation bill

    Lawmakers in the Lower House preliminary approved a bill which seeks to modify the regulatory scheme of the stock market, and will be debated in the Upper House next week.

  • 19/12/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves Human Trafficking bill

    The Lower House of Congress approved today the Human trafficking bill almost unanimously - 224 in favour and one abstained from voting.

  • 14/01/2013 | Argentina

    'Congress Index': 2012 Inflation hits 25.6%

    The inflation has climbed to 25.6 percent in 2012, two times the figures registered by the official data, according to the index presented by opposition lawmakers based in the analysis of nine private agencies.

  • 02/11/2012 | Argentina

    Teen vote law comes into force

    The teen vote law, given the nod yesterday by Lower House lawmakers and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, was made official today and signed into the Official Gazette by way of decree 2106/2012.

  • 07/11/2012 | Argentina

    Crossfire on the verge of 8-N anti-gov't protest

    Pro and anti-government officials, politicians and lawmakers took to the nation’s radio stations to speak out on tomorrow’s planned 8-N anti-government pot-banging protest.

  • 14/11/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House lawmakers approve 'per saltum' bill

    Lawmakers in the Lower House of Congress approved  ‘per saltum’ bill in a special session, with 135 votes in favour and 95 against the measure, will allow the Supreme Court to pass laws without going through the full legal process.

  • 28/09/2012 | Argentina

    City Legislature passes abortion law in cases of rape, life endangerment

    City Government lawmakers passed in the early hours of this morning the law which allows the non-punishable practice of abortions in the case of life endangerment as well as if the pregnancy is caused by rape.

  • 11/10/2012 | Argentina

    San Juan first province to approve teen suffrage

    San Juan province is the first area to approved the law that allows young people between the age of 16 and 18 to vote voluntarily, and will be applied in the next provincial election in 2015.

  • 31/10/2012 | Argentina

    Lower House approves teen vote

    The Lower House of Congress approved the government-sponsored teen suffrage bill, that allows 16-18 year olds the chance to vote in national elections, by 131 votes in favour and 2 against.

  • 23/08/2012 | Argentina

    Pro-government lawmakers celebrate Ciccone's expropriation

    Pro-government lawmakers celebrated today the passing of money-printer Companía de Valores Sudamericana’s expropriation (CVS), formerly called Ciccone Calcográfica, into law and said that the nationalization of the printing company will “boost” the National Mint.

  • 26/08/2012 | Argentina

    BA province opposition lawmakers to take co-participation case to SC

    Lawmakers from all opposition caucuses in the Buenos Aires province Legislature will take their claim for unpaid co-participation funds to the Supreme Court, sources confirmed.

  • 05/09/2012 | Argentina

    Pro-government lawmakers back youth vote bill

    Pro-government lawmakers from both the Upper and Lower House of Congress expressed their support of the bill being debated by the Constitutional Affairs Committee, which if passed into law, will allow 16 to 18-year-olds the chance to vote in the presidential election.

  • 11/06/2012 | Argentina

    'Congress Index:' Inflation hits 1.7% in May

    Opposition lawmakers unveiled the inflation index based on the analysis of nine private agencies, which in May reached 1.71 percent.

  • 27/06/2012 | Argentina

    Pro-Moyano lawmakers quit Victory Front bloc

    Buenos Aires province lawmakers, who are loyal to CGT leader Hugo Moyano announced they are leaving the Victory Front caucus following a communiqué released by the bloc blasting the strike and march called for Wednesday.

  • 09/08/2012 | Argentina

    Congress Index: Inflation hits 1.76% in July

    Opposition lawmakers presented July’s inflation index based in the analysis of nine private agencies, which showed a 1.76 percent increase against the previous month.

  • 12/04/2012 | Argentina

    Congress Index: Inflation hit 2.3% in March

    Opposition lawmakers presented March’s inflation index based in the analysis of nine private agencies, which showed a 2.3 percent increase against the previous month.

  • 17/04/2012 | Argentina

    PRO party lawmaker's bloc rejects YPF expropriation

    The centre-right PRO party lawmaker’s bloc rejected last night the draft bill putting forth the expropriation of petrol company YPF, which was yesterday sent to the Congress by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 03/05/2012 | Argentina

    Domínguez highlights opposition support to approve YPF bill

    The head of the Lower House of Congress, Julián Dominguez, highlighted the support of the opposition lawmakers to approve the law that allows the expropriation of 51 percent of the YPF shares currently owned by Spain's Repsol.

  • 23/02/2012 | Argentina

    Lawmakers postpone Friday's special session over Malvinas

    Pro-government and opposition legislators decided to postpone until Saturday the trip to Tierra del Fuego to present the document that will be the base for the “State policy” regarding the sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.

  • 25/02/2012 | Argentina

    Lawmakers ratify sovereignty over Malvinas

    Legislators from all political parties came together to put forward a bill containing a multi-partisan declaration today ratifying Argentina’s claims for the sovereignty over the Malvinas islands, which will be approved by both chambers of Congress in March.

  • 08/03/2012 | Argentina

    ‘Congress Index:’ Inflation hits 1.6% in February

    Opposition Lawmakers presented the inflation index based in the analysis of private agencies, which reached 1.65 percent in February against the volume registered in January.

  • 06/12/2011 | Argentina

    City Legislature swears in 30 new lawmakers

    City lawmaker from the PRO party, Cristian Ritondo was chosen today to be the first vicepresident of the City Legislature in Buenos Aires, replacing Oscar Moscariello. The swearing in ceremony of new lawmakers was taking place this morning.

  • 14/12/2011 | Argentina

    CGT lawmakers abstain from supporting CFK bill in Congress

    Lawmakers Facundo Moyano, Héctor Recalde and Omar Plaini, all members of the Kirchnerite caucus in the Lower House, abstained from signing a bill that looks to reform the statutes of rural workers, sent to Congress by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

  • 11/01/2012 | Argentina

    'Congress index': Inflation hits 1.9% in December

    Opposition lawmakers announced December’s inflation index based in the analysis of nine private agencies, which showed a 1.9 percent increase against the previous month.

  • 31/08/2011 | Argentina

    Lawmakers analyse single-ballot proposals

    The Lower House's Constitutional Affairs Committee was discussing this morning various single-ballot system bill proposals, for possible use in the upcoming elections.

     

  • 24/10/2011 | Argentina

    Victory Front obtains five City lawmaker seats

    Victory Front  party obtained five City lawmaker seats and PRO party was able to hold the three seats at stake, although City Mayor Mauricio Macri assured that "there was a record high of split-ballots."

  • 09/11/2011 | Argentina

    Budget bill: Lower House's committee clears it for debate

    Lawmakers of the Budget and Treasury Committee of the Lower House cleared for debate a bill on spending laws, which Kirchnerite members wish to approve before the end of the ordinary sessions.

  • 14/06/2011 | Argentina

    Opposition reports inflation hits 1.5% on May

    Opposition lawmakers reported today that the inflation rate reached 1.5 percent in May, according to the estimates provided by eight "censored" economic consultants.

  • 14/08/2011 | Argentina

    'We came out ahead by an overwhelming amount,' Urribarri

    Governor of Entre Ríos province, Sergio Urribarri, disclosed that the Victory Front (FPV) party gained the highest amount of votes in that province, in what he described as “an overwhelming victory.” 

     

  • 26/08/2011 | Argentina

    Prosecutor Molina Pico could be investigated over alleged case irregularities

    The Bicameral Commission for Indictment of Magistrates and Lawmakers in Buenos Aires province is to analyse a request made by the jury, made against the San Isidro Court prosecutor, Diego Molina Pico, for his actions in the María Marta García Belsunce murder case. 

  • 14/05/2012 | World

    Italian lawmakers support Argentina in Malvinas sovereignty claim

    Forty-eight Italian senators and lawmakers expressed their public support for Argentina’s sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands in a letter sent to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the Foreign Ministry announced on Monday.

  • 15/05/2012 | World

    Obama issues veto threat against House defence bill

    US President Barack Obama threatened to veto a defence policy bill in the House of Representatives that would authorize higher Pentagon spending and tie his hands on national security issues from nuclear arms reductions to handling war detainees.

  • 14/11/2012 | World

    Obama calls for rich to pay more, keep middle-class cuts

    President Barack Obama today pushed for his proposal to have the wealthy pay more in taxes as a way to tame the federal deficit, taking a hard line in his opening bid before he begins fiscal talks with US lawmakers later in the week.

  • 14/07/2011 | World

    Obama asks lawmakers to gauge support for debt deal

    US President Barack Obama concluded a round of debt talks by sending lawmakers back to Congress to gauge support for a deal, saying a package to cut the deficit by $2 trillion was within reach.

  • 23/07/2011 | World

    New dispute threatens US debt limit negotiations

    New disagreement erupted between congressional Democrats and Republicans over the timetable for increasing US borrowing authority, possibly jeopardizing efforts to avert a default.

  • 31/07/2011 | World

    Obama announces deal reached to end debt crisis

    President Barack Obama announced a last-minute deal to raise the US borrowing limit and avoid a catastrophic default and he urged lawmakers to "do the right thing" and approve the agreement.

  • 17/10/2012 | Latin America

    Uruguayan lawmakers vote to legalize early abortions

    Uruguay's Congress voted narrowly to legalize abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, a rare move in largely Catholic Latin America that underscores the country's liberal leanings.

  • 06/01/2013 | Latin America

    Venezuela lawmakers elect Chávez ally as Assembly chief

    Venezuelan lawmakers re-elected a staunch ally of Hugo Chávez to head the National Assembly, putting him in line to be caretaker president if the socialist leader does not recover from cancer surgery.


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