25/02/2011 | Argentina

President heads Yacyretá Dam launch alongside Lugo

After 37 years of construction, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her Paraguayan counterpart, Fernando Lugo, inaugurated the Yacyretá Dam, which she defined as “the construction to make sustainable the most important economic process of the last 200 years” of the country.

31/01/2012 | Argentina

Mining company to 'look for social licence' in Famatina

The Canadian Osisko Mining Corporation company announced that it had started “to design and prepare a community information and consultation programme” in order to “look for social licence” after residents in the surroundings of the Famatina mining project protested the initiative amidst accusations of a possible environmental pollution.

30/08/2012 | Argentina

Senator Fernández backs project to allow under-18 voters

Victory Front’s Senator Aníbal Fernández came on stage today to defend two draft bills minded by the government that propose the inclusion of optional voting rights for minors between the ages of 16 and 18, as well the inclusion of foreign residents, which will raise voters by three million.

06/02/2013 | World

EU launches 105-million-euro restoration of Pompeii