Vice-President Accused of Falsifying Divorce Affidavit
Vice-president Amado Boudou has hopped into the fire once again, after the Anti-Corruption Office denounced him for allegedly falsifying an affidavit that excluded his car from his divorce proceedings....
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup, May 25th.
It’s Friday and it’s a national holiday again! One of the many that you love so much because you get to enjoy an extra day of doing nothing! Now, I could start one of my never ending diatribes about...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup, June 1st.
It’s Friday again! (That’s right, we’re back to using that one). And what a week it’s been! The dollar fever is on the rise and Argentines keep roaming the streets aimlessly, eyes injected in blood...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup, June 8th.
It’s Winter again! And Friday too, but mostly winter! Holy shit, you guys. Have you all been freezing your asses or is it just me? Damn! This week we had a major temperature drop and we all woke up on...
View ArticleNew Prosecutor General Appointed
With 63 votes in favour and 3 against, the new prosecutor general Alejandra Gils Carbó was appointed by the Senate yesterday. It will be the first time a woman holds this position in Argentina.
View ArticleSenate Passed ex-Ciccone Expropriation Bill
The Senate approved last night the bill to expropriate the Compañía de Valores Sudamericana printing company (CVS, formerly known as Ciccone) for 44 votes against 20.
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup, August 17th.
It’s Friday again! And today is of course a very special day for all of us! No, I’m not talking about today being another holiday to commemorate the death of Argentina’s forefather José de San Martín...
View ArticleWhat do you think about the nationalisation of the ex-Ciccone?
On Thursday 16th August, the Senate passed a bill to nationalise currency printing company Compañía de Valores Sudamericana. According to the state, the printing of money should be the responsibility...
View ArticleCiccone: The Ins and Outs of Argentina’s Most Recent Expropriation
The Argentine Congress approved yesterday the expropriation of the ex-Ciccone currency printing company. Jen Michalski explains the controversies surrounding the bill.
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup, February 8th.
It’s February again! And yes, I know. Last Friday was technically already February but it was only the first day of the month and the shit had not had time to hit the fan yet. But it only took two days...
View ArticleBoudou Signs 2014 National Budget Into Law
The 2014 national budget and key economic laws were enacted today, after they were signed by acting President Amado Boudou and published in the Official Gazette.
View ArticleGovernment Increases 2013 Budget Spending by $50bn
The national government today assigned an extra $50bn to the 2013 budget in order to meet its operating expenses and public debt commitments.
View ArticleState Agency to Revise Economic Numbers Since 1999
New Argentina economy minister Amado Boudou announced changes yesterday to the controversial state run statistics agency Indec, which had been accused of bolstering official economic figures. The...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup, Nov 26th
It’s black Friday everyone! Isn’t it great that once again we’ve made it another week without getting robbed/killed/scammed/bullied in this beautiful city that we call Buenos Aires? (Unless you have...
View ArticleBoudou Attends Mercosur Summit in Paraguay
The President’s new vice-presidential running mate Amado Boudou spoke from the Mercosur, or Southern Common Market summit today, in one of his first press conferences since being appointed. The summit...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup, July 1st.
It’s Friday again! Although for many of you it’s probably already Monday, or Wednesday, or whatever, since I’m sure with the Copa America tournament kicking-off this afternoon you couldn’t care less...
View ArticleCFK Wins Second Consecutive Election by Record Numbers
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her vice-presidential running mate Amado Boudou, candidates for the Victory Front party, won a sweeping victory this afternoon in the presidential race with...
View ArticleWeekly News Roundup, October 28th
It’s Friday again! And remember how nothing happened last week? Well, naturally everything happened this week. So no preambles this time, let’s get down to business shall we? This is what you need to...
View ArticleAFIP Regulates Foreign Exchange Transactions
A new regulation goes into effect today requiring banks to perform background checks on all buyers of foreign currency. This means that until further notice, anyone wishing to buy dollars can only do...
View ArticleGovernment Ends Subsidies in Public Sector
Argentina Economy Minister Amado Boudou and Planning Minister Julio de Vido announced in a press briefing yesterday that the government intends to impose a 100% lift on subsidies that currently benefit...
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