Nisman’s lifeless body, readers will remember, was discovered in the bathroom of his Buenos Aires apartment on January 18, 2015 – the night before he was due to elaborate on his formal complaint against the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in front of the Argentine Congress.  Nisman had concluded, based on the mountain of evidence that was available to him, that the main purpose of Fernández de Kirchner’s 2013 “Memorandum of Understanding” (MOU) with the Iranian Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES: The long-lost granddaughter of a founder of an Argentine rights group that fights to find babies stolen by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship has been found, her organisation said on Thursday (Dec 24). Clara Anahi Mariani, who was abducted at three months old when regime agents killed her mother, is the 120th stolen baby to be found since her grandmother Maria “Chicha” Mariani helped found the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo to look for them in 1977. “After 39 years Read more [...]

On Dec. 16, 2015, Argentina’s new president, Mauricio Macri, introduced a number of economic reforms in an effort to overhaul the troubled economy of his country. The priority among them was lifting the restrictions on buying the U.S. dollar, which led to the devaluation of the weak Argentine peso. Although these changes came with soaring prices, speculative buying, and a despondent workforce, many economists viewed this bold move as one that would usher in a new era of economic prosperity in Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES - Days into his presidency, Mauricio Macri faces his first big threats as he seeks to fix Argentina's ailing economy: inflation and recession.In his first policy moves since taking office on Dec. 10, the free markets advocate made good on his promises to eliminate capital controls and cut hefty export taxes. But floating the peso triggered an immediate 26.5 percent devaluation and by making imported goods more expensive it will put further pressure on Read more [...]

La bancada que preside Miguel Pichetto criticó al gobierno por considerar que "asumió con un mensaje de respeto a las instituciones, a la ley y a la República, pero está haciendo todo lo contrario con medidas discrecionales, como lo son estas intervenciones". Desde la Red de Carreras de Comunicación Social hasta la Red Nacional de Medios Alternativos, pasando por AGMER, el CELS y el Frente de Izquierda: repudian en forma categórica el decreto 236 que interviene el AFSCA, ya que busca: desarticular Read more [...]

The director of Argentina's Federal Authority for Audiovisual Communication Services (AFSCA) Martin Sabbatella (centre) speaks with the media outside AFSCA building, in Buenos Aires, yesterday. – AFP pic, December 25, 2015.An Argentine judge yesteray ordered police to raid the national broadcast media regulator and evict its sacked director after he defied conservative President Mauricio Macri's decision to replace him. Macri issued a decree Wednesday sacking Martin Sabbatella, a top ally of Read more [...]

Houses are partially submerged in floodwaters in Asuncion, December 20, 2015. The National Emergency Secretary estimates that about 65,000 people are affected by the flooding of the country's two main rivers, the Paraguay and the Parana. – Reuters pic, December 25, 2015.Flooding dampened Christmas eve celebrations in parts of Latin America yesterday, leaving five people dead and driving almost 150,000 from their homes in Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. Some 130,000 people have been forced Read more [...]

The long-lost granddaughter of a founder of an Argentine rights group that fights to find babies stolen by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship has been found, her organization said Thursday. Clara Anahi Mariani, who was abducted at three months old when regime agents killed her mother, is the 120th stolen baby to be found since her grandmother Maria "Chicha" Mariani helped found the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo to look for them in 1977. "After 39 years of tireless Read more [...]

Macri ministers met with the top representatives of the Argentine Chamber of Commerce (CAC) and representatives from medium-sized companies Michetti said there is “no reason” for prices to continue rising as the value of the dollar was now under control Read more [...]