Raul Tettamanti resigned from his position as temporary judge today following objections of his appointment from the government.

The government announced today that they will insist on the correct application of the current decree but reject the Police and Coast Guard demands of a salary raise to $7,000.

The first legal abortion planned to happen Tuesday was suspended after an injunction was filed by the Catholic group Pro Vida against the operation.

Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri yesterday vetoed the ‘non-punishable’ abortion law passed on the 28th September which would have served to legalise abortion in cases of rape or life endangerment of the mother. This news comes just days after the announcement that the first legalised abortion would take place next Tuesday for a woman who had […]

In the midst of their fourth day of protest, the National Gendarmerie was called to the Autopista Riccheri to prevent activists from the State Worker’s Association (ATE) from completely blocking traffic headed to Ezeiza International Airport. Gendarmes ensured that protesters from the Ezeiza-Esteban Echeverría-San Vicente branch of the ATE left at least one lane open […]

At a dinner given for the Consenso Republicano, Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri announced that the city’s first legal abortion will take place this coming Tuesday, 9th October. The law, which was passed on 28th September with 30 votes in favour and 29 against, allows women over the age of 14 to have an abortion […]

Enrique Alfonso Severo, the ex-railway worker and key witness in the Mariano Ferreyra murder trial who went missing on Wednesday night, was found alive yesterday in Gerli, a neighbourhood of the Avellaneda district. The discovery comes after a nationwide manhunt and dramatic protests in the capital. Severo, a former manager for the railway company Ferrobaires, […]

Enrique Alfonso Severo disappeared last night before he was expected to testify today at noon in the trail against José Pedraza, general secretary of the Railway Union (UF), and his assistant Juan Carlos Fernández, who are accused of planning the violent clash that resulted in the murder of Mariano Ferreyra.

Security Force protests that started on Tuesday 2nd October continue this morning with a new petition of demands.

The bill drafted to change the law to lower the voting age to 16, instead of the current 18, has reached another instance. The bill received a favourable opinion in the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the Senate and will be treated on site on 17th October. Senators Aníbal Fernández and Elena Corregido, members of Cristina […]