Last night Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) approved the extradition of Argentine Claudio Vallejos for crimes against humanity committed during the last dictatorship. Vallejos, known as “el Gordo”, was arrested for fraud in January 2011 in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina. He was later identified by members of human rights organizations, and his extradition was subsequently […]

Minister of Education Alberto Sileoni defended the proposal that would allow 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in a speech given before the Senate this morning. The gathering of speakers and politicians began at 9am at the Palacio de Congreso, and is the first public debate regarding the controversial bills. Introduced by ruling party Frente Para […]

Grace Protopapas explains the ins and out of Argentina’s impending civil code reform, which seeks to replace the centuries-old document based on European law with an “entirely South American vision”.

The National Meteorological Service (SMN) has issued an alert for the Capital, Buenos Aires province, Entre Ríos, and communities along the Río de la Plata, citing strong winds and rising water levels caused by yesterdays’ ongoing storm. The Río de la Plata rose 1.8 metres above its normal level last night, according to the Naval […]

The National Immigration Agency has changed the method by which tourists and business visitors from the US, Canada, and Australia will be required to pay in order to gain visa entry to Argentina. The reciprocity fee will shortly no longer be payable at the airport upon arrival. Instead the payment must be carried out online, […]

Security Minister Nilda Garré today denied that there was an increase in the crime rate in the capital. “There is no such thing as a crime rate increase in Buenos Aires,” declared Garré to press this morning outside a downtown city hotel. The government official went on to affirm that certain areas of crime were […]

Today marks the six year anniversary of the disappearance of Jorge Julio López. On 18th September 2006, López was due to appear in court to act as a key witness in the case against Miguel Etchecolatz, the ex-director general of police investigations for Buenos Aires province during the last military dictatorship. He never arrived and […]

Ana María Edwin, director of The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC), today assured that the organisation never claimed “that a person can eat well for $6 a day,” arguing that there is a smear campaign against INDEC spreading misleading messages. In a column written by Edwin for Tiempo Argentino today she defends the […]

This morning, Senator Aníbal Fernández from the Frente Para la Victoria (FPV) commented on last Thursday’s anti-government march, blaming the protesters for a lack of judgement and making vague claims. Last Thursday tens of thousands of people united in cities all around the country in the biggest anti-government street protests in years. Armed with pots […]

At least 30 people were wounded this morning after a 109 bus crashed into a building on the corner of Paraguay and Agüero in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Palermo around 8.00am. Although there were no fatalities, at least three people are reported to be in critical condition. Those with serious injuries have been transferred […]