In the early hours of this morning, city government officials approved a bill for a law that would allow for the non-punishable practice of abortion to occur in cases of rape and life endangerment in the City of Buenos Aires.
The Supreme Court for National Justice passed the law with 30 positive votes and 29 negative. The majority of the negative votes however, came from members of the Propuesta Republicana (PRO), the party of Mauricio Macri, and there is a fear that the Governor of the city of Buenos Aires could still veto the law.

Last night, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner distanced herself from constitutional reform during a Q and A forum with students at Harvard University. Her comments came during an uncharacteristically open public address in which the president allowed audience members to ask unscripted questions.

The Head of State was grilled on a number of issues by the animated a hundred-strong audience, including for the first time, the issue of “re-reelection”.

Moody’s announced Thursday that 30 Argentine banks have dropped from a stable rating to a negative rating. This change reflects the correlation between the credit profiles of banks and the government, according to Moody’s.

Illegal business sales in Capital Federal have reached an “all time high” during September, according to The Argentina Confederation of Medium Businesses (CAME). A survey released today reported that seven new informal markets opened in September with 817 new illegal stalls selling 17.1% more than in August. “The penetration of illegal sales in the nation’s […]

Five airline unions announced today that they will be taking industrial action starting Monday after failing to agree on salary increases with the employees of the National Administration of Civil Aviation (ANAC). The action is expect to affect all commercial flights in the country. “We are not talking about a strike. We are going to […]

Greenpeace activists delivered to congress a giant cable cutter and manual in a symbolic demand to deputies to “diffuse the time bomb that is electronic waste”. They demanded that the Minimum Premises for the Management of Electric and Electronic Waste (e-waste) Bill be approved. The bill has been discussed over the past four years and will be dropped if it is not voted before the end of the year.

Private security employees of Ezeiza airport have put up a roadblock causing transport problems from and to the airport this morning. No flight delays have been announced yet but there are fears that passengers flying out of Ezeiza today may face problems on the way to the airport.

A bill granting voting rights to 16 and 17-year-olds is being discussed in congress, but is it sign of a maturing democracy or just political manoeuvring before the midterms next year. Lucas Radicella reports.

President Fernández opened the way for a rare high-level meeting between Iran and Argentina at the UN general assembly yesterday by accepting Iran’s invitation to dialog. Diplomatic relations have been tense since Argentine judges accused Iranian state workers of masterminding the 1994 bombing of the Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires (AMIA) that left 85 dead.

The students of 21 high schools in the city of Buenos Aires are continuing with the take over their establishments in protest at education reform proposed by the city government. The student movement behind the protest, Corriente Estudantil de Base (CEB), is also organising a march for Thursday. The protests started last week in technical […]