Cheers, tears, prayers for 2020: A new decade is ushered in
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Issue will be "addressed in 2020," confirms president in radio interview. A bill to legalise the procedure in Argentina failed to clear in the Senate in 2018, after passing the lower house Chamber of Deputies.
Heading into his second year as president, far-right Brazilian leader has held firm to his combative culture-warrior policies while feuding with critics at home and abroad.
The professional optical term for normal or perfect eyesight is “20/20 vision” – but the year lying ahead of us is anything but normal, perfect, visionary or clear.
by Marcelo J. Garcia What exactly is on Alberto Fernández’s New Year’s resolution list for 2020?
Mendoza Province Governor Rodolfo Suárez says he will hold a "broad debate" with all sectors of society on issue. UCR leader refuses to rule out popular vote on modifications to Law 7722.
Government announces freeze of public transport fares in and around the capital for six months, as it undertakes a comprehensive review of increases.
The sale of the Rural Society’s fairground building, which prosecutors believe should have been valued close to US$130 million, was sold for just US$30 million by decree in 1991.
Lawyer and Cambia Mendoza provincial deputy Jorge Difonso on why protesters in Mendoza are taking to the streets in rejection of alterations made to legislation which restricted the use of dangerous chemicals in mining operations.
Sweeping economic passage published as Alberto Fernández reveals IMF team will arrive in Buenos Aires for talks "in the coming days." President admits he hopes for single-digit inflation by 2023.
Recently departed security minister accuses new government of holding "ideological apparatus that is always on the side of the thief."
Long lauded as one of South America’s safest big cities, some fear Buenos Aires may see more attacks, at times violent, against tourists in the coming years.
Just as saints have their altars so Maradona has his museum in Napoli, an extraordinary treasure trove of artefacts that includes the left boot with which the Argentine scored twice against Belgium in the semi-finals of the 1986 World Cup.
Schoolchildren skipping class to strike, protests bringing city centres to a standstill – armed with dire warnings from scientists, people around the world dragged the climate emergency into the mainstream in 2019.
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HUMAN RIGHTS
Former Bolivia president, currently living in Argentina as a refugee after being ousted from power, joined the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo for their weekly march in Buenos Aires' famous square on Thursday.
DIPLOMATIC SPAT
Government to take Bolivia to the International Court of Justice over what it calls harassment of its diplomatic mission in La Paz.
BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS
Ex-Bolivian leader said Washington had not "forgiven" his country for choosing to seek lithium extraction partnerships with Russia and China, rather than the United States.
Foreign Ministry in Santiago contacts Felipe Solá to complain about comments made by Alberto Fernández, after Peronist leader highlights number of those arrested during protests in neighbouring country.
Far-right leader was taken to the Armed Forces' hospital in the capital of Brasilia for examinations of his skull. Will be kept under observation for six to 12 hours.
Cracks have appeared in opposition leader's base of support in the National Assembly. His re-election as congressional president is no longer assured and legislators' official terms expire in a few months.
The decision to delay payments on the dollar-denominated Treasury bills, known as Letes, until August 31, 2020, placed the country in a one-day technical default, Fitch said.
Economy contracted by 2.3% in first 10 months of 2019, data from national statistics bureau shows.
"The enactment will be today," says Cabinet Chief.
Demonstrators take to streets after lawmakers in famed wine-producing province adjust legislation to smooth way for mining projects. Critics charge it will weaken water protections.
Ambassador Óscar Ricardo Valero resigns post, as relatives say he may have suffered behavioural changes due to a brain tumour.
María Castillo de Lima is paving the way for change in the rigid world of opera. Taking the stage at the historic Teatro Colón, she is charming everyone with a perfect soprano range to accompany her transition.
Kingdom sentences five people to death on Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic, who was murdered in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last year by a team of agents.
"It is not the same as 2001, but it is similar," Fernández said in an interview with TV programme La Cornice. "Today we are in virtual default."
