News of decree

PETROL PRICES

Uncertainty after Fernández orders YPF to halt rise in petrol prices

03-01-2020 07:00 President’s decision to order the YPF state oil company to halt a five percent increase in petrol prices creates uncertainty among producers and suppliers.

FUEL PRICES

Government's fuel prize freeze ends with 5% hike

14-11-2019 15:42 Formal end of the 90-day fuel price freeze, imposed in wake of Macri's PASO defeat arrives, with prices rising from today by a five percent rise on average.

PROTESTS IN ECUADOR

Ecuador's president agrees deal with indigenous to end protests

14-10-2019 11:58 Ecuador celebrated a deal President Lenín Moreno and indigenous leaders struck late Sunday to cancel a disputed austerity package and end nearly two weeks of protests that have paralyzed the economy and left seven dead.

ECUADOR IN CRISIS

Clashes at protests in Ecuador over fuel price hike, oil facilities seized

08-10-2019 09:26 President Lenín Moreno accuses predecessor and ex-ally Rafael Correa and Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro of an "attempted coup d'état." Government business temporarily moved to the port city of Guayaquil.

PROTESTS

Ecuador's declares state of emergency after clashes over fuel prices

04-10-2019 09:17 Clashes broke out between protesters and police in Ecuador after President Lenín Moreno declared a state of emergency Thursday following demonstrations against rising fuel prices due to the government scrapping subsidies. Moreno's measure allow the government to restrict movement, to employ the Armed Forces to maintain order and to censor the press.

UNITED NATIONS

UN calls on Argentina to repeal 2017 immigration decree

17-09-2019 09:42 UN Committee on Rights of Migrant Workers slams "xenophobic and discriminatory statements made by authorities, leaders and the media" in Argentina.

Mixed reactions

Rights groups decry volunteer youth 'civil service'

16-07-2019 16:38 Nobel Peace laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel lambasts the Macri government: 'Democratic values are built in public schools'.

THE MILITARY

Macri sparks controversy with move to expand role of Armed Forces

28-07-2018 08:33 Thousands of protesters take to streets as opposition, human rights groups strongly criticise controversial decree.

Facing unified opposition

Gov’t readies 3 bills to replace Macri’s controversial ‘megadecree’

07-02-2018 10:51 The opposition claims that the anti-bureaucracy, import-friendly decree package undermines the role of Congress.

ETCHEVEHERE TO RETURN $500,000 BONUS

Macri responds to Triaca scandals by issuing ‘nepotism’ decree

03-02-2018 10:37 President backs off quick labour reform after banning relatives of ministers from being employed by the Executive branch.

AMID OPPOSITION CONFIDENCE

Macri hauls in Congressional leaders to strategise over 'megadecree'

30-01-2018 12:41 In a move not unusual for the Macri administration, the government could even overhaul its own decree package by submitting a number of bills to Congress.