News of online sessions

Historic session as Congress meets 'virtually' for first time

14-05-2020 09:12 In a historic session, Congress met 'virtually' for the first time on Wednesday, as lawmaking restarted for the first time since Argentina entered a mandatory nationwide lockdown on March 20.

ARGENTINA CONGRESS ONLINE

Congress enters 21st century with ‘virtual sessions’ set to begin next week

09-05-2020 09:27 Chamber of Deputies and Senate carry out online trial runs, with contrasting results, as coronavirus pandemic forces Argentina to introduce videoconference law-making.

CORONAVIRUS QUARANTINE

Government deputies push for online sessions and wealth tax

18-04-2020 09:28 Government deputies in Congress are working on a bill for a one-off wealth tax on big fortunes to finance the sanitary and social campaign against the new coronavirus pandemic.