
President Mauricio Macri held a press conference today at the Pink House in which he referred to the capture of Martín and Cristian Lanatta and Víctor Schillaci, the three criminals that escaped from the Buenos Aires province prison of General Alvear two weeks ago, recaptured this weekend amid organization and “coordination” errors the president himself acknowledged.

Ousted director of the AFSCA media watchdog tried to resume his activities in his office after two federal judges ruled the DNU emergency decrees reforming the Broadcast Media Law were null and void, but he was not granted access to the building.
• Judges block Macri’s Media Law decree

One of the most exhaustive manhunts in the country’s history came to a dramatic close as officials from Mauricio Macri’s administration celebrated the recapture of Cristian Lanatta and Víctor Schillaci in Cayastá, Santa Fe, barely 500 metres from where Martín Lanatta was arrested last Saturday.

Including embarrasing announcement Saturday
Successful operation not without setbacks, lack of organization
While Let’s Change officials highlighted the coordinated effort between security forces in capturing the three fugitives, they could not ignore acknowledging the series of mishaps, gaffes and even communications errors that plagued the manhunt since it began late last month.

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Leandro Morgenfeld, historian specialized on US-Argentine relations
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The US dollar today plunged 28 cents to end at 13.85 pesos in banks and foreign exchange agencies.

A Syrian suicide bomber is thought to be responsible for an attack which killed at least ten people including foreigners in the heart of Istanbul's historic Sultanahmet tourist district, President Erdogan said.

Argentina will tell the mediator brokering debt negotiations with US investment firms suing the country over unpaid debt that it wants to resolve the matter, President Mauricio Macri said today during a news conference.
• Gov’t: no offer to ‘vultures’ this week

US stocks were flat in afternoon trading on Tuesday, after an early rally was wiped out as crude oil prices once again held the markets hostage.

Less growth expected, but no hard landing
China’s market meltdown does not reflect real economy
A renewed plunge in Chinese stock markets has stoked concerns among global investors about the health of the world’s second-biggest economy, but there is little evidence that the outlook for China has darkened dramatically in recent weeks.

By James Granger
A man who found out he was suffering from cancer and — in keeping with his recent approach to his personal and public lives — decided to keep it from the world. A man who decided to put the pain and fear of such a diagnosis into words, to work until the very end.

Visionary bohemian was his own greatest product
The business of being Bowie
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