“The Pope told me to have patience, to not hesitate in facing the serious core problems Argentina has, and pointed at drug-trafficking an corruption,” President Mauricio Macri said at Argentina’s embassy in the Vatican where he briefed reporters on their meeting.
Secretary General of the Suteba education union Roberto Baradel said the federal government has “improved” the salary “offer,” paving the way for teachers to get a minimum wage of $9,801 pesos.
Lawyers of NML Capital, one of the major creditors suing Argentina in US courts over defaulted bonds, requested New York District Judge Thomas Griesa to postpone a hearing scheduled for next Tuesday.
Following a private hearing with Pope Francis, President Mauricio Macri met with Italian Premier Matteo Renzi in Rome, their second encounter in 15 days. Renzi visited Buenos Aires City on February 16.
Ricardo Sáenz, the prosecutor before the City’s Criminal Appeals Court, demanded the case on the mysterious death of Alberto Nisman be handled by federal judicial authorities as he affirmed the former AMIA special prosecutor was victim of a “homicide.”
The investigation into alleged Central Bank (BCRA) fraud operations in the sale of dollar futures took a new political turn as Federal Judge Claudio Bonadio summoned former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, ex-economy minister Axel Kicillof and ex-BCRA governor Alejandro Vanoli for questioning.
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