Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich announced that due to the ankle fracture that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner suffered last week, she has been forced to reschedule all official events until January 12.
The Senate has approved three economic and investment cooperation pacts with China, sending the bill to the Lower House despite fierce criticism from the opposition, which questioned the financial advantages the Asian nation would attain from the agreement.
Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich met with delegates from the union representing Subte workers, who assured the government figure that there would be no more stoppages related to trade union affiliation in the coming days.
Buenos Aires City Public Spaces Minister Edgardo Cenzón said that the labour conflict with garbage collectors that has left the City covered with rotting waste and heaps of garbage bags will be solved during the day. He pledged that the service will be restored and companies and workers sanctioned.
The government reiterated its stance in the battle against its holdout creditors, following the remarks by senior portfolio manager at NML Capital Jay Newman, who said yesterday that “Argentina is capable of paying all of its creditors” given its “vast natural ressources.”
The National Statistics and Census Institute (INDEC) has revealed that the Argentine economy contracted a total of 0.8 percent in the third quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2013.
The informal rate of the US currency was up 17 cents at 13.55 pesos today, having climbed as high 13.60 pesos in early trade. Meanwhile, the US dollar closed stable at 8.565 pesos in Buenos Aires City.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio drew heckles and boos along with applause when he addressed graduating police cadets, two days after thousands of uniformed officers turned their backs on him at a slain policeman's funeral.
A Virgin Atlantic passenger plane safely carried out a "non-standard" landing at London's Gatwick airport today after a landing gear problem, with television pictures showing the plane intact and stationary on the runway.
Buenos Aires City government has released a guide to the City’s public services over New Year holiday (December 31, January 1 and 2) in Buenos Aires City.
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