Cases of dengue increase
Some 2,300 cases of dengue fever have been reported in Argentina over the past few weeks. The Ministry of Health has only recorded half of that amount. While nobody knows the exact number of cases at...
View ArticleScioli: “President Will Make Decision on Candidacy in Her Own Time”
Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli stated today that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner will make a decision regarding her candidacy for re-election in her own time. He also assured...
View ArticleNew Congressmen Take Office
The new deputies took office today in the chamber of deputies in congress. Former minister of agriculture Julián Dominguez took office as the president of the chamber of deputies and is replacing...
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What do you think about the Argentine system of co-participation?
The federal government receives about 56% of taxpayer money and the remaining 44% is divided unevenly between the provinces. Despite various attempts at reform, the distribution system has been in...
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Funding Federalism: the Argentine Co-Participation System
Daniel Scioli talks with the press. (Photo: Laura Szenkierman) At the end of last week, Buenos Aires provincial governor Daniel Scioli finalised the payment of the bi-annual aguinaldo bonuses with some...
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Argentina News Roundup: 27th December 2013
Bus number 5 (photo: Beatrice Murch) Increase in Bus Fares: The Interior and Transport Ministry announced today that bus fares in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area will increase by as much as 66% from...
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