Going Dutch: Libertad holds Bicentennial fest
The ARA Libertad left Argentina on April 23 and has visited several ports already, amongst others in Brazil and in the United States. As the arrival of the Navy Sail Training Ship ARA. Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Going Dutch: Libertad holds Bicentennial festBy Marjan GroothuisFor the HeraldNavy training ship holds celebration in Amsterdam to kick off ‘vulture-free’ European tourAMSTERDAM — Argentina’s famous frigate, ARA Libertad, arrived in the port of Amsterdam on Friday morning, bringing Bicentennial cheer and a message of peace and friendship to the Netherlands as it began its European tour. Far from homeBut the ARA Libertad is first and foremost a training ship. The ARA. Libertad will return to Argentina on November 5.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 13, 2016 03:53 UTC
IMF: Brexit will have ‘negligible’ impact on US
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 IMF: Brexit will have ‘negligible’ impact on USThe United States flag flies above the Wall Street entrance to the New York Stock Exchange. “The net effect on growth is pretty negligible,” Nigel Chalk, the IMF’s mission chief for the United States, told reporters on a conference call. All in all, global equities are back to where they were when the UK voted for Brexit. The IMF kept unchanged its previous US economic growth forecasts of 2.2 percent for 2016 and 2.5 percent in 2017, issued a day before the British referendum. Meanwhile, a safe-haven rush into US Treasuries has lowered yields, and home and business financing costs, considerably.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 13, 2016 03:33 UTC
De Vido edges toward trial
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 De Vido edges toward trialJulio De Vido is one step closer to facing trial over the Once crash. “There is sufficient evidence to effectively confirm that De Vido was aware of the serious deficiencies in the Railway Transport Service that was exploited and licensed by (private company) TBA,” the judges said. The decision argued that despite the former Federal Planning minister having the authority to use resources to make the railway service safe, he didn’t do so, and instead supported budget cuts to the TBA service. With this ruling, Bonadio can now initiate a trial against the Victory Front (FpV) lawmaker. Indictment for fraud, gross negligence confirmedFormer Federal Planning minister Julio De Vido is one step closer to standing trial over the fatal Once railway tragedy — which left 51 dead and over 700 injured — after his indictment for gross criminal negligence and fraud was confirmed yesterday.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 13, 2016 03:17 UTC
Supreme Court delays gas hikes ruling
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Supreme Court delays gas hikes rulingCouples dance tango on a Buenos Aires street yesterday. Crucially, the ruling did not endorse any explicit position on the hikes themselves, saying there is no case to decide so far. But in gas, electricity and transportation we have established the social rates that cover between 20 and 30 percent of the population.”Herald staff with DyN, Télam Multiple frontsThe legal conflict hasn’t only been focused on the Supreme Court, though, as the government also filed a request in a La Plata federal court against a judge’s decision freezing the new rates announced this year. The Supreme Court said that the ENARGAS gas regulating agency will have to report on the evolution of rates since 2001, the parameters used to determine the hikes and the criteria of “gradualism and progressiveness” applied to design them.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 13, 2016 03:11 UTC
Bullish Finance Ministry forecasts 5% growth in 2017
Over the next four years, Lacoste added, the ministry is budgeting for at least 3.5-4 percent average yearly growth. Inflation targetsPrat-Gay has taken some heat for some of his forecasts on inflation early into President Mauricio Macri’s presidency. As for the 25 percent target, Prat-Gay said that “maybe we will not get there for the period between December 2015 and December 2016, but we will reach that figure between March 2016 and March 2017. Anticipate at least 3.5% average growth in coming years Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Bullish Finance Ministry forecasts 5% growth in 2017Prat-Gay’s second-in-command says GDP may increase as much as 6 percent next yearGovernment officials are getting increasingly bullish about 2017’s economic figures it seems — yesterday, the Finance Ministry’s second-in-command Pedro Lacoste forecast that the country could grow by as much as “five to six percent” next year. Lacoste, meanwhile, also emphasized that a 3.3 percent fiscal deficit was still the target for 2017.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 13, 2016 02:48 UTC
A questionable educational policy
Although the Education Ministry has declared its interest in “educational quality,” they have taken many unfortunate steps in their first seven months. And which was recognized by the United Nations as one of the most important inclusive plans on the planet. The latter offered the Argentine president “free software for students,” as reported by different media around the world. It may thus be presumed that once “Conectar Igualdad” disappears, all that this fantastic programme did plus its related services will fall to Microsoft. They have also liquidated others such as the Plan Fines (to complete studies) and have discontinued the purchase and free distribution of millions of books to schools nationwide.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 13, 2016 02:48 UTC
23 arrested in landmark La Plata rights case
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 23 arrested in landmark La Plata rights caseThe abandoned site of La Cacha, a place used as a clandestine detention centre in La Plata during the last military dictatorship. 8 — situated between 8 and 74 streets in the capital of Buenos Aires province — served as a clandestine detention centre in the 1970s. The original report that led to the current investigation was presented by attorney Félix Crous in 2003, based on evidence collected in the La Plata’s Juicio por la Verdad of 1998. La Plata’s police station No. Most of the accused were members of the La Plata’s Infantry Regiment 7, the Intelligence Detachment 101 and police station No.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 13, 2016 02:48 UTC
1 billion kids faced some form of abuse in 2015
His comments came as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced a new partnership and fund aimed at fighting violence against children yesterday. The Global Partnership today also launched a new “Inspire” package of seven strategies to prevent violence against children. “The Global Partnership to End Violence against Children is mobilizing the world,” said Ban. Official data released yesterday relating to pregnancies and sexual violence showed that each day in Peru three girls under the age of 14 become mothers. “Violence against children is not inevitable if we challenge the status quo that harms the lives and futures of so many children.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 13, 2016 02:48 UTC
Fox suspends Newt Gingrich
Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Fox suspends Newt GingrichFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich leaves after a closed-door meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in Washington in March. NEW YORK — Fox News says it is suspending its contributor agreement with Newt Gingrich “due to the intense media speculation” about him as a potential vice presidential candidate of Republican Donald Trump. Less than an hour after the announcement, Gingrich appeared on Fox as an interview subject. Jay Wallace, executive vice president of news at Fox, said yesterday the network thought it was best to stop Gingrich as a contributor to avoid any conflicts of interest. The former House speaker joined the network in 1999, and his role was suspended in 2011 when he ran for president in 2012.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 12, 2016 21:00 UTC
Peasant Farmers Convicted over Curuguaty Massacre ‹ The Argentina Independent
The Curuguaty massacre occurred on 15th June, 2012, when around 300 riot police moved in to evict dozens of peasant farmers after a court had accepted Campos Morombí claims of trespassing. A court in Paraguay has sentenced 11 campesinos to prison for their role in the ‘Curuguaty Massacre’, in which six policemen and 11 farmers were killed during a land eviction. Political ContextIn the weeks following the Curuguaty massacre, leftist Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo was deposed in a swift impeachment trial that was widely criticised for procedural flaws. Background and ControversiesSince 2004, landless peasant farmers had claimed the territory in Marina Kue was public land marked for agrarian reform. The ruling sparked protests among campesino groups and social organisations who say the trial was unfair and demanded the sentences be annulled.
Source:The Argentina Independent
July 12, 2016 19:30 UTC
ANSES launches new version of Procrear
Although Basavilbaso’s figures were based in pesos, the loans will now be denominated in the new inflation-adjusted UVI currency, the government said. The government’s new scheme will have some key differences from the Kirchnerite era, when the scheme was launched following criticism over lack of credit availability for housing. Critics, however, said that overall housing credit had still dropped during the Kirchnerite era, as private morgages plunged. The Kirchner administration had planned 400,000 loans to build new houses over a four-year period. The loans will not be selected through lottery draws, but through a “vulnerability index” which the government says will give priority to homebuyers who need the credit the most.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 12, 2016 02:37 UTC
CFK hits back at money-laundering claims
In response, CFK filed a criminal complaint against Bonadio and Stolbizer for “leaking and altering” a public document. Tuesday, July 12, 2016 CFK hits back at money-laundering claimsDemonstrators rally in support of former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ahead of a court date at the Comodoro Py courthouse last week. “This means (the operations) were conducted after the president filed her final affidavit as the nation’s president,” the she argued. In a move that was widely anticipated since last week, Ercolini lifted fiscal secrecy rules that shielded personal information about the former president. According to copies of the document distributed by her attorney Carlos Beraldi, the ex-head of state has filed two different writs before judges María Servini de Cubría and Julián Ercolini, responding to claims filed by Progressives national lawmaker Margarita Stolbizer.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 12, 2016 02:37 UTC
Murray takes title for second time
TENNIS — WIMBLEDON Monday, July 11, 2016 Murray takes title for second timeFeisty Scot triumphs in three sets over Canadian Raonic to rewrite record booksLONDON — Cometh the hour, cometh the man — Andy Murray proved himself the bastion of British tennis once again as he outclassed Canadian powerhouse Milos Raonic to claim a second Wimbledon title in masterful fashion yesterday. That created its own pressure but Murray hid it well in a near-faultless two hours 48 minutes in the Centre Court sunshine as he added a second Wimbledon crown to his 2012 US Open title and gold medal from the London Olympics. It was more comfortable than the scoreline suggested as a razor-sharp Murray dictated play from start to finish. Murray only broke serve once but always seemed in control as the Canadian struggled to apply any sustained pressure. Raonic held to stay alive at 4-5 and 5-6 but rock solid Murray was relentless, winning the first five points of the day’s second tiebreak and wrapping it up without any drama.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 11, 2016 02:48 UTC
Iconic repressors at Bicentennial parade
Monday, July 11, 2016 Iconic repressors at Bicentennial paradeAldo Rico, the former leader of the infamous 1987 military uprising, waves to the crowd while participating in the Bicentennial parade in Buenos Aires City yesterday. Anger as ex-carapintada Aldo Rico, Operation Independence officers join in celebrationsArgentina’s celebrations of its historic Bicentennial were overshadowed yesterday after iconic military repressors took part in the day’s main event — apparently without the government’s knowledge or consent. “We did not organize the Mal-vinas veterans parade. The Human Rights secretariat of Tucumán didn’t waste time and immediately denounced those military officers’ participation in the parade. The organization said their participation in the parade was unacceptable, especially with the Operation Independence mega-trialongoing.
Source:Bueno Aires Herald
July 11, 2016 02:48 UTC
MOCASE Accuses Manaos for Attacks on Indigenous Community ‹ The Argentina Independent
Peasant Farmers’ organisation MOCASE-VC has accused drinks company Manaos for recent threats and attacks against the indigenous community of Iacu Chiri in Santiago del Estero. Yesterday morning, another armed group arrived, this time holding an order from a local judge to evict the community. MOCASE-VC says that the group was led by Manaos owner Orlando Canido, who claims possession of the land. However, at around 7pm, police arrived with instructions to annul the eviction order, remove the armed men, and allow families back in to their community. According to the group, on Saturday six trucks of armed men arrived at the community in Bajo Hondo, which for years has been defending its territory from encroaching business interests.
Source:The Argentina Independent
July 07, 2016 18:33 UTC