2018 in Argentina

Events

January

January 3: The tariffs of metropolitan buses, trains and subways in Buenos Aires are increased.^[1]
January 4: Union leader Marcelo Balcedo, accused of money laundering, is detained in Uruguay, in a joint operation between the Interpol and the Uruguayan police.^[2]
January 6: The economic emergency law ceases to be in force.^[3]
January 9: Unable to get support from the PJ and the CGT for an amendment in the labor law, Macri postpones the bill for March.^[4]
January 19: Raúl Zaffaroni, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, urges President Macri to resign.^[5]

February

February 1
- Police officer Luis Chocobar is indicted by the judiciary, accused of murder, for shooting a thief who attempted to kill a tourist. President Macri receives him at the Casa Rosada, giving him his full support.^[6]
- Members of the Argentine Congress propose a bill to ask for the removal of judge Raúl Zaffaroni from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.^[5]
February 2: The government closes the National Lottery, and ends the "Prode" game.^[7]
February 7: Minister Patricia Bullrich meets with US specialists in security and terrorism, to discuss the G20 summit. Those people voiced concerns about a presence of Hezbollah in the Triple Frontier.^[8]
February 8
- Members of the Peronist parties Justicialist Party, Renewal Front and Citizen's Unity hold a summit, discussing a joint ticket for the 2019 general elections. The Peronist provincial governors did not attend it, with the exception of Alberto Rodríguez Saá.^[9]
- Estela de Carlotto has a private meeting with Pope Francis.^[10]
February 9: General strike of national banks.^[11]
February 19: Two-days general strike of national banks.^[12]
February 21: A general strike is called by union leader Hugo Moyano.^[13]
February 22: Six suspected drug traffickers are jailed at the Russian embassy while trying to smuggle drugs in a diplomatic flight.^[14]
February 27: Bolivia rejects a treaty of mutual free healthcare with Argentina.^[15]
February 28
- Bolivia reverses their previous decision, and announces a mutual free healthcare treaty with Argentina.^[16]
- Union leaders Hugo and Pablo Moyano are indicted on money laundering charges.^[17]

March

March 1: Opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina.^[18]
March 3: The Polish League Against Defamation filed a complaint against the newspaper Página/12, accusing them to violate the recently amended Act on the Institute of National Remembrance, which forbids any suggestion of Polish involvement in the Holocaust.^[19]
March 5:
- Facundo Jones Huala, leader of the Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche guerrilla, is extradited to Chile.^[20]
- Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is indicted for allegedly obstructing investigation into the 1994 AMIA Bombing which killed 85 people, allegedly making a deal with the Iranian government to stop investigating Iranian officials involved in the attack in exchange for better prices on Iranian oil.^[21]
March 8: Large demonstrations during the International Women's Day.^[22]
March 12: The ice bridge of the Perito Moreno Glacier collapses.^[23]
March 13:
- Julio Galván, member of the UOCRA union, is attacked by criminals. He denounced that the attack was carried out by rivals from the union.^[24]
- Politicians from all political parties prepare a joint message for Pope Francis, at the 5º anniversary of his appointment.^[25]

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2018 in Argentina

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