One of Argentina’s most loyal supporters in recent years, Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez has died at 58, the result of an almost two-year battle with cancer. Chávez served as president of Venezuela continually since 1999, only briefly losing control after a failed coup d’état in 2002 (see video, below). Chávez worked closely with former Argentine […]
Anonymous Argentina Takes Down INDEC Website
The social-justice hacker group Anonymous Argentina has taken down the website of the National Statistics and Census Institute (Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, or INDEC by its Spanish acronym). INDEC is the government agency responsible for publishing the official inflation rates for the country. This week they announced that Argentina’s official inflation rate for […]
Buenos Aires says Goodbye to Antique Subway Cars
After nearly 100 years the “A” Line of the Buenos Aires subway – or Subte – is being shut down for renovations to the tracks and the replacement of some of the aging rolling stock. The oldest of the cars date from the 1913 and are made of wood. Modern carriages manufactured in China will […]
Mixed Reaction in South America to Obama Win
Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner warmly congratulated President Barack Obama yesterday after he won reelection as U.S. President. Elsewhere in South America, leaders’ reactions were mixed. Venezuela Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez surprised many in September when he said, “I hope this doesn’t hurt his campaign, but if I was from the United States […]
President Kirchner Congratulates Obama on Reelection
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and the majority of citizens of Argentina breathed a sigh of relief today after United States President Barack Obama won reelection. President Kirchner sent Obama a letter of congratulations that read in part, “Argentina and the United States have maintained friendly relations since the era of colonialism that subjugated our regions…We […]