Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday welcomed his Chilean counterpart Gabriel Boric Font at the Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires. It was the visiting head of state s first trip abroad since taking office on March 11.
Covid-19 dominates another year, with the the global vaccine race illustrating the very best and worst of humanity. Aside from coronavirus (a crucial factor in the ‘VIP vaccine’ and ‘Olivosgate’ political scandals), the death of former president Carlos Menem, rising prices and poverty, trigger-happy policing, IMF debt talks and key elections across the region steal the show – including Argentina’s PASO primaries and midterms, which reshape the political landscape. This is 2021: the year that was.
New Supreme Court chief justice spoke briefly to Noticias magazine, responding to ex-president Mauricio Macri’s regret over having nominated him as “the best praise I ever had as a judge.”
The Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation upheld an amparo action brought by the parents of a young man with a disability so that the defendant social security company would fully cover the alternative therapeutic treatment with cannabis oil. In the ruling- signed by Elena Highton, Juan Carlos Maqueda, Ricardo Lorenzetti and Carlos Rosenkrantz- the Supreme.