2014 in Argentina

The following lists events from the year 2014 in Argentina.

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Events

January
  • January 24 - Restrictions enacted two years earlier on retail purchases of U.S. dollars were eased following a 15% drop in the Argentine peso days earlier.[1]

February
  • February 8 - A truck and a bus collide in the Argentine province of Mendoza, killing at least 17 people and injuring more than 10 others.
  • February 17 - The Vatican head of state, Pope Francis, renews his Argentine passport, reportedly asking not to enjoy any privilege.

March

April
  • April 10 - Massive general strike led by Dissident CGT heads Hugo Moyano and Luis Barrionuevo, and Dissident CTA head Pablo Micheli.[4]
  • April 22 - Broad Front UNEN, a center-left political coalition, was established following a convention in Buenos Aires' Broadway Theater.[5]

May
  • May 1 - Siam Di Tella's manufacturing plant in the Buenos Aires suburb of Piñeiro, once the largest appliance factory in South America, was reopened by local household electronics maker Newsan after 28 years.[6]
  • May 7 - Singer/songwriter Teresa Parodi was appointed the nation's first Minister of Culture following the president's decision to promote the Culture Secretariat to a cabinet-level ministry.[7]
  • May 16 - Announcement made of a new species of Titanosaur discovered in Patagonia, the largest land animal found to date[8]
  • May 29 - An agreement was reached with the Paris Club of creditor nations (the last remaining Argentine debt still in default besides bonds held by holdouts) on debt repayment totaling USD9 billion including penalties and interest.[9]

June

July

August
  • August 5 - Estela Barnes de Carlotto, President of the Association of Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, announced that her long-lost grandson Guido (illegally given up for adoption at birth by his parents' military abductors during the Dirty War) had been discovered after he came forward for a DNA test.[17]
  • August 30 - ARSAT-1, the first geostationary satellite to be fully produced domestically, was unveiled, making Argentina only of only eight countries in the world to have done so.[18]

Deaths
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See also

References
  1. Marketwatch
  2. "Rome Reports". Archived from the original on 2014-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  3. Telam
  4. Buenos Aires Herald
  5. Buenos Aires Herald
  6. La Mañana de Neuquén
  7. Buenos Aires Herald
  8. BBC News
  9. Buenos Aires Herald
  10. Buenos Aires Herald
  11. New York Times
  12. Deutsche Welle
  13. South China Morning Post
  14. Slate
  15. New York Times
  16. Buenos Aires Herald
  17. Buenos Aires Herald
  18. Buenos Aires herald
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