2018 in Argentina

The following lists events that happened in Argentina in 2018.

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Incumbents

• President: Mauricio Macri
• Vice President: Gabriela Michetti

Predicted and scheduled events

May

• End of the 2017–18 Argentine Primera División tournament.

November

• November 30: 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit

Unknown month

• Martín Fierro Awards ceremony.
• Superclásico
• Abortion debate over an abortion law bill.

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

President Mauricio Macri receives the police officer Luis Chocobar at the Casa Rosada.

• 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

Opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina.

• [[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]

Deaths

Reynaldo Bignone, de facto president, died March 7

• January 5: Antonio Valentín Angelillo (soccer player)[26]
• January 11: Noemi Lapzeson (dancer)
• January 16: Rubén Oswaldo Díaz (soccer player)
• February 6
  • Débora Pérez Volpin (journalist)
  • Liliana Bodoc (writer)
• February 16: Osvaldo Suárez (sportsman)
• February 27
  • Luciano Benjamín Menéndez (general)
  • Hugo Santiago (director)
  • Héctor Roquel (deputy)
• March 7: Reynaldo Bignone (de facto president)[27]
• March 13: Gastón Tavagnutti (dancer)
• March 14: Emilio Disi (actor)
• March 22: René Houseman (soccer player)
• July 10: Alicia Bellán (film, theatre actress)[28]
• September 7: Julio Blanck (journalist)
• October 2: Hermenegildo Sábat (comic book artist)

See also

• List of Argentine films of 2018

References

1. Diego Cabot (January 3, 2017). "El Gobierno anunció una suba de los boletos de colectivos y trenes" [The government announced a tariff increase in buses and trains] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
2. "Detuvieron a un gremialista argentino en una chacra en Piriápolis: tenía armas y dinero en efectivo" [They detained an Argentine union leader in Piriapolis: he had weapons and banknotes] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 4, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
3. "Se "termina" la Emergencia Económica tras 16 años de vigencia" [The economic emergency ends after 1 years] (in Spanish). Clarin. January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
4. Santiago Dapelo (January 9, 2018). "Sin las garantías del PJ y de la CGT, el Gobierno posterga la reforma laboral para marzo" [With no guarantees from the PJ and the CGT, the government postpones the labor amendment for March] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
5. "Cambiemos presentó un proyecto para desplazar a Eugenio Zaffaroni como juez de la CIDH" [Cambiemos proposed a bill to remove Eugenio Zaffaroni as judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights] (in Spanish). La Nación. February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 1, 2018.
6. ""Estoy orgulloso de que haya un policía como vos", le dijo Macri a Chocobar en la Casa Rosada" ["I'm proud that there is a policeman like you", said Macri to Chocobar at the Casa Rosada] (in Spanish). Clarín. February 1, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
7. "El Gobierno disuelve la Lotería Nacional y elimina el histórico Prode" [The government closes the National Lottery and ends the historical Prode] (in Spanish). La Nación. February 2, 2018. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
8. "Patricia Bullrich se reunió en Washington con especialistas en terrorismo y seguridad" [Patricia Bullrich meets in Washington with specialists in terrorism and security] (in Spanish). Clarín. February 7, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
9. Jazmín Bullorini (February 8, 2018). "El PJ busca armar un frente opositor, pero los gobernadores pegaron el faltazo" [The PJ seeks to organize an opposing front, but the governors did not attend] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
10. "Estela de Carlotto, tras ser recibida por Francisco en el Vaticano: "El Papa está preocupado por Argentina"" [Estela de Carloto, after meeting Francis in the Vatican City: "The pope is worried for Argentina"] (in Spanish). Clarín. February 8, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
11. "Arrancó el paro bancario nacional en rechazo a la oferta paritaria" [The strike of banks started, protesting against the wages proposal] (in Spanish). Perfil. February 9, 2018. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
12. "Sucursales vacías, enojos y microcortes de calle: las postales del paro bancario en el centro porteño" [Empty banks, anger and street blocks: issues of the bank strike at the center of Buenos Aires] (in Spanish). Clarín. February 20, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
13. Hugh Bronstein, Nicolás Misculin (February 21, 2018). "Argentine truckers block capital streets to protest Macri reforms". Reuters. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
14. "Two Argentines arrested in Russian embassy cocaine probe". Reuters. February 22, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
15. "El gobierno de Evo Morales rechaza atender a argentinos en sus hospitales y se tensa la relación con Bolivia" [The government of Evo Morales refuses to accept Argentines in their hospital; the relation with Bolivia gets tense] (in Spanish). Clarín. February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
16. Natasha Niebieskikwiat (February 28, 2018). "Bolivia da marcha atrás y dará atención sanitaria gratuita a los argentinos" [Bolivia steps back and will provide free healthcare to Argentines] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
17. Lucía Salinas (February 28, 2018). "Imputaron a Hugo y Pablo Moyano por presunto lavado de dinero" [Hugo and Pablo Moyano were indicted for money laundering] (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
18. "Mauricio Macri en el Congreso: reviví el minuto a minuto de la Asamblea Legislativa" [Mauricio Macri in the Congress, relive the minute by minute of the Legislative assembly] (in Spanish). La Nación. March 1, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
19. "Polish group sues Argentine paper under new Holocaust law". Reuters. March 3, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
20. Germán de los Santos (March 5, 2018). "La Justicia decidió extraditar a Chile a Jones Huala y hay disturbios en la puerta del juzgado". La Nación. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
21. "Argentina ex-leader on trial for alleged cover-up in bombing". ABC News. Archived from the original on March 7, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
22. "The Latest: Tens of thousands in Argentina mark Women's Day". The Washington Post. March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 7, 2018.
23. "Perito Moreno Glacier ice bridge collapses in Argentina". The Economic Times. March 12, 2018. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
24. Germán de los Santos (March 13, 2018). "Violencia en la Uocra:"Dejen de romper las pelotas en La Plata", dijeron los sicarios antes de disparar" [Violence at the UOCRA: "Stop messing in La Plata"] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
25. Mariano De Vedia (March 13, 2018). "De Vidal a Zaffaroni: una carta al papa Francisco unió a oficialistas y opositores" [From Vidal to Zaffaroni: a letter to Pope Francis united all politicians] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
26. "Angelillo has died". Football Italia. January 6, 2018. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
27. "Reynaldo Bignone, Argentina's Last Military Dictator, Dies at 90". The New York Times. March 9, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
28. "FALLECIÓ LA ACTRIZ ALICIA BELLÁN". Asociación Argentina de Actores (in Spanish). July 10, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

External links

• Media related to 2018 in Argentina at Wikimedia Commons