2020 in Argentina

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Events in the year 2020 in Argentina.

Incumbents

• President: Alberto Fernández
• Vice President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

Ongoing events

• COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina

Events by month

March

• March 3 – The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Argentina: a 43-year-old man who had arrived two days earlier from Milan, Italy.[1][2]
• March 7 – The Ministry of Health confirmed the country's first documented death of COVID-19, a 64-year-old man who had travelled to Paris, France, who also had other health conditions; the case was only confirmed as positive after the patient's demise.[3]
• March 19 – A nation-wide lockdown was established in Argentina due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5]

May

• May 4 – New controls over the purchasing of American dollars by the Central Bank of Argentina came into force. The measures apply to both companies and individual savers.[6]

August

• August 30 – Earth observation satellite SAOCOM 1B launches from SLC-40.[7]

December

• December 30 – Abortion legalised by the Congress with 38 votes in favour and 29 against.[8]

Deaths

Stella Maris Leverberg

Juan Ramón

Diego Maradona

January

• January 3 – Stella Maris Leverberg, politician and trade unionist (b. 1962).[9]
• January 9 – Pampero Firpo, wrestler (b. 1930).[10]

February

• February 4 – Claudio Bonadio, federal judge (b. 1956).[11]
• February 25 – Erico Spinadel, Austrian-Argentine industrial engineer (b. 1929).[12]
• February 27 – Braian Toledo, javelin thrower (b. 1993).[13]

March

• March 10 – Marcelo Peralta, saxophonist (b. 1961).[14]
• March 13 – Alejandro Betts, historian and political activist (b. 1947).[15]
• March 20 – Amadeo Carrizo, football player (b. 1926).[16]
• March 27
  • Roberto Alemann, politician (b. 1922).[17]
  • Elvia Andreoli, actress (b. 1950 or 1951).[18]
• March 28 – Nicolás Brizuela, musician (b. 1949).[19]

April

• April 1 – Mario Chaldú, football player (b. 1942).[20]
• April 2 – Juan Giménez, comic book artist (b. 1943).[21]

May

• May 15 - Sergio Denis, singer and actor (b. 1949).
• May 25 – Ricardo Barreda, convicted mass murderer (b. 1936).[22]

July

• July 30 – Juan Ramón, singer and actor (b. 1940).[23]

November

• November 25 – Diego Maradona, footballer (b. 1960).[24]

References

1. "Confirmaron el primer caso de coronavirus en la Argentina: es un hombre que viajó a Italia". Clarín (in Spanish). 3 March 2020. Archived from the original on 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
2. "Confirmaron el primer caso de coronavirus en la Argentina". Infobae (in Spanish). 3 March 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
3. "Primera muerte por coronavirus en Argentina: era un hombre que había viajado a Francia y estaba internado en el Argerich". Infobae (in Spanish). 7 March 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
4. "Argentina announces mandatory quarantine to curb coronavirus". Reuters. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
5. Do Rosario, Jorgelina; Gillespie, Patrick (20 March 2020). "Argentina Orders 'Exceptional' Lockdown in Bid to Stem Virus". Bloomberg News.
6. Casas, Ximena (4 May 2020). "Controles a la compra de dólares: todo lo que hay que saber sobre las nuevas restricciones y por qué hubo demoras en algunos bancos" [Controls on the purchase of dollars: everything there is to know about the new restrictions and why there were delays in some banks]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
7. "Saocom 1B: despegó el satélite argentino" [Saocom 1B: The Argentine satellite launched]. Página/12 (in Spanish). 31 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
8. "Argentina abortion: Senate approves legalisation in historic decision". BBC News. 30 December 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
9. "Falleció Stella Maris Leverberg, víctima del despiste de la camioneta en la que viajaba". noticiasdel6.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2020.
10. "Pampero Firpo dies at 89". slam.canoe.com. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
11. "Murió el juez federal Claudio Bonadio". Clarín (in Spanish). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
12. "Fallece, a los 90 años, Erico Spinadel, pionero de la energía eólica" [Erico Spinadel, pioneer of wind energy, dies at 90]. Energías Renovables (in Spanish). 25 February 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
13. Staplehurst, Jack (27 February 2020). "Olympic athlete Braian Toledo dies in bike crash ahead of Tokyo 2020". Daily Star. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
14. "El saxofonista argentino Marcelo Peralta murió por coronavirus en Madrid". Radio Mitre (in Spanish). 10 March 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
15. "Falleció Alejandro Betts, el malvinense que defendió la soberanía argentina sobre las Islas Malvinas". Ushuaia24 (in Spanish). 13 March 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
16. "Murió Amadeo Carrizo, una leyenda de River". Página/12 (in Spanish). 20 March 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
17. "Murió Roberto Alemann, ministro de Economía de Frondizi y del genocida Galtieri". Rosario3 (in Spanish). 28 March 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
18. "Muere a los 69 la actriz Elvia Andreoli". El Litoral (in Spanish). 29 March 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
19. Apicella, Mauro (29 March 2020). "1949-2020: Murió el guitarrista Nicolás "Colacho" Brizuela, el mejor compañero de escenarios que tuvo Mercedes Sosa". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
20. "Falleció el exfutbolista Mario Chaldú". TyC Sports (in Spanish). 1 April 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
21. Noronha, Remus (2 April 2020). "Veteran comic book artist Juan Giménez's death from coronavirus leaves industry members devastated". Meaww. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
22. "Murió el femicida Ricardo Barreda". Río Negro (in Spanish). 25 May 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
23. "Murió el cantante Juan "Corazón" Ramón: tenía 80 años y padecía una pulmonía". Infobae (in Spanish). 30 July 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
24. "Diego Maradona: Argentina legend dies aged 60". BBC Sport. BBC. 25 November 2020.