2017 in Argentina

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The following lists events that happened in Argentina in 2017 .

Incumbents [ edit ]

President : Mauricio Macri
Vice President: Gabriela Michetti

Governors [ edit ]

Governor of Buenos Aires Province : Maria Eugenia Vidal
Governor of Catamarca Province : Lucia Corpacci
Governor of Chaco Province : Domingo Peppo
Governor of Chubut Province : Mario Das Neves (until 3 October); Mariano Arcioni (starting 3 October)
Governor of Cordoba : Juan Schiaretti
Governor of Corrientes Province : Ricardo Colombi (until 10 December); Gustavo Valdes (starting 10 December)
Governor of Entre Rios Province : Gustavo Bordet
Governor of Formosa Province : Gildo Insfran
Governor of Jujuy Province : Gerardo Morales
Governor of La Pampa Province : Carlos Verna
Governor of La Rioja Province : Ricardo Quintela
Governor of Mendoza Province : Alfredo Cornejo
Governor of Misiones Province : Hugo Passalacqua
Governor of Neuquen Province : Omar Gutierrez
Governor of Rio Negro Province : Alberto Weretilneck
Governor of Salta Province : Juan Manuel Urtubey
Governor of San Juan Province : Sergio Unac
Governor of San Luis Province : Alberto Rodriguez Saa
Governor of Santa Cruz Province : Alicia Kirchner
Governor of Santa Fe Province : Miguel Lifschitz
Governor of Santiago del Estero : Claudia Ledesma Abdala (until 10 December); Gerardo Zamora (starting 10 December)
Governor of Tierra del Fuego : Rosana Bertone
Governor of Tucuman : Juan Luis Manzur

Vice Governors [ edit ]

Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Daniel Salvador
Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Octavio Gutierrez (until 10 December); Jorge Sola Jais (starting 10 December)
Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Daniel Capitanich
Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Gustavo Canteros
Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Adan Bahl
Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado (until 12 December); vacant thereafter (starting 12 December)
Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Carlos Haquim
Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Mariano Fernandez
Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Nestor Bosetti
Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Oscar Herrera Ahuad
Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Rolando Figueroa
Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Pedro Pesatti
Vice Governor of Salta Province: Miguel Isa
Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Marcelo Lima
Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Carlos Ponce
Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: Pablo Gonzalez
Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Carlos Fascendini
Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: Jose Emilio Neder (until 10 December); Carlos Silva Neder (starting 10 December)
Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Juan Carlos Arcando

Predicted and scheduled events [ edit ]

October [ edit ]

October 22: Argentine legislative election, 2017

Unknown month [ edit ]

Martin Fierro Awards ceremony

Events [ edit ]

January [ edit ]

January 1: Celebrations of the New Year's Eve in Villa Gesell end in a police incident, with 15 people detained. ^[1]
January 2: The government buys four armed ships to Israel, to patrol the national borders. ^[2]
January 4
- The government proposes to reduce the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 14 years old. ^[3]
- The national chamber of criminal affairs reject a request to liberate Milagro Sala . ^[4]
- Governor Maria Eugenia Vidal vetoes a law in the Buenos Aires Province that would have allowed people from below and above the age of consent to attend nightclubs together at cities below 30,000 residents. ^[5]
- Minister Carolina Stanley undergoes medical treatment in the lungs. ^[6]
January 10: More than 2,000 manteros in the vicinity of the Once railway station are driven away by the police. ^[7]
January 11
- Mauricio Macri announces an investment plan for Vaca Muerta . ^[8]
- Leonardo Meirelles, sentenced in the Operation Car Wash , reveals that he had transferred half a million dollars to Gustavo Arribas , head of the Federal Intelligence Agency of Argentina (AFI), in 2013. ^[9]
- Former governor Daniel Scioli meets Pope Francis . ^[10]
January 14: It became known that the President-elect of the United States Donald Trump praised the role of Argentina in South America. ^[11]
January 15: The government proposed to limit the arrival of immigrants with a criminal record.
January 16: A flood strikes the Santa Fe Province .
January 19
- Javier Gonzalez Fraga is appointed president of the Banco de la Nacion Argentina .
- Bicentennial of the Crossing of the Andes
January 20: A leaked audio reveals an old phone conversation between then president Cristina Kirchner and the head of the SIDE Oscar Parrilli . In the audio they discuss dummy judicial cases started against the spy Antonio Stiuso .
January 22: A report announces a recovery in the economy.
January 27
- The government halts a raise in wages in the banking system of 20%, which would be above the expected inflation rate.
- Fire at the San Nicolas Cathedral, in Rosario
- The government rejects a proposal to keep the Futbol para todos program for six additional months.
January 28: 250 foreign fishing ships are detected at the border of the Argentine Sea
January 30: Jorge Olivera , at large since 2013, is recaptured. ^[12]

February [ edit ]

February 1: Judge Ariel Lijo open the case based on the investigations by the late Alberto Nisman . ^[13]
February 2: Retail shops start a new price system. ^[14]

March [ edit ]

March 1: Opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina .

October [ edit ]

October 17 ? the body of missing activist Santiago Maldonado is found in the Chubut River, two and a half months after his disappearance under suspicious circumstances after Maldonado was allegedly detained by the Gendarmerie during the repression of an indigenous protest Chubut. ^[15]

Deaths [ edit ]

January 9: Politician Jose Maria Diaz Bancalari ^[16]
January 13: Folk singer Horacio Guarany . ^[17]
January 23: Television presenter Julieta Magana
April 11: Politician Alberto Balestrini

References [ edit ]

^ "Quince detenidos y varios heridos en un enfrentamiento entre jovenes y la policia en Villa Gesell" [15 detained people and several injured in a fight between youngsters and the police in Villa Gesell] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 1, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "El Gobierno le compro a Israel cuatro lanchas y sistemas para el control de fronteras por US$ 84 millones" [The government bought four ships and systems to Israel, for the control of the frontiers, for US$84 million] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 2, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "El Gobierno impulsa un debate sobre la baja de la edad de imputabilidad, pero quiere que se trate despues de las elecciones" [The government proposes a debate over a reduction of the age of criminal responsibility, but want it to be treated after the elections] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 4, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "Rechazan un pedido de "inmediata libertad" para Milagro Sala" [They reject a request of "immediate freedom" for Milagro Sala] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 4, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ Eduardo D'Argenio (January 4, 2017). "Maria Eugenia Vidal veto una ley que permitia juntar adultos y menores en boliches" [Maria Eugenia Vidal vetoed a law that allowed to mix adults and minors in nightclubs] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "La ministra Carolina Stanley fue operada y evoluciona favorablemente" [Minister Carolina Stanley was treated and evolves favourably] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 4, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "Asi fue el desalojo de los manteros" [This was the removal of the manteros] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 10, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ Santiago Dapelo (January 11, 2017). "Vaca Muerta: Macri quiere extender a mas sectores la reduccion del costo laboral" [Vaca Muerta: Macri wants to extend to more areas the labor cost reduction] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ Hugo Alconada Mon (January 11, 2017). "Un operador de Odebrecht le giro US$ 600.000 al jefe de inteligencia argentino" [An Odebrecht operator sent US$ 600,000 to the Argentine chief of intelligence] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "El papa Francisco recibio a Daniel Scioli en el Vaticano" [Pope Francis met Daniel Scioli at the Vatican] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 11, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ Silvia Pisani (January 14, 2017). "Ante analistas, Trump destaco el rol de la Argentina en la region" [Trump praised the role of Argentina in the region] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "Recapturaron al represor Jorge Olivera, que estaba profugo desde 2013" [They recaptured the repressor Jorge Olivera, who was at large since 2013] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 30, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "Se reactiva la denuncia de Nisman contra Cristina Kirchner: el juez Lijo ordeno medidas de prueba" [Nisman's denounce against Cristina Kirchner is reactivated: judge Lijo ordered preliminar tests] (in Spanish). La Nacion. February 1, 2017 . Retrieved February 1, 2017 .
^ Francisco Jueguen (February 2, 2017). "Dudas en el debut del nuevo sistema de precios" [Doubts in the starting of the new price system] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved February 2, 2017 .
^ "Segio Maldonado: "Estamos convencidos de que es Santiago" " . La Nacion . October 20, 2017 . Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
^ "Murio el ex diputado peronista Jose Maria Diaz Bancalari" [Death of the former deputy Jose Maria Diaz Bancalari] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 9, 2017. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .
^ "Murio Horacio Guarany" [Horacio Guarany died] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018 . Retrieved February 2, 2017 .

External links [ edit ]

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[1] "Quince detenidos y varios heridos en un enfrentamiento entre jovenes y la policia en Villa Gesell" [15 detained people and several injured in a fight between youngsters and the police in Villa Gesell] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 1, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[2] "El Gobierno le compro a Israel cuatro lanchas y sistemas para el control de fronteras por US$ 84 millones" [The government bought four ships and systems to Israel, for the control of the frontiers, for US$84 million] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 2, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[3] "El Gobierno impulsa un debate sobre la baja de la edad de imputabilidad, pero quiere que se trate despues de las elecciones" [The government proposes a debate over a reduction of the age of criminal responsibility, but want it to be treated after the elections] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 4, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[4] "Rechazan un pedido de "inmediata libertad" para Milagro Sala" [They reject a request of "immediate freedom" for Milagro Sala] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 4, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[5] Eduardo D'Argenio (January 4, 2017). "Maria Eugenia Vidal veto una ley que permitia juntar adultos y menores en boliches" [Maria Eugenia Vidal vetoed a law that allowed to mix adults and minors in nightclubs] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[6] "La ministra Carolina Stanley fue operada y evoluciona favorablemente" [Minister Carolina Stanley was treated and evolves favourably] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 4, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[7] "Asi fue el desalojo de los manteros" [This was the removal of the manteros] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 10, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[8] Santiago Dapelo (January 11, 2017). "Vaca Muerta: Macri quiere extender a mas sectores la reduccion del costo laboral" [Vaca Muerta: Macri wants to extend to more areas the labor cost reduction] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[9] Hugo Alconada Mon (January 11, 2017). "Un operador de Odebrecht le giro US$ 600.000 al jefe de inteligencia argentino" [An Odebrecht operator sent US$ 600,000 to the Argentine chief of intelligence] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[10] "El papa Francisco recibio a Daniel Scioli en el Vaticano" [Pope Francis met Daniel Scioli at the Vatican] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 11, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[11] Silvia Pisani (January 14, 2017). "Ante analistas, Trump destaco el rol de la Argentina en la region" [Trump praised the role of Argentina in the region] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[12] "Recapturaron al represor Jorge Olivera, que estaba profugo desde 2013" [They recaptured the repressor Jorge Olivera, who was at large since 2013] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 30, 2017 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[13] "Se reactiva la denuncia de Nisman contra Cristina Kirchner: el juez Lijo ordeno medidas de prueba" [Nisman's denounce against Cristina Kirchner is reactivated: judge Lijo ordered preliminar tests] (in Spanish). La Nacion. February 1, 2017 . Retrieved February 1, 2017 .

[14] Francisco Jueguen (February 2, 2017). "Dudas en el debut del nuevo sistema de precios" [Doubts in the starting of the new price system] (in Spanish). La Nacion . Retrieved February 2, 2017 .

[15] "Segio Maldonado: "Estamos convencidos de que es Santiago" " . La Nacion . October 20, 2017 . Retrieved October 20, 2017 .

[16] "Murio el ex diputado peronista Jose Maria Diaz Bancalari" [Death of the former deputy Jose Maria Diaz Bancalari] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 9, 2017. Archived from the original on March 5, 2019 . Retrieved January 29, 2017 .

[17] "Murio Horacio Guarany" [Horacio Guarany died] (in Spanish). La Nacion. January 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 3, 2018 . Retrieved February 2, 2017 .

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January [ edit ]

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October [ edit ]

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