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☆ Tens of thousands protest as Milei’s austerity measures hit Argentina’s public universities
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Abel Alvarado | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —More than a hundred thousand protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina Tuesday to demand President Javier Milei increase funding for public universities. The University of Buenos Aires (UBA) said in a statement that around 800,000 people took part in the protests in Buenos Aires, while Milei’s government claimed there were 150,000 protesters, according to local media. Milei’s government has defended its decision to freeze the 2023 budget for public universities, announcing increases only in operating expenses, which according to the UBA account for just 15% of spending needs. Students, teachers and political leaders take part in a march against budget cuts to universities in Buenos Aires on April 23. In January, labor unions organized a nationwide general strike against austerity measures and reforms, and thousands took to the streets to protest.

Persons: Javier Milei, Milei, ”, Luciano Gonzalez, ” Milei Organizations: CNN, University of Buenos, Anadolu Agency, Getty, Ministry, Argentina Catholic University, Argentina national Locations: Buenos Aires, Argentina, University of Buenos Aires, Argentine

Central Bank is ‘mechanism of fraud’Milei also reiterated his intention to shut down the country’s central bank, calling the institution a “mechanism of fraud.”“A central bank is a fairly recent invention. Milei admitted his reform push has stalled in Argentina’s Congress in recent weeks, but his government maintains the intention to close the central bank within three years. In the interview, Milei claimed his government’s greatest success since entering office in December has been to beat the hyper-inflation and achieve a fiscal surplus for the first time in years. Milei celebrated Argentina’s fiscal surplus, achieved last month for the first time in years, and said that fiscal stability is “a beacon” of his government. Argentina’s poverty rate is over 50%, according to a report from the Argentina’s Catholic University in Buenos Aires.

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☆ Opinion: Why ‘black swans’ are behind the Key Bridge and other shipping disasters
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Opinion Salvatore R. Mercogliano | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —The allision between the container ship MV Dali and the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday has prompted numerous questions — not only about how this tragedy occurred, but also about our global shipping processes. This marked the start of a campaign by the Houthis, in support of Hamas in their attack on Israel, against global shipping transiting the Red Sea, Bab-el-Mandeb and the Gulf of Aden. Now, two years later, Baltimore is closed with remains of the Key Bridge athwart the main shipping channel. No one agency has oversight of or coordinates global shipping or ports in the US. There is also no overall maritime strategy for the nation, although the US Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration has been tasked to develop one.

Persons: Salvatore R, Mercogliano, Francis Scott Key, —, Sal Mercogliano Bennett Scarborough, Dali, ”, Jennifer Homendy, Transportation Pete Buttigieg, John Garamendi of, Dusty Johnson of Organizations: Campbell University, Shipping, YouTube, CNN, MV Galaxy Leader, Baltimore, Federal Highway Administration, Transportation, Bethlehem Steel, Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration, US Coast Guard, Army Corps of Engineers, Maryland Department of Transportation, US Department of Transportation, Federal Maritime Commission, Democratic, Republican, Dusty Johnson of South Dakota, Ocean Shipping Reform Locations: Baltimore, Asia, Suez, Los Angeles, Long, Yemen, Israel, Bab, Aden, China, Argentina, Largo, Dali, Sparrows, United States, John Garamendi of California, Dusty Johnson of South

☆ Bridge accidents: Three ships have hit bridges in Argentina, China and Baltimore in just three months
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

These events all happened within the first three months of this year – and all after collisions with large commercial ships. And a month earlier, a large cargo ship collided with the Zárate–Brazo Largo Bridges crossing the Prana River in Argentina, according to now-shuttered government-run news agency Télam – severely damaging the ship, though the bridge remained intact. By contrast, in the Baltimore example, the water channel and bridge are wide and tall enough to accommodate large vessels – and the cargo ship hit the bridge pier, not the bridge itself, Andrawes said. But even these measures can only do so much in the event of a large cargo ship collision, Mercogliano said, pointing to the Baltimore collapse. “And even when the ship hit those dolphins, the ship was so large it towered over them and actually struck the bridge itself.

Persons: Francis Scott Key, DALI, ”, Sal Mercogliano, Télam, Bassem, Andrawes, it’s, Mercogliano, Baltimore Steve Helber, there’s, Jerome Hajjar Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, University of Illinois, Sunshine Skyway, Coast Guard, Structural Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers Locations: Hong Kong, Baltimore, China, Argentina, Patapsco, Guangzhou, –, Largo Bridges, Urbana, Champaign, Florida

☆ Former Argentina policeman gets 15 years in jail for Dirty War-era crimes
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Maximilian Heath | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Mario Sandoval is one of many former officers who have been sentenced for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-1983 dictatorship's brutal crackdown against suspected leftists and political dissidents. He was sentenced for the disappearance of university student Hernan Abriata, who was kidnapped from his home in 1976. "This ruling is fundamental because it shows the importance of continuing to seek justice everywhere," Horacio Pietragalla Corti, Argentina's human rights secretary, told Telam. After the fall of the dictatorship Sandoval moved to France where he obtained citizenship in 1997. Reporting by Maximilian Heath; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Paul SimaoOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Argentina's vice president sentenced to six years in prison for corruption, will not run for office
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Sahar Akbarzai Emilia Delfino | Sahar Akbarzai | Emilia Delfino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A court in Argentina on Tuesday sentenced the country’s vice president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to six years in prison and disqualified her from holding public office again after finding her guilty of corruption during her earlier terms as President. Fernández de Kirchner has temporary immunity due to her current role so will not immediately go to jail, and can appeal. The former President awarded “80% of the national public road works in Santa Cruz in favor of Báez companies between 2003 and 2015,” according to Telam, Argentina’s state-run news agency. Baez was also sentenced to six years in prison, as were former secretary of public works, José López, and the former director of national roads, Néstor Periotti, for their involvement in the alleged scheme. Lopez and Periotti have also been disqualified from holding public office again, Telam reported.

CNN —One passenger was killed and four injured when a “rogue wave” hit their cruise ship during a storm earlier this week. The passengers had been taking an Antarctic cruise aboard the Viking Polaris when it was hit by the storm as it sailed towards Ushuaia, Argentina, late on Tuesday evening. The storm caused a giant wave that broke several panes of glass on the cruise ship and these fell onto and killed an American woman. The boat arrived in Argentina Wednesday and had sustained “limited damage” during the incident, Viking Cruises said. The US National Ocean Service describes rogue waves as being “very unpredictable” and says they often come unexpectedly from directions other than prevailing wind and waves.”

☆ В организме Марадоны не обнаружено следов алкоголя или наркотических веществ
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-24 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +1 min

Анализы выявили наличие в теле аргентинца психотропных веществ, которые будут проверены на совместимость с хроническим сердечным заболеванием, которым страдал МарадонаТАСС, 23 декабря. Следы алкоголя или наркотических веществ не обнаружены в теле чемпиона мира в составе сборной Аргентины Диего Марадоны по результатам токсикологических исследований. Анализ крови и мочи бывшего футболиста, сделанный экспертами-криминалистами, исключил наличие алкоголя и наркотиков, однако обнаружил психотропные препараты, такие как венлафаксин, кветиапин, леветирацетам и налтрексон. Как сообщает агентство, некоторые из препаратов являются аритмогенными, то есть вызывают аритмию. Адвокат Марадоны Матиас Морла заявил, что намерен добиваться выяснения обстоятельств смерти своего клиента из-за подозрений в неоказании ему должной и своевременной медицинской помощи.

Persons: МарадонаТАСС, Диего Марадоны, Марадона, Марадоне, Марадоны, Матиас Морла, Леопольдо Луке, Агустины Косачов психиатр Марадоны Locations: Аргентина

☆ Rezultatul autopsiei lui Maradona arată că fostul fotbalist a agonizat ore întregi înainte să moară
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-23 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Printre alte descoperiri, medicii au aflat că decesul fostului fotbalist nu a fost subit, acesta agonizând înainte să moară între șase și opt ore.Autopsia a mai stabilit că fostul căpitan al naționalei Argentinei a murit ca urmare a unui "edem pulmonar acut și a insuficienței cardiace". Aceste informații vor fi decisive în procesul care a fost deschis de mai multe persoane, printre care avocatul Matías Morla, care acuză neglijența medicilor în cazul lui Maradona. Ipoteza unei crime de către cei care se ocupau de sănătatea fostului fotbalist este vehiculată din nou. „Este important ce reiese din aceste analize, dar și ce nu reiese. La prima vedere informațiile confirmă că Maradona a primit medicamente psihoactive, dar nu a primit medicamente pentru afecțiunea cardiacă", a declarat unul dintre investigatorii instanței pentru agenția de știri Télam .

Persons: Maradona, Leopoldo Luque Locations: Argentinei, venlafaxine, levetiracetam

☆ В смерти Диего Марадоны обвиняют его личного врача
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-03 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: +6 min

В смерти Диего Марадоны обвиняют его личного врача. Диего Марадона скончался в 60 лет. Главный подозреваемый – личный врач Марадоны Леопольдо Луке, 39-летний нейрохирург и специалист по повреждениям головного и спинного мозга, который работал у Марадоны 3 года. • После смерти Марадоны адвокат и приближенный аргентинца Матиас Морла опубликовал заявление, где назвал «преступным идиотизмом» действия тех, кто следил за здоровьем экс-футболиста в последние дни. • Луке объяснил, что в смерти Диего нет чьей-либо вины – странно винить врачей в отказе сердца, зная образ жизни Диего.

Persons: Диего Марадоны, Марадоны, Диего Марадона, Далмы, Джанинны, Яна, Леопольдо Луке, Луке, Марадона, Диего, Аугустины Косачов, Марадоной, Матиас Морла, Морла, Марадону, Леопольдо Locations: СанИсидро

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