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Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner receives today her Venezuelan counterpart to keep strengthening the bilateral cooperation agreement between both nations, as was informed.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner inaugurated the FIAT factory in Córdoba. The factory is to produce tractors and agricultural harvesters. She also had videoconferences.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. The National Government announced, through the economic team, the creation of a bill draft aimed at attracting undeclared foreign currency assets to strengthen the energetic and real estate investment, two key sectors in the employment creation and consumption generators. 

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. Cabinet Chief, Juan Manuel Abal Medina asserted that this Government follows the example of Eva Perón, "the administration for the poorest". The official made these statements on Tuesday, when commemorating the 94th anniversary of Eva Perón's birth, after President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced economic measures.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said today that Venezuela’s integration into Mercosur "is a great success of our Latin American policy of the last decade", when referring to the arrival in Buenos Aires of President Nicolás Maduro.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman said today that the relationship with Uruguay "is undergoing a favorable moment", and depicted as "false" the information on the alleged arrival to that country of ships carrying the Malvinas Islands flag.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. The Transport Secretary authorized new tariffs for domestic flights tickets, which modified the current fare schedule that is in force since June 1 of last year.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. Great Britain vowed it would protect the self-determination right of Malvinas and Gibraltar inhabitants, two territories which sovereignty is claimed by Argentina and Spain, respectively.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. The head of the tax bureau agency AFIP, Ricardo Echegaray informed that those who are held responsible in judicial causes would not be benefited by the new investment tools, as well as the government official from the three State branches and their relatives.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. The company puts off until Wednesday the closing of the third bonds´issuance for retail investors "due to the demand and the public's request.” 

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. Representatives of the real-estate sector expressed their good prospects on the draft bill promoted by the Executive to launder undeclared currency, which could be entered into the construction market through the purchase of special bonds.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 8, 2013. The Dakar Rally concluded on Tuesday its second journey of the 2014 edition in San Rafael, Mendoza, after passing through La Rioja and San Juan; three provinces included in the competition, which will be held from January 5 to 18.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 7, 2013. Through her social network account Twitter, where the President has 1.976.294 followers, the Argentine Chief of State repeated the concepts given at Government House while heading an act last night.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 7, 2013. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the wheat export duties collected by the National Government will be allocated to a trust fund, which will be redistributed among the cereal producers.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 7, 2013. The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, will meet his counterpart from Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner on coming Wednesday.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 7, 2013. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner receives Cabinet Chief, Juan Manuel Abal Medina, at the Presidential Residence in Olivos; as it was officially informed.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 7, 2013. Oil Company YPF took over the country's greatest gas distributor Metrogas, after officializing yesterday the purchase of British Gas' shares for US$ 9.7 million, according to the National Securities Commission (CNV).

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 7, 2013. Senator Aníbal Fernández, new President of the Argentine Confederation of Hockey (CAH, in Spanish), stressed the need to "conquer the investment" so that sport "is developed with a high-performance strategy".

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 7, 2013. The long distance buses strike is over and the service is in operation again at Retiro Bus Station after the General Secretary of the UTA transport workers union, Roberto Fernández, signed last night an act with Carlos Tomada (Labor Minister), where he announced that it accepts the joint resolution of the Labor and Transport ministries and lifts the strike that lasted for 5 days.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 7, 2013. Economist Hernán Letcher warned that a devaluation "would only benefit powerful people" of the economy, and said that "it would represent an automatic lose of participation of workers in the national wealth".