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Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 16 2013. The Interior and Transport Minister, Florencio Randazzo announced an investment of US$ 551 million in two of the Buenos Aires train lines, and highlighted that it is part of a “comprehensive renovation plan of the metropolitan area units, which date back to 50 years average”. 

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 16, 2013. Buenos Aires City lawmakers belonging to the opposition New Encounter party have presented a cautionary writ against Mayor Mauricio Macri’s decree that “protects the press freedom” within the jurisdiction of the Argentine capital city, which they claim is unconstitutional.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 16, 2013. Turkish Airlines reported that, from the current four flights weekly, it will now offer a daily service between Buenos Aires and Istanbul, as of next July.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 16, 2013. A cold snap hit today the center and south of Argentina, due to the polar air masses registered as of last Tuesday; according to the Argentine National Weather Service (SMN, in Spanish).

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 16, 2013. Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina said that the DNU (Necessity and Emergency Decree) signed by Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri, for the protection of the press freedom, “shows a lack of respect to the legal system” and is superimposed on Federal legislation.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 16 2013. Argentine Foreign Ministry informed it resorted to the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s dispute settlement mechanism in view of the restrictions imposed by the European Union (EU) to the Argentine biodiesel.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 16 2013. Cabinet Chief Juan Manuel Abal Medina will represent President Cristina Fernández today, during the inauguration ceremony of the monument built at Plaza de los dos Congresos in homage to Alfredo Palacios, the first Socialist lawmaker elected in Argentina and in the Americas.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 16, 2013. The Uruguayan House of Representatives has issued a communiqué accusing Argentine journalist Jorge Lanata of indulging in "informative lightness" for the way he refers to alleged money laundering in that country, in a way "that really attracts our attention".

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 15, 2013. President Cristina Fernández, in the closing speech last night of the National Congress of Democratization of Justice, said that “now it is society that interpellates the judiciary”, on referring to the Executive projects for its reform.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 15, 2013. President Cristina Fernández inaugurates on Wednesday the new Municipal Building in the city of Ituzaingó, in the Western sector of the Great Buenos Aires area.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 15, 2013. The Executive’s project to incorporate undeclared currency to the formal system was approved on Tuesday by the Senate committees and will be debated during a plenary session next Wednesday, May 22.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 15, 2013. Within the framework of the eighth Congress of the Association of Argentine corn and sorghum (Maizar), the authorities of that entity along with representatives of Abramilho of Brazil, the US Grain Council, and the National Corn Growers Association of the United States signed an agreement that creates "Maizall", the new international organization.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 15, 2013. Senator Aníbal Fernández said today that the decree issued by Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri, on “freedom of the press”, makes no sense and it is for only publicity reasons.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 15, 2013. A group of opposition lawmakers of the Buenos Aires City Legislature, headed by Gabriela Cerruti, are considering the possibility of challenging as unconstitutional, before a Federal court, the decree on "freedom of the press" issued on Tuesday by Mayor Mauricio Macri.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 15, 2013. Former Brazilian president will be honored on Friday by the University of La Plata with the degree of Doctor Honoris Causa for his “vocation for the defense of public, free and of open access education”.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 15, 2013. The Economy Ministry extended by 30 working days the intervention of Intercargo S.A.C. as well as the appointment of auditor María Cecilia García.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 14, 2013. President Cristina Fernández is scheduled to deliver this afternoon the closing speech at the "National Congress on Democratization of Justice", held at La Matanza´s National University (UNLaM), during which the Government projects sent to Congress were debated by lawyers, judges, lawmakers and representatives of social and political organizations.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 14, 2013. Justice Minister Julio Alak described the democratization of the Justice as "an unprecedented step in the Argentine history", when he arrived to La Matanza´s National University (UNLaM) to inaugurate the "National Congress on Democratization of Justice".

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 14, 2013. The Education Minister, Alberto Sileoni asserted today that “the democratization of Justice means guarantying the judiciary’s independence”, and he added that “perhaps, this is a good moment to discuss what independence we are talking about”.

Télam. National News Agency of Argentina. May 14, 2013. A plenary of three Senate Committees will continue today the debate on the Government project to allow the use of undeclared foreign currency funds to finance productive and social investments regarded as “strategic”. They involve the fuel, real estate and construction sectors.