2018 in Argentina

The following lists events that happened in Argentina in 2018.

Incumbents

President: Mauricio Macri
President of Argentina|Vice President]: Gabriela Michetti

Governors

Vice Governors

Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: Daniel Salvador
Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Jorge Solá Jais
Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Daniel Capitanich
Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Gustavo Canteros
Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Adán Bahl
Vice Governor of Formosa Province: vacant
Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Carlos Haquim
Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Mariano Fernández
Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Néstor 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 González
Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Carlos Fascendini
Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: Carlos Silva Neder
Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Mónica Urquiza

Predicted and scheduled events

Events

January

January 3: The tariffs of metropolitan buses, trains and subways in Buenos Aires are increased.
January 4: Union leader Marcelo Balcedo, accused of money laundering, is detained in Uruguay, in a joint operation between the Interpol and the Uruguayan police.
January 6: The economic emergency law ceases to be in force.
January 9: Unable to get support from the PJ and the CGT for an amendment in the labor law, Macri postpones the bill for March.
January 19: Raúl Zaffaroni, judge of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, urges President Macri to resign.

February

February 1
* Police officer Luis Chocobar is indicted by the judiciary, accused of murder, for shooting a thief who attempted to kill a tourist. President Macri receives him at the Casa Rosada, giving him his full support.
* Members of the Argentine Congress propose a bill to ask for the removal of judge Raúl Zaffaroni from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
February 2: The government closes the National Lottery, and ends the "Prode" game.
February 7: Minister Patricia Bullrich meets with US specialists in security and terrorism, to discuss the G20 summit. Those people voiced concerns about a presence of Hezbollah in the Triple Frontier.
February 8
* Members of the Peronist parties Justicialist Party, Renewal Front and Citizen's Unity hold a summit, discussing a joint ticket for the 2019 general elections. The Peronist provincial governors did not attend it, with the exception of Alberto Rodríguez Saá.
* Estela de Carlotto has a private meeting with Pope Francis.
February 9: General strike of national banks.
February 19: Two-days general strike of national banks.
February 21: A general strike is called by union leader Hugo Moyano.
February 22: Six suspected drug traffickers are jailed at the Russian embassy while trying to smuggle drugs in a diplomatic flight.
February 27: Bolivia rejects a treaty of mutual free healthcare with Argentina.
February 28
* Bolivia reverses their previous decision, and announces a mutual free healthcare treaty with Argentina.
* Union leaders Hugo and Pablo Moyano are indicted on money laundering charges.

March

March 1: Opening of regular sessions of the National Congress of Argentina.
March 3: The Polish League Against Defamation filed a complaint against the newspaper Página/12, accusing them to violate the recently amended Act on the Institute of National Remembrance, which forbids any suggestion of Polish involvement in the Holocaust.
March 5:
*Facundo Jones Huala, leader of the Resistencia Ancestral Mapuche guerrilla, is extradited to Chile.
*Former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is indicted for allegedly obstructing investigation into the 1994 AMIA Bombing which killed 85 people, allegedly making a deal with the Iranian government to stop investigating Iranian officials involved in the attack in exchange for better prices on Iranian oil.
March 8: Large demonstrations during the International Women's Day.
March 12: The ice bridge of the Perito Moreno Glacier collapses.
March 13:
* Julio Galván, member of the UOCRA union, is attacked by criminals. He denounced that the attack was carried out by rivals from the union.
* Politicians from all political parties prepare a joint message for Pope Francis, at the 5º anniversary of his appointment.

2018 in Argentina

Incumbents

Governors

Vice Governors

Predicted and scheduled events

May

November

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January

February

March

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