2015 in Argentina
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Argentina.
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See also: | Other events of 2015 List of years in Argentina |
Incumbents
- President: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (until December 10) – Mauricio Macri
- Vice president: Amado Boudou (until December 10) – Gabriela Michetti
Events
January
- January 2: Alberto Kryvszuk, former mayor of El Soberbio and fugitive, gives himself up to the police.[1]
- January 5: Héctor Eduardo Ruiz, former mayor of La Banda and fugitive, is captured by the police.[2]
- January 8: A new law adds the election of the members to the Mercosur Parliament in the upcoming general elections.[3]
- January 9: Judge Enrique Lavié Pico prevents the appointment of 16 kirchnerite prosecutors.[4]
- January 11
- Minister Héctor Timerman takes part in the Republican marches against the Charlie Hebdo shooting in France, despite the lack of presidential authorization.[5]
- Sergio Massa and Francisco de Narváez make an alliance for the general elections.[6]
- January 14: Prosecutor Alberto Nisman denounces president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and foreign minister Héctor Timerman of a plan to conceal the Iranian involvement in the 1994 AMIA Bombing.[7] The Republican Proposal party summons him to Congress, to explain the denounce in full detail.[8]
- January 18: Death of Alberto Nisman, prosecutor that investigated the AMIA Bombing.
February
- February 18 – The 18F demonstration takes place, a month after Nisman's death, still unresolved by then.
March
- March 1 – Cristina Kirchner opens the 2015 sessions of the Argentine Congress.
- March 9 – Two helicopters collide in mid-air in a remote area of northwestern Argentina leaving at least ten dead. Among the dead are a group of French sports stars participating in a reality-television show called Dropped.[9]
June
- #NiUnaMenos massive demonstration against femicides.
October
- October 25 – The general elections are held.
December
- 10: Mauricio Macri takes office as the president of Argentina.
Deaths
- January 18: Alberto Nisman
- February 27: Julio César Strassera
- March 8: Gerardo Sofovich
- June 13: Sergio Renán
- June 18: Roberto M. Levingston
- June 25: Alejandro Romay
- June 29: Mario Losada
- August 21: Ana Baron, journalist (b. 1950)[10]
See also
References
- "Se entregó el ex intendente que huyó de la Policía a balazos" [The former mayor that escaped from the police with all guns blazing surrenders] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 2, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- Leonel Alberto Rodríguez (January 5, 2018). "Detuvieron en Ituzaingó al ex intendente santiagueño imputado por violación" [The former mayor from Santiago del Estero accused of rape is detained in Ituzaingó] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- "Promulgan la ley que habilita la elección directa de los legisladores al Parlasur" [They sanction the law that allows the direct election of the members of the Parlasur] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 8, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- Hernán Cappiello (January 9, 2015). "Duro revés para Alejandra Gils Carbó: la Justicia frenó la designación de 16 fiscales afines al kirchnerismo" [Harsh blow for Alejandra Gils Carbó: the judiciary prevented the appointment of 16 kirchnerite loyalists as prosecutors] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- "Héctor Timerman dijo que no consultó con la Presidenta su participación en la marcha en París: "Fue mi decisión"" [Héctor Timerman said that he did not ask the president for permission to take part in the rally in París: "It was my decision"] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 13, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- Javier Fuego Simondet (January 11, 2015). "Massa y De Narváez sellaron su alianza en suelo bonaerense" [Massa and De Narváez signed their alliance in Buenos Aires soil] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- Hernán Cappiello (January 14, 2018). "Denuncian a Cristina Kirchner y a Héctor Timerman por encubrir a Irán en el atentado a la AMIA" [They denounce Cristina Kirchner and Héctor Timerman for protecting Iran in the AMIA bombing] (in Spanish). La Nación. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- "El fiscal Alberto Nisman irá al Congreso para informar sobre la imputación a Cristina Kirchner y Timerman" [Prosecutor Alberto Nisman will go to the Congress to explain the denounce against Cristina Kirchner and Timerman] (in Spanish). La Nación. January 14, 2015. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
- "French sports stars among 10 dead in Argentina air crash". March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 9, 2015.
- Pisani, Silvia (August 22, 2015). "Ana Barón: la periodista que unió lucidez con generosidad" [Ana Barón: The Journalist Who United Lucidity with Generosity]. La Nación (in Spanish). Washington D.C. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
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