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2003 in Argentina

January 01, 1970

Events in the year 2003 in Argentina.

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Incumbents edit

Governors edit

Vice Governors edit

  • Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province: vacant (until 10 December); Graciela Giannettasio (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of Catamarca Province: Hernán Colombo
  • Vice Governor of Chaco Province: Roy Nikisch (until 10 December) Eduardo Aníbal Moro (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of Corrientes Province: Eduardo Leonel Galantini
  • Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province: Edelmiro Tomás Pauletti (until 10 December); Pedro Guastavino (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of Formosa Province: Floro Bogado
  • Vice Governor of Jujuy Province: Rubén Daza (until 10 December); Walter Barrionuevo (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of La Pampa Province: Heriberto Mediza (until 10 December); Norma Durango (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of La Rioja Province: Luis Beder Herrera
  • Vice Governor of Misiones Province: Mercedes Margarita Oviedo (until 10 December); Pablo Tschirsch (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of Nenquen Province: Jorge Sapag (until 10 December); Federico Brollo (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province: Bautista Mendioroz (until 10 December); Mario de Rege (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of Salta Province: Walter Wayar
  • Vice Governor of San Juan Province: Marcelo Lima
  • Vice Governor of San Luis Province: Blanca Pereyra
  • Vice Governor of Santa Cruz: vacant (until 10 December); Carlos Sancho (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province: Marcelo Muniagurria (until 10 December); María Eugenia Bielsa (starting 10 December)
  • Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero: vacant
  • Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego: Daniel Gallo

Events edit

January edit

  • 3 January: The Assembly of the Justicialist Party, with three presidential candidates, proposes using the Ley de Lemas in the main election instead of selecting one candidate in primaries. The opposition is outraged.

February edit

  • 15 February: Worldwide protests against the imminent U.S. attack on Iraq. In Argentina, thousands demonstrate in Buenos Aires, Rosario, Santa Fe, Jujuy, Ushuaia and many other cities.
  • 27 February: Archbishop of Santa Fe, Edgardo Gabriel Storni, is accused of sexual abuse on a seminarist, and absolved from two previous similar accusations.

April edit

May edit

  • 14 May: Carlos Menem abandons his presidential aspirations in light of surveys showing an overwhelming defeat in the runoff election.
  • 20 May: The Rosario-Victoria Bridge is finished and opened to public access, joining two provinces over the Paraná River.
  • 25 May: Néstor Kirchner assumes the presidency. Several Latin American presidents, including Fidel Castro, attend the inauguration.
  • 27 May: President Kirchner retires 16 Army generals, starting a renewal of the Armed Forces. He also visits Entre Ríos and personally settles a 2-month-long teacher strike.
  • 30 May: The government announces that road and highway concession contracts will not be renewed, and that fees and contracts of all privatized services will be revised.

June edit

  • June 4: In a national speech on TV, President Kirchner denounces pressure from the Supreme Court (with a majority of Justices appointed by former President Menem), refuses to "negotiate behind society's back" and asks Congress to consider impeachment of the offending Justices.
  • June 5: The SIDE's files on the AMIA bombing are to be declassified.
  • 16 June: A group of neighbors of the town of Arequito, Santa Fe assault a police station, enraged by a murder. Police and a judge are accused of disregarding that and other cases.
  • 19 June: The retired's welfare administration, PAMI, is placed under temporal state surveillance to investigate corruption.
    • People attack a police station in Arrecifes, Buenos Aires, for the same reasons as in Arequito three days ago.

August edit

  • 6 August: A blackout leaves 400,000 people without electricity in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, one after government representatives deny a petition to raise power fees. President Kirchner voices suspicion.
  • 11 August: Argentina adheres to the Convention on the imprescriptibility of war crimes and crimes against humanity. At the same time, Congress discusses repealing the laws that ended trials of military involved in the Proceso, and Criminal Chamber of the judiciary supports the involvement of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, who has asked for the arrest of 46 Argentinians.
  • 12 August: The Chamber of Deputies repeals the "Law of Obedience Due" and the "Full Stop Law".
  • 13 August: The Senate accuses Supreme Justice Eduardo Moliné O'Connor, who will be subject to "political trial" (impeachment).
  • 14 August: A judge orders the arrest of Roberto Cirilo Perdía, Fernando Hugo Vaca Narvaja and Mario Eduardo Firmenich, former members of the far-leftist organization Montoneros, accused of leading their followers into a trap in 1979.
  • 17 August: The National Women's Meeting demonstrates in Rosario, asking for free access to contraceptives and the right to abortion, and against the involvement of the Catholic Church in the issue.
  • 23 August: Iran cuts commercial ties with Argentina over the arrest in Britain of its former ambassador, Hadi Soleimanpour, for alleged involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing.
  • 24 August: Citizens of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires vote to elect a mayor. In the first round, Mauricio Macri gets about 4% more votes than Aníbal Ibarra, not enough to avoid a runoff.
  • 26 August: The retired people's administrative entity, PAMI, for the first time acknowledges the pension rights of a homosexual man in cohabitation with another.

October edit

December edit

  • 20 December: Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem is charged with tax fraud for failing to declare a Swiss bank account containing $600,000. If convicted he could be debarred from public office.[2]

Full date unknown edit

Deaths edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Australia stumble past Pumas". BBC. 2003-10-10. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  2. ^ "Menem charged over Swiss account". BBC. 2003-12-20. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
  3. ^ Apocalipsis 13 at IMDb  

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Events in the year 2003 in Argentina 2002 2001 2000 2003 in Argentina 2004 2005 2006Decades 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020sSee also Other events of 2003List of years in Argentina Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 Governors 1 2 Vice Governors 2 Events 2 1 January 2 2 February 2 3 April 2 4 May 2 5 June 2 6 August 2 7 October 2 8 December 2 9 Full date unknown 3 Deaths 4 ReferencesIncumbents editPresident Eduardo Duhalde until 25 May Nestor Kirchner starting 25 May Vice President vacant until 25 May Daniel Scioli starting 25 May Governors edit Governor of Buenos Aires Province Felipe Sola Governor of Catamarca Province Oscar Castillo until 10 December Eduardo Brizuela del Moral starting 10 December Governor of Chaco Province Angel Rozas until 10 December Roy Nikisch starting 10 December Governor of Chubut Province Jose Luis Lizurume until 10 December Mario Das Neves starting 10 December Governor of Cordoba Jose Manuel De la Sota Governor of Corrientes Province Ricardo Colombi Governor of Entre Rios Province Sergio Montiel until 11 December Jorge Busti starting 11 December Governor of Formosa Province Gildo Insfran Governor of Jujuy Province Eduardo Fellner Governor of La Pampa Province Ruben Marin until 11 December Carlos Verna starting 11 December Governor of La Rioja Province Angel Maza Governor of Mendoza Province Roberto Iglesias until 11 December Julio Cobos starting 11 December Governor of Misiones Province Carlos Rovira Governor of Neuquen Province Jorge Sobisch Governor of Rio Negro Province Pablo Verani until 11 December Miguel Saiz starting 11 December Governor of Salta Province Juan Carlos Romero Governor of San Juan Province Wbaldino Acosta until 11 December Jose Luis Gioja starting 11 December Governor of San Luis Province Maria Alicia Lemme until 10 December Alberto Rodriguez Saa starting 11 December Governor of Santa Cruz Province until 24 May Nestor Kirchner 24 May 10 December Hector Icazuriaga starting 10 December Sergio Acevedo Governor of Santa Fe Province Carlos Reutemann until 11 December Jorge Obeid starting 11 December Governor of Santiago del Estero Mercedes Aragones Governor of Tierra del Fuego Carlos Manfredotti Governor of Tucuman Julio Miranda until 29 October Jose Alperovich starting 29 October Vice Governors edit Vice Governor of Buenos Aires Province vacant until 10 December Graciela Giannettasio starting 10 December Vice Governor of Catamarca Province Hernan Colombo Vice Governor of Chaco Province Roy Nikisch until 10 December Eduardo Anibal Moro starting 10 December Vice Governor of Corrientes Province Eduardo Leonel Galantini Vice Governor of Entre Rios Province Edelmiro Tomas Pauletti until 10 December Pedro Guastavino starting 10 December Vice Governor of Formosa Province Floro Bogado Vice Governor of Jujuy Province Ruben Daza until 10 December Walter Barrionuevo starting 10 December Vice Governor of La Pampa Province Heriberto Mediza until 10 December Norma Durango starting 10 December Vice Governor of La Rioja Province Luis Beder Herrera Vice Governor of Misiones Province Mercedes Margarita Oviedo until 10 December Pablo Tschirsch starting 10 December Vice Governor of Nenquen Province Jorge Sapag until 10 December Federico Brollo starting 10 December Vice Governor of Rio Negro Province Bautista Mendioroz until 10 December Mario de Rege starting 10 December Vice Governor of Salta Province Walter Wayar Vice Governor of San Juan Province Marcelo Lima Vice Governor of San Luis Province Blanca Pereyra Vice Governor of Santa Cruz vacant until 10 December Carlos Sancho starting 10 December Vice Governor of Santa Fe Province Marcelo Muniagurria until 10 December Maria Eugenia Bielsa starting 10 December Vice Governor of Santiago del Estero vacant Vice Governor of Tierra del Fuego Daniel GalloEvents editJanuary edit 3 January The Assembly of the Justicialist Party with three presidential candidates proposes using the Ley de Lemas in the main election instead of selecting one candidate in primaries The opposition is outraged February edit 15 February Worldwide protests against the imminent U S attack on Iraq In Argentina thousands demonstrate in Buenos Aires Rosario Santa Fe Jujuy Ushuaia and many other cities 27 February Archbishop of Santa Fe Edgardo Gabriel Storni is accused of sexual abuse on a seminarist and absolved from two previous similar accusations April edit 27 April Presidential elections including three Justicialist candidates running separately Carlos Menem beats Nestor Kirchner in the first voting round Runoff election is scheduled for 18 May 29 April Heavy rainfall floods 7 departments of Santa Fe Province including much of the capital The Salado River Argentina overflows 100 000 people have to be evacuated May edit 14 May Carlos Menem abandons his presidential aspirations in light of surveys showing an overwhelming defeat in the runoff election 20 May The Rosario Victoria Bridge is finished and opened to public access joining two provinces over the Parana River 25 May Nestor Kirchner assumes the presidency Several Latin American presidents including Fidel Castro attend the inauguration 27 May President Kirchner retires 16 Army generals starting a renewal of the Armed Forces He also visits Entre Rios and personally settles a 2 month long teacher strike 30 May The government announces that road and highway concession contracts will not be renewed and that fees and contracts of all privatized services will be revised June edit June 4 In a national speech on TV President Kirchner denounces pressure from the Supreme Court with a majority of Justices appointed by former President Menem refuses to negotiate behind society s back and asks Congress to consider impeachment of the offending Justices June 5 The SIDE s files on the AMIA bombing are to be declassified 16 June A group of neighbors of the town of Arequito Santa Fe assault a police station enraged by a murder Police and a judge are accused of disregarding that and other cases 19 June The retired s welfare administration PAMI is placed under temporal state surveillance to investigate corruption People attack a police station in Arrecifes Buenos Aires for the same reasons as in Arequito three days ago August edit 6 August A blackout leaves 400 000 people without electricity in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires one after government representatives deny a petition to raise power fees President Kirchner voices suspicion 11 August Argentina adheres to the Convention on the imprescriptibility of war crimes and crimes against humanity At the same time Congress discusses repealing the laws that ended trials of military involved in the Proceso and Criminal Chamber of the judiciary supports the involvement of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon who has asked for the arrest of 46 Argentinians 12 August The Chamber of Deputies repeals the Law of Obedience Due and the Full Stop Law 13 August The Senate accuses Supreme Justice Eduardo Moline O Connor who will be subject to political trial impeachment 14 August A judge orders the arrest of Roberto Cirilo Perdia Fernando Hugo Vaca Narvaja and Mario Eduardo Firmenich former members of the far leftist organization Montoneros accused of leading their followers into a trap in 1979 17 August The National Women s Meeting demonstrates in Rosario asking for free access to contraceptives and the right to abortion and against the involvement of the Catholic Church in the issue 23 August Iran cuts commercial ties with Argentina over the arrest in Britain of its former ambassador Hadi Soleimanpour for alleged involvement in the 1994 AMIA bombing 24 August Citizens of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires vote to elect a mayor In the first round Mauricio Macri gets about 4 more votes than Anibal Ibarra not enough to avoid a runoff 26 August The retired people s administrative entity PAMI for the first time acknowledges the pension rights of a homosexual man in cohabitation with another October edit 10 October Sports Rugby union The 2003 Rugby World Cup with 20 countries competing for the William Webb Ellis Trophy over a 7 week period starts after a spectacular opening ceremony at the Telstra Stadium Sydney Australia with Australia defeating Argentina 24 8 in the opening match 1 December edit 20 December Former Argentinian president Carlos Menem is charged with tax fraud for failing to declare a Swiss bank account containing 600 000 If convicted he could be debarred from public office 2 Full date unknown edit Apocalypse 13 drama film is released 3 Deaths edit12 January De facto President Leopoldo Galtieri b 1926 26 May Labour unionist human rights activist and politician Alfredo Bravo b 1925 10 June Techint s leader businessman Roberto Rocca b 1922 5 July Bebu Silvetti popular musician songwriter and arranger References edit Australia stumble past Pumas BBC 2003 10 10 Retrieved 2008 02 28 Menem charged over Swiss account BBC 2003 12 20 Retrieved 2008 02 28 Apocalipsis 13 at IMDb nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia 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