2024 in Argentina
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Events in the year 2024 in Argentina.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Javier Milei
- Vice President: Victoria Villarruel
Events[edit]
- January 19: Argentina deports eight Ecuadorians, including relatives of gang leader José Adolfo Macías Villamar, who were arrested on 18 January amid the ongoing conflict in Ecuador.[1]
- January 24: Tens of thousands of workers go on a 12 hour strike led by Argentina's largest union, in protest of president Javier Milei's policies.[citation needed]
- January 29: 600 hectares of forest are destroyed by fire in Los Alerces National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Patagonia.[2]
- March 4: State news agency Télam is closed after 80 years and police surround its offices in Buenos Aires a week after president Milei threatened to close the agency, criticizing its alleged leftist positions.[3]
- March 20: Argentina announces a charge against Venezuela before the International Civil Aviation Organization for allegedly violating the Convention on International Civil Aviation after President Nicolás Maduro banned Argentine aircraft from its airspace earlier this month amid traded accusations with President Javier Milei.[4]
- March 27: Argentina orders the deployment of at least two gendarmerie to the Argentine embassy in Venezuela, where allies of opposition leader María Corina Machado take refuge amid more confrontation between the two countries.[5]
Deaths[edit]
- January 14 - Enrique Roizner, 84, drummer.[6]
- January 15 - Jorge Griffa, 88, footballer (Newell's Old Boys, Atlético Madrid, national team).[7]
- January 16 - Ottavio Dazzan, 66, Argentine-born Italian Olympic cyclist (1980).[8]
- January 19 - Héctor Bidonde, 86, actor (La Rabona, Alma mía, Chile 672) and stage director.[9]
- February 5 - José Delbo, 90, comic book artist (Wonder Woman, The Transformers).[10]
- February 6 - Cecilia Gentili, 52, Argentine-born American actress (Pose) and LGBTQ activist.[11]
Art and entertainment[edit]
- List of 2024 box office number-one films in Argentina
- List of Argentine submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References[edit]
- ^ "Ecuador: Argentina expels family of gang boss Adolfo Macías". 2024-01-20. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
- ^ "Honderden hectare aan Unesco-erfgoed in vlammen opgegaan in Argentinië". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2024-01-28. Retrieved 2024-01-28.
- ^ "Argentine state news agency Telam shut after Milei threat". Reuters. March 4, 2024.
- ^ Lejtman, Por Román (2024-03-20). "Argentina enfrenta a Venezuela en Naciones Unidas por la decisión ilegal de Maduro contra los vuelos de Aerolíneas". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-20.
- ^ Infobae, Por Newsroom (2024-03-27). "Argentina enviará gendarmes a Venezuela para custodiar la Embajada en Caracas". infobae (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ Destape, El (2024-01-14). "A los 84 años y por un ACV murió el "Zurdo" Roizner, el baterista que tocó con casi todos". www.eldestapeweb.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "Muere a los 88 años Jorge Griffa, histórico defensa del Atlético". MARCA (in Spanish). 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "Lutto - Il ciclismo piange Octavio Dazzan". Federazione Ciclistica Italiana (in Italian). 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ "Falleció el actor Héctor Bidonde – Asociación Argentina de Actores y Actrices". actores.org.ar. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Hazra, Adriana (February 6, 2024). "Transformers Comic Book Artist José Delbo Dies". Anime News Network. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
- ^ Phillips, Zoe G. (February 7, 2024). "Cecilia Gentili, 'Pose' Actress and LGBTQ Activist, Dies at 52". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
