2007 in Argentina

See also: 2006 in Argentina, other events of 2007, 2008 in Argentina

[edit] Events

[edit] January

• January 12: Former president Isabel Martínez de Perón is arrested in Madrid, Spain, following a warrant issued by an Argentine judge investigating the forced disappearance of a student activist in 1976. Another warrant follows soon, as well as a request for her extradition to Argentina. [1] [2]
• January 26: The wine-producing area of San Rafael, Mendoza is hit by a hailstorm, which ruins the grape harvest in the region and causes AR$50 million in damages. [3]

[edit] February

[edit] March

• March 1: India requests the extradition of Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi from Argentina in relation to the Bofors scandal.
• March 13: In La Rioja, governor Ángel Maza, after being impeached by a legislature that answers to vice governor Luis Beder Herrera, locks himself up in the government house, while violent protests take place outside, until the police force Maza's supporters to leave. The national government briefly considers federal intervention. [4]
• March 26: A massive storm system brings heavy rain to the center and south of Santa Fe. The rain falls almost continuously for more than one week. Large sections of Santa Fe City and peripheral neighbourhoods of Rosario, as well as many smaller towns and large sections of Argentina's most productive agricultural land, are flooded. The storm moves east, affecting the south of Entre Ríos and eventually reaching Uruguay. See March 2007 floods in the Argentine littoral.

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[edit] April

• April 9: Tens of thousands of demonstrators in Buenos Aires and other cities in Argentina protest against the death of Carlos Fuentealba, a school teacher having been severely injured by a tear gas canister fired by police during a protest the previous week over pay and working conditions.^[1]
• April 10: Argentina's only icebreaker, ARA Almirante Irízar, catches fire while returning from her summer Antarctic campaign, 140 miles off Puerto Madryn. The ship is then towed to Puerto Belgrano, arriving on April 20. [6] [7]
• April 11: Among accusations of government tampering with economic statistics, the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) modifies previous inflation figures and announces that the basic food basket experienced 0.2% deflation in March. [8]
• April 11: Football: The semi-finals of Copa del Rey begin in Nou Camp. Argentinian Lionel Messi scored a spectacular goal against Getafe CF.That goal is very similar to a Diego Maradona's goal against England in Mexico World Cup 1986.Both of them passed six defenders including goalkeeper and scored.
• April 25: An Argentine federal court overturns the pardons issued to General Jorge Videla and former Admiral Emilio Massera following convictions received for their activities during the "Dirty War" of the 1970s. The repeal of the pardons is largely symbolic, since the two are already under house arrest and serving lengthy sentences for other crimes.

[edit] May

• May 10: Santa Cruz Province governor Carlos Sancho resigns, after weeks of strikes and demonstrations by the teachers' union followed by violent police repression. Provincial deputy Daniel Peralta is chosen to replace him. [9]

[edit] June

• 24 June: Mauricio Macri of Republican Proposal defeats Daniel Filmus of the government's Front for Victory in the ballotage of the Buenos Aires City's Chief of Government elections

[edit] July

• July 9: On the country's Independence Day, snow falls in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the first time in 89 years and the second time in recorded history. Two people die of exposure in Argentina while one person dies in Chile. ^[2]
• July 15: Brazil defeats Argentina 3-0 in the 2007 Copa América final. ^[3]
• July 16: Felisa Miceli, the Argentine Economy Minister, resigns over approximately $60,000 found in a bag in her office.
• July 20: 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup: After the Argentina vs Chile semi-final game ended, a scuffle between Toronto Police officers and members of the Chilean team led to the arrest of 21 players ^[4]
• July 22: 2007 FIFA U-20 World Cup Final: Argentina defeated the Czech Republic 2-1 to win its sixth World Cup title. ^[5]

[edit] August

• August 7: Argentina signs an "energy security treaty" with Venezuela in Buenos Aires. ^[6]
• August 10: The President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez meets with the President of Bolivia Evo Morales and the President of Argentina Néstor Kirchner in Tarija, Bolivia. ^[7]
• August 13: A scandal erupts in Argentina when a Venezuelan businessman is caught trying to smuggle $800,000 into the country on a plane belonging to Enarsa, Argentina's government-owned energy company. ^[8]
• August 14: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, current First Lady of Argentina and candidate to become President of Argentina, announces Julio Cobos, the Governor of Mendoza Province as her running mate. ^[9]
• August 15: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Argentinian presidential candidate, presents Julio Cobos as her running mate. ^[10]

[edit] September

• September 2: The United States men's national basketball team defeats Argentina 118-81 to win the 2007 FIBA Americas Championship, with both teams qualifying for the 2008 Summer Olympics. ^[11]
• September 8: Former President of Argentina Carlos Menem is charged with involvement in the illegal sale of weapons to Ecuador and Croatia. ^[12]

[edit] October

• October 9: Christian Von Wernich, a Roman Catholic priest and former police chaplain is sentenced to a life sentence for his role in torture, kidnapping and murder during Argentina's dirty war. ^[13]
• October 23: An Argentine court initiates legal proceedings against former president Fernando de la Rúa for failing to prevent the deaths of five protestors during the December 2001 riots at the peak of the 1999-2002 economic crisis. ^[14]
• October 28: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of the Front for Victory, wife of incumbent president Nestor Kirchner, resoundingly wins presidential elections in the first round and becomes the first female president elected in Argentina. The second-placed candidate s another women, Elisa Carrió of the Civic Coalition.

[edit] November

• November 12: Ceferino Namuncurá is the first indigenous Argentinian to be beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. 100,000 people attend the ceremony in Chimpay. ^[15]
• November 22: Argentinian defense minister Nilda Garré sacks the head of military intelligence, Brigadier General Osvaldo Montero, for plotting to replace her. ^[16]

[edit] December

[edit] Deaths

• February 11: Jorge Antonio, 89, Peronist party politician and business man.
• February 16: Herminio Iglesias, 77, Peronist Party politician. [10]
• March 9: Juan Carlos Portantiero, 73, sociologist, renal failure. [11]
• May 13: Luis Maria Mendia, 82, naval commander. [12]
• May 20: TV journalist Mario Mazzone. [13]
• June 13: Néstor Rossi, 82, footballer, played in 1958 FIFA World Cup. [14]
• June 15: former world middleweight champion boxer Hugo Corro. [15]
• July 19: cartoonist and writer Roberto Fontanarrosa.
• July 20: Golde Flami, 89, actress. [16]
• August 13: Roberto Maidana, 79, journalist, pneumonia. [17]
• September 3: Gustavo Eberto, 24, football goalkeeper for Boca Juniors, testicular cancer. [18]
• November 2: Jean Pierre Reguerraz, 68, actor. [19]
• December 13: journalist Victor Sueiro.
• December 26: Raúl Bernao, 66, footballer, hepatitis. [20]

[edit] Sports

See worldwide 2007 in sports

• January 20: The first Argentine major rivalry of the year was played between River Plate and Boca Juniors in Mar del Plata. The match ended in a 2-0 score in favor of River Plate.

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