2007 in Argentina

Events

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]

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.

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]

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]

See worldwide 2007 in sports

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