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Mónica Schlotthauer
Mónica Leticia Schlotthauer (born 22 August 1963) is an Argentine railway worker and union leader who served as a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies elected in Buenos Aires Province on three occasions, from April to December 2019, from June to December 2021, and from June 2024 to date. Schlotthauer is a member of Socialist Left, a Trotskyist political party organized within the Workers' Left Front. Early life and career Schlotthauer was born on 22 August 1963 in Isidro Casanova, a city in La Matanza Partido, in the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation. Raised Roman Catholic, she became an atheist as a teenager and joined the Socialist Workers' Party toward the end of the last military dictatorship in Argentina (1976–1986). She was a union delegate in the Sanatorio Antártida hospital, in Buenos Aires, until she was fired during the administration of Carlos Menem. In 2005, she left for Venezuela to support the National Workers' Union, until she was forced to return to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentine Chamber Of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies (), officially the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress (). It is made up of 257 national deputies who are elected in multi-member constituencies corresponding with the territories of the 23 provinces of Argentina (plus the Federal Capital) by party list proportional representation. Elections to the Chamber are held every two years, so that half of its members are up in each election, making it a rare example of staggered elections used in a lower house. The Constitution of Argentina lays out certain attributions that are unique to the Chamber of Deputies. The Chamber holds exclusive rights to levy taxes; to draft troops; and to accuse the president, cabinet ministers, and members of the Supreme Court before the Senate. Additionally, the Chamber of Deputies receives for consideration bills presented by popular initiative. The Chamber of Deputies is presided over by the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitre Line
The Mitre line is an Argentine broad gauge commuter rail service in Buenos Aires Province and is part of the Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre division. The service is currently operated by the state-owned company Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado after the Government of Argentina rescinded its contract with Corredores Ferroviarios in March 2015. History Background The first line was built and operated by the Buenos Aires Northern Railway, a British-owned company that ran trains from Central Station (then from Retiro) to Tigre, joining both cities in 1857. The company was then taken over by the Central Argentine Railway in 1888 due to financial problems. In 1891, Victoria station was inaugurated. Trains to Zelaya and Capilla del Señor departed from Victoria for the first time one year later. In 1916, the Retiro- Tigre line was electrified, becoming the first electrified railway system in South America. New British Thomson-Houston (BTH) multiple units wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 Births
Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove River, Sydney, Australia. * January 2 – Vietnam War – Battle of Ap Bac: The Viet Cong win their first major victory. * January 9 – A January 1963 lunar eclipse, total penumbral lunar eclipse is visible in the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 56th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 114. Gamma has a value of −1.01282. It occurs on the night between Wednesday, January 9 and Thursday, January 10, 1963. * January 13 – 1963 Togolese coup d'état: A military coup in Togo results in the installation of coup leader Emmanuel Bodjollé as president. * January 17 – A last quarter moon occurs between the January 1963 lunar eclipse, penumbral lunar eclipse and the Solar eclipse of January 25, 1963, annular solar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanina Biasi
Vanina Natalia Biasi (born 27 October 1973) is an Argentine national deputy, representing the city of Buenos Aires. She assumed her seat in June 2024, taking over from Myriam Bregman. She is a member of the Workers' Party within the Workers' Left Front Political career In 2007 she was the Workers' Party candidate for Deputy Chief of Government of Buenos Aires, as the running mate of Marcelo Ramal. The Ramal-Biasi ticket won 0.90% of the vote and landed 8th in the first round of voting. 2023 Elections In the 2023 Buenos Aires elections, after surpassing the list of Jorge Adaro of the Socialist Left in the PASO primaries, Biasi was the candidate for Chief of Government for FIT-U, accompanied by Jessica Gentile of the MST as a candidate for Deputy Chief of Government, obtaining 4.28% of the votes. National Deputy In June 2024, after the resignation of Myriam Bregman due to the FIT-U bench rotation agreement, Biasi assumed the position of national representative for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ámbito Financiero
''Ámbito Financiero'' is an Argentine newspaper founded on December 9, 1976, by economist Julio Ramos, Julio A. Ramos. It is one of the main economic newspapers. It was initially sold in Buenos Aires Central Business District, Downtown Buenos Aires, covering mainly the daily prices of the United States dollar, U.S. dollar, gold, stocks, etc., and included other editorials. ''Ámbito Financiero'' was acquired by Orlando Vignatti in 2008. One of its columnists is Pablo Tigani. References External links *''Ámbito Financiero'' 1976 establishments in Argentina Argentine news websites Daily newspapers published in Argentina Mass media in Buenos Aires Newspapers established in 1976 Spanish-language newspapers {{Argentina-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parliamentary Group
A parliamentary group, parliamentary caucus or political group is a group consisting of members of different political party, political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Some parliamentary systems allow smaller political parties, who are not numerous enough to form parliamentary groups in their own names, to join with other parties or independent politicians in order to benefit from rights or privileges that are only accorded to formally recognized groups. An electoral alliance, where political parties associate only for elections, is similar to a parliamentary group. A technical group is similar to a parliamentary group but with members of differing ideologies. In contrast, a political faction is a subgroup within a political party and a coalition forms only after elections. Parliamentary groups may elect a parliamentary leader; such leaders are often important political players. Parliamentary groups in some cases use party discipline to control the vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos Giordano
Juan Carlos Giordano (born c. 1961) is an Argentine activist and politician of the Socialist Left. He is currently a member of the Argentine Chamber of Deputies, representing Buenos Aires Province as part of the Socialist Left - Socialist Workers' Party bloc. He was elected in 2013. He was the vice-presidential running mate of the Workers' Party's Jorge Altamira in the 2015 presidential primary elections, but ultimately lost to the Del Caño - Bregman formula. He works as a lawyer, is married, lives in Lanús Este, and is a Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ... supporter. References External links Video footage of Juan Carlos Giordano speaking at a rally Living people Socialist Left (Argentina) politicians Members of the Argentine Chambe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolás Del Caño
Nicolás del Caño (born 6 February 1980) is an Argentine politician from the Socialist Workers' Party (Argentina), Socialist Workers' Party.http://www.diariouno.com.ar/mendoza/Nicolas-Del-Cao-compartira-la-banca-con-Soledad-Sosa-Empezamos-a-escribir-otra-historia-dijo--20131028-0009.html report on his election with photo (Spanish) He was twice the presidential candidate for the Workers' Left Front (FIT). Political career Early career In 2006 he moved to Mendoza, Argentina, Mendoza to help build the PTS in that province. He later entered to the National University of Cuyo, where he studied sociology while he had several jobs, such as selling ties or working in a Call centre, call center. He won a seat for the Workers' Left Front in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies for Mendoza Province at the 2013 Argentine legislative election. This post was rotated with Soledad Sosa. During the 2011 Argentine provincial elections, 2011 elections he was candidate for Governor of Mendoza Provi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 Argentine General Election
General elections were held in Argentina on 27 October 2019, to elect the president of Argentina, members of the national congress and the governors of most provinces. The Peronist, left-wing Frente de Todos ticket of Alberto Fernández, former Chief Cabinet, and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, National Senator and former president, defeated the center-right Juntos por el Cambio ticket of incumbent president Mauricio Macri and conservative Peronist National Senator Miguel Ángel Pichetto, exceeding the threshold to win the presidency in a single round. Macri became the first incumbent president in Argentine history to be defeated in his reelection bid. Electoral system The election of the president was conducted under the Ballotage in Argentina, ballotage system, a modified version of the two-round system. A candidate can win the presidency in a single round by either winning 45% of the vote, or if they win 40% of the vote while finishing 10 percentage points ahead of the seco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalia González Seligra
Nathalia Inés González Seligra (born 31 January 1979) is an Argentine teacher and politician who was a National Deputy from 2017 to 2019 for the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS). Early life and education González Seligra was born on 31 January 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden, to Argentine parents who had fled the country's last civic–military dictatorship (1976–1983) and had been detained-disappeared in Uruguay. She studied high school at the Escuela Esteban Echeverría in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires Province, and studied sociology at the University of Buenos Aires Faculty of Socal Sciences, graduating with a ''licenciatura'' in 2007. Political career Gonzáles Seligra's political activism began in high school, where she joined her school's students' union and protested against the Federal Education Law supported by then-governor Felipe Solá. Concurrently, she joined HIJOS, the association of children of people disappeared during the 1976–1983 dictatorship in Argentina. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillermo Kane
Guillermo Kane (born 12 October 1981) is an Argentine activist in the Workers' Party. He studied at the University of Buenos Aires, and now teaches history there. From July 2015 to December 2016 he was a deputy in the legislature of Buenos Aires Province, as part of the rotation of seats by the Workers' Left Front The Workers' Left Front – Unity (, FIT-U) is an electoral alliance of four revolutionary Trotskyist parties in Argentina: the Workers' Party (PO), the Socialist Workers' Party (PTS), Socialist Left (IS), and the Workers' Socialist Movement ( .... He was a candidate in the 2017 Argentine provincial elections. He became a deputy in Buenos Aires province again in December 2021. References External links Kane articleon taking his seat (Spanish)videoof him speaking (Spanish)biography (Spanish) 1981 births People from Buenos Aires Province Workers' Party (Argentina) politicians University of Buenos Aires alumni Living people 21st-century Argentine hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workers' Party
Workers' Party is a name used by several political parties throughout the world. The name has been used by both organisations on the left and right of the political spectrum. It is currently used by followers of Marxism, Marxism–Leninism, Maoism, social democracy, democratic socialism, socialism and Trotskyism Trotskyism (, ) is the political ideology and branch of Marxism developed by Russian revolutionary and intellectual Leon Trotsky along with some other members of the Left Opposition and the Fourth International. Trotsky described himself as an .... Current Workers' Parties Defunct Workers' Parties Defunct Workers' parties include: See also * National Trust Party (Malaysia), formerly known as the Malaysian Workers' Party * List of Labour parties * Communist party (other) * National Workers Party (other) * Socialist Workers Party (other) * United Workers' Party (other) * Lists of political parties {{Set index article Labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
