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Sunday, November 30, 2014

Buenos Aires Herald

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December 1, 2014
The head of the anti-government CTA splinter Pablo Micheli has announced a series of rallies for December if the government continues to refuse to respond to its calls to have the complementary salary payment – known in Argentina as “aguinaldo” workers receive in June and December – exempted from income tax.
Economy Minister Axel Kicillof rejected any year-end reforms in the income tax and said that “nobody likes to pay taxes but this one is a solidarity contribution from workers who earn most."
• Massa renews anti-income tax calls
Argentina's Ambassador to the UK Alicia Castro called for dialogue over the sovereignty of Malvinas and condemned the British militarization of the islands, speaking at the annual Latin American Conference at the Trade Union Congress (TUC) headquarters in London.
While the judiciary starts investigating HSBC for using an illegal scheme to help more than 4,000 citizens and companies evade taxes, the AFIP tax bureau has already sent out the first summons asking tax payers to regularize their situation.
Tabare Vazquez won back his old job as president of Uruguay in a runoff election, allowing the leftist ruling coalition to extend its decade in power and roll out a law legalizing the production and sale of marijuana.
• Uruguay: all in the family
Colombia’s FARC rebels confirmed today they have released Colombian army General Ruben Dario Alzate, corporal Jorge Rodríguez and lawyer Gloria Urrego, who had been captured on November 16, which had led to the suspension the two-year-old peace talks taking place in Havana.
Pope Francis said Islamic militants were carrying out a "profoundly grave sin against God" in Syria and Iraq, calling for inter-religious dialogue and action against poverty to help end conflicts there.

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