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Thousands of people protest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, against reductions in funding for universities made by President Javier Milei.
2024-04-24

The Spanish attorney general, José Manuel Maza, requests a lawsuit against (former) Catalan government members, seeking charges of sedition, rebellion and embezzlement. The Catalan parliament is formally dissolved.
2017-10-30

At least two Catalan officials defect from the ruling Junts pel Sí party as Catalan president Carles Puigdemont cancels a speech regarding snap elections. Puigdemont plans to draw back from declaring independence from Spain.
2017-10-26

Rajoy announces that he will begin the process of stripping Catalonia of its autonomy starting on October 21. This follows a letter Puigdemont wrote before the deadline again asking for dialogue, and blaming Rajoy for escalating the crisis. Rajoy had wanted dialogue after reassurances that the independence bid was dropped.
2017-10-19

Spain's third largest bank, CaixaBank, announces it is moving its legal base out of Catalonia to Valencia. This follows a similar move yesterday by Catalan banking group Banco Sabadell who announced they are moving their headquarters to Alicante in response to growing political insecurity in Catalonia.
2017-10-6

Pro-independent trade unions, businesses, and schools in Catalonia hold a general strike to protest Spanish police brutality during the October 1 independence referendum.
2017-10-3

Argentinian police arrest at least 30 people in downtown Buenos Aires after Argentina loses the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil.
2014-07-13

2013 Argentina floods: More than 50 people are killed in major floods in Buenos Aires and La Plata, Argentina, due to heavy rain.
2013-04-3

Bolivia takes steps to ensure that Ahmad Vahidi, the Iranian Minister of Defence, leaves the country as soon as possible following a complaint from Argentina who believed that he was responsible for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community City in Buenos Aires.
2011-05-31

Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan bypasses Argentina on his South American tour, opting to travel straight to Chile after Buenos Aires officials call off an event honouring Mustafa Kemal Atatürk due to what Turkey considers "hostile" interference from Armenian pressure groups.
2010-05-30