Weekly Report - 11 July 2013 (WR-13-27)

Rallying the members of his powerful Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT) union during a 24-hour truckers’ strike on 8 July, Hugo Moyano, set out his ambitious plans for the legislative elections. “On 27 October we are going to vote for the political solution which will end all injustices”, he said. Elsewhere, a Transparency International corruption survey issued a black mark to the Argentine government; a prominent government minister faces what promises to be, at the very least, a time-consuming court case; and a popular opposition politician declares his strong objection to the possibility of overturning the constitution to allow President Cristina Fernández to run for a third term of office.