On Strike!CGT and CTA call workers for a strike. 

By Facundo Garcia Cabot and Nicolas Cao

Buenos Aires - From 12 o clock all train, buses and taxis stopped. Many shops did not open their doors and banks are closed too. Gas station do not spend gas. Trucks blocked the main avenues. Hospital only provides emergency service. However, schools and the subway work as usual. The reason for the strike is mainly taxes on salary. Government says it is a political extortion and the syndicates are mad. By now they have not reached an agreement.

World cities are not ready for Freak Storms.

By Melisa Garcia Vera and Nestor Eigelman

Today, there are many cities around the world that are not ready for storms. This

creates a lot of economy's problems. Last week we saw the power of storms in three

different cities: Buenos Aires, New York and Venice.

In Buenos Aires a heavy rain caused floods and many people were evacuated.

The hurricane, Sandy, brought many problems and killed people

in New York last week. In Venice the rise of the sea brought floods and many people had

to be evacuated from their homes too.

Dream job turned into a nightmare

By Irene CufreBen Southall got a “dream job”, looking after

Hamiltom Island, after de cost of Queensland, Australia but the job turned into a nightmare. Three

things help it make “the best job”: surfing, swimming and being paid US$189.000 for six month. He had to do these three activities and others like feeding some dangerous fish and

writing a blog of his experiences to help encourage tourism in the area. But the job was not as “ideal”

as it seemed at first. He was very busy all the time. Ben found himself working seven days a week and working nineteen hours a day. One day, the man

had an accident with a jelly fish and in his free time, after Christmas felt a small bee sting in his

forearm. In thirty minutes he was feeling the effect of the poison. Ben was lucky to survive. Finally,

this experience became something good. He would write a book about his days in the” dream

job”.

A world of Information in a few words

December, 2012ABORTION

A judge overturned the restrictions on legal abortion in the city of Buenos Aires and Ramos Mejía hospital director steps down.

By Vanesa, Marilu, Agustin, Marcelo and FatimaDays before, a judge reversed the restrictive measures that Mauricio

Macri´s government had implemented about abortion. The legislation annulled the top of twelve weeks gestation for abortion. It

also annulled the requirement of permission from parents or guardians to adolescents over 14 years old with access to the intervention.

Buenos Aires government does not want to turn the law back and appeals the measure. PRO members said that the judge deleted the most

important points like the requirement of women´ evaluation by a multidisciplinary committee.

Legislators of the opposition said that the judge's measure was "exemplary".

The Director of Ramos Mejia Hospital, Doctor Carlos Mercau, resigned from his post on 12th November. The hospital was due to undertake the first non-

punishable abortion. However it was suspended due to a legal claim that had been presented by the “Pro Familia” religious group.

Buenos Aires City Health Minister Graciela Reybaud stated yesterday that the doctor had resigned from his post because of “personal reasons”.

However, Alejandro Bodart (Deputy from MST-South Project party) said “Mercau was directly responsible for obstructing the legalized abortion because he revealed

the patient’s confidential information”.