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Events
January
- 12/13 January: Passengers protest at Ezeiza International Airport against delays by Aerolineas Argentinas.[1]
February
- Heavy rain and floods force thousands of people from their homes in Buenos Aires Province.[2]
March
- 9 March: Seventeen people are killed and 47 injured after a passenger train crashes into a bus in the town of Dolores in eastern Argentina. [3]
- 12 March: The agricultural sector starts a 20-day lock-out in protest at the increase in export taxes on soybeans and sunflower.[4][5]
April
- 11 April: The 2008 Olympic Torch Relay passes through Buenos Aires for the first time, largely without incident.[6]
- 17 April: Buenos Aires is covered in a thick cloud of smoke, closing roads and airports. The smoke is blamed on farmers burning their fields.[7]
- 23 April: Poet Juan Gelman receives the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world's highest literary honour.[8]
- 24 April: Economy minister Martín Lousteau resigns following rumours of disagreements with other ministers. He is replaced with Carlos Fernández.[9]
- 24 April: Football hero Diego Maradona is welcomed into membership of the Justicialist Party.[10]
May
- 2 May 2008: The eruption of the Chaitén volcano in Chile covers much of Argentina in ash, particularly the city of Esquel, and forces the cancellation of flights from Buenos Aires.[11][12][13]
Predicted and scheduled events
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Deaths
Sports
- See worldwide 2008 in sports
- 13 April: Argentina's male tennis team qualifies for the Davis Cup semi-finals against Russia with victory against Sweden.[14]
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