page_title: 2018 in Argentina
section_title: February
hierarchical_section_title: 2018 in Argentina / Events / February
caption_attribution_description: El presidente Mauricio Macri recibió en la Casa de Gobierno al policía del municipio bonaerense de Avellaneda Luis Chocobar, quien abatió a un delincuente luego de que éste asaltara e hiriera a un turista estadounidense, en un hecho ocurrido en el barrio porteño de La Boca el 8 de diciembre pasado. Por este hecho, Luis Chocobar está procesado por homicidio agravado en exceso del cumplimiento del deber.
context_page_description: The following lists events that happened in Argentina in 2018.
context_section_description: February 1
  Police officer Luis Chocobar is indicted by the judiciary, accused of murder, for shooting a thief that attempted to kill a tourist. President Macri receives him at the Casa Rosada, giving him his full support.
  Members of the Argentine Congress propose a bill to ask for the removal of judge Raúl Zaffaroni from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
  February 2: The government closes the National Lottery, and ends the "Prode" game.
  February 7: Minister Patricia Bullrich meets with US specialists in security and terrorism, to discuss the G20 summit. Those people voiced concerns about a presence of Hezbollah in the Triple Frontier.
  February 8
  Members of the Peronist parties Justicialist Party, Renewal Front and Citizen's Unity have a summit, discussing a joint ticket for the 2019 general elections. The Peronist provincial governors did not attend it, with the exception of Alberto Rodríguez Saá.
  Estela de Carlotto has a private meeting with Pope Francis.
  February 9: General strike of national banks.
  February 19: Two-days general strike of national banks.
  February 21: General strike by union leader Hugo Moyano.
  February 22: Six suspected drug traffickers are jailed at the Russian embassy while trying to smuggle drugs in a diplomatic flight.
  February 27: Bolivia rejects a treaty of mutual free healthcare with Argentina.
  February 28
  Bolivia reverses their previous decision, and announces a mutual free healthcare treaty with Argentina.
  Union leaders Hugo and Pablo Moyano are indicted on money laundering charges.
caption: President Mauricio Macri receives the police officer Luis Chocobar at the Casa Rosada.
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