General Manuel Belgrano Railway projects to run passenger services between La Quiaca and San Salvador de Jujuy, both cities in Jujuy Province. The main lines departed from Retiro station in Buenos Aires to the north through the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Chaco, Formosa, Salta, Jujuy, San Luis, Mendoza, San Juan, La Rioja and Catamarca. In 1876, Ferrocarril Central Norte started services from Córdoba to Tucumán. It was the first metre gauge in Argentina, mainly due to economic reasons. It had been built by the Argentine State to expand Central Argentine Railway network (Rosario-Córdoba), a British-owned company by
Tulio Capriles Mendoza campaign operative. His feared techniques were often referred to as the “Tulio guillotine." During his tenure as Assistant Minister of Public Information, Mendoza oversaw a confidential division ran operations involving the publication and dissemination of media through TV, radio, and print that promoted Chávez's political reform agenda. For example, in 2004, Mendoza executed a program known as Operation Americas, wherein Mendoza and his team produced television commercials under the guise of consumer good advertising. Embedded in the advertisements were messages promoting an anti-American sentiment. In 2001, Mendoza created 27 newspapers throughout the country, secretly on behalf of Chávez. He hired