November: Buenos Aires mayor Aníbal Ibarra is impeached on accusations of negligence regarding the República Cromagnon nightclub fire of 2004. 24 November: Technicians and pilots of Aerolíneas Argentinas began a strike demanding pay rises. The strike lasts 9 days, strands 82,000 passengers and causes $10 million losses to the company. December 6 December: The Fourth Summit of the Americas ends. Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela align against the U.S.-backed FTAA. 15 December: President Kirchner announces the anticipated cancellation of the public debt to the International Monetary Fund, for $9,810 million, in a single payment, with funds drawn from the foreign currency reserves of the Central Bank. 20 December: Piqueteros, leftist parties, labour unions, student groups and other NGOs march in Buenos Aires on the 4th anniversary of activists' deaths during the 2001 riots, asking for welfare subsidies, and denouncing the payment of the debt to the IMF. 21 December: Three government officers of the de la Rúa administration and six former senators are accused of participation in a scandal involving bribes to pass a labour law reform in 2000. Former governor of Corrientes Raúl Romero Feris is sentenced to five years in prison for misappropriation of state funds. 30 December: Environmental groups and other concerned citizens, supported by Entre Ríos governor Jorge Busti, block the three bridges that join the province with Uruguay, protesting the construction of two paper and wood pulp factories in Fray Bentos. Deaths 28 January – Daniel Branca (b. 1951), comic artist. 17 February – Omar Sívori, 69, footballer. 24 February – Norberto Napolitano, Pappo (b. 1950), blues and rock musician. 13 April – Juan Zanotto, 69, comic book artist. 11 June – Juan José Saer (b. 1937), novelist. 18 June – Manuel Sadosky, 91, father of Computer Science studies and former Secretary of State of Science and Technology (1983–1989). 1 July – Guillermo Patricio Kelly (b. 1922), far-right militant and journalist. 31 August – Eladia Blázquez (b. 1931), tango singer and composer. 7 September – Nicolino Locche (b. 1939), boxer. 24 October – Ricardo Brinzoni (b. 1945), military officer, Argentine Army's Chief-of-staff. 11 November – Luis "Lucho" Olivera, 63, cartoonist. 11 November – Eduardo Rabossi, 75, philosopher and human rights activist. 20 December – Argentina Brunetti (b. 1907), actress and writer. Sports See worldwide 2005 in sports 8 June: the Argentina national football team qualifies for 2006 FIFA World Cup by beating Brazil 3–1 in Buenos