Stories for November 30th 2018

Friday, November 30th 2018 - 23:01 UTC
Macri holds trust-building side meeting with PM May during G-20 Summit

Argentine President Mauricio Macri Friday held a bilateral meeting with British Prime Minister Theresa May in what turned out to be the first one-on-one encounter between heads of government of the two countries after the 1982 Falklands War.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 21:40 UTC
Anti-globalist protests and controversy over the use of lethal weapons: Argentine Minister of Security came out to clarify in the framework of the G20

After the controversy generated by a resolution in which the Ministry of Security of Argentina allows the police to use lethal weapons against a person who flees in the framework of the summit of the Group of 20 in Buenos Aires, the minister Patricia Bullrich went to clarify that this disposition “has nothing to do with the mobilization” against the G20 crowded by social organizations this Friday.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 17:22 UTC
Small earthquake hits Buenos Aires during G-20 Summit

Argentina's National Institute of Seismic Prevention (INPRES) recorded an earthquake rated at 3.8 on the Richter scale at 10.27 am Friday in the city of Buenos Aires and its surroundings, it was reported.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 15:47 UTC
Princess Anne unveils Lord Cochrane monument in Santiago

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne, Queen Elizabeth's only daughter, was in Santiago Thursday to attend the unveiling of a monument honoring local Navy hero Lord Thomas Alexander Cochrane.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC
Theresa May in Buenos Aires: good and bad news, Falklands and the Brexit deal

A few minutes before midnight Friday, Buenos Aires time, a Royal Air Force transport with Prime Minister Theresa May landed at Ezeiza airport. Mrs May is the first serving UK prime minister to visit the capital Buenos Aires, and the second to travel to Argentina, after Tony Blair in 2001.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC
Air Force One touches down - Trump is in BA for G-20 Summit

The famous Air Force One, a veritable Flying White House, landed in Ezeiza at 10.10 pm amid tight security measures right on time for US President Donald Trump to rest and get ready for Friday's breakfast meeting with his Argentine colleague Mauricio Macri.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:14 UTC
Macron has busy pre G-20 Thursday in BA after sloppy airport welcome

His presidential plane landed at Buenos Aires' international Ezeiza airport for the G-20 Summit Wednesday night. After parking, France's Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte went down the stairs to greet .... a tarmac worker or two, after which the pair kept walking to their car. Right before getting inside, they were told to go back on their steps and meet Argentine Vicepresident Gabriela Michetti for the official welcome that almost did not happen.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 05:52 UTC
Falklands voice dismay and praise for second commercial flight

The proposed second airline service between the Falklands and South America with a once a month stopover in Argentina, drew both strongly voiced concerns and praise at a public meeting held on Wednesday evening in Stanley. Worried citizens suggested Argentina might manipulate Islanders by threatening to interrupt the link to Sao Paulo, Brazil in the longer term.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 02:02 UTC
Second leg of Libertadores Cup decider set for Dec. 9 in Madrid

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol)'s disciplinary board Thursday turned down Boca Juniors' request and thus cleared the way for the second leg of the Libertadores Cup final to be played at Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu on December 9, it was announced.