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Montevideo, March 31st 2025 - 07:42 UTC

Tag: Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA)

  • Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 20:11 UTC

    Buenos Aires under second mass blackout in a day

    Even the Casa Rosada was hit by the power outage

    A second massive blackout hit the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) and parts of the so-called Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) Wednesday after a first outage at 5:50 am affected some 550,000 Edesur users in the neighborhoods of Balvanera, Barracas, Boedo, Caballito, La Boca, Monserrat, Parque Patricios, Recoleta, Retiro, and San Nicolás as well as in the municipalities of Avellaneda, Berazategui, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, and Quilmes, bordering the country's capital. Edelap, the energy distribution company of La Plata, was also affected.

  • Monday, February 24th 2025 - 19:25 UTC

    Buenos Aires Mayor highlights introduction of Guarani as a language taught at schools

    “Education in the City is a serious priority,” insisted Jorge Macri

    Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Macri stirred spirits among porteños on Monday as he announced that guaraní would be taught at primary schools. He made those remarks during his opening speech of the 2025 school year and as a result of a meeting last week with Paraguayan President Santiago Peña.

  • Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 08:11 UTC

    Opposition not happy with President Fernández paying CABA with bonds

    “The TX31 bond with which Alberto Fernández wants to pay CABA is a payment that is not quoted in the market and is not negotiated,” UCR Deputy Mario Negri pointed out

    After Argentine President Alberto Fernández announced Monday that the federal government would abide by last week's Supreme Court (CSJN) ruling and pay the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) its share of the so-called co-participation funds but not with pesos, Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta's administration filed a complaint before the Supreme Court.

  • Sunday, September 12th 2021 - 08:46 UTC

    Over 417,000 foreigners cleared to vote in City of Buenos Aires without prior registration

    Before the amendment, foreigners needed to register for each election

    Foreign residents in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) have long been cleared to vote at the municipal level, but since participation is not mandatory for non-nationals, they were required to register.

  • Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 21:27 UTC

    Argentina can take on Copa America by itself if protocols are observed, says Fernández

    Let's not lower our arms, we know that we are in a difficult time,” said Fernández.

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday insisted his country is capable of hosting singlehandedly the Copa America football competition despite 35,543 new cases of Covid-19 and 745 deaths in one day for a record total of 71,771 casualties since the beginning of the pandemic.