Tag: Buenos Aires

Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 09:49 UTC
Maduro not attending Celac summit after all

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro canceled his trip to Buenos Aires for the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac). Upon announcing his decision, Maduro spoke of an “aggression plan” from the “neo-fascist right” which endangered his presence in the Argentine capital.
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Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:52 UTC
Lula's busy agenda in Buenos Aires

After their bilateral encounter at Casa Rosada, Presidents Alberto Fernández of Argentina and Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of Brazil met with representatives of human rights organizations, who insisted on getting together with the visiting leader, according to Fernández.
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Tuesday, January 24th 2023 - 08:42 UTC
A currency of South American circulation, “in the long term”

In the eighty plus Cooperation Declaration signed by Argentina and Brazil this Monday in Buenos Aires are included many different areas and topics, and one of them has been most promoted by the Argentine Media, very much sponsored by the current Fernandez-Kirchner administration, and refers to an alleged bilateral “common currency”.
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Monday, January 2nd 2023 - 09:40 UTC
Buenos Aires residents welcome New Year in the dark

Thousands of residents in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires saw the New Year's celebrations brought to an abrupt end when a power cut hit several neighborhoods in the Argentine capital between around 0.30 and 2 am on Jan. 1.
Monday, December 26th 2022 - 20:40 UTC
Argentine gov't now says it will pay City of Buenos Aires's tax share

The Argentine government announced Monday that it will pay the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) its share of the so-called co-participation funds after saying last week that the Supreme Court ruling ordering the measure was untenable and that further appeals “in extremis” would be filed.
Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 18:27 UTC
Authorities on alert over poisonous stingrays on Argentine La Plata river shores

Argentine authorities have issued a series of recommendations after the appearance of poisonous stingrays on the beaches of Punta Lara and Ensenada, south of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) was reported.
Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:57 UTC
Over 4 million people celebrate chopper-borne world champs in Buenos Aires

Over four million Argentine football fans needed in the end to look up to see helicopters carrying the national team players overfly the Obelisk Square area and other parts of Buenos Aires because the bus could simply not get through the crowd along the highway from the Football Association's training camp in Ezeiza.
Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 20:11 UTC
Over 4 million pack Buenos Aires streets for uncertain World Cup celebrations

Over four million Argentine fans were still baffled Tuesday afternoon as to where the national football team would be celebrating last Sunday's 4-2 win on penalties over France at the Qatar 2022 World Cup final.
Friday, December 16th 2022 - 19:28 UTC
Argentina's largest province joins list of those banning alcohol while driving

The Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, the largest in the country, has enacted a law establishing the maximum amount of blood alcohol for drivers is zero. The zero-tolerance measure also establishes fines, arrests, and the withholding of the divers' license for offenders.
Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 10:45 UTC
Buenos Aires Police said to be repressing harmless fans celebrating team's victory over Croatia

Argentina's Secretary of Human Rights Horacio Pietragalla Corti Tuesday demanded Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta to “stop repressing” jubilant groups marching through the streets of Buenos Aires to celebrate the national team's victory over Croatia at the Qatar 2022 football World Cup.