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Montevideo, July 2nd 2025 - 19:31 UTC

Tag: Buenos Aires

  • Wednesday, March 20th 2019 - 17:13 UTC

    Renew political commitment at the South-South Cooperation summit in Buenos Aires

    Guterres believes that the ambitious and transformational 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development can not be achieved without the ideas, energy and tremendous ingenuity of the countries of the South

    The member states of the South-South Cooperation Plan will meet in Buenos Aires from March 20 to 23 to launch a new strategy with a view to implementing the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030 within the framework of the Second High-Level Conference of United Nations on South-South Cooperation, PABA +40. The event will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the approval of the Buenos Aires Action Plan and awaits a “renewed political commitment” from participating States.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 20:09 UTC

    The best and the worst city to live in Latin America

    The Uruguayan capital is positioned above cities such as Buenos Aires or Santiago de Chile because of its relatively relaxed political and social environment (Photo: Nicolás Pereyra)

    Caracas, in the last place, and Montevideo ranks as the two opposite poles of the list of cities ordered by quality of life in Latin America in 2019, according to Mercer. The capital of Austria, Vienna, ranked for the tenth consecutive year as the best in the world.

  • Wednesday, March 13th 2019 - 08:27 UTC

    Argentina boosting natural gas output and plans pipeline to supply Buenos Aires

    Pipeline construction contracts valued at up to US$1.8 billion to transport natural gas from Vaca Muerta to Buenos Aires, announced Minister Gustavo Lopetegui<br />

    Argentina’s efforts to boost its natural gas output and supply are progressing through new pipeline and transport projects and auctions, moves that are expected to balance the country’s production and demand, the energy secretary said on Monday.

  • Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 08:49 UTC

    Argentina's chief rabbi seriously injured at his home by seven assailants

    Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich was seriously injured by assailants who broke into his home while he and his wife were there, taking money and personal effects

    The head of Argentina’s main Jewish group said an assault Monday on the country’s chief rabbi was motivated by anti-Semitism. Rabbi Gabriel Davidovich was beaten and seriously injured by assailants who broke into his home while he and his wife were there, taking money and personal effects.

  • Thursday, February 14th 2019 - 10:15 UTC

    “Food emergency” demand march in Argentine cities

    Since President Macri came to power in 2015, electricity bills have gone up 210% and gas 300%, following on the removal of significant subsidies

    Thousands took to the streets in 50 Argentine cities and towns Wednesday demanding that the government declare a “food emergency” and put an end to suffocating price increases. Since President Mauricio Macri came to power in 2015, electricity bills have gone up 210% and gas 300%. The government blamed the increase on the removal of significant subsidies in place under the previous administration.

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 10:30 UTC

    IMF mission in Argentina to collect data on compliance of the standby loan accord

    The head of the mission Roberto Cardarelli is scheduled to meet ministers, central bank officials, members of congress from the ruling coalition and opposition

    An IMF team is back in Buenos Aires to review the Argentine economy performance and how it is complying with the fiscal and monetary conditions established in the stand-by US$ 57 billion loan agreed last year. The head of the mission Roberto Cardarelli is scheduled to meet ministers, central bank officials, members of Congress from the ruling coalition and opposition, academia and different lobbies.

  • Tuesday, February 12th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

    Unexpected meeting of Uruguay and Argentina to address the Venezuelan situation

    Vazquez and Macri will meet on Wednesday at the Anchorena park, a twenty minutes helicopter flight from Buenos Aires

    Presidents from Uruguay and Argentina, Tabare Vazquez and Mauricio Macri, will be meeting on Wednesday to discuss an open agenda, but which according to Buenos Aires sources will be centered on the Venezuelan situation, where the two countries hold different positions. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Colonia, at the Anchorena Park, which is an official resting place of the Uruguayan Executive, and a twenty minutes helicopter flight distance from Buenos Aires.

  • Monday, February 11th 2019 - 09:31 UTC

    Conflict leads nowhere, “we must look at real challenges: protecting fisheries in the South Atlantic”

    Ambassador Mark Kent, a popular tweeter in Argentina, fan of Arsenal, loves fish and chips and whisky single malt

    In a long interview published this weekend in Clarin, UK ambassador Mark Kent emphasized on the coincidences of UK and Argentina, admitted his appeal in Twitter, a form of soft power, which has made him one of the most popular foreign diplomats in Buenos Aires.

  • Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 11:07 UTC

    UK Ambassador in BA: “Argentines are unique”

    The diplomat rode the BA metro bus on a rainy day. (Twitter photo)

    The United Kingdom's ambassador in Buenos Aires celebrated his birthday Monday harassed by his social media fans and followers, who kept him busy thanking each one.

  • Tuesday, January 15th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

    Macri flies to Brazil for a first face to face meeting with Bolsonaro

    Macri's Argentina, in recession, needs to tap into Brazil's recent growth to boost its exports which since 2013 have been slowing

    Argentine President Mauricio Macri will hold talks with his new Brazilian counterpart Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday likely to center on consolidating trade ties between South America's two biggest economies, officials said. Battling recession and seeking re-election this year, Macri needs to boost Buenos Aires's side of a steep trade imbalance with its main trading partner.