Tag: Buenos Aires

• 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.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  World leaders fly to Buenos Aires for G20, but little consensus for a final declaration

  

  United States President Donald Trump jets into Argentina on Thursday for a G20 summit, keen to do battle with China on trade and sharpening his rhetoric against Russia over Ukraine. The weekend summit is confronted with increasingly dire warnings, by the International Monetary Fund among others, of the potential harm faced by the world economy from Trump's trade wars.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:27 UTC

  G 20 summit: Buenos Aires residents invited to leave the city Thursday afternoon for a long weekend

  

  Argentina has launched a massive security operation to try to ensure a calm meeting of the leaders of the G20 bloc of nations in Buenos Aires, calling a national bank holiday on Friday and shutting down the city’s main business district.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:21 UTC

  Sir Alan Duncan praises agreement on Falklands' second commercial link with the region

  

  Foreign Office minister for the Americas, Sir Alan Duncan praised as historic the UK/Argentina agreement on a second commerical flight between the Falklands and the region.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  China/Argentina closer links; Beijing to finance the country's fourth nuclear power plant

  

  Argentina and China are aiming to close a deal within days for the construction of the country's fourth nuclear power plant, a multi-billion dollar project that would cement Beijing’s deepening influence in a key regional U.S. ally.

• Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  Canadian journalist covering G-20 Summit tastes BA crime and justice

  

  Days after the Libertadores Cup fiasco that proved the city's security authorities inability to escort just one bus, Canadian journalist John Kirton was robbed off his belongings Tuesday in downtown Buenos Aires, as he was finalising details for his coverage of the G-20 Summit.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 09:39 UTC

  President Xi leaves Beijing on a four-country tour, plus G20 in Buenos Aires

  

  Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday left Beijing to visit Spain, Argentina, Panama and Portugal, and to attend the G20 summit. President Xi will pay state visits to the four countries from November 27 to December 5. During his trip to Argentina, Xi will attend the G20 summit from November 30 to December 1 in Buenos Aires.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Buenos Aires sealed off for G20; anarchists and anti capitalists pledge to stage protests

  

  Argentine authorities say that Buenos Aires will be an armored city when world leaders arrive for this week's G-20 summit. But security failures that marred a football championship and deeper unrest over an economic austerity program are raising concerns about the country's ability to ensure safety.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 20:11 UTC

  Air link from Cordoba to the Falklands confirmed by UK and Argentina

  

  The governments of Argentina and the United Kingdom reached an understanding to establish a second commercial air link to the islands, the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) confirmed on Tuesday followed by an official statement of the embassy of Argentina in the United Kingdom.

• Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 10:02 UTC

  Buenos Aires Security Minister takes the fall for Saturday's incidents

  

  Buenos Aires City Security Minister Martín Ocampo Monday resigned his post, thus taking the blame for Saturday's sloppy operation which failed to prevent the bus carrying the Boca Juniors players to River Plate's Monumental stadium from being attacked by hooligans of the home team.