Tag: Buenos Aires

• Wednesday, May 16th 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Boris Johnson expected in Argentina; homage to Falklands/Malvinas conflict fallen in the agenda?

  

  Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is expected next week in Argentina for a G20 ministerial meeting and, according to Buenos Aires media, normally well informed, he is scheduled to attend a homage to the fallen in the South Atlantic conflict. This would take place in the framework of the new constructive positive turn for Argentine/UK bilateral relations, which includes cooperation in several fields.

• Monday, May 7th 2018 - 08:54 UTC

  British Embassy in Buenos Aires launches call for project bids for 2018

  

  The British Embassy is inviting all interested parties to submit their proposals for the British Embassy Buenos Aires Project Fund 2018. The British Embassy has been allocated program funds for UK financial year 2018/2019. The fund is part of the UK’s total Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitment of 0.7% of GNI.

• Thursday, May 3rd 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Pope sends a greeting message to “Mothers of Plaza de Mayo” on their 41st anniversary

  

  Pope Francis sent an audio message for the 41st anniversary of the “Madres de Plaza de Mayo” (Mothers of Plaza de Mayo), who protested against the disappearance of their children during the Dirty War (1976-1983) of Argentina’s military dictatorship.

• Monday, April 30th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Major wind and flash rains storm hits Buenos Aires: two dead and 100.000 homes with no power

  

  A man and his teenage son died with electrocution during a storm that struck Buenos Aires City and the metropolitan area on Sunday dawn and morning. Winds blowing at over 130 kilometers and massive rainfall, 120 millimeters, caused the collapse of roofs and publicity billboards, trees and lamp posts were knocked down, plus extensive flooding and power cuts that affected thousands of clients. An estimated 2.500 people had to be evacuated and even more had to abandon their homes.

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Argentine police dismissed for claiming mice gobbled half a ton of missing maijuana

  

  Eight police officers in Argentina, including a former town police commissioner, have been dismissed from their posts after four of them claimed that more than half a ton of missing marijuana was carried off by mice, Buenos Aires media reported on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 09:15 UTC

  American Airlines launches nonstop flight between Los Angeles and Buenos Aires

  

  American Airlines will launch its first-ever nonstop flights between Los Angeles International Airport and Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, as part of a broader expansion in service to Mexico and South American destinations.

• Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 08:39 UTC

  Ambitious expansion for Argentine international Ezeiza airport

  

  The Argentine government has announced it plans to invest 15 billion Argentine Pesos (some US$ 750 million) in an ambitious expansion of the country's main international airport, Ezeiza, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires city.

• Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:23 UTC

  Macri confirms gradualist approach to economic reforms in speech to Congress

  

  In his speech to Congress marking the opening of this year’s legislative session, Argentine president Mauricio Macri defended his business-friendly government’s so-called “gradualist” approach to economic reforms from critics who argue he should move faster to cut government spending and lower taxes in order to boost growth and attract investment.

• Saturday, March 3rd 2018 - 10:20 UTC

  British Forces confirm defense talks in London between Argentina and UK

  

  Falkland Islands' weekly Penguin News has received confirmation from the British Forces South Atlantic Islands Headquarters that earlier this week United Kingdom and Argentina held defense talks for the first time in over ten years. This week's PN reported on the front page that the Argentine newspaper Clarin released the story on the defense talks, but had no British defense confirmation to its request at the time of going to print.

• Friday, February 23rd 2018 - 09:28 UTC

  Argentina foils major cocaine ring operating from the Russian embassy in Buenos Aires

  

  An international drug trafficking ring operating out of the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires was dismantled and several arrests made, Argentine police announced on Thursday.