Tag: Buenos Aires

• Tuesday, November 20th 2012 - 06:33 UTC

  Major national strike in Argentina with pickets to implement the measure

  

  Argentina’s three main organized labour groupings, and in opposition to Argentine president Cristina Fernandez, have called for a national strike on Tuesday which counts with the support of several tens of camp and city organizations plus hundreds of pickets in the main cities ‘to ensure there is no activity’.

• Tuesday, October 30th 2012 - 07:03 UTC

  Buenos Aires collapses under intense rains and winds: two dead

  

  Intense heavy showers and winds hit Buenos Aires City and the province of Buenos Aires leaving two dead and several injured at Greater Buenos Aires, while thousands were evacuated due to the floods and power outages in many neighbourhoods.

• Wednesday, September 5th 2012 - 06:13 UTC

  Real estate sales in Buenos Aires City lose steam for eighth month running

  

  Real estate sales in Buenos Aires City dropped for the eighth month running in July and 27.6% over a year ago because of the US dollar clamp according to the monthly evolution index of sales documents from the Notaries College of the Argentine capital.

• Saturday, September 1st 2012 - 03:59 UTC

  Buenos Aires Tango festival closes with top prizes for Argentine and River Plate couples

  

  With the finals of World Cup of Tango Dance - in its two categories: Salon Tango and Stage Tango - the Buenos Aires Tango Festival and Tango Dance World Cup came to end at the Luna Park Stadium earlier this week.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2012 - 04:29 UTC

  Buenos Aires Aires real estate market faces the challenge of slowdown and ‘pesification’

  

  The Argentine real estate market has witnessed stunning growth over the last decade but growth of the sector appears to have come to an abrupt and dramatic end in the seven months of this year.

• Friday, August 17th 2012 - 06:51 UTC

  Buenos Aires most liveable city in Latam, but region scores in the bottom half

  

  Buenos Aires is the most liveable city of Latinamerica followed closely by Santiago de Chile and Montevideo, according to the 2012 report form the Economist Intelligence Unit which ranks the degree of satisfaction and comfort of residents in 140 cities from all over the world based on several factors.

• Wednesday, August 15th 2012 - 16:55 UTC

  Buenos Aires tango festival in full swing

  

  Buenos Aires is once again throbing to the rhythm of tango as this year’s Buenos Aires Tango Festival and Tango Dance World Cup gets underway here attracting over 2.000 musicians and dancers from around the world.

• Tuesday, August 14th 2012 - 08:12 UTC

  Buenos Aires city underground service back running after ten day strike

  

  Buenos Aires commuters will return to the underground trains on Tuesday following a temporary labour agreement which puts an end to a nerve racking ten-day strike that made the Argentine capital collapse at times

• Monday, August 13th 2012 - 05:49 UTC

  Workers confirm tenth day running of subway strike in Buenos Aires

  

  Buenos Aires City one million commuters will be punished with yet another day, ten running, without subways as no agreement was reached between the striking workers with the Metrovias company.

• Saturday, August 11th 2012 - 06:52 UTC

  Buenos Aires City subway strike enters eighth day; Macri blames Cristina

  

  Buenos Aires subway splinter workers union announced Friday evening that they failed to reach an agreement with licensee company Metrovías and that the strike will continue for another 24 hours.