Tag: Buenos Aires

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.
Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 09:28 UTC
Murderer of English tourist in Buenos Aires gets life imprisonment

A Buenos Aires court Tuesday sentenced the murderer of Matthew Charles Gibbard, an English tourist, to life imprisonment, while the assailant's accomplices were handed down suspended or effective sentences of between two and four years in jail.
Friday, December 9th 2022 - 08:18 UTC
Argentina: COVID-19 spreading faster in Province of BA that in CABA

The Argentine province of Buenos Aires has reported the fastest pace in the growing number of COVID-19 cases, surpassing that of the City of Buenos Aires which was leading national statistics up until this week.
Monday, October 31st 2022 - 09:30 UTC
Maradona world's biggest mural unveiled in Buenos Aires

On the day football legend, Diego Maradona was to have turned 62, thousands gathered Sunday in the Constitución neighborhood in Buenos Aires to see a mural dedicated to him unveiled.
Friday, October 21st 2022 - 20:55 UTC
Three people died after a poodle fell 34 years ago and social media remembers it

On October 21, 34 years ago, a curious and unusual tragedy took the lives of three people who had nothing to do with each other on a corner in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Marta Espina, 75, was walking carelessly along Rivadavia Avenue when, shortly before reaching the corner, Cachi, a poodle, landed on her head after falling 13 stories from a balcony of a building, causing immediate death to both Espina and the dog.
Monday, October 17th 2022 - 19:02 UTC
Real estate prices fall in 90% of Buenos Aires

According to a survey published by Buenos Aires' daily Ámbito, 90% of Buenos Aires' areas recorded a drop in the sale price of real estate property in September of 2022 when compared to the previous month.
Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:55 UTC
Argentine State admits responsibility for impunity and cover-ups in AMIA case

Argentina's Justice Ministry Friday admitted during an Inter-American Human Rights Court hearing in Montevideo that the State had “violated rights and was not able to ascertain the truth” in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish welfare association AMIA in Buenos Aires.
Thursday, October 13th 2022 - 02:41 UTC
Mayor of Buenos Aires wants federal gov't to quit improvising

Following the President Alberto Fernández administration's creation of a so-called “Qatar dollar” for transactions abroad with credit cards, Buenos Aires Mayor and potential presidential candidate said nobody will “invest in Argentina with so many exchange rates.”