Tag: Buenos Aires

• Wednesday, October 5th 2022 - 19:08 UTC

  Tenants group advances “no empty house” bill in Buenos Aires

  

  An organization claiming to represent Buenos Aires' tenants has submitted a bill before the City Hall whereby idle units are to be put out for rent on a mandatory basis after 90 days.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

  Leftwing organizations hold bartering fair in front of Casa Rosada

  

  Social organizations have staged a countertrade fair at Buenos Aires' iconic Plaza de Mayo (in front of Casa Rosada, the Presidential HQ) and at other squares nationwide to protest against what they call the demise of the monthly wage.

• Friday, September 30th 2022 - 09:46 UTC

  Argentina: Milani not guilty in purchase of mansion above his paygrade

  

  Former Argentine Army Chief of Staff General César Milani has been acquitted in the case of “illicit enrichment” filed against him for being unable to justify how he had managed to afford a luxurious residence in a most exclusive area north of Buenos Aires on his military officer's pay.

• Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Buenos Aires high schools seized by protesting students

  

  High-school students in Buenos Aires have taken over 11 of the city's public schools in demand of changes in the curricula and citing “political persecution.”

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Tourists leave hundreds of millions of dollars in Argentina

  

  Foreign tourists have left US$ 850 million in Argentina during the recent winter recess, Buenos Aires authorities reported this week. The local government also said 4,510,000 visitors had entered the country through all border crossings, of whom 2,312,000 were leisure travelers.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 18:55 UTC

  Argentine boxing legend Horacio Accavallo dies aged 87

  

  Argentine boxing legend Horacio Accavallo, the second world champion in the country's history, died Wednesday in Buenos Aires, it was announced. He was 87.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:25 UTC

  Court of Appeals rules in favor of most crewmembers of Emtrasur's 747

  

  An Argentine court of appeals Tuesday ruled that the ban from leaving the country on 12 of the 19 crewmembers of the Venezuelan freighter seized at the Ezeiza International Airport must be reviewed at the earliest.

• Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 02:14 UTC

  Attempted assassination: man who tried to shoot Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner arrested

  

  A Brazilian man was arrested on Thursday in Buenos Aires after attempting to shoot Argentine Vice-President Cristina Fernandez in the vicinity of her home, when a vigil was being held in her support, as confirmed to the press by the country's Security Minister, Anibal Fernandez. The president of Argentina, Alberto Fernandez, declared a national holiday for Friday and said: “This event is extremely serious, it is the most serious that has happened since we have recovered our democracy.”

• Friday, August 26th 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Relatives of Emtrasur's 747 crewmembers land in Buenos Aires

  

  A group of relatives of the crew members of the Emtrasur Boeing 747-300 freighter seized by Argentine authorities since early June Thursday landed in Buenos Aires to step up the pressure on the Judiciary.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Child of polyamorous family may have 2 dads and 1 mom, Buenos Aires judge rules

  

  A Buenos Aires judge has issued a ruling legally recognizing the right of a polyamorous partnership to have their baby registered with two fathers and one mother.