Tag: Horacio Rodríguez Larreta

• 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.

• Sunday, November 25th 2018 - 14:29 UTC

  Argentine football hooligans bring shame to their country days before G-20 Summit

  

  River Plate hooligans attacked the bus carrying the Boca Juniors players to the Monumental stadium Saturday afternoon for the second leg of the Libertadores Cup final, causing injuries to some of them, which resulted in the suspension of the game and its eventual rescheduling for Sunday at 5 pm local time.

• Saturday, October 20th 2018 - 18:15 UTC

  Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires deemed most important opera house in the world

  

  The Italian tourism website Travel365.it has found Buenos Aires' Teatro Colón to be the most important of its kind in the world due to its architecture and history.

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 22:06 UTC

  Carcigenous BA underground trains to be scrapped

  

  Used underground trains purchased from Spain for Buenos Aires' B Line in 2011 are now to be scrapped after finding they were made of an alloy containing carcigenous asbestos.

• Saturday, October 6th 2018 - 13:51 UTC

  Macri's Buenos Aires ready for Olympic Youth Games

  

  The opening ceremony of the Olympic Youth Games is scheduled for this Saturday, October 6, at the traditional Obelisk, while actual competition is scheduled to commence on Sunday with 22 sporting events.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2017 - 14:27 UTC

  The Mayor of Buenos Aires met Sadiq Khan to discuss global cities challenges

  

  The Mayor of Buenos Aires Mr. Horacio Rodríguez Larreta met his peer Sadiq Khan in London City Hall on Monday to discuss urban development strategies that both global cities are pursuing.

• Monday, February 15th 2016 - 06:32 UTC

  Macri and First Lady celebration with the Rolling Stones

  

  Argentine president Mauricio Macri and First Lady Juliana Wanda hosted the Rolling Stones on Sunday night at their country house, (in Malvinas Argentina), following their last presentation in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, July 27th 2015 - 06:08 UTC

  Malvinas' past statements, open new flank for Buenos Aires mayor Macri

  

  ”It is dangerous to forget what (Mauricio) Macri said about the Malvinas, that they would represent a deficit for Argentina”, Alicia Castro, Argentine ambassador in the UK was quoted by the Buenos Aires media, following on statements from the Argentine capital's mayor and presidential hopeful in reference to the Falklands Islands.

• Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 05:24 UTC

  Maximo Kirchner and Macri clash over Sunday's election in Buenos Aires

  

  Cristina Fernandez son, Maximo Kirchner, lawmaker candidate for the Victory Front took time on Monday to comment on presidential hopeful Mauricio Macri’s Sunday speech, after his candidate Horacio Rodriguez Larreta won in the Buenos Aires City’s runoff by a much closer margin than expected.

• Monday, July 20th 2015 - 05:21 UTC

  Macri's party retains Buenos Aires city but his presidential aspiration suffers a significant blow

  

  Argentina's conservative PRO party won the Buenos Aires City mayoral runoff on Sunday, clinging to its stronghold for a third consecutive term ahead of presidential elections in October, but by a smaller-than-expected margin. Horacio Rodríguez Larreta won 51.6% of ballots cast while his opponent Martin Lousteau picked up 48.4%. Public opinion polls anticipated a ten points difference.