Tag: Mauricio Macri

• Wednesday, August 8th 2012 - 18:58 UTC

  Chaos in Buenos Aires City as subway service strike enters sixth day

  

  Chaos in Buenos Aires City traffic as the 600.000 daily subway commuters were again left on Wednesday with no service for the fifth day running and no prospects of a solution in sight as a mediation effort with striking workers collapsed.

• Friday, August 3rd 2012 - 08:11 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez support eroding but no rivals on sight to challenge her

  

  The positive image of Argentine president Cristina Fernandez has dropped 25 points and now stands at 40% after having reached 65% when her re-election last October according to an opinion poll from consultants Management & Fit.

• Monday, July 30th 2012 - 05:14 UTC

  End of blackout to Buenos Aires plazas but now the Obelisk flag was stolen

  

  A good one and a bad one for the government of the City of Buenos Aires: Economy minister Nestor Grindetti announced that an agreement had been reached with power companies to bring light back to several public areas of the city that had remained in the dark for several days due to unpaid bills.

• Thursday, July 26th 2012 - 08:52 UTC

  Blackout in Buenos Aires plazas and public spaces until it pays the power bill

  

  The fountains in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires emblematic Plaza de Mayo were left unlit Tuesday and Wednesday night, after electricity company Edesur cut off power due to the city’s government's failure to pay the bill.

• Thursday, June 7th 2012 - 05:34 UTC

  CFK Malvinas presentation before C24 divides Argentine opposition

  

  President Cristina Fernandez has yet to fulfil her wish to have the whole Argentine opposition represented next to her when she addresses the UN Decolonization Committee claiming sovereignty over the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands next week.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2011 - 20:26 UTC

  “End of subsidies with no utility rates modifications” announces Argentina

  

  Economy Minister Amado Boudou and Planning Minister Julio de Vido announced Wednesday in a press briefing, a full lift on subsidies; a decision which will reach various public sectors, including electricity gas and water companies. The changes imply annual fiscal savings of 600 million pesos (140 million dollars).

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 20:23 UTC

  ”We’re the first force nationally and second in Buenos Aires City”, says cabinet chief

  

  Argentine Chief of Staff, Aníbal Fernández, came on stage Monday after the Buenos Aires City runoff elections to give his breakdown of Sunday’s events which have been described by political analysts a landslide victory for the incumbent mayor Mauricio Macri.

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 05:36 UTC

  Re-elected Bs. As. City mayor to meet all presidential candidates, even CFK

  

  Re-elected Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri gave his victory speech after defeating Kirchnerite Daniel Filmus on Sunday, and said his party (PRO) would begin the process of deciding which of the presidential candidates to support in Argentina’s general elections of next October.

• Tuesday, July 12th 2011 - 07:33 UTC

  “A majority (70%) of Buenos Aires City voters do not like to be blackmailed”

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor, conservative Mauricio Macri said on Monday he was “really surprised” with the large margin victory obtained in the first round of his bid for re-election and considered the result “a good example of the voters’ independency, and how citizens can surprise with their decisions”.

• Monday, July 11th 2011 - 07:34 UTC

  Mayor Macri wins in Buenos Aires; confirms he’s the main opponent to the Kirchner plans

  

  Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri took a 20-point lead on Kirchnerite mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus on Sunday’s election but none of the candidates managed to obtain more than 50% of the votes.