Tag: Patricia Bullrich

• Tuesday, November 20th 2018 - 06:06 UTC

  G20 summit in Buenos Aires City: Security minister suggests residents leave the city over the long weekend

  

  Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich has warned Buenos Aires City residents that the staging of the G20 Leaders Summit at the turn of the month will make things very “complicated” in the City, telling residents they should use the long weekend to leave Buenos Aires for a few days.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 12:18 UTC

  Argentine police arrests 12 presumed anarchists in connection with bomb attacks

  

  Argentine officials said on Thursday they have arrested 12 presumed anarchists in connection with two homemade bomb attacks two weeks before world leaders gather in Buenos Aires for the Group of 20 summit.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 11:59 UTC

  Two brothers arrested in Buenos Aires likely to be linked to Hezbollah

  

  Federal Police Thursday arrested in Buenos Aires two brothers suspected to belong to a local Hezbollah cell. A sizeable number of guns with focus on sniper capabilities and proper ammunition were found at the home of one of them in the Floresta neighbourhood.

• Tuesday, November 13th 2018 - 12:49 UTC

  British tourists should not be afraid visiting Argentina, minister tells UK

  

  Argentine Security minister Patricia Bullrich rejected the UK's latest report on security in Argentina arguing there are “no reason for a change of the country's status” regarding possible terrorist attacks during the coming G20 leaders summit, scheduled to be hosted at the end of the month in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 07:17 UTC

  Argentine government disappointed with Pope Francis involvement in local politics

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich has criticized Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, saying he has not “taken the necessary distance from Argentine politics.”

• Friday, October 12th 2018 - 14:36 UTC

  Argentine security minister draws spotlight on complicity between social leaders and drug rings

  

  Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich Thursday took aim before Congress at an alleged complicity between “certain social movements” and drug trafficking in villas de emergencia (shanty towns).

• Friday, August 17th 2018 - 11:01 UTC

  Argentina offering reward for the recovery of assets from corruption scheme

  

  Argentina is offering a reward for information leading to the recovery of money from a case in which former President Cristina Fernandez is accused of leading a corruption scheme involving officials and business leaders.

• Saturday, February 17th 2018 - 09:59 UTC

  Argentina moves closer to the US in security and crime-fighting policies

  

  Argentina is taking new steps to solidify its security relationship with the United States, a move that may be aimed at generating support — both political and material — for a shift toward more hard-line domestic crime-fighting policies. In a trip to the United States last week, Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich met with several top US officials to discuss security issues.

• Thursday, November 16th 2017 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine navy and air force dispute operation of the five refurbished Super Etendard

  

  The purchase by Argentina of five refurbished French Super Etendard to help with security measures when Argentina hosts the 2018 G20 summit, which will bring together the world's top leaders, has triggered a dispute among the country's services since the current defense minister, Oscar Aguad wants to concentrate all military aircraft in the Air Force.

• Wednesday, June 21st 2017 - 05:08 UTC

  Argentina: Nazi paraphernalia stash found in Buenos Aires suburb

  

  Around 75 artifacts believed to have belonged to high-ranking nazi officers, which were stashed in a private collector's home in Beccar, a suburb of Buenos Aires, were found by Argentine police. The discovery is regarded to be further proof of the presence of Nazis in South America after World War II.