Tag: Buenos Aires Mayor

• Monday, May 19th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Buenos Aires City ruling party dealt major blow by Milei's LLA

  

  Argentine Presidential Spokesman Manuel Adorni prevailed in Sunday's elections at the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, as President Javier Milei's La Libertad Avanza (LLA) swept former President Mauricio Macri's Propuesta Republicana (PRO) to third place in the country's capital, where Federal Congresswoman Silvia Lospennato got only 15.93% of the vote.

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• 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, July 6th 2015 - 06:57 UTC

  Presidential hopeful Macri celebrates his successor's victory in Buenos Aires City

  

  Saddled on eight years of Mauricio Macri as mayor of the city of Buenos Aires, his handpicked successor Horacio Rodriguez Larreta, won on Sunday Argentina's capital mayoral election, but not with the sufficient margin to avoid a run-off vote later this month. The winner needed to break the 50% mark in order to avoid the second round, which will take place July 19.

• Monday, October 22nd 2012 - 04:20 UTC

  CFK’s positive image “rapidly melting”; Macri rising to main opposition reference

  

  The melting of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez, CFK, positive image is increasing and has fallen to 37%, while the mayor of Buenos Aires City is increasingly occupying the position of head of the opposition, according to comments from Sergio Berensztein, head of Poliarquía one of the most respected pollsters in Buenos Aires.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2011 - 08:53 UTC

  Argentine government announces end of most subsidies for Buenos Aires City

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Amado Boudou and Planning Minister Julio De Vido announced on Friday further subsidy eliminations for utility services particularly in the City of Buenos Aires, which follows on previous subsidy cuts to several sectors implemented last month by the government of Cristina Fernandez.

• 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.

• Sunday, July 10th 2011 - 06:05 UTC

  Buenos Aires City mayoral race seems set for a run off at the end of July

  

  Almost two million and a half Buenos Aires city residents will vote Sunday to elect a new Mayor and Deputy-Mayor for Argentina’s capital from a list of 15 hopefuls although current mayor Mauricio Macri and the central government coalition sponsored candidate Daniel Filmus are expected to re-edit the scenario of four years ago.

• Monday, May 9th 2011 - 01:03 UTC

  Buenos Aires mayor drops out from October presidential race

  

  Mauricio Macri the conservative mayor of Buenos Aires City and one of the leading contenders for next October’s presidential election decided over the weekend not to challenge populist President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and instead will seek re-election to his post.