August 1, 2011
Buenos Aires Mayor Wins Re-Election |
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The mayor of Buenos Aires, Argentina has been re-elected in a runoff, defeating the hand-picked candidate of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
With about 99 percent of the votes counted from Sunday's election, Mayor Mauricio Macri had 64 percent. Macri is a businessman and former head of a football (soccer) club. He ran against Senator Daniel Filmus, who took 36 percent of the vote and has conceded ... read more |
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March 27, 2011
En el país se roban 2 millones de teléfonos celulares por año |
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En el país se roban 2 millones de teléfonos celulares por año
27/03/11 Un estudio dice que 1 de cada 5 personas que cambió su aparato en 2010 lo hizo porque se lo robaron. Según la Asociación de Defensa del Consumidor, las denuncias aumentaron un 40% en tres años. Sólo en Capital hay un promedio de 800 casos por día.
Jueves, siete de la tarde, en avenida Pueyrredón y Córdoba. Mariana Balza (23) camina relajada a la ... read more |
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November 22, 2010
Mitos de una obra inconclusa (Clarin by Eduardo Parise) |
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No lo terminaron porque el arquitecto le erró al cálculo”, dijo uno. “Y por eso está sin revoque; si le ponen la cubierta se viene abajo”, agregó otro. Un tercero completó el cuadro: “Ni hablar si construyen las cúpulas previstas en el diseño original; se convierte en escombros”. El remate lo aportó el primero: “por eso, el arquitecto se suicidó pegándose un tiro dentro de la oficina que tenía en el edificio”. El diá ... read more |
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October 15, 2010
Latin America’s economic miracle |
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| While Americans and Europeans, residents of “rich countries,” have spent the last few years fretting over their economic future, something remarkable has unfolded in a region that receives little international attention. Latin America now finds itself in the midst of an economic miracle.
The region that brought the term “Banana Republic” to the international lexicon of mockery, once the home of dysfunctional econo ... read more |
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October 14, 2010
Los 5 restaurantes más insólitos de Buenos Aires |
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¿Comer sushi sobre una mujer desnuda? ¿Cocinar en la mesa? ¿Cenar a oscuras?; las propuestas gastronómicas más curiosas de la ciudad
Por Manuel Cruz
Toda gran ciudad tiene sus misterios y curiosidades. Y la gastronomía no es ajena a estas rarezas. Entre los miles de restaurantes que funcionan en Buenos Aires, algunos ofrecen propuestas originales, a veces tan originales que rozan lo extravagante. Restaurantes en ... read more |
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October 12, 2010
Argentina protests British war games in Falkland Islands |
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| Argentina has protested London's plan to hold military exercises in the British-controlled Falkland Islands, a senior official has said.
Argentina will present to the UN a copy of the formal protest it conveyed to the British government.
'We will ask the UN secretary-general to distribute among the members of the organisation a copy of the protest to put on record this new violation of UN resolutions,' Argentin ... read more |
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October 10, 2010
Learning to tango in Buenos Aires |
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| One of the best ways to get a feel for local life when traveling is by sampling popular passions. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, that means learning to tango. The passion inherent in the tango has inspired an entire culture in this romantic South American city a culture with all the charms of Europe but without the high price tags. Buenos Aires is a bargain for travelers, whether the city is a port on a cruise or your p ... read more |
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October 5, 2010
Tango: Argentina's gift to the world |
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Ignacio Varchausky is locked in a battle against time to preserve and publicise almost a century of tango music
Some teenage passions last for ever and Ignacio Varchausky is still just as infatuated with tango. But back in 1991, at the age of 15, he was mainly into rock, just like all his friends in Buenos Aires. One day his father introduced him to Ignacio Corsini, giving him a recording of the great tango vocali ... read more |
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October 4, 2010
Chile/Argentina bilateral relations sailing into rough waters |
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The Argentine/Chilean bilateral relationship could be sailing into rough waters following reports in the Chilean press about the terms used by Buenos Aires to justify the non extradition of a former guerrilla Galvarino Apablaza Guerra accused of killing a Chilean senator in democracy.
According to Chilean newspaper La Tercera, the Argentine Government justified the decision for not extraditing former guerrilla Apa ... read more |
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September 29, 2010
Argentina gold production up 21% this year estimated to reach 2.05 million ounces |
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Argentina’s gold production will rise by about 21% in 2010 from a year earlier, Mining Secretary Jorge Mayoral announced in Buenos Aires.
Gold output will rise to about 2.05 million ounces this year from 1.7 million in 2009. Exploration and production are picking up this year following the global economic slowdown in 2009, said Mayoral.
“Drilling recovered after the slowdown in 2009 and there is an all-time recor ... read more |
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