News of buenos aires province

Karina Milei fancies midterms clash against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

15-01-2025 15:29 Rumour mill cranks into overdrive as talk of midterms showdown between president’s sister and former head of state in Buenos Aires Province ramps up; La Libertad Avanza Senator Sebastián Pareja and Lower House Speaker Martín Menem among those pushing for a Karina candidacy.

Two killed as private jet overshoots runway in San Fernando

18-12-2024 15:22 Tragic accident in Buenos Aires Province; Private jet misses runaway and crashes into houses near small airport of San Fernando. Two pilots aboard the aircraft perished in tragedy.

YPF chooses Río Negro, not Buenos Aires Province, for new LNG plant

31-07-2024 17:46 Bahía Blanca was one of the areas being considered to house the ambitious project which will require between US$30 billion and US$50 billion; Decision is a major blow for nation's most populous region.

Buenos Aires Province imposes sanction on Worldcoin

26-07-2024 17:42 Buenos Aires Province authorities have fined the company founded by Sam Altman, co-creator of ChatGPT. They aim at the lack of protection of sensitive biometric data.

Kicillof announces wage increase for state workers

18-03-2024 15:11 Salaries of state teachers, police officers and public employees will rise by 13.5% this month, orders Buenos Aires Province Axel Kicillof, in defiance of President Javeir Milei’s cost-cutting plans.

Kicillof pushes the accelerator

09-03-2024 06:47 The racetrack metaphor employed by Axel Kicillof to reject Javier Milei’s invitation to his Pacto del 25 de Mayo would seem in line with the acceleration he has decided to give his positioning as an opposition leader.

by Javier Calvo

104-year-old grandmother wins court battle to protect her vote

07-11-2023 16:00 Berazategui grandmother Fanny Magdalena Córdoba, has voted in every election since 1951, when women first won suffrage in Argentina. Blocked in this year's elections from casting a ballot due to her age, she went to court to ensure she retained her democratic right to vote.

by Ariel Stemphelet

Almost US$600,000 seized by police from Sofía Clerici’s home

24-10-2023 16:51 US$569,700 confiscated by Federal Police from the home of model Sofía Clerici at the upmarket neighbourhood of Nordelta in the framework of the money-laundering and embezzlement case.

Milei closes campaign ahead of 'most important vote in last 100 years'

19-10-2023 01:09 Libertarian presidential frontrunner closes campaign with rally at Movistar Arena; Milei declares Sunday's vote to be "the most important elections in the last 100 years."

Massa closes campaign with declaration that crisis ‘is passing’

17-10-2023 21:51 Economy minister and ruling coalition presidential candidate leads Peronist Loyalty Day ceremony as he closes campaign for Casa Rosada; Sergio Massa declares worst of crisis is passing and says nation is being revitalised from "Buenos Aires, to the north of Argentina and Patagonia."

Grindetti seeks 90 municipalities in battle for Buenos Aires Province

05-10-2023 16:37 Juntos por el Cambio’s candidate to be next governor of Buenos Aires Province explores a new strategy to try to defeat Axel Kicillof.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Top Buenos Aires Province official resigns amid luxury trip scandal

02-10-2023 15:48 Buenos Aires Province Cabinet Chief Martín Insaurralde, running for councillor in Lomas de Zamora in October elections, resigns post and candidacy in scandal; Kirchnerite leader's girlfriend Sofía Clérici posts images from luxury trip online, prompting corruption allegations and criminal complaints.

Record incarceration rates at Buenos Aires Province’s overcrowded jails

09-09-2023 06:59 Incarceration rate in the nation’s most-populous region hits record high; Report reveals provincial prison system went from having 306 people detained per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021 to 311 in 2022 – in December last year there were 55,621 people detained in prisons, police stations and police stations across Buenos Aires Province.

by Leonardo Nieva

Berni alleges Peronist mayors made electoral deals with Milei

30-08-2023 15:35 Buenos Aires Province security minister seems to confirm widespread rumour that Unión por la Patria leaders “assembled" electoral lists for Javier Milei's party.

Electoral authorities put turnout for PASO primaries at 69%

13-08-2023 20:42 Electoral authorities say 69% of voters cast ballot in PASO primaries; Lower turnout points to voter apathy.

Electoral roll 2023: 37% of voters live in Buenos Aires Province

20-07-2023 05:28 A total of 35.39 million people are eligible to vote in Argentina’s general election this year. Provinces reporting highest growth since 2021 midterms are San Luis, Río Negro and Chubut.

Tolosa Paz confirms run for Buenos Aires Province governor

01-06-2023 15:43 Social Development Victoria Tolosa Paz signs up with Daniel Scioli and announces she will run for governor in the Frente de Todos primary in Buenos Aires Province.

Epic drought pushes economic crisis to new extremes

12-04-2023 15:43 Exports poised to plummet with almost half the soy crop ruined; Dollar shortage putting pressure on peso, fuelling inflation.