News of bus

Behind the Milei-Jorge Macri deal – and the influence of Mauricio

04-09-2024 12:09 Meetings between President Javier Milei and PRO party chairman Mauricio Macri have served to calm tempers and put an administration which had become entangled back on track.

by Pablo Varela

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Javier Milei and Jorge Macri seal deal transferring 31 bus lines to City

04-09-2024 12:02 Mayor confirms that there will be no fare increase despite the loss of national subsidies after signing deal formalising transfer control of more than 30 bus lines to Buenos Aires City government.

PRESIDENT'S FAMILY

Bus firms part-owned by Milei’s father received huge state subsidies

25-06-2024 14:10 Journalistic report discovers state gave US$33 million to Norberto Milei’s transport companies in subsidies between 2005 and 2007. After selling his shares, he gifted assets to his children.

TRANSPORT CHAOS

Massive bus strike sparks transport chaos in the capital

07-07-2023 15:40 A massive bus strike over a pay dispute complicated public transport in and around the capital on Friday, dampening the mood of passengers and causing chaos for commuters in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area.

EDITORIAL

Slaughter in La Matanza

08-04-2023 06:32 What made Daniel Barrientos’s murder such a major issue was not the bus-driver’s cruel end but the backlash to the crime wave crossing the line.

CRIME & SECURITY

Sergio Berni assaulted at protest following bus-driver’s death

03-04-2023 16:27 Buenos Aires Province Security Minister Sergio Berni attacked by a protesting group of bus-drivers enraged by the death of one of their colleagues in an attempted robbery.

TRANSPORTATION

Strike halts 50 bus lines in Buenos Aires metro area

27-02-2023 10:52 Bus-workers seeking pay debt offer announce immediate stoppage of more than 50 bus lines "until the situation is resolved." Situation affects thousands of passengers in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and comes on day many kids start the school year.

Football & Politics

Claudio Tapia: Victory parade row shines spotlight on AFA chief

26-12-2022 14:56 The bus carrying the most popular caravan in the country’s history did not arrive at the Obelisk, as the World Cup champions wanted, and neither did they make it to the balcony of the Casa Rosada, as the government desired. The dispute over the celebrations following Argentina’s triumph in Qatar underlines ‘Chiqui’ Tapia’s complicated relationship with President Alberto Fernández.

by Agustín Colombo