ECONOMIC INDICATORS Poverty affected 28.1% of portenos in Q3 2024 14-01-2025 14:40 Nearly 900,000 porteños were considered poor in the third quarter of 2024, according to City Hall statistics bureau.
POLITICS Provincial pushback: City Hall and 13 provinces refuse to pay bonus 01-09-2023 15:43 Economy Minister Sergio Massa faces strong pushback to new measures; As many as 14 regions, including Peronist-governed provinces, vow not to adhere to one-off payments to public-sector workers; Businesses also express unease.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS City inflation hit 7.3% in July, prices up nearly 118% in year 07-08-2023 16:50 Between January and July, prices accumulated a rise of 62.3%, according to the City Hall data.
Eugenio Burzaco interview City security minister: ‘Tasers will be operational in Buenos Aires by June or July’ 18-04-2023 16:09 Buenos Aires City Security Minister Eugenio Burzaco reveals in an interview that the first shipment of tasers will arrive this month and City Hall hopes to have 100 in use by the end of the year.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Buenos Aires City recorded 7.1% inflation in March 05-04-2023 14:37 Prices in the nation’s capital have risen 21.8% in first quarter of the year and by 105.5% over last 12 months.
TRAVEL & TOURISM Hotels in Buenos Aires hit decade-high occupancy rates 15-03-2023 13:48 Hotels in Argentina’s capital recorded their highest average room occupancy levels for a decade in 2022, boosted by massive concerts, events and a domestic tourism boom. by Enrique Garabetyan