News of transport

Unions stage massive transport strike to pressure Milei

30-10-2024 22:00 More than a million passengers affected by massive union-led strike; Over 1,800 trains, 260 flights cancelled as most transport adheres, with only buses left running.

Labour unrest

Labour tensions erupt as Milei faces three strikes in a week

29-10-2024 21:18 Three strikes this week as union leaders ramp up pressure on President Javier Milei's government. First state workers walk off jobs, followed by transport strikes on consecutive days.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Transport unions call 24-hour strike for October 30

09-10-2024 08:52 Day-long transport strike set for October 30; Will affect trains, planes, ships and possibly buses too.

POLITICS – ANALYSIS

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.

POLITICS

City transport subsidies source of conflict between Milei and Jorge Macri

06-08-2024 16:41 While the revenue sharing distribution row is being solved, tensions look set to enter a new chapter with a dispute building over the removal of bus subsidies from 31 bus lines in the capital.

by Ezequiel Spillman

BREAKING NEWS

At least 30 people hospitalised after trains collide in Buenos Aires

10-05-2024 11:28 Emergency services and police on site after two trains collide in Palermo; At least 30 people transported to hospital in wake of crash, but no fatalities reported.

LABOUR UNREST

Unions ramp up protests against Milei’s labour reforms

06-05-2024 14:30 Workers' assemblies complicate transport in and around Buenos Aires, with social groups set to demonstrate on Tuesday and the CGT's nationwide strike scheduled for Thursday.

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Massive transport strike called for May 6: No trains, underground, planes or ports

30-04-2024 16:09 Walkout was called by the CATT Argentine Confederation of Transport Workers and will affect nearly all forms of transport.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Public transport fares can be paid with virtual wallets and cards, says Adorni

08-04-2024 17:50 Presidential Spokesperson Manuel Adorni has announced that the government will allow public transport fares to be paid with debit cards and virtual wallets.

LABOUR AND SOCIAL UNREST

Protests, strikes, unions 'on alert’: unrest against Milei's government grows

23-02-2024 07:26 Javier Milei is moving forward with steep spending cuts in a bid to achieve fiscal balance, but sectors are showing their reluctance – social and labour unrest on the rise. Just 75 days into his term in office, pressure on the president is growing.

SOCIAL UNREST ON RISE

Strikes and walkouts multiply as anger against Milei's austerity mounts

22-02-2024 21:05 Social unrest is growing, labour groups protest in response to President Milei’s belt-tightening measures; Railway staff, health workers, teachers and even scientists take to streets in protest.

ARGENTINA IN CRISIS

Milei’s ‘no money’ slogan put to the test – but is there patience?

22-02-2024 16:46 Enthusiasm abroad for Javier Milei's presidential project is not matched by growing unrest on the streets of Buenos Aires.

TRANSPORT

New year starts with transport fare, fuel hikes

02-01-2024 16:59 Porteños feel the pinch as public transport fares and fuel prices soar in first days of New Year.

ELECTION 2023

Government gives citizens option to renounce public transport subsidies

17-10-2023 14:42 With a knowing nod to libertarian critics of government, Argentina's Transport Minister Diego Giuliano announces that citizens may now renounce their right to transport subsidies: “Those who agree with a policy of no subsidies may waive it.”

MORE PRICE CONTROLS

Government freezes transport fares to combat inflation

31-08-2023 16:36 Argentina's government freezes bus and train fares in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area.

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.

TRAINS & RAILWAY

Argentina and its trains – the difficulty of getting back on track

02-05-2023 15:31 They conquered the immensity of the country, built it as a nation, carried its golden age: the trains of Argentina, many of which have disappeared, are making a timid but popular comeback, station after station, without convincing that this nostalgia has a viable future.

SOCIETY

Poll: 60% of women have been sexually harassed on public transport

25-04-2023 15:47 New study carried out by Marea, in collaboration with the Universidad Popular Barrios de Pie, reveals that six out of every 10 women in the capital say they’ve been sexually harassed while using public transport; 90% responded that they feel unsafe.

by Claudio Corsalini

ENERGY & GAS

Official: Néstor Kirchner pipeline is ‘45% complete,’ will be ready by June

16-04-2023 09:46 The Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline will start operating in June and will save US$2.2 billion by 2023, says head of state-owned firm Energía Argentina SA.