A report on Buenos Aires and Mauricio Macri

Our Lady of Buen Aire in front of the National Migration Department

Mauricio Macri and Martín Palermo, football player of Boca Juniors.

Juan de Garay founding Buenos Aires in 1580. The initial settlement, founded by Pedro de Mendoza, had been abandoned since 1542.

Aldus verthoont hem de stadt Buenos Ayrros geleegen in Rio de la Plata, painting by a Dutch sailor who anchored at the port around 1628.

Emeric Essex Vidal, General view of Buenos Ayres from the Plaza de Toros, 1820. In this area now lies the Plaza San Martín.

Macri (center) with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (left) and Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli (right) in 2008

Impression of the Buenos Aires Cathedral by Carlos Pellegrini, 1829.

Macri on a 200 Series train on Line A of the Buenos Aires Underground, January 2013

Macri with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during the inauguration of Autopista Illia in 2014

Construction of the Obelisk of Buenos Aires on the 9 de Julio Avenue, 1936.

Macri inspecting Metropolitan Police graduates

Macri and Archbishop Jorge Bergoglio (now Pope Francis)

Catalinas Norte is an important business complex composed of nineteen commercial office buildings and occupied by numerous leading Argentine companies, foreign subsidiaries, and diplomatic offices. It is located in the Retiro and San Nicolás neighborhoods.

Satellite view of the Greater Buenos Aires area, and the Río de la Plata.

Macri campaigning in Cordoba, in August 2015

Macri receives the presidential sash from acting president Federico Pinedo.

Heavy rain and thunderstorm in Plaza San Martin. Thunderstorms are usual during the summer.

Macri at the World Economic Forum, January 2018.

The Buenos Aires City Hall in the right corner of the entrance to the Avenida de Mayo

Argentine delegation to the World Economic Forum in Davos, in 2016. It was the return of the country to the conference after 11 years of absence.

Metropolitan Police of Buenos Aires City

Macri with former president Bill Clinton, Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and London mayor Sadiq Khan at the Clinton Global Initiative

The Immigrants' Hotel, constructed in 1906, received and assisted the thousands of immigrants arriving to the city. The hotel is now a National Museum.

Macri negotiating the loan with Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF.

Villa 31, a villa miseria in Buenos Aires

Macri announcing an investment deal for the Vaca Muerta shale deposit in Patagonia

The Metropolitan Cathedral is the main Catholic church in the city.

Mauricio Macri, US president Donald Trump and their respective first ladies, at the White House in the United States

The Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, the main stock exchange and financial center of Argentina.

Macri and German chancellor Angela Merkel during the 2017 G20 Summit in Hamburg

Headquarters of the National Bank of Argentina, the national bank and the largest in the country's banking sector.

Macri acknowledged Juan Guaidó as president of Venezuela during the 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis.

Buenos Aires Bus, the city's tourist bus service. The official estimate is that the bus carries between 700 and 800 passengers per day, and has carried half a million passengers since its opening.

Mauricio Macri during the electoral campaign of 2017

Monument to the Carta Magna and Four Regions of Argentina in the neighborhood of Palermo

Demonstration in support of Maldonado during the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice.

The Centro Cultural Kirchner (Kirchner Cultural Center), located at the former Central Post Office, is the largest of Latin America.

Arms of Mauricio Macri as member of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Homage to Buenos Aires, a mural located at the Carlos Gardel station of the Buenos Aires Underground. It represents a typical scene from the city and several of its icons, such as singer Carlos Gardel, the Obelisco, the port, tango dancing and the Abasto market.

The interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a celebrated bookstore located in the barrio of Recoleta.

Tango dancers during the World tango dance tournament.

A screening at Parque Centenario, as part of the 2011 edition of BAFICI

A fashion show at the Planetarium in 2013, as part of BAFWEEK.

View of Bolívar Street facing the Cabildo and Diagonal Norte, on Buenos Aires' historical center. The city's characteristic convergence of diverse architectural styles can be seen, including Spanish Colonial, Beaux-Arts and modernist architecture.

Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires, a public high school in Buenos Aires, and it is one of the most prestigious in Argentina and Latin America.

University of Buenos Aires' Law School in Recoleta

A Mitre Line Trenes Argentinos train in Retiro railway station

Map of the Greater Buenos Aires Commuter Rail Network

200 Series rolling stock at San José de Flores station, Buenos Aires Underground.

Buquebus high-speed ferries connect Buenos Aires to Uruguay

Campo Argentino de Polo, home of the Argentine Open Polo Championship, the most important global event of this discipline

La Bombonera during a night game of Copa Libertadores between Boca Juniors v. Colo Colo.

He previously served as 5th Chief of Government of Buenos Aires from 2007 to 2015, and was a member of the Chamber of Deputies representing Buenos Aires from 2005 to 2007.

- Mauricio Macri

In the 2007 elections, Mauricio Macri of the Republican Proposal (PRO) party won the second-round of voting over Daniel Filmus of the Frente para la Victoria (FPV) party, taking office on 9 December 2007.

- Buenos Aires

18 related topics with Alpha

Daniel Filmus

2 links

Argentine politician and academic, currently serving as the country's Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, since 2021.

Filmus formerly served as a National Senator for the City of Buenos Aires from 2007 to 2013, and as Minister of Education, Science and Technology in the government of President Néstor Kirchner.

He came in second in the first round, and was defeated by Republican Proposal candidate Mauricio Macri by nearly 22% in the runoff.

Telerman at the Buenos Aires Legislature.

Jorge Telerman

2 links

Argentine politician and journalist.

Jorge Telerman was born in the Villa del Parque neighborhood of the City of Buenos Aires, on November 29, 1955.

He placed behind a candidate advanced by President Néstor Kirchner (Education Minister Daniel Filmus), with 23.7%, and businessman Mauricio Macri, whose Republican Proposal (PRO) Party won with 45.6% of the total votes.

Latin America

1 links

Cultural region of the Americas comprising multiple nation-states where Romance languages—languages that derived from Latin, i.e., Spanish, Portuguese, and French–are predominantly spoken.

Presencia de América Latina (Presence of Latin America, 1964–65) is a 300. sqm mural at the hall of the Arts House of the University of Concepción, Chile. It is also known as Latin America's Integration.

The four common subregions in Latin America

Mayan UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chichén Itzá

A view of UNESCO World Heritage Site of Machu Picchu, a pre-Columbian Inca site in Peru.

Surviving section of the Inca road system in Northwestern Argentina, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The road system linked the Andean empire

Cristóbal de Olid leads Spanish soldiers with Tlaxcalan allies against Indigenous warriors during the European colonization of the Americas.

Map of Brazil showing Indigenous men cutting brazilwood and Portuguese ships

Areas claimed by the Spanish and Portuguese empires in 1790.

Potosí, the "cerro rico" that produced massive amounts of silver from a single site. The first image published in Europe. Pedro Cieza de León, 1553.

Sugar processing by skilled black slave laborers. Sugar cane must be processed immediately once cut in order to capture the most sugar juice, so engenhos needed to be constructed near fields.

Monument to Christopher Columbus, Buenos Aires before its 2013 removal and replaced by the statue of Juana Azurduy, a mestiza fighter for independence.

Development of Spanish American Independence

Ferdinand VII of Spain in whose name Spanish American juntas ruled during his exile 1808–1814; when restored to power in 1814, he reinstated autocratic rule, renewing independence movements

Linguistic map of Latin America. Spanish in green, Portuguese in orange, and French in blue.

Mexican strongman Antonio López de Santa Anna

The Execution of Emperor Maximilian, Édouard Manet 1868. The execution ended monarchic rule in Mexico, and Mexican liberals triumphed

A poster used in Japan to attract immigrants to Brazil. It reads: "Let’s go to South America with families."

The Zimmermann Telegram as it was sent from Washington to Ambassador Heinrich von Eckardt (German ambassador to Mexico)

U.S. President Roosevelt and Mexican President Manuel Avila Camacho, Monterrey, Mexico 1943. Roosevelt sought strong ties between the U.S. and Latin America in the World War II era

Fidel Castro and his men in the Sierra Maestra, 2 December 1956

Cuba-Russia friendship poster, with Castro and Nikita Khrushchev

Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger

The name Augusto Sandino, Nicaraguan nationalist hero for his struggle against the United States, was taken by leftist guerrillas as the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN).

Exhumation of corpses in the aftermath of the Guatemalan genocide

Pope Paul VI and Salvadoran cleric Oscar Romero (now St Oscar Romero)

Calls for justice in the wake of the Guatemalan genocide

Roll-on/roll-off
ships, such as this one pictured here at Miraflores locks, are among the largest ships to pass through the Panama Canal. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.

Comandanta Ramona of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, Mexico

UNASUR summit in the Palacio de la Moneda, Santiago de Chile

Honduran demonstrator holding a banner with a "don't turn left" sign, 2009.

Eighteenth-century Mexican Casta painting showing 16 castas hierarchically arranged. Ignacio Maria Barreda, 1777. Real Academia Española de la Lengua, Madrid.

The Las Lajas Sanctuary in the southern Colombia, Department of Nariño.

World map indicating literacy rate by country in 2015 (2015 CIA World Factbook). Grey = no data.

2012 map of countries by homicide rate. As of 2015, the Latin American countries with the highest rates were El Salvador (108.64 per 100,000 people), Honduras (63.75) and Venezuela (57.15). The countries with the lowest rates were Chile (3.59), Cuba (4.72) and Argentina (6.53).

Sumidero Canyon, located in Chiapas, Mexico.

Glaucous macaw (behind hyacinth macaw) and other macaws. Macaws are long-tailed, often colorful New World parrots.

Sugarcane plantation in São Paulo. In 2018, Brazil was the world's largest producer, with 746 million tons. Latin America produces more than half of the world's sugarcane.

Soybean plantation in Mato Grosso. In 2020, Brazil was the world's largest producer, with 130 million tons. Latin America produces half of the world's soybeans.

Coffee in Minas Gerais. In 2018, Brazil was the world's largest producer, with 3.5 million tons. Latin America produces half of the world's coffee.

Oranges in São Paulo. In 2018, Brazil was the world's largest producer, with 17 million tons. Latin America produces 30% of the world's oranges.

Truck of a meat company in Brazil. Latin America produces 25% of the world's beef and chicken meat.

Chile is a first world producer of copper.

Cerro Rico, Potosi, Bolivia, still a major silver mine

Amethyst mine in Ametista do Sul. Latin America is a major producer of gems such as amethyst, topaz, emeralds, aquamarine and tourmaline

Iron mine in Minas Gerais. Brazil is the world's second largest iron ore exporter.

Braskem, the largest Brazilian chemical industry

EMS, the largest Brazilian pharmaceutical industry

Panama Canal expansion project; New Agua Clara locks (Atlantic side)

Angra Nuclear Power Plant in Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro

Pirapora Solar Complex, the largest in Brazil and Latin America with a capacity of 321 MW.

Native New World crops exchanged globally: maize, tomato, potato, vanilla, rubber, cocoa, tobacco

Rafael Correa, Evo Morales, Néstor Kirchner, Cristina Fernández, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Nicanor Duarte, and Hugo Chávez at the signing of the founding charter of the Bank of the South

Aerial view of Cancún. Mexico is the most visited country in Latin America and 6th in the world.

Roman Catholic Easter procession in Comayagua, Honduras

Nicaraguan women wearing the Mestizaje costume, which is a traditional costume worn to dance the Mestizaje dance. The costume demonstrates the Spanish influence upon Nicaraguan clothing.

Diego Rivera's mural depicting Mexico's history at the National Palace in Mexico City

Mural by Santiago Martinez Delgado at the Colombian Congress

The Guadalajara International Film Festival is considered the most prestigious film festival in Latin America.

In 2015, Alejandro González Iñárritu became the second Mexican director in a row to win both the Academy Award for Best Director and the Directors Guild of America Award for Best Director. He won his second Oscar in 2016 for The Revenant.

President Cristina Fernández with the film director Juan José Campanella and the cast of The Secret in Their Eyes (2009) with the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz in 1772 by Andrés de Islas

Argentine Jorge Luis Borges in L'Hôtel, Paris in 1969

Chilean poet Gabriela Mistral, first Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1945

García Márquez signing a copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude

Traditional Mexican dance Jarabe Tapatío

Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda helped popularize samba internationally.

Simón Bolívar, Liberator of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru and Panama

José de San Martín, Liberator of Argentina, Chile and Peru.

Bernardo O'Higgins, hero of Chilean independence

Father Miguel Hidalgo, father of Mexican independence, with the banner of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Vicente Guerrero, insurgent hero of Mexican independence, who joined with Iturbide

Agustín de Iturbide, former royal military officer who brought about Mexican independence and was crowned emperor

An example of the new consciousness was the dismantling of the Christopher Columbus monument in Buenos Aires, one of many in the hemisphere, mandated by leftist President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Several right-wing leaders rose to power, including Argentina's Mauricio Macri and Brazil's Michel Temer, following the impeachment of the country's first female president.

Red de Expresos Regionales

1 links

The 16km of tunnels joining the three main railway stations. The City of Buenos Aires is shown in dark orange while Greater Buenos Aires is shown in light orange.

A Line B car operating above-ground on the Urquiza Line.

Red de Expresos Regionales (RER, English: Regional Express Network) is a planned mass transit system in Buenos Aires which will connect the main rail terminals of the city through 16 km of tunnels with a central terminal.

The current RER proposal was put forward by Buenos Aires mayor Mauricio Macri in 2015.

Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina

1 links

The Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina (Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina), also known as Catholic University of Argentina (Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA), is a private university in Argentina with campuses in the cities of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Rosario, Paraná, Mendoza and Pergamino.

Mauricio Macri, former President of Argentina.

Line A (Buenos Aires Underground)

1 links

Oldest line of the Buenos Aires Underground.

Congreso station being built in front of the National Congress.

Tram leaving the underground and continuing above ground in Caballito (1913).

La Brugeoise car at Plaza de Mayo, brought out of retirement briefly to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of the line.

San José de Flores station, opened in 2013.

Passengers waiting at Perú station platforms (early 1900s).

Interior of a La Brugeoise car, used up to 2013.

One of the surviving 3 UEC Preston cars at the Polvorín Workshop.

Interior of the 200 Series rolling stock, used from 2013 onwards.

One of the original entrances to the line

UEC Preston cars were also used on the line

It made Buenos Aires the 13th city in the world to have an underground transport service.

As part of the opening ceremony for the two stations Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri drove one of the La Brugeoise trains.

AMIA bombing

0 links

Argentina requested Interpol to place Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on its wanted list

Argentinian Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman shows the "red alerts" against the imputed Iranian citizens, to "unmask the lies of Nisman," as he said.

First page of the Memorandum of understanding between Argentina and Iran.

The front of the AMIA building, with the names of those who died in the bombing.

Each year thousands of persons remember the bombing

The AMIA bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA; ), a Jewish Community Centre.

The memorandum was voided when Mauricio Macri became president of Argentina, as he withdrew the appeal that the Kirchners government had filed.

Argentine Federal Police

0 links

National civil police force of the Argentine federal government.

Riot control vehicle of the Policía Federal, Buenos Aires, 2008

PFA officers during the 2008 Olympic Torch Relay in Buenos Aires

Grupo Especial de Operaciones Federales (GEOF)

GE-1 special forces with Heckler & Koch MP5 submachine gun

Until January 1, 2017, it also acted as the local law enforcement agency in the capital, Buenos Aires.

Efforts since 2007 by Mayor Mauricio Macri to declare it unconstitutional have thus far failed, and though the Mayor inaugurated a Metropolitan Police, issues of revenue sharing for its financing remain pending.