Buenos Aires

EspañolTaxi drivers from the Union of Radiotaxis (CAR) gathered on Thursday, September 1, outside the Buenos Aires legislature to protest against BA Taxi, a free phone app to be launched by the city to displace foreign competitors such…
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EspañolA letter leaked to social media last week in which the government of Buenos Aires announced the launching of its own ride-hailing app that matches taxi drivers and passengers has fueled the controversy surrounding Uber's arrival…
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EspañolBuenos Aires Chief of Government Horacio Rodríguez Larreta announced the government will no longer be allowing electronic music parties in Buenos Aires. Larreta said they will implement a policy to discourage drug use and…
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EspañolThe Buenos Aires Administrative and Tax Court No. 15 has ordered the government to “follow all necessary measures to suspend any business carried out by Uber.” These precautionary measures will be enforced until a final ruling…
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EspañolThe arrival of Uber in Buenos Aires is imminent. The company behind the ride-sharing phone app has begun filling several managerial positions in Argentina. The second largest South American city may finally join Bogotá, Rio de…
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EspañolLiving in a large metropolitan city in Latin America can be a double-edged sword. The possibilities are endless, but the noise and the constant rush can also be overwhelming. Buenos Aires, the second largest metropolitan area in…
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EspañolOn the afternoon of April 14, 2014, Lucas Abel Vera found himself roaming the Constitution metro station in Buenos Aires. At 3:20 p.m., police officers walked up to him and asked him to produce identification. Nervous, Vera told…
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EspañolThe next president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, will have much more to worry about than tackling the country’s problems related to high inflation, the fiscal debt, and systemic poverty. For nearly nine months now, 25…
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EspañolChildren at Buenos Aires hospitals will now be treated with a dose of laughter with their medicine. On August 19, the Buenos Aires government enacted a law mandating all municipal and provincial hospitals with pediatric…
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Español Just one day into summer in Argentina, and tampons have been disappearing. With the peso exchange rate fixed to the US dollar — artificially high — few currency reserves are available for imports. In other words, this…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4uYVRhDkkY&feature=youtu.be EspañolBuenos Aires has one of the largest and most active bitcoin communities on the planet. It also has the third highest concentration of bitcoin meetups, behind New York…
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EspañolThe crime rate in Argentina does not escape the unfortunate reality of Latin America. In fact, the 2013-2014 UN Regional Human Development Report indicates that Argentina's per capita theft rate is the highest on the continent, close…
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