After turning into one of the big surprises in Sunday’s City primaries when he beat out the Victory Front’s Mariano Recalde by more than five percentage points, ECO mayoral hopeful Martín Lousteau is now looking toward a runoff with PRO party contender Horacio Rodríguez Larreta.
The Victory Front (FpV) will face a tough, uphill battle at the ballots in Buenos Aires City after mayoral candidate Mariano Recalde finished in third place after mustering just 12.3 percent of the votes.
“We have a vice president,” he said “but we will communicate it at the right time. He represents the values we are identified with,” Mayor Mauricio Macri stated in a joint press conference this morning.
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, the big winner of the PASO primaries held in the city, said today even the votes obtained by his rival Gabriela Michetti “are all for the PRO” party and assured they will add votes from other political forces on July 5 general elections.
Rioters hurled bricks, looted businesses and set fires in Baltimore in violence that injured at least seven police officers following the funeral of a black man who died after he was injured in police custody.
The board of coroners set to play a crucial role in determining whether late special AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman committed suicide or was murdered began deliberating yesterday. Their conclusions are scheduled to be announced in five to seven days, according to prosecutor Viviana Fein, who is leading the case into Nisman’s death.
The "blue" illegal dollar rate kicked off the week with a 10-cent fall to 12.70 pesos today, according to ambito.com, while the official rate closed half a cent up in main banks and foreign exchange offices of the city.
Former spy chief Antonio Stiuso will be investigated for allegedly hiding documents or information concerning the 1994 AMIA bombing investigations, after a prosecutor ruled in favour of continuing the case against the ex-SIDE head.
By Sebastián Lacunza The overwhelming victory of PRO in the City of Buenos Aires, with big margins in almost all neighbourhoods, marks a qualitative leap for the party created by Mauricio Macri.
Santa Fe province Technology for Management secretary Javier Echaniz has resigned from his post, following uproar in the district when serious irregularities in the PASO primary election vote count were discovered.
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