01/08/2011 | Argentina

'I hope this means the beginning of a more constructive relationship with CFK,' Macri

Re-elected BA City Mayor Mauricio Macri, gave a press conference before starting a City cabinet meeting and revealed that after noticing that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was on the phone to congratulate him, he thought "Well, I hope this means the beginning of a more constructive relationship.”

05/01/2012 | Argentina

'Macri should reconsider what he did,' Senator Filmus

Senator Daniel Filmus came on stage to say that the considerable subway fare hike conducted by BA Mayor Mauricio Macri “is totally disproportionate, and lacks of all planning and serious evaluation a measure like this deserves.”

26/01/2012 | Argentina

Further escalation between Argentina, UK over Malvinas

The bilateral spat between Argentina and the UK over the Malvinas sovereignty issue continues, as a Senate Committee unanimously voted in favour of debating a declaration bill “strongly repudiating” David Cameron’s “colonialist” statements, while a British minister accused Argentina of “saber-rattling.”

31/07/2011 | Argentina

Macri re-elected BA Mayor after defeating Filmus by 28.5 points

31/07/2011 | Argentina

Solanas blasts National Gov't

Former mayoral candidate for the Proyecto Sur party, Fernando “Pino” Solanas, stressed on the importance of the August 14th primary elections and blasted the National Government, accusing it of triggering a “dirty campaign” before today's mayoral runoff between Mauricio Macri and Victory Front candidate Daniel Filmus.

31/07/2011 | Argentina

Filmus acknowledges defeat, congratulates Mayor Macri

Victory Front candidate Daniel Filmus acknowledged defeat in the mayoral elections run-off and said that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner had called incumbent Mauricio Macri to congratulate him.

27/07/2011 | Argentina

Smear campaign: Filmus invokes parliamentary privilege

Senator and City mayoral candidate for the Victory Front Daniel Filmus invoked “parliamentary privilege” during today’s session in Congress in order to denounce that he is the target of a “dirty campaign” only a few days before the second round of elections in the City.

27/07/2011 | Argentina

Proyecto Sur ratifies will not support neither Macri nor Filmus on Sunday elections

The Proyecto Sur party, led by Fernando “Pino” Solanas, ratified that its supporters are “free to vote for whoever they see fit” on the City mayoral elections this Sunday, adding that the party “would not support neither Mauricio Macri nor Daniel Filmus.

28/07/2011 | Argentina

'People mustn't cast blank votes on Sunday,' Filmus

Victory Front mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus ended his campaign with a rally alongside running mate Carlos Tomada and said that people mustn't cast blank votes on Sunday. “Nobody can stay home saying they don’t care about the electoral result,” Filmus said. He will face fellow candidate and current Mayor Mauricio Macri.

26/07/2011 | Argentina

'Dirty campaign was financed with public funds,' Filmus

Buenos Aires City Mayoral candidate for the Victory Front, Daniel Filmus, came on stage today to assure that “the dirty campaign was financed with public funds.”

26/07/2011 | Argentina

Macri glad 'emergency services worked well' after thunderstorm

Mayor Mauricio Macri said that “ the City’s emergency services worked well”  while dealing with the effects of the severe thunderstorm that affected most of the Greater Buenos area on Monday.

27/07/2011 | Argentina

Macri and Filmus battle it out ahead of runoff

Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri, insisted today that the Kirchnerism “slanders” him when they talk about PRO’s alleged dirty campaign.

21/07/2011 | Argentina

Filmus, PRO crossfire over 'dirty campaign'

As the City’s run off election date nears, tension mounts between candidates Mauricio Macri and Daniel Filmus. The Victory Front candidate accused Macri’s main advisor Jaime Duran Barba of being the mastermind of a "dirty campaign" against him. City Cabinet Chief Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Duran Barba categorically denied the accusations.

22/07/2011 | Argentina

'We were victims of a dirty campaign,' Tomada insists

Labour Minister Carlos Tomada insisted he and mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus were “victims of a dirty campaign,” while visiting Ambito de debate, Ambito Financiero’s tv show, which airs Thursdays on Canal 26 cable news channel.

22/07/2011 | Argentina

Macri: 'Kirchnerites are the kings of dirty campaigning'

Buenos Aires City mayor Mauricio Macri rejected the accusations made by his opponent of the Victory Front bloc, Daniel Filmus, after assuring that he “never” did “dirty campaigns” and added that it is “usual practice of the Kirchnerites.”

17/07/2011 | Argentina

'I never discussed my decision of taking part of the second round with CFK,' Filmus

Mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus, assured he “never” discussed his decision of taking part of the City's second round with President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. Filmus will face current Mayor Mauricio Macri on July 31st.

20/07/2011 | Argentina

Filmus urges Macri to debate before run off in new letter

In a new attempt to pressure Mayor Mauricio Macri, mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus sent the Pro party leader a letter urging him to accept a debate before the electoral run off on July 31st.

21/07/2011 | Argentina

Mayoral candidate accuses Macri's advisor of being behind 'dirty campaign'

Mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus and his running mate, Carlos Tomada, assured that Mauricio Macri’s campaign manager Jaime Durán Barba was involved in a “dirty campaign” against the Victory Front candidates, which harassed his family members.

12/07/2011 | Argentina

Gov't assures Filmus will face runoff

Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo affirmed that the Kirchnerite candidate for Buenos Aires City Mayor Daniel Filmus “will not withdraw from the run-off election” and called to work “so that the city definitely includes all the benefits” of the model of the National Government.

13/07/2011 | Argentina

'Macri won because people are tired of Govt's rage and tension,' Binner says

Presidential candidate Hermes Binner considered that Mauricio Macri’s resounding triumph in Sunday’s mayoral elections happened because “people are tired of the tension and the rage,” of the National Government.

16/07/2011 | Argentina

Filmus accepts Macri's conditions to debate

Victory Front’s candidate for Buenos Aires City mayor, Daniel Filmus, said he will accept a debate with Mauricio Macri before the runoff election on July 31, assuring that the “City has a 6.5 billion dollars budget and we are willing to discuss what to do with those funds.”

11/07/2011 | Argentina

'Filmus is a good guy,' but he's running 'in the wrong party,' Duhalde assures

Frente Popular presidential candidate Eduardo Duhalde warned the Government that the results from yesterday’s mayoral elections show that “the Peronist rebellion has begun and it will come into fruition through the popular vote.” 

11/07/2011 | Argentina

Macri, Filmus hold short debate on TV

Mayor Mauricio Macri and Senator Daniel Filmus greeted each other in a news programme and even held a short debate, after yesterday’s mayoral elections, in which the PRO candidate had 47 percent of votes, while the Victory Front candidate came in second place with 27 percent. They will both face each other in a second round scheduled for July 31st.

12/07/2011 | Argentina

PRO party asks Filmus to drop out of runoff

“Instead of insulting the Buenos Aires population, the Kirchnerites should acknowledge defeat and tell Filmus to drop from the runoff,” prominent PRO party lawmaker Federico Pinedo said.

10/07/2011 | Argentina

'We've made it to the second round,' Victory Front officials claim

The Victory Front party’s spokesman, Luis Alberto Quevedo, assured that mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus “had made it to the second round,” adding that his party “will fight Mayor Macri and win the round-off” scheduled to take on July 31st.

10/07/2011 | Argentina

'It is too soon to say who we will support,' Telerman says

Mayoral candidate Jorge Telerman said that “it’s too soon to say who will be support” in e upcoming second round between Mayor Mauricio Macri and Senator Daniel Filmus.

10/07/2011 | Argentina

'We will make it to the second round to defend our principles', Filmus

Victory Front mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus said he "will take part of the second round to defend our principles," after official results showed he came in second place after Mayor Mauricio Macri in the City's mayoral elections.

05/07/2011 | Argentina

Filmus insists on forming a 'City coalition gov't'

The candidate to City Mayor for the Victory Front (FPV), Daniel Filmus,  reaffirmed the idea of forming a “coalition government” between political forces, which he believes would enable the possibility of “change” in the city.

07/07/2011 | Argentina

'Polls show Macri and I are head to head,' Filmus assures

Kirchnerite mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus ended his campaign on Thursday by assuring that "polls show that Mayor Mauricio Macri and him are head to head" and predicted "a very good election" on Sunday.

10/07/2011 | Argentina

Macri takes 20-point lead on Filmus, both headed to runoff

City Mayor Mauricio Macri took a 20-point lead on Kirchnerite mayoral candidate Daniel Filmus, but none of the candidates managed to obtain more than 50 percent of the votes. Just like in 2007, both candidates will once again run against each other in a second round in July 31st..

21/06/2011 | Argentina

Filmus ratifies Rachid in Kirchnerite lawmakers' ballot list

Kirchnerite mayoral candidate in the City, Daniel Filmus, ratified the presence of former Inadi vice-chair María Rachid in the Victory Front’s lawmakers’ ballot list, since “she represents the fight led by the City and the entire country” in order to pass the Same-sex Marriage Law, “one of democracy’s greatest achievements.” 

29/06/2011 | Argentina

Filmus awaits Macri's response over debate proposition

Candidate to city mayor, Daniel Filmus assured today that he is awaiting “a response” from current City Mayor Mauricio Macri after suggesting they both take part in a “broad debate,” through a letter he sent yesterday, reiterating that he does not accept “monopolizing debate through a single media.”

29/06/2011 | Argentina

Filmus seeks opposition support in case of round off, offers 'coalition cabinet'

The Victory Front mayoral candidate in the City, Daniel Filmus, assured that if in case of a round off he would try to create a front with “all the progressive forces looking for a change in the city.” The current senator even seemed willing to negotiate with candidate Fernando “Pino” Solanas.

21/05/2011 | Argentina

CFK picks Filmus-Tomada for BA city mayoral race; official ceremony held today

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has decided on Senator Daniel Filmus as the ruling Victory Front candidate for the Buenos Aires city mayoral race, with Labour Minister Carlos Tomada as his running mate, official sources said. The announcement will be made official this afternoon from 5PM, where the two favourites will join the President in a special ceremony.

21/05/2011 | Argentina

Scioli says 'both Filmus and Tomada have great attributes'

Buenos Aires Province Governor Daniel Scioli spoke about the two candidates chosen by the government, who are to compete in the city mayoral elections in July. In the build up to the official announcement and ceremony, Scioli mentioned that “Filmus and Tomada both have great attributes.”

21/05/2011 | Argentina

Filmus launches his City mayoral bid

Senator Daniel Filmus launched his official Victory Front mayoral bid alongside running mate Carlos Tomada in a rally in the ND theatre in the City. President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was gave a speech and backed her administration and said she was there "as an activist, not as President". Earlier Filmus confirmed his candidacy for the Victory Front party.

11/04/2011 | Argentina

Gov't blasts Macri over lack of Met Police presence outside City's public buildings

Labour Minister Carlos Tomada and Senator Daniel Filmus harshly criticized the Macri administration for “failing to replace all posts previously assigned to Federal Police officers with members of the Metropolitan Police.” They both urged Macri to deploy Metropolitan Police officers in the city’s hospitals.

09/05/2011 | Argentina

Tomada, Boudou and Filmus lead electoral rally, blast Macri

Victory Front mayoral pre-candidates Amado Boudou, Daniel Filmus and Carlos Tomada led a rally and vowed to enact the policities of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the City, regardless of whoever is chosen to run. They also criticized City Mayor Mauricio Macri.

11/05/2011 | Argentina

CFK, Boudou meet in Olivos to define BA City mayoral candidate

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Economy Minister and Buenos Aires City Mayoral pre-candidate Amado Boudou met at Olivos presidential residence, and according to official sources, they discussed over the strategy to use in order to win the city election in July.