10/04/2013 | Argentina

Bruera says he will not resign, apologizes for 'Twitter' incident

La Plata’s Mayor Pablo Bruera assured he will not resign following the sudden flood that left 54 people dead last week that he considered the “worst tragedy” the Buenos Aires Province's capital has suffered since its foundation in 1882.

11/04/2013 | Argentina

La Plata: protests to dismiss the City Mayor take place

Over 150 residents of the city of La Plata held a protest in front of the City Hall, where they demanded subsidies and dismissal of Pablo Bruera, the Mayor La Plata.

23/04/2013 | Argentina

CFK: 'We need to rebuild the confidence of all Argentines'

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner visited an assistance centre in La Plata providing support to the victims of the flood and assured that "we need to rebuild the confidence of all Argentines."

08/04/2013 | Argentina

Floods: Scioli confirms death toll remains at 51

Buenos Aires Governor Daniel Scioli came on stage today to confirm that the death toll of the floods that affected the city of La Plata last week remained at 51.

09/04/2013 | Argentina

La Plata YPF refinery back to operations in 30-45 days

YPF CEO Miguel Galuccio announced that the company’s La Plata refinery will return to operations in 30-45 days after the fire that shut down the 188,000 barrel-per-day facility last week.

10/04/2013 | Argentina

Floods: Baradel says only 30 to 40% of students are attending schools

The head of Suteba Buenos Aires province teachers' union Roberto Baradel today informed that "there are still 30 schools affected by the storm" which devastated the city of La Plata last week, adding five of them were closed.

07/04/2013 | Argentina

CFK visits La Plata’s disaster relief center

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner arrived to the disaster relief hub installed at La Plata’s School of Journalism, where assistance is being provided to the victims of the torrential downpours that killed 51 in the province's capital.

08/04/2013 | Argentina

Floods: Scioli to speak to reporters

According to Buenos Aires province Communications Secretary Juan Courel, Governor Daniel Scioli will speak to reporters today on the current situation after the rains and floods which last week devastated the city of La Plata.

08/04/2013 | Argentina

Government reveals details of relief measures for flood victims

Diego Bossio, the head of Anses, today revealed the details of a series of relief measures announced by president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner for those affected by the tragic storm and floods which devastated the city of La Plata.

05/04/2013 | Argentina

Pope Francis donates u$s 50,000 for La Plata's victims

Pope Francis has made a u$s 50,000 emergency fund available for the La Plata archdiocese to assist the victims of the storm that battered the capital city of Buenos Aires province earlier this week.

05/04/2013 | Argentina

Scioli: ‘400 people remain evacuated in La Plata, 900 in La Matanza’

The Governor of the Buenos Aires province Daniel Scioli told reporters today that although no fatal victims were reported in La Matanza district, 900 people remained evacuated, while in flood-battered La Plata, 400 remained in 19 evacuation centres prepared to shelter the victims.

06/04/2013 | Argentina

Gov't rejects CFK's mother 'evacuation story'

The Government rejected media versions that alleged Ofelia Wilhelm, the mother of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, had to be evacuated to the Olivos presidential residence due to the tragic flood that hit La Plata where Ms.Wilhelm lives.

05/04/2013 | Argentina

Berni: 'We are doing what's humanly possible'

Security Secretary Sergio Berni came on stage today to stress that the government is doing what's "humanly possible" amid the devastation left by the torrential rains and floods in Buenos Aires province and La Plata capital district.

05/04/2013 | Argentina

Tragic floods: relief work for victims continues

After the tragic storm and floods that devastated some areas of Buenos Aires and La Plata capital district and killed 51 neighbours, the number of people who remained evacuated today was decreasing while relief works continued.

05/04/2013 | Argentina

Government reports looting attempt against donation trucks

04/04/2013 | Argentina

Floods kill 49 in La Plata; over 3,000 residents evacuated

Flash floods killed at least 49 people and forced about 2,500 residents to evacuate the city of La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires province, government officials reported.

04/04/2013 | Argentina

Floods: Death toll in La Plata remains at 51 as amount of people evacuated decreases

Buenos Aires province Governor Daniel Scioli has confirmed that 51 people were killed by the torrential rains registered in La Plata and that 1,000 residents remained evacuated. BA province Justice and Security minister Ricardo Casal later confirmed that the death toll remained at 51 and said that “officials had extensively canvassed the area, with 5,940 homes searched without any new fatal victims found."

04/04/2013 | Argentina

'Still 130,000 BA City residents without electricity,' De Vido

Planning Minister Julio de Vido told reporters this morning that at least 130,000 Buenos Aires City residents remained with no electricity as result of the torrential rains that flooded numerous metropolitan northern neighborhoods and killed six people.

04/12/2012 | Argentina

CFK urges the region to 'come together'

After meeting with Ecuador's President Rafael Correa today, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner assured that Latin American countries find themselves in a “better position than ever” and that the region cannot “miss this historic opportunity."

15/12/2012 | Argentina

Scioli calls for 'union and collaboration' in mass rally

Buenos Aires province governor Daniel Scioli held a massive ceremony at La Plata’s Unico stadium to close the year, in which he commended beneficiaries and workers of various social plans - including sports, employment and production - and called for "union and collaboration."

11/03/2013 | Argentina

Teachers' union rejects proposal, to hold 48-hour strike

Buenos Aires province teachers' union announced today another 48-hour strike for tomorrow and Wednesday, after considering "insufficient" a new wage offer presented by the provincial government.

26/07/2012 | Argentina

Protesters lift Buenos-Aires La Plata highway road block

Protesters lifted a road block they had staged at the Buenos Aires-La Plata highway, which connects the City with Buenos Aires province's capital La Plata.

01/09/2012 | Argentina

La Plata local council suggests fines for not picking up after dogs

Owners and dog walkers in La Plata could be forced to pay fines up to 300 pesos if they don’t pick up alter their dogs on public streets, it was said today.

11/10/2012 | Argentina

'CB is not restricting provinces' access to dollars'

Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo affirmed today that the Central Bank did not present “any kind of restriction” on provinces’ access to dollars, because they issued bonds respecting foreign policies.

04/05/2012 | Argentina

La Plata quadruple murder suspects undergo questioning

Osvaldo “Karateca” Martínez, former boyfriend of one of the four victims massacred last year in a case that became known as the “La Plata Massacre”, was cross examined today by police authorities along with Joaquín “Hiena” Quiroga, who was detained yesterday after forensic experts determined that his DNA matches genetic traces found at the crime scene.

11/05/2012 | Argentina

La Plata hosts BA's first same-sex wedding between two foreigners

The first ever same-sex marriage between two foreigners in Buenos Aires Province takes place today in La Plata. Australia-born Alexander Greenwich and Victor Höld both live in Sydney, where gay marriage laws have not yet been passed.  The two are to tie the knot today at midday.

10/07/2012 | Argentina

Gov't announces Roca train line service to join La Plata-Constitución

Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo announced the creation of an express Ferrocarril General Roca railway line that will allegedly connect the La Plata and Constitución stations in less than an hour.

21/12/2011 | Argentina

Martínez accuses prosecutor of not looking for truth

The sole detainee of the La Plata quadruple murder, Osvaldo Martínez, claimed he is innocent and said he doesn’t feel imprisoned, but “kidnapped,” and accused public prosecutor Alvaro Garganta of "searching for the truth, but for what is convenient for him."

16/02/2012 | Argentina

Teachers' wage talks in BA province go on recess

Buenos Aires province government and unions of the Teachers Union Front agreed to go on a recess in the collective bargaining talks that will define the wage hike for the sector until it is defined nationwide.

03/05/2012 | Argentina

La Plata Massacre: Former boyfriend back in custody after new suspect’s testimony

Osvaldo Martínez, former boyfriend of one of the four victims massacred last year, was put back in custody after the testimony given to police authorities by Joaquín Quiroga, who was detained earlier this morning after forensic experts determined that Quiroga’s DNA’s matches genetic traces found at the crime scene.

14/12/2011 | Argentina

BA Province Police lift protest after 10-hour stand-off

The Buenos Aires police officers that were staging a confined protest in their barracks  decided to call off their protest at least until the Internal Affairs department analyzes whether six of them were responsible of violently hitting activists during Daniel Scioli’s inauguration ceremony.

17/12/2011 | Argentina

La Plata murders' main witness receives death threats

One of the most important witnesses in the La Plata quadruple murder case, where three women and a young girl were killed, was forced to move after receiving death threats and it was being analysed whether they would be put into a witness protection program, the public prosecutor leading the case today announced.

19/12/2011 | Argentina

La Plata murders: preventive custody for Martinez

La Plata’s judge Guillermo Atencio issued a ruling today asking for the preventive custody of Osvaldo Martínez. Martínez, is charged with the “voluntary homicide” of his girlfriend Bárbara Santos and with the aggravated murder of Santos’ mother, 63, her daughter, 11, and a friend, 30, who was visiting.

05/12/2011 | Argentina

La Plata's massacre: Prosecutor aims to victim's ex boyfriend

La Plata’s Prosecutor, Alvaro Garganta, told reporters that everything aims to arrested suspect Osvaldo Martínez, former boyfriend of one of the victims, as by the time te crime was commited "his personal cell phone was apparently taken by the antenna that covers the area of the victims' house."

07/12/2011 | Argentina

La Plata massacre: new witness further complicates sole suspect

A new witness testified he saw the alleged murderer of three women and a young girl in La Plata while he talked to the remise driver that carried one of the women to the crime scene, a court source said.

13/12/2011 | Argentina

La Plata murder case: collected DNA samples don't match suspect's

The DNA samples collected from the La Loma neighbourhood home in La Plata where four women were killed, reportedly don't match those of Osvaldo Martínez, the sole suspect in the case.

04/06/2011 | Argentina

Alfonsín-De Narváez present electoral alliance

Presidential candidate for the Radical Party (UCR), Ricardo Alfonsín and provincial government candidate Francisco de Narváez held a ceremony this morning in La Plata marking their first official political activity together, formalizing their political alliance in the face of the October elections.

15/11/2011 | Argentina

Riot controlled in La Plata prison

Criminal Policies subsecretary for Buenos Aires province, César Albarrincín sustained this afternoon that the riots reported last night in the Melchot Romero prison had been controlled and that everything had returned to normal. The official assured “no-one was hurt” in the process.

02/12/2011 | Argentina

Quadruple murder: father of sole suspect assures son is innocent

Daniel Martínez, the father of the only suspect of the quadruple crime of La Plata Osvaldo Martínez, said that his son “has nothing to do” with the murders and that is sure his son will be released because he is innocent.

08/02/2011 | Argentina

La Plata Bingo ceiling collapses, eight injured

A part of the ceiling of the La Plata Bingo building collapsed this morning in slot machine area of gaming hall. At least eight people have been hurt, some of which have been transferred to the Gutiérrez hospital with minor injuries.

09/03/2011 | Argentina

Bus crash in Florencio Varela leaves 26 people injured

At least 26 people were injured when a bus collided with a lorry along the provincial motorway route 36, near to the area of Bosques in Florencio Varela, according to police sources.

07/05/2011 | Argentina

Man injured in 'La Renga' show remains in critical conditions

The man injured by a large flare blast during a concert of rock band “La Renga”, at the La Plata (Autódromo) racetracks last Saturday, remains in intensive care in critical conditions.

05/10/2011 | World

67 cultural sites deemed at-risk, 22 in Latin America

A Greek cemetery, a British bus station, stone drawings in Peru and a New York box-shaped building are among the world's most at-risk cultural heritage sites, a monuments fund said on today.

06/10/2012 | Sports

Estudiantes defeat Quilmes in La Plata

Estudiantes defeated Quilmes 2-1 in a thrilling match for the tenth round of the Inicial tournament. The match was played in the Ciudad de la Plata stadium in Buenos Aires province’s capital La Plata.

20/03/2011 | Sports

Estudiantes beat Racing; Olimpo deepen Boca's losing streak

Estudiantes de La Plata defeated Racing Club 1-0 in Avellaneda with a goal scored by Uruguayan striker Hernán Rodrigo López. Olimpo took the lead of the championship after beating Boca Juniors 2-0 at La Bombonera stadium on Juan Román Riquelme’s return.

17/04/2011 | Sports

Gimnasia and River tie without goals

Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata and River tied without goals in a match for the 10th round of the Clausura Tournament. The match was held at the Estadio Unico stadium in La Plata, Buenos Aires province’s capital.

29/12/2011 | Sports

Mendoza, La Plata, Rosario to host Pumas Four-Nation test rugby matches

Argentina will host all three of their matches in their debut season in the Four-Nation Rugby Championship in 2012 outside the capital, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) said.

30/03/2011 | Entertainment

U2 begins 360 Tour in La Plata

The Irish band U2 began with the first of the three shows they will offer at the Único Stadium in La Plata City before 58,000 fans.

29/10/2011 | Entertainment

Aerosmith sings up a storm in La Plata

By Melanie Henderson
On their third visit to Argentina, the mighty Aerosmith stopped to give a performance in the city of La Plata on Friday night. Despite the intense rain that ploughed through most of the show, the mega rock band from Boston managed to enthrall the 40,000+ crowd, bringing forth some of their greatest hits.

20/07/2011 | In Depth - Copa América 2011

Squad unity key in Uruguay progress, says striker Suárez

Uruguay's long-time cohesion and squad harmony has helped them overcome a poor start to the Copa América and reach the final, striker Luis Suárez said.

30/06/2011 | In Depth - Copa América 2011

Copa América to be played nationwide

The venues for the Copa América were confirmed on 1 June, 2010 and the stadiums in each of the cities were chosen on the basis of capacity, infrastructure and access. See slideshow.

30/06/2011 | In Depth - Copa América 2011

Copa América kicks off

Argentina will be hosting the 43rd edition of the Copa América. This is the continental football tournament in South America, which along with the European Championships and the World Cup, is considered one of the major international football tournaments in the world. The opening ceremony will be held on 1 July at the Estadio Unico in La Plata.

19/07/2011 | In Depth - Copa América 2011

Suárez leads Uruguay to Copa América final