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After several months of negotiations with the National Government, they did not arrive to any agreement, and on March 2008, Macri announced he would create a new Metropolitan Police force under his control. On October 28, 2008, the law was sanctioned by the Legislature of Buenos Aires. Initially it would have approximately 1000 effectives and it should start working by the end of 2009.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/10/29/laciudad/h-01791324.htm] Clarín newspaper, 29 October 2008 (Spanish)</ref> The situations in which this police force would be allowed to act, is yet to be determined by an agreement with the National Government, but in principle it would be allowed to act in evictions and traffic blocking protests.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/10/30/laciudad/h-01791869.htm] Clarín newspaper, 30 October 2008 (Spanish)</ref> |
After several months of negotiations with the National Government, they did not arrive to any agreement, and on March 2008, Macri announced he would create a new Metropolitan Police force under his control. On October 28, 2008, the law was sanctioned by the Legislature of Buenos Aires. Initially it would have approximately 1000 effectives and it should start working by the end of 2009.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/10/29/laciudad/h-01791324.htm] Clarín newspaper, 29 October 2008 (Spanish)</ref> The situations in which this police force would be allowed to act, is yet to be determined by an agreement with the National Government, but in principle it would be allowed to act in evictions and traffic blocking protests.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/10/30/laciudad/h-01791869.htm] Clarín newspaper, 30 October 2008 (Spanish)</ref> |
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The first chief of the Metropolitan Police, [[Jorge Alberto Palacios|Jorge Alberto "Fino" Palacios]] was forced to resign on August 25, 2009 after an important public resistance,<ref>[http://english.telam.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1452:amia-victims-relatives-demanded-justice-and-qfinoq-palacios-resignation&catid=34:society] TELAM: AMIA Victims' relatives demanded Justice and "Fino" Palacios' resignation</ref><ref>[http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/6841] Buenos Aires Herald: Opposition begins campaign to remove Jorge Palacios from Metropolitan Police</ref> due to an ongoing investigation about his involvement in the [[1994 AMIA bombing|AMIA bombing of 1994]], his successor being Osvaldo Chamorro, his second in chief.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/08/26/laciudad/h-01985713.htm] Clarín newspaper, 26 August 2009 (Spanish)</ref> |
The first chief of the Metropolitan Police, [[Jorge Alberto Palacios|Jorge Alberto "Fino" Palacios]] was forced to resign on August 25, 2009 after an important public resistance,<ref>[http://english.telam.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1452:amia-victims-relatives-demanded-justice-and-qfinoq-palacios-resignation&catid=34:society] TELAM: AMIA Victims' relatives demanded Justice and "Fino" Palacios' resignation</ref><ref>[http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/6841] Buenos Aires Herald: Opposition begins campaign to remove Jorge Palacios from Metropolitan Police</ref> due to an ongoing investigation about his involvement in the [[1994 AMIA bombing|AMIA bombing of 1994]], his successor being Osvaldo Chamorro, his second in chief.<ref>[http://www.clarin.com/diario/2009/08/26/laciudad/h-01985713.htm] Clarín newspaper, 26 August 2009 (Spanish)</ref> |
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Unfortunately, the metropolitan police do not have the same high visibility that the Federal Police, which formerly patrolled Buenos Aires Capital City. On Av. Triunviratio in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood, there have been many armed robberies of small businesses and no metropolitan police have been sent to the area to protect the citizens. |
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Here is footage of a robbery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypn-gjCETr4 |
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===Spy scandal=== |
===Spy scandal=== |
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===Confrontation with Art=== |
===Confrontation with Art=== |
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At the opening of ArteBA, the perennial art fair in Buenos Aires, Macri conducted a televised tour of the stands and the artworks exhibited.<ref name="ArteBA">[http://www.elargentino.com/nota-97099-Rompe-y-paga.html Rompe ¿y paga? (''He breaks. But does he pay?'')], ElArgentino.</ref> While at the stand of MiauMiau Estudio, he stuck his head inside a sculpture by [[Seth Wulsin]], called ''[[Infinity also hurts]]'', a floating icosahedral time machine made of mirrors and silicone.<ref name="Macri Breaks Wulsin Sculpture in ArteBA">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPHAkIylLVQ Buenos Aires Mayor Macri breaks Seth Wulsin Sculpture in ArteBA] CQC.</ref><ref name="Time Drops in Decay">[http://www.theargentimes.com/culture/balives/seth-wulsin-artist-/ Seth Wulsin - Artist] Argentimes.</ref> He proceeded to grab the neck of the accompanying reporter and shove him inside the sculpture, breaking it on national television.<ref name= "CGCWulsinMAcri">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4qfe_3eA84 CQC Macri rompe obra de Wulsin en ArteBA (''CQC, Macri break Wulsin Sculpture in ArteBA'')] CGC.</ref> This event was largely seen in the media as an allegory for Macri's relationship to culture, while the sculpture has been admired for its ability to detect corruption.<ref name="">[http://tmsent.net/notas/una-desencarnada-guerra-comercial-con-el-macrigate-como-telon-de-fondo Una desencarnada guerra comercial con el Macrigate como telón de fondo] Miradas al Sur.</ref> |
At the opening of ArteBA, the perennial art fair in Buenos Aires, Macri conducted a televised tour of the stands and the artworks exhibited.<ref name="ArteBA">[http://www.elargentino.com/nota-97099-Rompe-y-paga.html Rompe ¿y paga? (''He breaks. But does he pay?'')], ElArgentino.</ref> While at the stand of MiauMiau Estudio, he stuck his head inside a sculpture by [[Seth Wulsin]], called ''[[Infinity also hurts]]'', a floating icosahedral time machine made of mirrors and silicone.<ref name="Macri Breaks Wulsin Sculpture in ArteBA">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPHAkIylLVQ Buenos Aires Mayor Macri breaks Seth Wulsin Sculpture in ArteBA] CQC.</ref><ref name="Time Drops in Decay">[http://www.theargentimes.com/culture/balives/seth-wulsin-artist-/ Seth Wulsin - Artist] Argentimes.</ref> He proceeded to grab the neck of the accompanying reporter and shove him inside the sculpture, breaking it on national television.<ref name= "CGCWulsinMAcri">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4qfe_3eA84 CQC Macri rompe obra de Wulsin en ArteBA (''CQC, Macri break Wulsin Sculpture in ArteBA'')] CGC.</ref> This event was largely seen in the media as an allegory for Macri's relationship to culture, while the sculpture has been admired for its ability to detect corruption.<ref name="">[http://tmsent.net/notas/una-desencarnada-guerra-comercial-con-el-macrigate-como-telon-de-fondo Una desencarnada guerra comercial con el Macrigate como telón de fondo] Miradas al Sur.</ref> |
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===CANDYLAND, Buenos Aires, Illegal Closure by Inspectors from AGC=== |
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Mauricio Macri is responsible for creating an entity in Buenos Aires City government called "Agencia Gubernamental de Control", also known as AGC, located at Peron 2933 in the neighborhood called Balvanera. |
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This agency is responsible for inspecting businesses around the city of Buenos Aires to make sure they are in compliance with the health and safety laws that the city requires businesses to follow. |
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On Monday December 20th, 2010, 2 inspectors from this agency, Guillermo Wanrooy and Rosana Delfino, entered a shop in Buenos Aires known as CANDYLAND and proceeded to force the owner, David Glen to close down. There was no reason for the shop to be closed as there were no infractions. The inspectors of this agency have been known to ask for bribes in the past and arbitrarily closing down businesses without due process. Due to CANDYLAND being closed right before the holiday selling season, the owner suffered severe financial and emotional damage and now has a lawsuit pending against the city of Buenos Aires. The owner of CANDYLAND, David Glen, has tried to contact Mauricio Macri´s office on several occasions to try and get a resolution as to why these arbitrary closures are being allowed and condoned by his government, but Mr. Glen has only been ignored. Mr. Glen has also contacted the director of this agency, Javier Ignacio Ibáñez and repeated requests for contact have been ignored as well. |
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Buenos Aires city government operates a facebook page called "Atención Ciudadana" where residents of the capital city of Buenos Aires can post complaints, requests for repairs and post their opinions of the city government. David Glen has had his permissions cancelled on this facebook page and can no longer post anything due to the fact that he has been critical of Mr. Macri's government agency which arbitrarily closed down his business, without any cause. After contacting this agency on more than one occasion, Mr. Glen's permission to post on this website were restored, however after continuously trying to contact these Buenos Aires city agencies, and being critical of them for being ignored, his permissions were again cancelled and he can not post or make any comments on these pages. |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 16:28, 2 May 2011
Mauricio Macri | |
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5th Chief of Government of the City of Buenos Aires | |
Assumed office December 10, 2007 | |
Lieutenant | Marta Gabriela Michetti (until 2009) |
Preceded by | Jorge Telerman |
Personal details | |
Born | Tandil, Buenos Aires | February 8, 1959
Political party | Propuesta Republicana (PRO) |
Profession | Civil Engineer |
Website | Official Site |
Mauricio Macri (Spanish pronunciation: [mauˈɾiθjo ˈmakɾi]; born 8 February 1959) is an Argentine businessman turned politician, and Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. Son of Francisco Macri, a businessman of Italian origin prominent in the industrial and construction sectors, he represented the City of Buenos Aires in the Lower House of Congress and has held his current office since 10 December 2007. On 14 May 2010 Macri was put on trial charged with unlawful partnership, under the federal judge Norberto Oyarbide, in relation to the spy scandal.[1] Macri is twice divorced and has three children.
Biography
Mauricio Macri was born in Tandil, in the province of Buenos Aires, and studied at the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA), where he received a degree in Civil Engineering. In 1985, he also attended short courses atColumbia Business School, Wharton Business School and the local Universidad del CEMA.[2]
His professional experience started in SIDECO Americana S.A., a construction company belonging to his father's holding company, the Socma Group, where we worked for 3 years as Junior Analyst, later becoming a Senior Analyst. In 1984, he worked in the credit department of Citibank Argentina, in Buenos Aires. He joined Socma the same year, and from 1985 onwards he served as General Manager. In 1992 he became the vicepresident of Sevel (then manufacturing Fiat and Peugeot automobiles under licence in Argentina, and part of Socma), climbing to the presidency in 1994.[2]
In 1991, he was kidnapped for 12 days by officers of the Argentine Federal Police, and then freed after his family reportedly paid a multi-million dollar ransom.[3] He has since said that during the ordeal, he decided to enter politics.[4]
He gained recognition as president of the most popular football club in Argentina, Boca Juniors. He was elected in 1995 and reelected in 1999 and 2003, to complete one of the most successful periods of the club, winning several international competitions.
In 2010, as a result of the United States diplomatic cables leak, it emerged that Macri intends to run in the 2011 Argentine presidential election.[5]
Political career
In 2003 Macri made his political debut when he founded the center-right party Compromiso para el Cambio (Commitment to Change),[6] and later that year he ran for mayor of the City of Buenos Aires for his party. He won the first round of the election with 33.9% but lost the runoff election with 47% of the vote to his opponent Aníbal Ibarra.
In 2005, he joined Ricardo López Murphy of Recrear to create a right-wing electoral front called Propuesta Republicana (a.k.a. PRO [7]) and successfully ran in the City of Buenos Aires for the Argentine Chamber of Deputies where he won with 33.9% of the votes.[8] Throughout 2006 he alternated his political activities as deputy with his presidency of the soccer club Boca Juniors. During that year he was absent to a 70% of the polls at the Chamber of Deputies, something for what he was later widely criticized, to what he answered he didn't assist because the Congress "is a place where ideas are not debated".[9]
In 2007 Macri was in discussions with right-conservative Jorge Sobisch,[10] governor of Neuquén Province, ahead of the 2007 national elections. However, this agreement was in conflict with the previous alliance with Ricardo López Murphy who had decided to run for the presidency and had denounced Sobisch for corruption, providing as proof a video where Sobisch was bribing Jorge Taylor, deputy of the Radical party. Later that year, Sobisch image was severely damaged when the school teacher Carlos Fuentealba was killed during a syndical demonstration in Neuquén. In front of this situation, Macri immediately defused his agreements with Sobisch and remained neutral during the national elections of 2007.[11]
In February 2007 Macri announced that he would run once again for the mayoral elections of the City of Buenos Aires in the 2007, heading the PRO slate with Gabriela Michetti as his running mate. In the first round of the election on 2 June 2007 he won with 45.6% of votes over the government-backed candidate, Daniel Filmus, who received 23.8% of votes. The incumbent Jorge Telerman, came in third place. The runoff election between Macri and Filmus took place on 24 June 2007, and resulted in Macri's victory with 60.96% of the votes. [12][13]
Macri's victory was largely analyzed as a defeat for President Néstor Kirchner and turned the elected mayor into de facto leader of the right-wing opposition, which has remained fractured after the Argentine political crisis of late 2001.[14] The perceived blow to Kirchner's political support was reinforced by the provincial elections on Tierra del Fuego, which took place on the same day, where another candidate backed by the national government lost to ARI's Fabiana Ríos.
Current administration
Union conflicts
One of the first administrative decisions taken by his government was to fire 2400 city employees under contract, whose contracts were not renewed, claiming that they were "ñoquis" (employees who receive a salary but do little or no work, a term derived from the Argentine tradition of eating gnocchi on the 29th of each month, around the time of pay day). This action caused conflicts with the city unions which were followed up by strikes of the SUTECBA-CGT and ATE-CTA unions. In response to the strike, Macri administratively intervened the medical security organization of the city workers which depends on the unions.[15][16]
Metropolitan police
The main police force which acts in the city is the Argentine Federal Police. The city, being a capital district until 1994 when a new National Constitution was sanctioned, did not elect the mayor who by then was appointed by the president. When in 1996 the new City Constitution was created, a national law was passed, known as "Cafiero Law", which kept the Federal Police control for the Ministry of Justice of the National Government. Since then this lack of control for any police force from the mayor, has been a persistent problem between the city and the federal government. After several months of negotiations with the National Government, they did not arrive to any agreement, and on March 2008, Macri announced he would create a new Metropolitan Police force under his control. On October 28, 2008, the law was sanctioned by the Legislature of Buenos Aires. Initially it would have approximately 1000 effectives and it should start working by the end of 2009.[17] The situations in which this police force would be allowed to act, is yet to be determined by an agreement with the National Government, but in principle it would be allowed to act in evictions and traffic blocking protests.[18] The first chief of the Metropolitan Police, Jorge Alberto "Fino" Palacios was forced to resign on August 25, 2009 after an important public resistance,[19][20] due to an ongoing investigation about his involvement in the AMIA bombing of 1994, his successor being Osvaldo Chamorro, his second in chief.[21] Unfortunately, the metropolitan police do not have the same high visibility that the Federal Police, which formerly patrolled Buenos Aires Capital City. On Av. Triunviratio in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood, there have been many armed robberies of small businesses and no metropolitan police have been sent to the area to protect the citizens. Here is footage of a robbery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypn-gjCETr4
Spy scandal
In October 2009, Sergio Burnstein, one of the leaders of the Jewish community who had led the opposition against the appointment of Fino Palacios as Chief of Police (because of its connections with the terrorist attack on the AMIA), he denounced in court was being spied on by the Police of the City of Buenos Aires.[22] Shortly thereafter, the Justice observed that in fact, Burnstein was being spied upon by a band that would be part Fino and his successor Osvaldo Palacios Chamorro, a federal police lawyer who worked for the Ministry of Education of Buenos Aires (Ciro James), two judges of the Province of Misiones, among others.[22]
The investigation revealed that the spying included opposition leaders and even leaders Macri's own party as well as businessmen, trade unionists and their families between the Head of Government, as the spies had illegally tapped the phone of his brother-in-law, a parapsychologist who had been threatened by the father of Macri, industrialist Franco Macri. In December 2009, were arrested for this case Fino Palacios, Osvaldo Ciro Chamorro and James, while he had to give the Education Minister Mariano Narodowski, by assuming the place the writer Abel Posse.
Confrontation with Art
At the opening of ArteBA, the perennial art fair in Buenos Aires, Macri conducted a televised tour of the stands and the artworks exhibited.[23] While at the stand of MiauMiau Estudio, he stuck his head inside a sculpture by Seth Wulsin, called Infinity also hurts, a floating icosahedral time machine made of mirrors and silicone.[24][25] He proceeded to grab the neck of the accompanying reporter and shove him inside the sculpture, breaking it on national television.[26] This event was largely seen in the media as an allegory for Macri's relationship to culture, while the sculpture has been admired for its ability to detect corruption.[27]
CANDYLAND, Buenos Aires, Illegal Closure by Inspectors from AGC
Mauricio Macri is responsible for creating an entity in Buenos Aires City government called "Agencia Gubernamental de Control", also known as AGC, located at Peron 2933 in the neighborhood called Balvanera.
This agency is responsible for inspecting businesses around the city of Buenos Aires to make sure they are in compliance with the health and safety laws that the city requires businesses to follow.
On Monday December 20th, 2010, 2 inspectors from this agency, Guillermo Wanrooy and Rosana Delfino, entered a shop in Buenos Aires known as CANDYLAND and proceeded to force the owner, David Glen to close down. There was no reason for the shop to be closed as there were no infractions. The inspectors of this agency have been known to ask for bribes in the past and arbitrarily closing down businesses without due process. Due to CANDYLAND being closed right before the holiday selling season, the owner suffered severe financial and emotional damage and now has a lawsuit pending against the city of Buenos Aires. The owner of CANDYLAND, David Glen, has tried to contact Mauricio Macri´s office on several occasions to try and get a resolution as to why these arbitrary closures are being allowed and condoned by his government, but Mr. Glen has only been ignored. Mr. Glen has also contacted the director of this agency, Javier Ignacio Ibáñez and repeated requests for contact have been ignored as well. Buenos Aires city government operates a facebook page called "Atención Ciudadana" where residents of the capital city of Buenos Aires can post complaints, requests for repairs and post their opinions of the city government. David Glen has had his permissions cancelled on this facebook page and can no longer post anything due to the fact that he has been critical of Mr. Macri's government agency which arbitrarily closed down his business, without any cause. After contacting this agency on more than one occasion, Mr. Glen's permission to post on this website were restored, however after continuously trying to contact these Buenos Aires city agencies, and being critical of them for being ignored, his permissions were again cancelled and he can not post or make any comments on these pages.
References
- ^ Procesaron a Mauricio Macri en la causa por las escuchas ilegales, Judicial Information Center.
- ^ a b Mauricio Macri's curriculum vitae
- ^ Río Negro: Detuvieron a ex comisario por el secuestro de Macri Template:Es icon
- ^ Bloomberg.com June 25, 2007 - Kirchner's Argentina Electoral Losses Fuel Opposition
- ^ Leaked Cable
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6222126.stm
- ^ Official website of Pro
- ^ http://www.terra.com.ar/canales/elecciones2005/124/124688.html Macri's profile
- ^ http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-80683-2007-02-21.html
- ^ http://www.clarin.com/diario/2005/03/16/elpais/p-01101.htm
- ^ http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=897913
- ^ Bloomberg.com, 4 June 2007. Macri Expects Run-Off Election Win After First Round Victory.
- ^ BBC News, 25 June 2007. Profile: Mauricio Macri.
- ^ Bloomberg.com, 25 June 2007. Kirchner's Argentina Electoral Losses Fuel Opposition.
- ^ [1] Clarín newspaper, 28 Dicember 2007 (Spanish).
- ^ [2] Página/12 newspaper, 31 January 2008 (Spanish).
- ^ [3] Clarín newspaper, 29 October 2008 (Spanish)
- ^ [4] Clarín newspaper, 30 October 2008 (Spanish)
- ^ [5] TELAM: AMIA Victims' relatives demanded Justice and "Fino" Palacios' resignation
- ^ [6] Buenos Aires Herald: Opposition begins campaign to remove Jorge Palacios from Metropolitan Police
- ^ [7] Clarín newspaper, 26 August 2009 (Spanish)
- ^ a b Quién es Ciro James, el policía que espiaba... ¿para Macri? (Who is Ciro James, the policeman who spy... for Macri?), Terra.
- ^ Rompe ¿y paga? (He breaks. But does he pay?), ElArgentino.
- ^ Buenos Aires Mayor Macri breaks Seth Wulsin Sculpture in ArteBA CQC.
- ^ Seth Wulsin - Artist Argentimes.
- ^ CQC Macri rompe obra de Wulsin en ArteBA (CQC, Macri break Wulsin Sculpture in ArteBA) CGC.
- ^ Una desencarnada guerra comercial con el Macrigate como telón de fondo Miradas al Sur.