After ending his tour of Madrid and Lisbon, the head of government of the City of Buenos Aires, Jorge Macri, took stock of his visit to Europe. “This is the right way: always go towards a global, connected and innovative city, with neighbors in the foreground“he concluded.
Macri traveled to Madrid to participate in the Assembly of the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities (UCCI). During his stay, the PRO politician held various bilateral meetings, among which those with the Venezuelan opposition stand out, Edmundo González Urrutia and with the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida.
Jorge Macri’s assessment after his visit to Madrid and Lisbon
Through his social networks, the head of Government announced the end of his tour of Spain and Portugal and made a summary of his trip. “It was a week in which We learned about educational and technological projects that serve as a reference for us and in which we consolidate ties of cooperation that will allow us to live better every day in the City.”
In addition, the leader of the Buenos Aires administration highlighted that they held meetings with “leaders committed to democracywith whom we agree in the work for freedom and the fight against populism“. In this sense, Macri stated: “For us, these values are not negotiated.”
The PRO politician announced that new announcements will come very soon “that will continue to revolutionize the education of the City“On the other hand, the Buenos Aires president assured that during his visit to Madrid they took ideas from the Spanish capital for the “fight against childhood gambling.”
Finally, the head of Government celebrated the confirmation of the City of Buenos Aires as the venue for the summit of Ibero-American mayors in 2025. The 2024 UCCI summit brought together mayors and leaders of the most important cities in Ibero-America with the aim of promoting cooperation and sustainable development. The international network was founded in 1982 and It currently brings together 29 cities from 24 Ibero-American countries and represents more than 76 million inhabitants.
Macri’s definitions in Madrid
During the panel where the news of the election of CABA as the headquarters was announced, the Buenos Aires official was accompanied by the Mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida; the mayor of Santo Domingo, Carolina Mejía; the manager of Resource Mobilization and Global Alliances of CAF Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, Ignacio Corlazzoli; and the Director of Finance of BBVA, Javier Flores Moreno.
In his speech, Macri addressed various topics: from the Argentine situation, to public-private coordination and the expansion of artificial intelligence.
About the public-private articulation The Buenos Aires leader assured: “It is fundamental so that cities have businesses and develop. We have before us the challenge of the artificial intelligence revolution and that raises the need to invest in human capital, which is the most relevant thing that cities have. Articulating the public with the private also implies creating favorable conditions for cities to develop higher value products“.
In turn, the PRO leader referred to the changes that have occurred since the arrival of Javier Milei to Casa Rosada, and highlighted: “Argentina has had very good news, the country risk dropped below 1,000 basis points, when we came from 3,000. We were out of the world. The bonds of the City of Buenos Aires are quoted at par, we have no City risk.”
“If there is something that we mayors have, it is solid administrative health, No mayor can spend more money than he earns.. We work in zero deficit and financial balance, we are very responsible in the administration of the resource. We are used to saying no and that is the most difficult thing about management,” contrasted the Head of Government.
At the end of his presentation, Jorge Macri highlighted the value of the main resource that the City has: “We have a revolution ahead of us that we are going to have to face, which is the Artificial intelligenceand where there will be winners and losers. The challenge of cities like Buenos Aires is investing in human capital. The most relevant thing a city has is its people. For example, the lithium of the City of Buenos Aires is its people”.
Source: Ambito
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