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LATIN AMERICA FOCUS ARGENTINA - ONLINE
Tensions between Buenos Aires and the city have existed for years but after the election of 2014 for the first time in 23 years, the City of Buenos Aires, the Province of Buenos Aires and the country was run by politicians of the same party. Vidal governed the province while Horacio Rodríguez Larreta ran the City and Macri, the country. All three were members of the PRO party.
A fundamental part of the opening up of the online market has been the continuation of a more business friendly political alliance which has held sway in city hall for several years now.
In November 2015 centre right Mauricio Macri won the presidential election having previously served as mayor of the city. Larreta succeeded Macri as mayor in 2015. Larreta had helped Mauricio Macri to create the Republican Proposal (PRO) party.
While Macri lost his Presidential re-election bid in 2019 Larreta was re-elected as mayor in 2019 meaning a direct continuation of policies in place in the capital.
Larreta is above all things pragmatic and has shown a willingness to engage in political negotiation - a skill woefully lacking amongst his political rivals who have sadly been all too willing to exploit the increasing polarisation within Argentine society.
It is this pragmatic approach and ability to get things done which had seen his popularity rise even during the current recession.
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Close political ties between Larreta and Governor Vidal, both of whom belonged to the same centre-right governing coalition, meant that the city and the province worked together to shape online policy. Tensions between Buenos Aires and the city have existed for years but after the election of 2014 for the first time in 23 years, the City of Buenos Aires, the Province of Buenos Aires and the country was run by politicians of the same party. Vidal governed the province while Horacio Rodríguez Larreta ran the City and Macri, the country. All three were members of the PRO party.
Indeed regulation of the industry in the city limits was coupled with an agreement signed between the management of the administrations of Larreta and Vidal for the coordination of actions over the running of online gaming between both jurisdictions. Both bills were also signed into law in the same month: December 2018. LOTBA was granted the authority to call for tender processes for the city while Te Buenos Aires Provincial Institute of Lottery and Casinos was granted control over online gambling in the province.
ONLINE LICENCES IN THE PROVINCE
A total of 14 companies were scheduled to contend for the seven online gambling licences for the province of Buenos Aires. International interest was high with a number of well known online operators teaming up with local companies in order to make a bid. However the changing political landscape and trouble for Vidal delayed the process.
In September 2019 Vidal put the tender for the online gambling licences on standby while she sought re-election. Vidal lost the primary race to ultra-kirchnerista Axel Kicillof by almost 17- per cent margin in August 2019. President Mauricio Macri was also unexpectedly defeated in the primary elections. Vidal and Macri eventually lost the election in October 2019, as frustrated voters rejected the incumbent’s handling of the economic crisis. Macri was defeated by left-wing rival Alberto Fernández and his running mate former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner who was president from 2007 to 2015.
Kirchner has a far more radical left wing base. Her previous term in office, saw long a line of
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