Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires (Gran Buenos Aires, GBA, in Spanish) is the generic denomination to refer to the megalopolis comprising the autonomous city of Buenos Aires and the conurbation around it, over the province of Buenos Aires—namely the adjacent 24 partidos or municipalities—which nonetheless do not constitute a single administrative unit. The conurbation spreads to the south, west and north of Buenos Aires; to the east the River Plate serves as a natural boundary.

Urban sprawl, especially between 1945 and 1980, created a vast conurbation of 9,910,282 inhabitants in the 24 conurbated partidos, as of 2010, and a total of 13,028,000 including the City of Buenos Aires, a third of the total population of Argentina.

The term "Greater Buenos Aires" is related with other expressions not necessarily well-defined: the "Buenos Aires' conurbation" (Conurbano Bonaerense), the "Greater Buenos Aires Agglomeration" (Aglomerado Gran Buenos Aires), and the "Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires" (Área Metropolitana Buenos Aires, AMBA).

Definition

Greater Buenos Aires

The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos), INDEC, has defined Greater Buenos Aires to be comprised by: There are three main groups within the Buenos Aires' Conurbation. The first two groups (24 partidos) comprise the traditional conurbation, or the "conurbation proper". The third group of six partidos is in process of becoming fully integrated with the rest.

Fourteen fully urbanized partidos

Avellaneda

General San Martín

Hurlingham

Ituzaingó

José C. Paz

Lanús

Lomas de Zamora

Malvinas Argentinas

Morón

Quilmes

San Isidro

San Miguel

Tres de Febrero

Vicente López

Ten partidos partially urbanized

Almirante Brown

Berazategui

Esteban Echeverría

Ezeiza

Florencio Varela

La Matanza

Merlo

Moreno

San Fernando

Tigre

Six partidos not yet conurbated

As urbanization continues and the conurbation grows, six additional partially urbanized partidos now are fully connected with the conurbation:

Escobar

General Rodríguez

Marcos Paz

Pilar

Presidente Perón

San Vicente

Río de la Plata

Río de la Plata (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈri.o ðe la ˈplata], River of Silver)—sometimes rendered River Plate in British English and the Commonwealth, and occasionally rendered [La] Plata River in other English-speaking countries—is the river and estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River on the border between Argentina and Uruguay. It is a funnel-shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of South America, about 290 kilometres (180 mi) long.

The Río de la Plata widens from about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) at the inner part to about 220 kilometres (140 mi) at its mouth. It forms part of the border between Argentina and Uruguay, with the major ports and capital cities of Buenos Aires and Montevideo on its southwest and northeast shores. The coasts of the Río de la Plata are the most densely populated areas of Argentina and Uruguay.

Geography

Some geographers consider the Río de la Plata a gulf or marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, while others consider it a river. For those who regard it to be a river it is the widest in the world, with a maximum width of about 220 kilometres (140 mi) and a total surface area of about 35,000 square kilometres (14,000 sq mi).

The Río de la Plata behaves as an estuary in which freshwater and seawater mix. Its freshwater comes from the Paraná River, one of the world's longest, and its main tributary, the Paraguay River, as well as the Uruguay River and other smaller streams. Currents in the Río de la Plata are controlled by tides reaching to its source and beyond, into the Uruguay and Paraná rivers.Both rivers are tidally influenced for about 190 kilometres (120 mi). The tidal ranges in the Río de la Plata are small, but its large width allows for a tidal prism important enough to dominate the flow regime despite the huge discharge received by the tributary rivers. The rivers discharge is strong enough to prevent salt water from penetrating the inner Río de la Plata.

A submerged shoal, the Barra del Indio, acts as a barrier, separating the Río de la Plata into an inner freshwater riverine area and an outer brackish estuarine area.The shoal is located approximately between Montevideo and Punta Piedras (the northwest end of Samborombón Bay). It is the freshwater of the inner area that causes many to describe the Río de la Plata as a river. The depth of the inner fluvial zone is between about 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16 ft). It is about 180 kilometres (110 mi) long and up to 80 kilometres (50 mi) wide. The depth of the outer estuary zone increases from 5 to 25 metres (16 to 82 ft).

Drainage basin

Satellite image of the Parana and Uruguay rivers emptying into the Río de la Plata. Due to the relatively calm surface of the estuary and the angle of the Sun relative to the satellite, the current of the river flowing out into the Atlantic is visible.

The La Plata Basin, the Río de la Plata's drainage basin, is the second largest in South America. At a size of about 4,144,000 square kilometres (1,600,000 sq mi), the basin is about one fourth of the continent's surface. It includes areas of southeastern Bolivia, southern and central Brazil, the entire nation of Paraguay, most of Uruguay, and northern Argentina. The main rivers of the La Plata basin are the Paraná, one of the longest in the world, and its main tributary, the Paraguay River, and the Uruguay River.

The Paraná RIver's main tributaries include the Paranaíba River, Grande River, Corumbá River, Tietê River, Paranapanema river, Iguazu River, Negro River, Carcarañá River, Gualeguay River, and the Salado River. The Paraná River ends in the large Paraná Delta.

The Paraguay's main tributaries include the Jauru River, Cuiabá River, Taquari River, Nabileque River, Curiche Grande River, Apa River, Pilcomayo River, and the Bermejo River. The Paraguay River flows through the Pantanal wetland.

The Uruguay's main tributaries include the Pelotas River, Canoas River, Peperiguaçu River, Ibicuí River, Quaraí River, and the Río Negro.

Battle of the River Plate

The Battle of the River Plate, an early World War II naval engagement between the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and British and New Zealand ships, started several miles off the coast of the estuary. The German ship retired up the estuary and put into port at Montevideo. A few days later, rather than fight outgunned, she was scuttled in the estuary.

These events were depicted in the 1956 British film The Battle of the River Plate – also known as The Pursuit of the Graf Spee – by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

Etymology

The English name "River Plate" is not, as sometimes thought, a mistranslation, as "plate" was used extensively as a noun for "silver" or "gold" from the 12th century onwards, especially in Early Modern English and the estuary has been known as the River Plate or Plate River in English since at least the time of Francis Drake. A modern translation of the Spanish Río de la Plata is "Silver River", referring not to color but to the riches of the fabled Sierra de la Plata thought to lie upstream.

The English version of the name served as an inspiration for one of Argentina's most important football clubs, Club Atlético River Plate.

Fauna

The Río de la Plata is a habitat for the Loggerhead Sea Turtle, Green Sea Turtle, Leatherback Sea Turtle, the rare La Plata Dolphin, and many species of fish.

Matanza River

Matanza River is known by several names, including, in Spanish, Río de la Matanza ("the slaughter river" in English), Río Matanza ("slaughter river"), Río Mataderos ("slaughterhouses river"), Río de la Manzana ("the apple river"), El Riachuelo ("the little river" or "the brook"), or simply Riachuelo ("little river" or "brook"). It is a 64-kilometre (40 mi) stream in Argentina that originates in the Buenos Aires Province and defines the southern boundary of the Buenos Aires federal district. It empties into the Río de la Plata between Tandanor and Dock Sud. The La Boca neighbourhood and the Boca Juniors football club are located near the Riachuelo's mouth. The Spanish word boca means "river mouth".

The river's course has been canalized and channelized in places, especially along its lower course.

From its source down to La Noria Bridge on Avenida General Paz, the river is usually referred to as Río La Matanza, and from that point onwards as Riachuelo. Approximately 3.5 million people live in its drainage basin of 2,240 km2 (865 sq mi).

The Matanza's main tributaries are the Cañuelas, Chacón, and Morales streams in the Province of Buenos Aires, and the Cildáñez stream (currently piped) in the Greater Buenos Aires urban area. The Matanza receives large amounts of industrial waste from the numerous factories along the river, especially tanneries, which makes the Matanza/Riachuelo a polluted river. Among the most dangerous contaminants are heavy metals and waste water from the basin's saturated layers. A contentious political subject since at least the 1862-68 administration of President Bartolomé Mitre,[6] the Riachuelo's plight has attracted the attention of other public figures, notably artist and Greenpeace activist Nicolás García Uriburu, who dyed the waterway green in 1970, and on World Water Day (March 22) in 2010, to draw attention to the problem.

La Boca port.

In 1993 President Carlos Menem's Secretary of Environment María Julia Alsogaray presented a 3 year project to clean up the Riachuelo that was approved, but never started, let alone concluded. The former civil servant, daughter of conservative policy maker Álvaro Alsogaray, was prosecuted for misappropriation of those public funds.

According to Argentine newspaper Página/12, of the 250 million dollar budget, only $90 million remain; $6 million were lost in punitive interests, $150 million were destined to unrelated social projects, and only $1 million was used for the actual cleanup. Critics have also noted that this cleanup was in vain, as all that was done was to remove sunken ship hulls, but nothing was done to prevent newly abandoned ships from sinking. A period of optimism regarding the waterway's condition followed announcements in 2006 by President Néstor Kirchner that the Riachuelo's improvement would be prioritized; but, though some efforts were undertaken, the river remains a source of health problems and urban blight for its adjoining neighborhoods. Env

Boccadasse

Boccadasse (Boccadaze in Genoese) is an old mariner's neighbourhood of the Italian city of Genoa. It lies at the eastern side of the Corso Italia stroll, the main sea front stroll of the city of Genoa, at the feet of Via Aurora a typical Ligurian narrow street ("creuza").

The origin of the name is uncertain, one of the more reliable hypothesis is that the name comes from the form of the bay on which Boccadasse lies, thus the name should be the shortening of the Genoese for donkey's mouth boca d'aze. Another theory is that the name derives from the torrent that used to flow through the village the asse, therefore the name should mean outlet of the asse.

The village of Boccadasse attracts tourists. It is enclosed in a narrow bay, at the eastern side the cape of Santa Chiara with a castle (a new building in the style of a medieval castle), on the western side the rocks, and in the middle the tiny cobblestones beach where the seamen's small boats rest.

La Boca

La Boca is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It retains a strong European flavour, with many of its early settlers being from the Italian city of Genoa. In fact the name has a strong assonance with the Genoese neighborhood of Boccadasse (or Bocadaze in Genoese dialect), and some people believe[who?] that the Buenos Aires barrio was indeed named after it. The conventional explanation is that the neighborhood sits at the mouth ("boca" in Spanish) of the Riachuelo.

In 1882, after a lengthy general strike, La Boca seceded from Argentina, and the rebels raised the Genoese flag, which was immediately torn down personally by then President Julio Argentino Roca.

It is known among sports fans for La Bombonera the home of Boca Juniors, one of the world's best known football clubs. La Boca is a popular destination for tourists visiting Argentina, with its colourful houses and pedestrian street, the Caminito, where tango artists perform and tango-related memorabilia is sold. Other attractions include the La Ribera theatre, many tango clubs and Italian taverns.

As one of Buenos Aires's 48 barrios, La Boca is located in the city's south-east near its old port. The barrio of Barracas is to the west; San Telmo and Puerto Madero are to the north. In La Boca many of the residents are of mixed European descent. Mainly Italian, Spanish, German, French, Arab and Basque.

Julio César Falcioni

Julio César Falcioni (born 20 July 1956 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football manager and former goalkeeper. He currently works as the manager of Boca Juniors in Argentina.

Playing career

Club career

Falcioni started his career at Vélez Sársfield in the Primera division in 1976. In 1980 he moved to América de Cali in Colombia, where he won five league titles. Between 1985 and 1987, Falcioni was part of the América team that were runners up in the Copa Libertadores three seasons in a row.

In 1990 Falcioni returned to Argentina to play for Gimnasia y Esgrima, and in 1991 he had short spells with Once Caldas in Colombia and with his first club Vélez Sársfield.

International career

Falcioni made 3 appearances for the Argentina national football team in 1989.

Managerial career

Falcioni embarked on his managerial career in 1997 at the lower divisions in Vélez Sarsfield. He remained at the club until 2000.

He then had stints as manager of Olimpo, Banfield, Independiente, Colón de Santa Fe and Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata.

In 2009, he returned to Banfield and later that year led them to the Apertura 2009 championship, making them Argentine league champions for the first time in their history. On December 22, 2010, he left Banfield to become the manager of Boca Juniors. Within months he had caused controversy by leaving star player Juan Román Riquelme out of the team to face All Boys in the third round of the Clausura 2011 tournament even though the fans favourite was not suffering from any injuries.

Jorge Amor Ameal

Jorge Amor Ameal (born Berazategui, Buenos Aires, 1948), is an Argentinian businessman, and is president of Boca Juniors.

He became the club's first Vice-President, following the formula in the Presidential employer Pedro Pompilio, on June 1, 2008. But he had to take the post due to Pompilio's death on the October 30 of 2008

Boca Juniors

Estadio Alberto J. Armando (formerly the Estadio Camilo Cichero) is a stadium located in the La Boca district of Buenos Aires. Widely known as La Bombonera (the Chocolate Box) due to its shape, with a "flat" stand on one side of the pitch and three steep stands round the rest of the stadium. It has a capacity of 49,000.

The stadium is owned by Boca Juniors, one of Argentina's most famous football clubs. The unusual shape of the stadium has led to it having excellent acoustics and the Boca support being nicknamed "La Doce" (The 12th man).

Three sides of the Bombonera are made up of traditional stands. However, the fourth side had to be built vertically, with several seating areas stacked one on top of the other, to stay within the stadium's property. La Bombonera is renowned for vibrating when fans start to jump in rhythm. In particular, the unique vertical side will sway slightly, leading to the phrase " La Bombonera doesn't shake: it beats (like a heart)." (Spanish: La Bombonera no tiembla. Late)

The pitch at La Bombonera is the minimum length required under FIFA regulations - 105m x 68m.

Stadium history

Work began on constructing the stadium on 18 February 1938, and Boca played their home matches at the Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium until the new stadium was built. The stadium finally opened on 25 May 1940 with a friendly match between Boca and San Lorenzo, which the home side won 2-0 with both goals score by Ricardo Alarcón. The stadium, which was originally named Estadio Camilo Cichero, after then club president, Camil Cichero, had two tiers, and in 1949 the club decided to add a third tier, which was completed in 1953,[6] giving the stadium its nickname La Bombonera.

Floodlights were installed in 1952, so that games could be played in the evenings and thus allowing the stadium to host international matches.

The side opposite the Casa Amarilla railway platforms remained mostly unbuilt until the 1990s, when it was upgraded with new balconies and executive boxes, when between 1995 and 1996 the stadium underwent a major renovation, under Mauricio Macri’s presidency in order to raise its capacity from 49,000 to 57,395. The old Executive boxes on Del Valle Iberlucea Street were demolished and replaced by a small tier over which the current executive boxes were built.

La Bombonera today

La Bombonera currently has a capacity of around 49,000 and the club's popularity make tickets hard to find, especially for the Superclásico derby against River Plate.

Out of its capacity of 49,000, there are 37,538 seats, 2780 are boxes and 8,682 standing. Both its interior and exterior are lined with a number of murals painted by the artist Pérez Celis depicting many of the club's legendary players and aspects of the district's culture, such as the life of Italian immigrants. The black and white Coca-Cola advertisement banners that hang in the stadium are among the few worldwide not to use Coca Cola's trademark red, as Boca's arch rivals River Plate play in red and white.

Diego Maradona, who played for and supports Boca Juniors, has his own executive box at the stadium.

Redevelopment

There are planned improvements for the stadium, including measures to ease crowd congestion, use of new technology in the stadium and improved corporate facilities. These include -

Main gate, museum and megastore: Work is planned to be done on the main access to the stadium at 805 Brandsen which will include the construction of a megastore, and to then connect the main access with the store and the club's museum.

Third tier:Remodelling work to install further seating and improve spectator comfort.

Stadium gates: Building work to improve access and prevent crowd congestion is underway. The first phase focuses on improving access to the executive boxes and premium seats. In addition, new software and hardware will improve access control with regard to safety and quickness to prevent crowd congestion.

Creation of a corporate area: Businesses will have an area in the stadium with VIP service. One section in the second tier, is being re-designed with two executive boxes and more comfortable seating. The service will also provide businesses with season tickets to allow them to invite clients. It also includes transportation, museum visits and catering services.

Boca Museum

Passion of Boca Juniors Museum (Spanish: Museo de la Pasión Boquense) was opened by Mauricio Macri, and is located within the stadium. It is on two floors an chronicles the club's rise from 1905 to the present day. One of the exhibits in the museum is a giant football with 360-degree footage of the club's fans and players at a match. The museum also includes a Hall of fame and a large mural of Diego Maradona. Also included are non-football items such as the specially commissioned blue and gold guitar played by Lenny Kravitz when he performed at La Bombonera in 2005.

Because the lack of licensing, the name of the stadium in the videogame Pro Evolution Soccer is "Estadio Grand Chaco". The stadium was featured in the 2001 satirical comedy film, Mike Bassett: England Manager as a stadium in Brazil in which England loses 4-0 to Mexico in the World Cup.

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in the La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División.

Boca Juniors is one of the most successful clubs in Argentina and in the world, having won 41 official titles at the national and international level. Domestically, they have twenty-three league titles; they last won the 2008 Apertura tournament. Internationally, the team has won eighteen international titles, a record shared with A.C. Milan. Their international trophy haul includes six Copa Libertadores, four Recopa Sudamericana, three world club titles (Intercontinental Cup), two Copa Sudamericana, one Copa Oro, one Supercopa Sudamericana, and one Supercopa Masters. Boca Juniors is one of eight teams to have won CONMEBOL's treble (the others being Olimpia, São Paulo, Independiente, Vélez Sársfield, Cruzeiro, Internacional and LDU Quito). Their success usually has Boca ranked among the IFFHS's Club World Ranking Top 25, which they have reached the top position six times (mostly during the coaching tenure of Carlos Bianchi). Boca was also named by the IFFHS as the top South American club of the 1st decade of the 21st century (2001–2010).

The club was founded on April 3, 1905 by five Italian immigrants. The club currently has a fierce rivalry with River Plate, also from Buenos Aires. Matches between the two clubs are known as the Superclásico and is one of the most heated rivalries in Argentina and the world as both clubs are the two most popular in the country. Boca's home stadium is Estadio Alberto J. Armando, which is colloquially known as La Bombonera. The youth academy has produced many Argentine internationals such as Nicolás Burdisso, Carlos Tévez and Fernando Gago, who have played or are playing for top European clubs.

Amateur era (1908–1930)

On 1908, the affiliation request sent by Boca (through Juan Farenga and Bartolomé Gariboldi) to the Argentine Football Association was accepted. Boca Juniors' first stadium was located in the Isla Demarchi. Juan Brichetto was one of the many fans who donated money to finish the construction.

Boca Juniors debut as part of the Association was in the Segunda de Ascenso division, playing a match against Club Belgrano that Boca won 3–1. The squad finished in the first place (among eight teams) and qualified for the next stage, the semifinals, which Boca played against Racing Club: Boca was defeated by 1–0 and was eliminated.

The first title

On January 20, 1920, Boca Juniors reached its first championship (which belong to 1919 season). after defeating Sportivo de Almagro by 4–0. The match was played in Boca stadium, located in Ministro Brin and Senquel streets. Boca Juniors line-up was: Tesoriere; Cortella, Ortega, López, Busso, Elli; Calomino, Bozzo, Garasini, Martín, Miranda. Miranda and Martín were the scorers of the match (2 goals each).Boca Juniors obtained a new title the following year (corresponding to the 1920 season but played in 1921), after a victory of 2–0 against Banfield. The next championship achieved was in 1923 and it took 4 matches to decide which team (Boca or Huracán) would be the champion, so Boca won the first match but was defeated in the 2nd game; the 3rd match finished in a tie and a 4th game had to be played (at Sportivo Barracas stadium, on April 27, 1924), finally won by Boca 2–0 obtaining a new title. Both goals were scored by Garasini.

Boca was the unbeaten champion of the 1924 season, winning 18 matches over 19 disputed. The team finished with a total of goals scored of 67 (an average of 3.52 per game) and only received 8.

Champion of honour

In 1925 Boca made its first trip to Europe to play many friendly matches there (more specifically in Spain, Germany and France). Boca disputed a total of 19 games, winning 15 of them. Some of the rivals defeated were Real Madrid, Celta de Vigo and Deportivo La Coruña. On June 28, 1926, in a meeting held at the Association Argentina de Football, Boca Juniors was declared "Campeón de Honor" (Champion of Honour) of 1925 season, and each member of the team received a commemorative medal. The players were: Tesoriere, Bidoglio, Mutis, Tarascone, Busso, Elli, Médici, Garasini, Antraygues, Cerroti, Pertini and Posso.

Professional era

With the introduction of professional football in Argentina, Boca won the first title in 1931.

First Match: April 21, 1905. vs. Mariano Moreno.

First international match: December 8, 1907. vs. Universal (Montevideo, Uruguay)

First professional match: May 31, 1931 vs. Chacarita Juniors.

Kit and badge

The original jersey colour was pink, but this was quickly abandoned for thin black-and-white vertical stripes. Legend has it that in 1906, Boca played another team that used this strip to decide who would get to keep it. Boca lost, and decided to adopt the colors of the flag of the first boat to sail into the port at La Boca. This proved to be the 4146 ton freighter "Drottning Sophia", a Swedish vessel sailing from Copenhagen. As a result, the yellow and blue of the Swedish flag were adopted as the new team colours. The first version had a yellow diagonal band, which was later changed to a horizontal stripe

Supporters

Barra Brava of "La 12" in La Bombonera

Boca Juniors is traditionally regarded as the club of Argentina's working class, in contrast with the supposedly more upper-class base of cross-town arch rival Club Atlético River Plate.

Boca Juniors claims to be the club of "half plus one" (la mitad más uno) of Argentina's population, but a 2006 survey placed its following at 40%,still the largest share. They have the highest number of fans, as judged by percentage in their country.

The Boca-River Superclásico rivalry is one of the most thrilling derbies in the world. Out of their 327 previous meetings, Boca have won 121, River 105 and there have been 101 draws. After each match (except draws), street signs cover Buenos Aires at fans' own expense, "ribbing" the losing side with humorous posters. This has become part of Buenos Aires culture ever since a Boca winning streak in the 1990s.

Nicknames

Boca fans are known as los xeneizes (the Genoese) after the Genoese immigrants who founded the team and lived in La Boca in the early 20th century.

Many rival fans in Argentina refer to the Boca Juniors' fans as Los Bosteros (the manure handlers), originating from the horse manure used in the brick factory which occupied the ground where La Bombonera stands. Originally an insult used by rivals, Boca fans are now proud of it.

Reflecting the team's colors, Boca's shirt is also called la azul y oro (the blue and gold).

There is also a society which dedicates all of its activities to supporting the team known as la número 12 or la doce (player number doce or 12, meaning "the 12th player")

The naming of “La 12″ (the twelfth player), by which Boca Juniors' fans became known, dates back to the year 1925, during the European tour they made that year. At that time, the team was accompanied by a Boca fan called Victoriano Caffarena, who belonged to a wealthy family and funded part of the tour. During that tour he helped the team in everything establishing a strong relationship with the players, so they named him “Player No. 12″. When they returned back to Argentina, Caffarena was as well known as the players themselves. Nowadays, this nickname is used primarily to name their group of supporters, known as “La 12″

International

Peñas (fan clubs) exist in a number of Argentine cities and abroad in countries such as Russia, Ukraine, Spain, Israel and Japan.

Boca Juniors are particularly popular in Japan because of the club's success in recent years at the Intercontinental Cup held in Japan. All over the world, fans are drawn to Boca by the club's international titles, and by the success of Boca players who went on to play in European football such as Hugo Ibarra, Rodolfo Arruabarrena, Diego Cagna, Enzo Ferrero, Roberto Abbondanzieri, Nicolás Burdisso, Fernando Gago, Diego Maradona, Claudio Caniggia, Gabriel Batistuta, Juan Román Riquelme and Carlos Tévez.

Boca have fans throughout Latin America and also in parts of the United States where there has been Latin immigration and where in July 2007, after the club had toured pre-season, it was reported that the club were considering the possibility of creating a Boca Juniors USA team to compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) with New York City, Miami, Los Angeles and Arizona mentioned as possible locations.

Boca Juniors has had a long standing rivalry with River Plate. The Superclásico is known worldwide as one of world football's fiercest and most important rivalries. It is particularly noted for the passion of the fans, the stands of both teams feature fireworks, coloured confetti, flags and rolls of paper. Both sets of supporters sing passionate songs (often based on popular Argentine rock band tunes) against their rivals, and the stadiums are known to bounce with the simultaneous jumping of the fans. Sometimes the games have been known to end in riots between the hardest supporters of both sides or against the police. The English newspaper The Observer put the Superclásico at the top of their list of 50 sporting things you must do before you die.

Chairmen

Pedro Pompilio was the club's last elected chairman, succeeding Ing. Mauricio Macri (current Head of Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires). Pompilio died during his presidency on October 30, 2008 due to heart attack. His family asked not to send flowers to his funeral and donate money to UNICEF instead. He was 58 years old at that time.He was married and had two children.

Jorge Amor Ameal, 1st vice president during Pedro Pompilio's direction, is the new Boca Juniors president.Boca's most successful president was Mauricio Macri (1996–2008). During his era, the club has won most of its international titles.

Records

Boca Juniors and Milan both hold a world record 18 official international titles.

Boca Juniors has the most official titles (domestic and international) for an Argentine football club with 41 titles in the professional era (48 including amateur titles).

Boca Juniors were awarded the title "Campeón de Honor" (Honour Champion) in 1925, due to a highly successful tour through Europe in which the club played Real Madrid, Atlético Madrid and Real Sociedad, as well as German and French teams, with an impressive record of 15 wins, one draw and three defeats. This title was declared official by the Argentine Football Association, thereby increasing the total number of amateur and professional titles to 49 (31 domestic and 18 international titles).

40 consecutive Primera División matches unbeaten - an Argentine record: from 5 May 1998 to 2 June 1999, with 29 victories and 11 draws.

Three times winner of the Intercontinental Cup (now replaced by FIFA Club World Cup), a record tied with Peñarol, Nacional, Milan and Real Madrid.

Products and services

Boca Juniors has expanded its activity beyond sport, providing its fans with a number of other products and services.

In 2003, it became the fifth football club in the world to open its own TV channel. Boca TV broadcasts 24 hours a day, featuring sports programs and talk shows.

There is a line of Boca coffins available for dead fans, as well as an official Boca Juniors cemetery.

Boca has its own fleet of taxis operating in Buenos Aires.

The club also sells its own brand of wine, called Boca Wine.

Palermo ends drought in Boca win

Boca Juniors picked up a valuable win as they won 3-0 at Huracan in the Clausura on Sunday.

Cristian Chavez fired the Buenos Aires side into a 19th minute lead which they retained at half-time. Nicolas Colazo added a second early in the second half before veteran striker Martin Palermo rounded things off in the 82nd minute to end his run of 10 games without a goal.

Argentinos Juniors moved up to fourth in the table as they came from behind to beat Racing Club 2-1.

Teofilo Gutierrez fired Racing Club ahead in the first half before Salcedo Gonzalez levelled after 57 minutes.

Racing then saw Franco Zuculini dismissed and Gonzalo Prosperi punished that misdemeanour by hitting the winner 13 minutes from time.

The day's other game saw Arsenal Sarandi draw 1-1 at home to Gimnasia La Plata.

Mauro Obolo put the hosts ahead in the 32nd minute but Guillermo Barros Schelotto equalised after 66 minutes.

Argentinian officials wrong, says jailed Kiwi

Former top public servant accused of cocaine smuggling in Argentina has defended carrying more than one driver's licence, saying she is "not a criminal.

Sharon Armstrong, 54, was arrested by police in a Buenos Aires airport about two weeks ago after 5 kilograms of cocaine was discovered in the false bottom of her suitcase.

Confiscated personal effects, including an iPhone, passport, Farmers card and Argentinian, Australian and United States cash. Officials said they also found four driver licences.

Former Maori Language Commission chief executive Haami Piripi said he remained "utterly convinced" that Ms Armstrong was not knowingly involved in cocaine trafficking. "I'm a pretty good judge of character and I'm sure things will come out in the wash which will substantiate what Sharon is saying."

He believed her claims that she had been scammed.

"You're a 50-something single woman, you're a human being. I think people getting duped is a common everyday phenomenon, and she's unfortunately fallen victim to it.

"Whatever happened she participated in it unwittingly.

Family and friends were pulling together to help set up a legal fund for her, which Mr Piripi said would be advertised on her Facebook page.

Ms Armstrong is being held at the medium-security Federal Detention for Women in Buenos Aires. She is expected to appear in court this week.

Ricardo Darín

Ricardo Darín (born January 16, 1957) is an Argentine actor.

Darín is one of the biggest movie stars in Argentina. He played a number of parts in TV series for several years where he became popular as a young leading actor. His most prominent roles as a film actor include Nine Queens (2000), El Hijo de la Novia (2001), Luna de Avellaneda (2004), El Aura (2005) and La Señal (2007), which was also his directorial debut. He recently starred in the Academy Award winning film The Secret in Their Eyes (2009).

Filmography

La Playa del amor (1979)

Juventud sin barreras (1979)

La carpa del amor (1979)

La Discoteca del amor (1980)

La Canción de Buenos Aires (1980)

Abierto día y noche (1981)

El desquite (1983)

La Rosales (1984)

Expreso a la emboscada (1986)

Te amo (1986)

The Stranger (inédita – (1986)

Revancha de un amigo (1987)

Perdido por perdido (1993)

El Faro (1998)

El Mismo Amor, la Misma Lluvia (1999)

Nueve Reinas (2000)

El Hijo de la Novia (2001)

La Fuga (2001)

Kamchatka (2002)

Samy y yo (2002)

Luna de Avellaneda (2004)

El Aura (2005)

La Educacion De Las Hadas (2006)

XXY (2007)

La Señal (2007)

El secreto de sus ojos (2009)

El Baile de la Victoria (2009)

Carancho (2010)

Un cuento chino (2011)

Mike Amigorena

Mike Amigorena (born May 30, 1972) is an actor and Argentine television personality.

He was born Ricardo Luis Amigorena in Maipú, Mendoza Province, to a Basque Argentine father and an Italian Argentine mother in 1972. Amigorena was especially restless as an adolescent and was expelled from a number of secondary schools. He left Maipú for Buenos Aires in search of fame in 1992, and initially struggled in a variety of menial jobs, living hand-to-mouth in a tenement for a number of years. He was eventually discovered by a modeling agency and in 1992, was given a small role in leading local comic Guillermo Francella's sitcom, La familia Benvenuto. He later appeared in the popular teen drama, Montaña rusa ("Rollercoaster"), and in the mid-1990s, enrolled in a theatre school, mentored first by Santiago Doria, and later, Alfredo Zemma, of the Argentine Actors' Association.

He was given his first film role by directors Florencia Di Baja and Germán Drexler, as the leading man in their comedy, Tus ojos brillaban (Bright Eyes), in 2004, and was reunited with Francella in 2005 in his top-rated sitcom, Casados con hijos ("Married with Children"). Two comedy film roles, in Gabriel Condrón's Un peso, un dólar (2006) and as the lead in Tatiana Merenuk's romantic comedy, Yo soy sola (I'm Alone, 2008), were followed by his role as Martín Pells in the primetime Telefe sitcom, Los exitosos Pells, which premiered in May 2008 and for which he received a Martín Fierro Award.

Amigorena was among the Argentine actors asked to appear in Francis Ford Coppola's production set in Buenos Aires, Tetro (2009), and is the lead vocalist in his indie rock band, Ambulancia.

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Luisana Lopilato

Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre (born May 18, 1987) is an actress, singer and Argentine model. She is perhaps best known for her roles in the television series Chiquititas, Rebelde Way, Alma Pirata and Casados con Hijos, and as a former member of the musical group Erreway.

Born in Buenos Aires, in the almost labyrinthine Chas Park neighborhood, along with her parents and brother Dario and sister Daniela. She is an actress, model and singer in Argentina. Among her relationships we find the actors Felipe Colombo and Mariano Martínez and tennis player Juan Mónaco. She is married to Canadian singer Michael Bublé.

Luisana Lopilato was born to Eduardo and Beatriz Lopilato, and has two siblings, actor Darío and nutritionist Daniela. She was raised as an evangelic. Lopilato made her debut in television series 10% vida and Mi familia es un dibujo in 1995, and continued working as a child model. In 1999, she was chosen to play Luisana Maza in Chiquititas, a popular television series created by Cris Morena.

Lopilato signed contract with the Cris Morena Group, and released four Chiquititas soundtrack albums — Chiqutitias Vol. 5 (1999), Chiqutitias Vol. 6 (2000), Chiquititas Vol. 6 (2001) and Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz (2001). She reprised her role of Luisana Maza in Chiquititas, la historia, a mini–series broadcast in 2001, and Chiquititas: Rincón de Luz, a 2001 Chiquititas spin–off film. In 2000, she also appeared in film Un Amor en Moises Ville.

In 2002, Lopilato landed the role of Mía Colucci in 2002—03 television series Rebelde Way, created by Cris Morena. She starred along with Camila Bordonaba, Felipe Colombo and Benjamín Rojas, with whom she formed a pop band Erreway. Erreway released three studio albums — Señales (2002), Tiempo (2003) and Memoria (2004) — which sold in over 5million copies worldwide. Señales and Tiempo earned Platinum certification in Argentina (Señales even earned double Platinum), while Memoria earned Gold. Their 2004 film Erreway: 4 Caminos was also a box–office success.

Domestic stardom (2006–2009)

Lopilato gained great popularity in Latin America, Spain, Greece and Israel after Rebelde Way. She received several subsequent acting offers and ended up signing with Pol-Ka Productions, with which she did two telenovelas, Los Secretos de Papá and Los Pensionados. In 2005 Lopilato appeared in Casados con Hijos, an Argentine version of Married... With Children. She portrayed Paola Argento, a character originally portrayed by Christina Applegate. She was nominated for a Martín Fierro Award for Best Supporting Actress. She once again worked with Cris Morena on Alma Pirata, starring alongside Benjamín Rojas, Mariano Martínez and Nicolas Vázquez.

In 2007, Lopilato was host of Los Premios MTV Latinoamérica, Latin MTV Awards, with former Miss Colombia Valerie Domínguez. She was also nominated for an ACE Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the theatre play Arlequín, and appeared in the Martín Fierro Award-nominated television comedy El Capo. Gente magazine named Lopilato "The Face of the Year". Lopilato starred alongside Rodrigo González and Sabrina Garciarena in the 2008 telenovela Encandilados, made especially for cell-phones, and also starred in the theatre play La Cenicienta with Rodrigo Guirao Díaz.From 2008 to 2009, she starred alongside Gabriel Goity, Rodrigo Guirao Díaz, former Erreway fellow Camila Bordonaba, Elías Viñoles and her brother Darío in the series Atracción x4. Lopilato has also sung backing vocals for her sister Marcia on a number of unreleased tracks.

International stardom (2010–2011)

In 2010 Luisana just completed with great success the series on Channel 13 Alguien que me quiera in which she played Bianca Rivera, a sweet and sensitive young woman who struggled and suffered much for love. The series, which has since reached the end of its season, was broadcast on Channel 13 at 19:00 in Argentina.

In 2011 Luisana Lopilato made her debut on the international market with her first film outside of Argentina. It will be a Spanish film, the thriller, "Predeterminados", the new director Jordi Arencón, in which she plays Vera, is a very dramatic and a new challenge in his career in film, far of his previous roles as an actress. This film is scheduled to begin shooting in Spain early next year, and would be released later that same year, 2011. Also plans to soon begin a new play called Canillita with Alicia Zanca again.

In November of the 2010, magazine FHM in Spain's recently ranked 17 of its annual list Las 100 mujeres más sexys del mundo  Overcoming more than number 86 last year.

Chiquititas-Erreway

Luisana Lopilato began his career as a singer in the series that launched her to fame, Chiquititas . It was in 2000 when Luisana participated in the album with several companions in the series. And then ending the series in 2001 launched the last of which was the time series of Argentina.

After Cris Morena , Chiquititas (creator of the series), Luisana rehired for a new series called,Rebelde Way , also acting actors strip should know how to sing, of which there would be a pop group called Erreway , and that at that time did not expect anyone for anything that would be next to the series the phenomenon that catapulted to luisana lopilato to worldwide fame, like his companions.

Luisana Lopilato , Benjamín Rojas , Felipe Colombo and Camila Bordonaba were the actors chosen for the series and the group. They released three studio albums:Señales (2002), Tiempo (2003) and Memoria (2004). Two years later, as the group dissolved the series was sold to Spain and due to the success of his music ... would come fourth and fifth album, this time a compilation entitled, El disco de rebelde way (2006) and Erreway en concierto (2006), cd + dvd, a show held in 2004 in Israel.

Atracción x4

In the years 2008-2009, Luisana participated in the series Atracción x4 , with his brother Darío Lopilato , and this series started another group which released two albums . And while the strip was not as successful as expected, the group if they had and their two cds came to harvest the gold in Argentina.

Solo career

Although as Luisana says is a future project, she has made clear on several occasions that in a few years, took out a solo pop album with songs written by herself and he wrote with his sister, Daniela Lopilato. Among the rumors about the CD, there is talk that one of the album's producers would be someone who had previously worked with the very Hilary Duff , and that the label is Warner Brothers Records .

Model career

Luisana Lopilato has been the face of the brand underwear Promesse., from summer 2006 to winter 2010. She was also an image of the prestigious clothes 47 Street whose project made in 2009 for professional reasons. She has also done numerous commercials in her country, Argentina, Israel and even get to have proposals in Spain for several advertising campaigns that her busy schedule finally could not perform.

Between her contracts also included brands such as Coca Cola, Axe, Gottex y Gillette

Personal and media life

Lopilato, a native of Buenos Aires, cited singer Luis Miguel as her idol and River Plate her favourite football club.She dated her Chiquititas and Rebelde Way co–star Felipe Colombo for five years, and they broke up after the Argentine media revealed a private tape of the two during the Nuestro Tiempo Tour in 2003. In 2008, it was rumoured Colombo refused to portray Prince in Cinderella after Lopilato was confirmed to play the lead female role. Lopilato then dated her Alma Pirata co–star Mariano Martínez in 2006, and tennis player Juan Mónaco in 2008. She got engaged to Canadian singer Michael Bublé in 2009, in whose video "Haven't Met You Yet" she appeared. She married Bublé on March 31, 2011 in Argentina her native country and they plan to have a full ceremony in April

Awards and nominations

2005: Martín Fierro Award for Best Comedy (Casados con Hijos) — Winner

2006: Clarín Awards for Best Daily Fiction Comedy (Casados con Hijos) — Nominated

2006: Martín Fierro Award for Best Supporting Actress in Comedy (for Casados con Hijos) — Nominated

2006: Martín Fierro Award for Best Youth Comedy (Alma Pirata) — Winner

2007: Martín Fierro Award for Best Sitcom (El Capo) — Nominated

2007: ACE Award for Best Supporting Actress (for Arlequín) — Nominated

2009: Cilsa Awards (for Protection against animals) — Winner

2009: FHM Magazine Spain (for 86th on the The 100 Sexiest Women in the world)

2010: FHM Magazine Spain (for 17th on the The 100 Sexiest Women in the world)

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Mariano Martínez

Mariano Martínez (b. December 5, 1978 in La Boca) is an Argentine actor and model.

He was born on December 5, 1978 in La Boca, Buenos Aires. After the separation of his parents, Martinez moved to Avellaneda, in Buenos Aires with his mother and his 5 brothers.

He began his artistic works at age of 16, being co-protagonist in La Nena, where Martinez worked with Valeria Britos and Rodolfo Ranni.

He is currently appearing on the Pol-Ka series that screens every night on Channel 13: Los Únicos, with Nicolás Cabré and Arnaldo André.

Filmography

El Faro (1998)

Sólo Por Hoy (2000)

NS/NC (2001)

Peligrosa Obsesión (2004)

Television

Por Siempre Mujercitas (1995), Toni

La Nena (1996), Diego

Mi Familia Es Un Dibujo - Telefé (1996), Felipe

De La Nuca (1997), Tomás

RRDT (1997), Miguel

Gasoleros - Canal 13 (1998), Lucas

Campeones De La Vida - Canal 13 (1999), Valentín

22, El Loco - Canal 13 (2001), Alejandro

Son Amores - Canal 13 (2002–2003), Martín

Sangre Fría - Telefé (2004), Matías

Una Familia Especial - Canal 13 (2005), Santiago

Alma Pirata - Telefé (2006), Benicio

Son de Fierro - Canal 13 (2007), Juan

Valientes - Canal 13 (2009 and 2010) ,Segundo