Overview

• Buenos Aires leader Jorge Macri met Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes after an official invitation to strengthen institutional and technical ties.
• Both cities signaled intent to advance joint work on development, sustainability and economic growth, framing the partnership as a regional reference.
• Macri toured Rio’s COR-Rio operations and resilience center, linking exchanges with Buenos Aires’ CUCC to bolster responses to extreme events.
• At the Río Construção Summit panel, Macri joined Paes, Porto Alegre’s Sebastião Melo and Mexico City’s Manola Zabalza Aldama to discuss urban innovation and public–private models.
• The mission included talks with local business leaders and a stop in São Paulo to meet Mayor Ricardo Nunes on security and innovation, with next steps expected at the C40 summit in Rio and the UCCI assembly in Buenos Aires.