News of province

DINO DISCOVERY

Dino discovery: Researchers find distant relative of T-Rex in Patagonia

13-02-2020 18:09 The remains of a 90-million-year-old carnivorous dinosaur distantly related to Tyrannosaurus rex has been discovered in Patagonia by a team of paleontologists.

PROVINCE'S DEBT TALKS

Chubut to hire JPMorgan, Citigroup for debt restructuring talks

12-02-2020 13:37 The Argentine province, Chubut, plans to recruit JPMorgan & Chase along with Citigroup as financial advisors for a possible debt transaction, backed up by Governor Mariano Arcioni and the Minister of Economy.

BLOOMBERG

Buenos Aires Province surrender sends Argentine bonds on a wild rally

10-02-2020 14:28 Province’s capitulation spurs betting on sovereign bonds, they have returned 8.7 percent since January 27. However, Argentina is still in dire need of the IMF’s approval to restructure the debt.

PROVINCE DEBT

2nd deadline extension for Buenos Aires province bondholders

31-01-2020 16:12 Province, led by Governor Axel Kiciloff, extends deadline for creditors to accept the proposal until February 3 – the second extension this month.

Aníbal returns

Aníbal Fernández appointed trustee of Río Turbio coal-mine

30-01-2020 14:39 Ex-Cabinet chief and government minister returns to government, as President Alberto Fernández signs decree appointing him to position underneath Production Minister Matías Kulfas.

Bloomberg

Malbec-soused bonds offer haven for hard-hit investors

29-01-2020 14:55 Amid the junk-rated moonscape that is most of Argentina’s debt, Mendoza’s bonds due in 2024 have returned 6.2 percent since January 1, trouncing all other government and corporate notes.

Deadline approaches

Buenos Aires Province sweetens deal for 2021 creditors

27-01-2020 17:27 In exchange for pushing back the deadline on a US$250-million principal payment, investors would get paid interest on those funds, according to the offer revealed Monday.

BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE

'We are not in a position to pay,' Kicillof warns bondholders

24-01-2020 10:28 BA Province governor warns creditors that February 5 is the 'last chance' for them to accept delay in payment before default.

DEBT TALKS

Buenos Aires Province extends deadline to accept payment delay

22-01-2020 15:43 Kicillof's government extends expiring deadline for bondholders to weigh up its request to delay key bond payment.

CRIME & SECURITY

Homicide rate in Rosario, Santa Fe 'two or three times' national average

20-01-2020 16:24 Two largest cities in Santa Fe Province account for 17.6 and 13.1 murders per 100,000 people, respectively.

NARCO-VIOLENCE

Killings in Santa Fe Province prompt emergency summit at Casa Rosada

16-01-2020 18:10 Following 17 murders in just 15 days, mostly in the region's largest city Rosario, officials descend on the Casa Rosada for an emergency huddle to tackle the crisis.

Bloomberg

Kicillof shows restraint as he takes on creditors once again

16-01-2020 15:45 Governor delivers tough message to bondholders, as Buenos Aires Province asks creditors to accept delay onUS$250-million principal payment due January 26.

Bloomberg

Buenos Aires Province asks to delay debt payment

14-01-2020 08:06 Axel Kicillof's provincial government asks bondholders of its 2021 notes to delay a principal payment due later this month, as national government's talks with creditors gear up.

BLOOMBERG

Buenos Aires Province debt talks slam one of world’s best bonds

09-01-2020 21:54 Buenos Aires Province’s plan to seek talks with creditors ahead of a debt payment due this month has torpedoed one of the world’s best bond rallies.

Buenos Aires Province

Kicillof accuses opposition of ‘robbing revenue' after tax reform changes

09-01-2020 15:28 Buenos Aires Province governor makes remarks after provincial legislature gives final approval to his tax reform package – but only after opposition senators amended original bill.

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Ex-Paraná mayor handed six years in jail for drug-trafficking

31-12-2019 11:43 UCR politician Sergio Varisco, allied with opposition Cambiemos coalition, found guilty of drug-trafficking crimes. He denies the allegations and will remain under house arrest until sentence is confirmed.

ENVIRONMENT

Mendoza's governor asks legislature to repeal changes to Law 7722

29-12-2019 23:56 Mendoza Governor Rodolfo Suárez asks provincial Legislature to repeal modifications to Law 7722 when they meet on Monday. The reform had been approved just a week ago, prompting massive protests called by environmentalist groups.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Six-month freeze for public transport fares in Greater Buenos Aires

27-12-2019 15:03 Government announces freeze of public transport fares in and around the capital for six months, as it undertakes a comprehensive review of increases.

ENVIRONMENTAL FEARS

Mendoza government puts brakes on controversial mining law

26-12-2019 18:47 Mendoza Province Governor Rodolfo Suárez says he will hold a "broad debate" with all sectors of society on issue. UCR leader refuses to rule out popular vote on modifications to Law 7722.

Jorge Difonso interview

'With this decision, Mendoza has regressed 12 years,' says co-author of Law 7722

24-12-2019 09:51 Lawyer and Cambia Mendoza provincial deputy Jorge Difonso on why protesters in Mendoza are taking to the streets in rejection of alterations made to legislation which restricted the use of dangerous chemicals in mining operations.

by Isabelle Margulies

BLOOMBERG

Kicillof says Buenos Aires Province can't afford to pay debts

11-12-2019 17:14 “As Alberto said, if we don’t grow, we can’t pay,” says new governor. “We’ll get in touch with bondholders immediately and establish a dialogue to find a solution to this problem.”

Buenos Aires Province

New Buenos Aires Province Governor Kicillof warns of 'emergency'

11-12-2019 14:47 In his first speech to lawmakers as chief of nation's most-populous province, former economy minister denounces failures of Mauricio Macri administration and says region faces an urgent emergency.

BLOOMBERG

Blow for Fernández as crop windfall slips away

09-12-2019 13:42 President-elect needs all the help he can get to pull the country out of recession and make good on bond payments. But he faces a speed bump from the crop industry.

Bloomberg

Argentina bears fear more pain as Fernández de Kirchner returns

05-12-2019 07:05 The mood in Manhattan couldn’t be much gloomier toward Argentina just days before President-elect Alberto Fernandez takes office.

Murder in Colón

Body of architect and LGBTQ activist found dead in brutal stabbing

03-12-2019 19:12 An 18-year-old has been taken into custody as a suspect in the death of Pablo Fullana Borsato, who was stabbed approximately 70 times, according to reports. Following killing, activists call for wider probe into hate crimes.

Buenos Aires Province

Two young girls killed, scores more injured in bus accident on Ruta 2

28-11-2019 10:33 Accident happened as the bus, carrying students aged 11 to 12 on a field trip, negotiated a curve near Lezama, Buenos Aires Province, around 6am local time. Two young girls, aged 12, confirmed as fatalities.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDAL

Próvolo victims hope priests' sentences send Pope a message

27-11-2019 07:25 "This is a watershed case for society, justice, the victims and also for the Church," warns bishop, as victims demand Pope Francis take note of historic abuse case at Provólo Institute in Luján de Cuyo.

'PRÓVOLO' CASE

Priests who sexually abused deaf children get 40-year jail terms

25-11-2019 14:46 Mendoza court sentences Nicola Corradi to 42 years in prison and Horacio Corbacho to 45 years for sexually abusing deaf children at the Antonio Próvolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children.

CHURCH ABUSE SCANDALS

Verdict nears for Próvolo priests as Church struggles to deal with abuse scandals

25-11-2019 08:58 Pope Francis’ homeland faces a complicated week of reckoning with the sex abuse scandal that has plagued the Roman Catholic Church.

JUJUY PROVINCE

At least 5 killed in fire at La Esperanza sugar refinery

21-11-2019 19:04 Provincial authorities in Jujuy declare two days of mourning after fatalities. Five other people were treated for severe burns.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Supreme Court confirms Etchecolatz will serve out sentence in jail

14-11-2019 13:18 Nation's highest court dismisses request filed by ex-police chief convicted of crimes against humanity requesting home arrest. Chief Justice Carlos Rosenkrantz dissents from colleagues on decision.

CONSTRUCTION

Techint suspends on work on nuclear reactor due to 'late payment'

13-11-2019 16:47 Officials from firm briefs workers that shutdown is a result of late payments from the national government. At least 270 workers placed on suspension by company.

JAILED SOCIAL LEADER

UCR's Cornejo slams 'irresponsible' Fernández over Milagro Sala comments

08-11-2019 17:24 President-elect accused of "anti-republican behaviour" after saying jailed Túpac Amaru leader "does not deserve to be detained." Sala, meanwhile, says she wants to run for governorship of Jujuy Province.

RADICAL LEADERSHIP

Cornejo set to stay on as UCR chairman after talks with Morales

07-11-2019 18:01 Outgoing Mendoza governor set to stay on as Radical (UCR) party chairman, after talks with Jujuy's Gerardo Morales. However, Cornejo will not abandon ambitions to be the future opposition leader in Congress.

ENVIRONMENT

Goat farmers at climate change frontline in Argentina's wine belt

06-11-2019 16:48 Goat breeders scattered along the Andes foothills on the frontline of climate change, where conditions force them to take their herds higher up the mountains every year in order to graze.

BUENOS AIRES PROVINCE

Kicilloff asks Vidal to rollback rate increases, as two talk transition

31-10-2019 13:42 Governor-elect of nation's most-populous province met with outgoing governor María Eugenia Vidal in La Plata on Thursday, as talks begin over changeover.

First appearance

Alberto Fernández promises governors he will lead 'a federal Argentina'

29-10-2019 14:29 In first public appearance since being elected president, Frente de Todos leader criticises Macri administration's policies and vows that "no-one else will go hungry in Argentina."

ELECTIONS 2019

'I'm not going anywhere,' declares Vidal in closing rally

24-10-2019 20:38 Buenos Aires Province Governor María Eugenia Vidal holds final rally of her re-election campaign, with just days to go before Sunday's elections.

BLOOMBERG

Amazon gets government's nod for data centre in ‘Tango’ trade zone

24-10-2019 16:36 The project will cost an estimated US$800 million and generate US$400 million in economic activity, document reveals. Company has until October 31 to present the land deed and then has 360 days to start construction.

REPORTS

Mauricio Macri's brother suffers 'minor injuries' during break-in at home

23-10-2019 12:09 Seven arrested after burglary at home of Mariano Macri at the gated community of La Comarca, in General Pacheco, near Tigre.

ELECTION 2019

Jorge Capitanich wins race to become next governor of Chaco Province

15-10-2019 10:20 Current mayor of Resistencia, who led the northeastern province as governor from 2007 to 2013, hails 'boost' for 'Fernández-Fernández' presidential ticket after being returned to office by voters.

CHUBUT DEBT CRISIS

No end in sight to Chubut’s debt crisis as workers pay price

12-10-2019 11:23 Driven by crushing provincial debt and economic mismanagement, public workers in Chubut are on strike as they face the second so-called “staggered pay” situation in two years.

by Lucas Robinson

SPECIAL FEATURE

Students take over schools in Chubut amid crippling debt crisis

12-10-2019 09:56 Three months into a teachers strike over unpaid salaries and the shocking condition of public schools in the oil-rich province, students have had enough.

by Lucas Robinson

UNEMPLOYMENT

Bakery in Misiones receives thousands of applicants after job posting

11-10-2019 20:14 Unemployment and underemployment crisis reveals itself at small bakery in Posadas, where a search for 15 workers resulted in a line of applicants stretching almost a kilometre long.

#SISEPUEDE TOUR

Macri asks for 'more time' in Salta after primary boost

10-10-2019 20:12 The Juntos por el Cambio leader, seeking re-election, asks voters to back him at the polls on October 27, telling them Argentina’s problems could be solved with “more time.”

Election 2019

Kicillof: 'There are people selling drugs because they have lost their jobs'

07-10-2019 13:50 "From going to the neighborhoods I heard news that due to the drop in employment, there are people who selling drugs," says Kicillof, prompting criticism from Patricia Bullrich and Cristian Ritondo.

TRAVEL

Road-tripping and ruins in Salta’s wine country

05-10-2019 10:10 A roughly 500-kilometre triangular road trip from the northwestern city of Salta and back again – taking in high desert wine country and sites such as Quebrada de Cafayate, Molinos and Cachi – is one of Argentina’s most engaging journeys.

by Wayne Bernhardson

HUMAN RIGHTS

Chaco sees convictions for crimes against humanity against civilians

04-10-2019 12:56 Former federal prosecutor Roberto Domingo Mazzoni and former penitentiary warden Pablo César Casco sentenced to 11 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity by a court in provincial capital of Resistencia.

CLOUD-COMPUTING

Amazon Web Services planning to build US$800M data centre in Argentina

03-10-2019 09:08 Seattle-based company preparing to invest about US$800 million in 10-year project that would see it construct a regional data centre in Buenos Aires Province. Tax breaks sweeten the deal.

ELECTION 2019

Suárez's victory in Mendoza provides boost for Macri's re-election bid

30-09-2019 10:01 Rodolfo Suárez, Radical candidate running for Cambia Mendoza, emerges victorious with margin of more than 15 points over Peronist rival Anabel Fernández Sagasti, offering president timely boost.