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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) – Security was high at a Buenos Aires Arena on Wednesday (July 07) as thousands of young fans of Ariana Grande arrived for a concert for the superstar. The added security measures in Argentina comes after an explosion in May at a Manchester concert for Grande killed 22 people and injured 50 more. The incident was denounced by authorities as an act of terror. At the Buenos Aires concert, barricades were […]
(Reuters) — Argentine police have seized at least five tons of cocaine in the city of Berazategui, located in the Buenos Aires province, local media reported on Wednesday (June 28). The drugs were found in an abandoned semi-trailer truck with a thermal box, within a hidden compartment. Police seized more than 7,000 packages from the truck which are still being counted, local media reported. This means that the amount of the drugs confiscated could increase. […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) – Hundreds gathered in downtown Buenos Aires on Thursday (June 15) after the Argentine government announced cuts to pensions that could affect citizens living with disabilities. Conservative President Mauricio Macri is looking to trim government debt and spending. But protesters say any austerity measures that target citizens with disabilities go too far. According to the government, 70,000 people receiving the disability pension have been affected after they missed this month’s welfare […]
ARGENTINA (Reuters) – Argentina’s national government and the governors of 20 provinces signed a mining deal on Tuesday (June 13) to harmonize taxes and regulations in hopes of attracting investment, but the action was criticized by industry sources and environmentalists alike. The agreement, which needs approval from Congress and the 20 provincial legislatures, sets a 3 percent ceiling on royalties mining companies pay to provinces. Latin America’s third-largest economy has fallen behind Chile and Peru […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang met with Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri in Beijing on Wednesday (May 17), as the two countries agreed to expand collaborations in areas including hydropower, nuclear and railways. Xi greeted Macri with an honor guard welcome before sitting down for bilateral talks and a signing ceremony. Li also met Macri with handshakes and bilateral talks. The bilateral meeting followed Argentina’s attendance at a summit hosted […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — The first naturally fluorescent frog was discovered recently in Argentina — almost by chance, a member of the team of researchers told AFP Thursday. Argentine and Brazilian scientists at the Bernardino Rivadaiva Natural Sciences Museum made the discovery while studying the metabolic origin of pigments in a tree-frog species common to South America. Under normal light the frog’s translucent skin is a muted yellowish-brown color with red dots, but when the […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — The first naturally fluorescent frog was discovered recently in Argentina — almost by chance, a member of the team of researchers told AFP Thursday. Argentine and Brazilian scientists at the Bernardino Rivadaiva Natural Sciences Museum made the discovery while studying the metabolic origin of pigments in a tree-frog species common to South America. Under normal light the frog’s translucent skin is a muted yellowish-brown color with red dots, but when […]
by Leo RAMIREZ Agence France Presse SARMIENTO, Argentina (AFP) — Stargazers applauded as they were plunged into darkness Sunday when the moon passed in front of the sun in a spectacular “ring of fire” eclipse. Astronomers and enthusiasts in Argentina were among the first to see the so-called annular eclipse as it crossed South America shortly after 1200 GMT, on course for Africa. Staring up through special telescopes, protective glasses or homemade cardboard pinhole devices, […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Shell has confirmed it will invest $300 million to develop a shale oil and gas reserve in southern Argentina, executives said Friday. Argentina oil company YPF said in a statement it would partner with the Anglo-Dutch company Shell to exploit the huge Vaca Muerta reserve. Exploration of the field has yielded “excellent results,” it quoted Shell Argentina boss Teofilo Lacroze as saying. US and French firms are among the other […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Nearly 2,000 people joined hands in a salty lake in Argentina on Monday, setting a new Guinness world record for the most people floating while connected. Experts from the Guinness Book of Records certified that 1,941 people free-floated in a line simultaneously for 30 seconds in Lake Epecuen, southeast of Buenos Aires, according to a video published by local authorities. The previous record was set in 2014 in Sun Moon […]
by Daniel MEROLLA Agence France Presse BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AFP) — Former Argentine president Cristina Kirchner was charged in a corruption case Tuesday and slapped with a $630-million asset freeze over public tenders awarded to a businessman friend during her administration. Kirchner, who was in office from 2007 to 2015, was charged with illicit association and fraudulent administration for allegedly favoring construction magnate Lazaro Baez for public contracts in Patagonia, her southern political bastion. The […]
LIMA, Peru (AFP) — After the APEC summit in Lima, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe heads to Argentina on Monday to bolster bilateral trade and investment ties with Latin America’s third largest economy. It will be the first visit to Buenos Aires by a Japanese prime minister in 57 years — the last one to make the trip was Abe’s grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, in 1959. Japanese companies have a big presence in the South American […]
