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Montevideo, September 21st 2024 - 10:58 UTC

Tag: Chubut

  • Saturday, February 24th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Argentina: Chubut Governor threatens to cut oil supply if federal funds are withheld

    “We will use all the tools we have to defend ourselves,” Torres warned

    Chubut Governor Ignacio Torres Friday warned Argentine President Javier Milei that his province would stop exporting oil if the federal administration insisted on “improperly withholding half of the [so-called] co-participation” funding. “If on Tuesday there is no resolution from the courts, we will not export even one more barrel of oil,” threatened Torres, whose stance was endorsed by several fellow governors and also by Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Macri.

  • Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    FBI asked to help Chubut in National Park fire case

    Governor Torres and Ambassador Stanley discussed US cooperation

    The Argentine province of Chubut has asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for help in the probe into the fires in the Los Alerces National Park, Governor Ignacio Torres announced after meeting with US Ambassador Marc Stanley. “We need to find those responsible as soon as possible, and that there is an exemplary measure in the courts,” said Torres about the catastrophe that has been ongoing since Jan. 25 in which some 8,000 hectares have already been burned down.

  • Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

    Encouraging start of Illex squid season report Argentine fishing interests

    Illex has been discovered along a sea lane between 44 50 degrees South and 44 20 degrees South, some 60 miles off the Camarones town and Bay, Chubut, up to mile 201 of Argentina's EEZ.

    An encouraging start of the 2024 Illex squid season, with good catches and sized specimens have been reported by both jiggers and trawlers, according to Argentine fishing interests operating since 12 January south of parallel 44.

  • Monday, January 29th 2024 - 10:24 UTC

    Mapuche Resistance behind National Park fire, Chubut governor says

    The self-appointed RAM rebels are pursuing a real estate business, Governor Torres insisted

    Over 1000 hectares of land have burned down in the Los Alerces National Park in the Argentine province of Chubut, where Governor Ignacio Torres blamed the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) rebel organization for starting the fire, it was reported Sunday. “There are indications that the fire was intentional,” he stressed.

  • Monday, September 4th 2023 - 11:22 UTC

    Syphilis cases mounting in Argentine province of Chubut

    “Syphilis has a cure and its treatment is very simple,” Restuccia explained

    Health authorities in the Argentine province of Chubut have expressed their concern about an increase in the number of cases of syphilis. The provincial Health Ministry is working on different strategies and policies aimed at promoting the prevention of this disease and other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs), according to local media in Rawson.

  • Tuesday, August 1st 2023 - 10:08 UTC

    Opposition candidate wins gubernatorial elections in Argentine province of Chubut

    Aged 35, Torres became the youngest-ever governor-elect in the Patagonian province

    Ignacio Torres of the opposition Together for Change (Juntos por el Cambio - JxC) alliance finally won Sunday's gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Chubut with 35.71% of the votes, edging Arriba Chubut's Juan Pablo Luque, who collected 34.11% and would not admit defeat until Monday.

  • Tuesday, January 17th 2023 - 10:54 UTC

    No Mapuche Resistance involvement proven in Chubut fire

    Lago Puelo Prosecutor Carlos Díaz Mayer said his office was not investigating the pamphlet's authenticity, which was in his view a matter for Federal authorities.

    Chubut investigators denied Monday that the Ancestral Mapuche Resistance (RAM) rebel organization had claimed responsibility for the fire in Currumahuida hill in the town of El Hoyo.

  • Monday, January 16th 2023 - 19:47 UTC

    Residents evacuated, lake navigation restricted due to fire in Chubut

    El Hoyo Mayor Pol Huisman decreed a fire emergency.

    Around 60 people have been evacuated from their homes in the town of El Hoyo in the Argentine province of Chubut while 135 firefighters were deployed together with three hydrant planes and a helicopter to face the flames having gripped the Currumahuida hill since Sunday afternoon, it was reported.

  • Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 23:24 UTC

    Chile to be billed for travelers seeking treatment in Chubut

    Medical care in Argentina can be between 40% and 80% less expensive

    Chile's government will pay for the non-urgent medical treatment given to citizens of that country at the hospital in the Argentine Patagonia city of Esquel, effective next month, following an agreement with the province of Chubut.

  • Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

    Aluminum plant to expand wind farm in Argentine Patagonia

    The new equipment will reduce the generation of greenhouse gases by approximately 150,000 tons of CO2 per year

    The traditional Argentine aluminum manufacturer Aluar has announced plans to invest US$ 130 million to expand its wind farm near Puerto Madryn, in the Argentine Patagonia province of Chubut. The new equipment is expected to be fully operational by December 2023.

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