Tag: Mar del Plata

• Tuesday, September 27th 2022 - 21:36 UTC

  Mar del Plata sex workers oppose relocation of red-light zones

  

  Sexual workers in the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata do not agree to abide by the new red-light zone created earlier this month, causing an uproar among locals who do not want them around their residential areas.

• Friday, April 8th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  Argentina's Atlantic air corridor back as of July

  

  Aerolíneas Argentinas has announced the resumption of the so-called “Atlantic Corridor” starting in July.

• Saturday, March 12th 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  Latin American tall ships open to the public at Argentine port

  

  Visitors from everywhere are welcome since Friday to visit Latin America's most important tall ships gathered at the port of Mar del Plata in Argentina, ahead of the 2022 edition of a now traditional race featuring them.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:45 UTC

  Shrimp migrations in Argentine Sea to be monitored

  

  The Mar del Plata-based National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (Inidep), began the campaign aimed at establishing the migrations of shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) in the Argentine Sea.

• Monday, January 3rd 2022 - 09:27 UTC

  Mar del Plata fears offshore oil wells may end up damaging the city's economy

  

  Argentina's government has issued an environmental impact declaration for offshore oil drilling off the coast of Mar del Plata which has prompted voiceful objections from local residents, particularly Mayor Guillermo Montenegro of the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC), while Federal Energy Secretary Darío Martínez welcomed the decision.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Mar del Plata doctors successfully tackle COVID-19 from a different angle

  

  A group of physicians from the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata have been trying a new therapy against COVID-19 of their own concoction which has so far yielded “very encouraging results,” according to press reports.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 08:50 UTC

  Frozen potatoes plant in Argentine city of Mar del Plata foresees exports worth US $ 120 million

  

  The Sociedad Comercial del Plata (SCP) plant in the Argentine city and port of Mar del Plata has announced that following their deal with US company Lamb Weston to build a plant in the General Savio Industrial Park for the production of frozen pre-fried potatoes, a 60% increase in exports was to be expected.

• Friday, August 20th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Coronavirus Delta variant detected in Argentine city Mar del Plata

  

  The first two cases of the coronavirus Delta variant have been detected in the Argentine beach resort and seaport of Mar del Plata. Both infections were spotted in travellers arriving from the United States.

• Tuesday, July 13th 2021 - 08:30 UTC

  Iconic Mar del Plata hotel closes down due to covid-19 travel restrictions within Argentina

  

  The iconic Torres de Manantiales hotel in the traditional Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata is closing down due to a steady lack of guests resulting from sanitary restrictions which have corseted people's freedom of movement.

• Wednesday, April 7th 2021 - 07:17 UTC

  Mar del Plata's Sheraton Hotel closes for… ¿two months?

  

  The Sheraton Hotel in the Argentine beach resort of Mar del Plata Tuesday decided to shut down for two months and take advantage of a Labor Law clause that allows companies to keep their staff earning 75 per cent of their salaries in crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic.