Stories for July 2021

Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
Mining company pledges to invest US $ 34 million in lithium plant in northern Argentina

A local subsidiary of China's Ganfeng Lithium has purchased a 23-hectare property in the General Güemes Industrial Park in the northwestern Argentine province of Salta, it was announced.
Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:12 UTC
Mexico to raffle assets belonging to drug lord “El Chapo” Guzmán

Mexico's government announced that it will raffle a house belonging to drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, “El Chapo” and where he was arrested in 2014. “El Chapo” head of the Sinaloa cartel is now serving a life sentence in a US high-security prison.
Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:08 UTC
Production of motor vehicles in Argentina shows signs of recovery

The production of motor vehicles in Argentina in June grew 14.5% compared to May's output for a total of 40,035 units, which made up for a 155.7% YoY increase against 2020 figures, it was reported Monday by the Association of Automotive Factories (Adefa).
Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Aerolíneas Argentinas to resume flights from Buenos Aires to Puerto Madryn

Argentina's flag carrier Aerolíneas Argentinas has announced the resumption of services between Buenos Aires and Puerto Madryn twice a week, starting July 8.
Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Magallanes Salmon Association: Tierra del Fuego's decision will have no repercussions for Chilean aquaculture

Magallanes Region Salmon Breeders Association Carlos Odebret downplayed the repercussions for the Chilean aquaculture industry of the recent Argentine legislation banning salmon farms in Tierra del Fuego, adding that the industry in Chile has a thirty-year experience and situations are not comparable.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 21:18 UTC
Jeff Bezos no longer CEO of e-commerce giant Amazon

What goes up must come down and even the unthinkable has happened – Jeff Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant Amazon.com has left his position of CEO as of Monday, it was announced. Bezos will be replaced by Andy Jassy, who for years led Amazon's lucrative division of cloud computing AWS.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:47 UTC
Argentina: Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo hope to find more missing grandchildren thanks to covid-19 vaccination pictures

Argentine victims of disappearances and child abductions during the military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983 are relying on vaccination efforts to help them find some of their 300 missing grandchildren.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:04 UTC
Violence present in fact and thought all across Colombia over the weekend

Violence was present over the weekend all across Colombia either as a factor as a subject of debate.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Biden hosts his first 4th of July celebration as US President

US President Joseph Biden Sunday hosted a party at the White House marking the 245th Anniversary of his country's Declaration of Independence.
Monday, July 5th 2021 - 08:47 UTC
Bringing all Argentines stranded abroad back home at a rate of 600 daily passengers might take up to five months

Argentina's Chamber of Airlines (JURCA) issued a statement over this weekend, warning that bringing back all travellers banned from reentering the country following a cap of 600 airborne passengers a day might take up to five months.