Argentina

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 14:18 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego creates a Protected Natural Area, covering 500,000 hectares of land and sea

  

  The provincial Executive of Tierra del Fuego, extreme south of Argentina, signed into law the bill creating the Protected Natural Area, Peninsula Mitre, unanimously sanctioned in early December by the local Legislative Assembly and covering some 500.000 hectares, 300.000 on land and the rest at sea.

• Friday, December 23rd 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Argentina: Grandmothers of Plazza de Mayo find 131st grandchild

  

  The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo Thursday announced they had found the 131st grandchild born from parents who disappeared under the military dictatorship (1976-1983).

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  The Argentine World Cup victory song has references to the Falklands war and the lads killed in combat

  

  The unofficial song Argentina adopted to celebrate victory in the 2022 Qatar World Cup has become the top global viral song and has been streamed 1,5 million times on Spotfy.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Indec reports Argentina's unemployment in 3Q at 7.1%

  

  Unemployment in Argentina in the third quarter of 2022 was 7.1%, according to a National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) report released Wednesday.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:57 UTC

  Over 4 million people celebrate chopper-borne world champs in Buenos Aires

  

  Over four million Argentine football fans needed in the end to look up to see helicopters carrying the national team players overfly the Obelisk Square area and other parts of Buenos Aires because the bus could simply not get through the crowd along the highway from the Football Association's training camp in Ezeiza.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:55 UTC

  Ex UK ambassador Mark Kent celebrates Argentina's World Cup but regrets Carmona's attitude

  

  The head of Argentina's Malvinas, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands, Guillermo Carmona had a Twitter exchange with former UK ambassador in Buenos Aires Mark Kent, who congratulated and celebrated the Argentine team's win of the Football World Cup in Qatar.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:53 UTC

  Tierra del Fuego team planning Falklands trip to assess the economic impact of UK 'usurpation' of the Islands

  

  The economic impact of the “illegal” occupation of the Falklands Islands by the British, is to be analyzed by the Economic Development and Innovation Institute from the Argentine University of Tierra del Fuego, in coordination with other tertiary education centers both public and private.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:22 UTC

  Abundant rainfall in central Brazil helps Paraná River recover navigable level

  

  After years of forcibly lighter shiploads due to the intense down flow of the Parana River, the water level has begun to grow again, especially in the last couple of months. Thus according to the Rosario Grain Exchange, the average shipload of vessels sailing upriver rose 21% in two months and stood at more than 38,000 tons in November. Furthermore, the current water level is 23% above November last year and 19% above the November 2020 average.

• Wednesday, December 21st 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Ushuaia expects some 540 cruise calls this season, “hopefully an estimated 200,000 visitors”

  

  The current cruise season means some 200,000 tourists will be visiting the extreme south Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego, based on the announced projection of 540 calls in Ushuaia, according to Dante Querciali, president of Tierra del Fuego Tourism Institute.

• Tuesday, December 20th 2022 - 20:11 UTC

  Over 4 million pack Buenos Aires streets for uncertain World Cup celebrations

  

  Over four million Argentine fans were still baffled Tuesday afternoon as to where the national football team would be celebrating last Sunday's 4-2 win on penalties over France at the Qatar 2022 World Cup final.