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Tuesday, January 18th 2022 - 09:22 UTC
Low cost airline has started three weekly flights Buenos Aires/Ushuaia

Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego is celebrating the arrival of a new airline which will have three weekly schedules, but equally significant is the fact it is low-cost Flybondi which opens greater options for residents and tourists planning to travel to the extreme south of Argentina, and the main cruise hub to Antarctica.
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Monday, January 17th 2022 - 20:20 UTC
EU removes Argentina, Canada and Australia from “safe countries” list

The European Union Monday removed Argentina, Canada, and Australia from its list of COVID-19 safe countries from where people could travel without sanitary restrictions.
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Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Annual inflation in Patagonia reached 51,6% in 2021, despite many government regulated prices

The Consumers Price Index in Argentine Patagonia, mainly Tierra del Fuego, was 3,1% in December accumulating 51,6% in the twelve months of 2021, in the range of the overall Argentine inflation last year, 50,9%.
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Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:18 UTC
Buenos Aires road safety boss dies in highway car crash

Oscar Astoreca, director of Road Safety in the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires, died in a car crash last Saturday down National Route 2 (highway between Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata) near the town of Lezama, some 163 kilometers south of the country's capital.
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Saturday, January 15th 2022 - 13:51 UTC
Argentine boat owners trapped in Punta del Este

Dozens of Argentine-flagged private boats have been left stranded after mooring at the Uruguayan most exclusive port of Punta del Este because there is no COVID-19 corridor for their voyage back home, it was reported.
Friday, January 14th 2022 - 20:13 UTC
Former Spanish PMs support dialogue between Argentina, UK over Falklands

Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday thanked former Spanish Prime Ministers for their support to resuming dialogue with the United Kingdom over the Falklands / Malvinas issue.
Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 21:05 UTC
Argentine Government decrees two days of teleworking for public employees

Argentine President Alberto Fernández has decided that all civil servants go back to teleworking for two days -Jan. 13 and 14- as a result of the heat wave and the numeous problems with electricity supply.
Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 19:10 UTC
Argentina: Milei's salary as a lawmaker goes to Kirchnerite construction worker

Newly-elected Argentine Deputy Javier Milei hast kept his word and put out his salary on a raffle to prove he was not into politics for the money. The 40-year-old Federico Nacarado, who is far from being a Milei voter, entered the competition due to pressure from his spouse and will now be able to make some payments on his debts.
Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Meat consumption in Argentina fell despite cap on exports

Argentina has recorded a 4.8% decline in meat consumption per inhabitant despite caps on exports imposed by the administration of President Alberto Fernández, which allegedly sought to prioritize the domestic market.
Thursday, January 13th 2022 - 09:50 UTC
Fifty years since the air link between Falkland Islands and Comodoro Rivadavia

Half a century ago, on 12 January 1972, a seaplane from the Argentine Air Force landed in Stanley harbor establishing the first regular flight between Comodoro Rivadavia and the Falkland Islands. From then onwards, ”sanitary, passenger and general cargo (mail, fresh food, and medicines) became regular flights”.