Tag: Argentina

• Monday, December 29th 2014 - 05:32 UTC

  Cotroversial two-part Top Gear Patagonia special aired on BBC2

  

  Critics agree only the segment where the crew is chased and thrown stones at by angry Argentines has some 'action'. The rest is the usual Top Gear travelogue.

• Saturday, December 27th 2014 - 08:38 UTC

  CFK breaks ankle after domestic accident in Santa Cruz

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner airlifted to Buenos Aires clinic late Friday. Presidential Medical Unit confirms it's a fracture, not a sprain, as it had been assumed at first .

• Saturday, December 27th 2014 - 08:22 UTC

  Top Gear episode filmed in Argentina to be aired Saturday

  

  When filming in Patagonia, the BBC crew and host Jeremy Clarkson were forced to leave the country after locals saw their cars' license plates, which were deemed 'provocative'.

• Friday, December 26th 2014 - 06:17 UTC

  Exceptional year 2014 for Argentina's YPF

  

  The CEO of the state-owned oil company YPF Miguel Galuccio has assured that 2014 “was an exceptional year” in terms of growth and investment. He pointed out that every goal for the year had been achieved.

• Wednesday, December 24th 2014 - 07:44 UTC

  Foreign Ministers of Argentina, Chile sign additional protocols to Treaty of Maipu

  

  Hector Timmerman, Heraldo Muñoz outline new phase in binational relationships. Transandean Train, Agua Negra and Las Leñas Paths to bring on significant progress.

• Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 - 06:09 UTC

  Sexual abuse scandal hits Argentine Air Force Academy

  

  Male 23-year-old cadet discharged, turned over to the courts over two allegedly proven cases of rape and at least five other attempts against junior ranking women.

• Tuesday, December 23rd 2014 - 04:05 UTC

  Buenos Aires Zoo orangutan granted writ of 'habeas corpus'

  

  Animal not just things. Unprecedented court ruling indicates that although not human, 29-year-old Sandra has the right to be set free to live in a Brazilian sanctuary.

• Monday, December 22nd 2014 - 20:45 UTC

  Argentina: Jigger owners request to start squid season earlier

  

  The Chamber of Jigger Owners from Argentina (CAPA) has requested the Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) the anticipated start of the squid (Illex argentinus) season in 2015.

• Monday, December 22nd 2014 - 08:35 UTC

  Poet, writer Horacio Ferrer dies in Buenos Aires at age 81

  

  Author of Ballad for a Madman (Balada para un loco), the Uruguayan born artist was a close collaborator of Astor Piazzolla's and other tango musicians.

• Monday, December 22nd 2014 - 08:31 UTC

  Beauty pageants banned in Argentine city over sexism

  

  Chivilcoy first place in the country to prohibit government agencies to sponsor these events and discourage potential private organizers