Tag: Argentine Patagonia

• Friday, April 18th 2025 - 18:19 UTC

  Epidemic protocols enacted in Argentine Patagonia after 2 hantavirus deaths

  

  Two deaths from hantavirus in Argentine Patagonia, one in San Martín de los Andes, in the province of Neuquén, and another near Epuyén, in the province of Chubut, have raised alarms among health authorities, leading to the isolation of the victims' close contacts while upping preventive measures.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2022 - 08:11 UTC

  Ozone hole makes third appearance over Argentine Patagonia in 2022

  

  Argentine scientists warned this week about the possible consequences on people's skin stemming from the ozone hole positioning itself over the Argentine provinces of Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, which is taking place for the third time in 2022.

• Tuesday, August 30th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  Sunken ship found off Argentine Patagonia identified

  

  Scientists have announced they have identified the remnants of a sunken ship found near the Argentine city of Puerto Madryn. It would be a US-built whaler called Dolphin from the mid-1800s.

• Saturday, July 25th 2020 - 08:39 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia provinces under a blanket of snow

  

  Continuous snowfalls have blanketed Argentine Patagonia provinces together with extremely low temperatures, in what is considered the worst winter since the nineties, according to the Argentinean Meteorological System. The meter-high snow is threatening agriculture, livestock and has interrupted traffic.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2020 - 07:38 UTC

  Argentina needs dollars and will strongly promote tourism; 625.000 cruise visitors expected this season

  

  Argentina is considering the updating and redesign of port infrastructure in Buenos Aires to help improve docking facilities for cruise vessels. The announcement was done by Transport minister Mario Meoni given the growing number of tourists arriving at the Argentine capital.

• Friday, January 25th 2019 - 10:07 UTC

  Hantavirus outbreak in Argentine Patagonia: WHO news alert

  

  At least eleven people have died in Argentina after becoming infected with hantavirus, a disease carried by rats and other rodents, according to a news alert from the World Health Organization (WHO).

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 06:59 UTC

  Puerto Madryn is expecting 39 cruise calls this 2018/19 season

  

  Puerto Madryn in the Patagonia province of Chubut, and one of three Argentine ports operating with cruise vessels is expecting to receive 39 calls this 2018/19 season, totaling some 59.000 visitors and 28.000 crew members.

• Monday, April 13th 2015 - 08:00 UTC

  Ushuaia expects at least 16 additional calls for the 2015/16 cruise season

  

  Ushuaia in the extreme south of Argentina expects sixteen additional calls for the next cruise season 2015/16, according to Tierra del Fuego province ports authority, which together with other representatives attended the recent Seatrade Cruise international fair held in Miami. This includes vessels from the Norwegian Cruise Line, as well as the Splendor of the Seas, Crystal Symphony and Japan's Asuka II.

• Friday, September 12th 2014 - 01:43 UTC

  China constructing a satellite tracking station in Argentine Patagonia

  

  A space tracking station for lunar exploration being built in Argentine Patagonia by China, as part of the strategic relation and accords between the two countries, has caused concern in the Argentine congress because of the secrecy surrounding the terms of the deal.