Tag: Guillermo Dietrich

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Unions and opposition promote 24-hour strike paralyzing Argentina

  

  Opponents of Argentina's President Mauricio Macri launched a 24-hour strike on Wednesday to protest the government's inability to reduce inflation that has reached 55% over the past year. The strike paralyzed public transport while all flights to and from the country's airports were canceled. Banks, schools and universities remained closed.

• Friday, December 28th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Buenos Aires public transport rates up 40% in three months, beginning January

  

  The Argentine government announced on Thursday new increases in public transport rates, some 40% on average that will apply from next January to travel by bus, train and metro.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 21:55 UTC

  Argentina eyes reopening Norpatagónico railroad to boost Vaca Muerta

  

  Argentina will seek 780 million US dollars to recover the Norpatagónico freight railroad to link the Vaca Muerta hydrocarbon facilities to the port of Bahía Blanca, in the province of Buenos Aires, through Neuquén, La Pampa and RioNegro, President Mauricio Macri's administration announced Wednesday.

• Saturday, August 11th 2018 - 09:37 UTC

  'K notebooks' corruption: companies won't be punished for what employees may have done

  

  The Argentine government will allow companies whose officials are named in a corruption probe to continue work on existing projects and to bid for new ones. Contracts will be honored and companies won’t be punished for what employees may have done, Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich said in an interview in Buenos Aires.

• Thursday, July 5th 2018 - 06:24 UTC

  Argentina deregulates and eliminates minimum prices for domestic airfares

  

  In an unexpected move, Argentina’s Minister of Transportation Guillermo Dietrich announced that national administration will no longer set minimum prices for domestic airfares, starting on August 15.

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentina aggressively promoting cruise tourism with lower costs for large vessels

  

  Argentina is expecting 490.000 cruise visitors this season and is targeting a million visitors in the following years, and to promote this policy it has announced a drastic cut in port fees and costs, with special emphasis on those vessels which are over 300 meters long.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2017 - 02:34 UTC

  Buenos Aires-Mar del Plata train runs again

  

  After two years out of service, Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata, which are 400 kilometres apart, are since Monday again linked by a train service that needs almost seven hours to reach its final destination. Buenos Aires provincial Governor María Eugenia Vidal said “It is no longer a promise - we have delivered.”

• Saturday, March 18th 2017 - 10:26 UTC

  Argentina authorizes a low cost airline to fly Falklands/Comodoro Rivadavia

  

  The Argentine Ministry of Transport awarded American Jet authorization for an air link between Comodoro Rivadavia, in Patagonia and the Falkland Islands, according to Resolution 136-E/2017 published in the Official Gazette and signed by minister Guillermo Dietrich.

• Wednesday, November 2nd 2016 - 07:12 UTC

  A “flat” cruise season officially begins this week in Montevideo

  

  The 2016/17 cruise season officially begins this week in Uruguay with the arrival of MS Zaandam and Insignia. Zandam belonging to Holland America Line with capacity for 1.432 passengers usually calls several times in Montevideo during the season.