Tag: Mendoza

• Thursday, January 20th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

  Argentine lorry drivers stage protest due to Chile's tight sanitary controls

  

  After the Government of Chile reinstated the requirement that people must undergo a PCR test -which must come out negative- to get across the border crossings through the Andes, some 2,000 lorry drivers have been lining up along the Cristo Redentor-Los Libertadores international crossing, which links Mendoza to Valparaíso.

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• Wednesday, September 29th 2021 - 09:32 UTC

  Migrations Director confirms Argentine borders are open for everyone as of November 1

  

  Argentina's Migration Director Florencia Carignano Tuesday confirmed borders will be open to anyone starting November 1st.

• Monday, September 20th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Land crossing between Argentina and Chile reopened

  

  The Cristo Redentor (officially the Los Libertadores International Pass) connecting Mendoza and Chile has been reopened for the Argentines and foreign residents to return to the country, it was announced.

• Friday, September 17th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  International travel returning to Argentine airport of Mendoza

  

  International passenger traffic is set to return to the El Plumerillo international airport serving the capital city of the Argentine province of Mendoza on Sept. 25 when an Aerolineas Argentinas flight will take off bound for Santiago de Chile.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 09:07 UTC

  First case of Delta variant in Argentine province of Mendoza spotted in woman who had been in Spain

  

  Just when the Government of Spain has decided to lift a mandatory quarantine for travellers arriving from Argentina and other countries in the region, the first case of the coronavirus Delta variant has been detected in Mendoza in a patient who had arrived from there.

• Wednesday, March 31st 2021 - 04:04 UTC

  Lawmaker wants referendum on province of Mendoza's independence from Argentina

  

  Deputy José Luis Ramón Tuesday announced he would submit a bill to Congress to hold a referendum in his native province of Mendoza so that its citizens can decide whether they want to remain a part of Argentina.

• Thursday, January 2nd 2020 - 08:57 UTC

  Mendoza reinstates law that protects water resources following public uproar over a bill favoring mining

  

  A controversial mining law that sparked massive protests in the province of Mendoza in Argentina’s western-central region was finally abolished. The province's governor Rodolfo Suárez presented a formal request before the legislature on Monday, and with 34 votes in favor and 2 against, the Senate approved the annulment.

• Saturday, December 28th 2019 - 09:40 UTC

  Mendoza province up in arms to defend its water resources from the mining industry

  

  The government of the wine-producing province of Mendoza, suspended the rule of the mining law 7.722 that had given the green light for chemicals such as cyanide and sulfuric acid to be used by the industry, but which threaten the water resources of that territory.

• Tuesday, November 26th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Two Catholic priests sentenced to more than 40 years in prison for sexually abusing deaf children in Mendoza

  

  Two Roman Catholic priests were each sentenced to more than 40 years in prison in Argentina for sexually abusing deaf children, a court in the city of Mendoza ruled on Monday.

• Monday, September 30th 2019 - 06:41 UTC

  Argentine ruling coalition wins election in Mendoza, but keeps Macri well away

  

  The province of Mendoza has delivered to the Argentine ruling coalition of president Mauricio Macri a much needed great stimulus with its landslide governorship victory.