Tag: Mendoza

• Monday, May 22nd 2023 - 08:56 UTC

  Snowfalls leave thousands of Chilean weekend shoppers stranded in Mendoza

  

  Thousands of Chilean travelers were stranded Sunday in the Argentine province of Mendoza as the Cristo Redentor Path was closed at 3 pm due to bad weather (snow), it was reported. The decision was made jointly by both countries, reported Los Andes. Shortly before, traffic from Uspallata onwards had also been cut off. It is an average one-hour drive from there to Cristo Redentor

• Monday, April 24th 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  FIFA's U20 World Cup in Argentina and a toponymy controversy over “Malvinas” stadium

  

  The FIFA Council has confirmed Argentina as the host of the FIFA U-20 World Cup 2023. The decision follows the removal of the original tournament host, Indonesia, as well as a subsequent bid submitted by the Argentine Football Association (AFA) and an on-site inspection by a FIFA delegation to the South American country last week.

• Wednesday, March 15th 2023 - 19:09 UTC

  Argentine Muslim woman to collect damages after burkini ban

  

  A judge in the Argentine province of Mendoza sentenced a hotel to pay AR$ 400,000 (around US$ 1,070 at the unofficial exchange rate) in damages to a young Muslim woman who was not allowed in 2017 to use the facility's swimming pools wearing a burkini in 2017, it was reported this week.

• Thursday, November 3rd 2022 - 10:26 UTC

  Mummified Inca boy to be returned to his burial site

  

  Authorities in the Argentine province of Mendoza announced that the mummified remains of an 8-year-old Inca boy will be returned to the place where they were found 37 years ago.

• Saturday, October 29th 2022 - 09:41 UTC

  Oil company to build solar farms in Argentine province of Mendoza

  

  A leading oil company has pledged U$S 100 million to build two solar farms in the Argentine province of Mendoza, it was reported this week.

• Friday, September 16th 2022 - 19:14 UTC

  Mendoza authorities concerned as cases of syphilis mount

  

  Health authorities in the Argentine province of Mendoza have voiced their concern over an increase in the number of cases of syphilis, at a time Covid-19 is waning down, thus allowing professionals to focus on other diseases.

• Monday, April 25th 2022 - 20:55 UTC

  Milei gets 12,000 people to attend class on inflation in Mendoza

  

  Argentine Libertarian Deputy Javier Milei Sunday insisted on dollarizing the country's economy during a rally in Mendoza where he also vowed that such would be his first step if elected President in 2023.

• 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.

• 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.