Tag: Misiones

• Friday, May 24th 2024 - 10:58 UTC

  Argentina: Demonstrators break into Misiones' provincial legislature

  

  Protesting teachers in the Argentine city of Posadas tried to break into Misiones' provincial legislators Thursday but were dispersed and pepper-sprayed by the police. Reporters covering the incidents also needed medical attention for irritated eyes.

• Friday, February 16th 2024 - 11:40 UTC

  Now Argentines do their shopping across the border due to lower prices

  

  After little over two months in office, President Javier Milei has managed to reverse a trend whereby people from neighboring countries crossed the border to do their shopping in Argentina. According to reports from the provinces of Misiones and Jujuy, it is now less expensive for Argentines to do it the other way around.

• Saturday, May 28th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Argentine northern provinces decry fuel shortage

  

  The Governor of the Argentine province of Misiones, Oscar Herrera Ahuad, Friday warned that the shortage of diesel fuel was particularly detrimental to the yerba mate sector, which is halfway through its harvest season

• Tuesday, January 4th 2022 - 17:59 UTC

  Smuggling grows all along Misiones border with Paraguay

  

  Lawmakers of the ruling Frente de Todos (FdT) in the Argentine province of Misiones have filed an proposal to fight the smuggle of fuel and other items across the Paraguayan border, which is said to be growing daily in drums and also on small barges across the river.

• Friday, October 29th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

  Argentina: Paraguayan guaraní becomes hard currency in the absence of US dollar bills

  

  The demand for Paraguayan guaranís in the Argentine province of Misiones has been developed as desperate locals are unable to find US dollar bills with which to protect their savings from rampant devaluation and growing inflation, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 8th 2021 - 08:52 UTC

  Argentina: Kirchnerites barely surpass 14% of votes in Misiones provincial mid-term elections

  

  The local political party ruling the Argentine province of Misiones took a decisive win in the local-mid-term elections.

• Wednesday, April 3rd 2019 - 08:25 UTC

  Argentina denies visas to Pakistan players attending a world championship

  

  Pakistan futsal team on Sunday returned Lahore after being deported from Dubai after having stayed there for 24 hours en route to Argentina where the Green-shirts were scheduled to make their debut in the 12th World Futsal Championship which began on Sunday at Misiones.