Tag: Patagonia

• Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  New species of Patagonian dinosaur described by scientists

  

  The prestigious Current Biology journal Thursday carried a report on findings by Scientists in Argentina regarding a new giant carnivorous dinosaur found in the country, which has been named “Meraxes.”

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  RAM strikes again in Argentine Patagonia

  

  The Mapuche Armed Resistance (RAM) Group has claimed responsibility for Monday's burning of the Forestry offices in the Argentine province of Chubut, with pamphlets of the radicalized organization scattered all over the area.

• Tuesday, June 7th 2022 - 21:06 UTC

  Argentina: 19 provinces hit by shortage of diesel fuel

  

  The shortage of diesel fuel, which at first affected only 8 provinces, has spread to the extent that Patagonia is the only region not yet going through a crisis, it was reported.

• Monday, April 25th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Efficiency of peat ecosystems helping contain climate change, underlined by Chile at the Venice Biennal

  

  Peat and peat bogs are the most efficient ecosystem to fix and accumulate atmosphere carbon but are one of the least researched, according to the Chilean pavilion which opened last week at the Venice Biennal.

• Friday, April 15th 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Aluminum plant to expand wind farm in Argentine Patagonia

  

  The traditional Argentine aluminum manufacturer Aluar has announced plans to invest US$ 130 million to expand its wind farm near Puerto Madryn, in the Argentine Patagonia province of Chubut. The new equipment is expected to be fully operational by December 2023.

• Monday, April 4th 2022 - 09:47 UTC

  Chilean minister apologizes for pro-Mapuche remarks

  

  Chile's Interior Minister Izkia Siches has conveyed her apologies to the Government of Argentina for statements that appeared to endorse the Mapuche claim to the “Wallmapu,” the indigenous ancestral lands which would challenge sovereignty over a large part of Patagonia.

• Friday, March 4th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  YPF Luz officially opens Cañadón León wind farm in Argentine Patagonia

  

  Argentina's YPF Luz - the electricity division of the traditional state-owned oil company - has officially opened its third wind farm, Cañadón León, which is expected to supply 123 MW of renewable energy to the national system, it was reported Thursday.

• Thursday, February 17th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Patagonia January inflation 3,6%, double the Falklands' annual retail prices index

  

  Despite highly subsidized public rates, a long list of coerced consumer prices, relatively cheap fuel in the current global energy-short environment, the Consumer Price Index in Argentine Patagonia, mainly Tierra del Fuego, reached 3,6% in January, according to the latest report from the official stats office, Indec.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 15:42 UTC

  Argentine Judge rules Mapuche group entitled to State-owned land

  

  Bariloche Federal Judge María Silvina Domínguez has ruled that State-owned lands must be handed over to members of a local Mapuche community in a decision many fear might constitute dangerous case-law for future claims, it was reported Friday.

• Monday, January 17th 2022 - 09:50 UTC

  Annual inflation in Patagonia reached 51,6% in 2021, despite many government regulated prices

  

  The Consumers Price Index in Argentine Patagonia, mainly Tierra del Fuego, was 3,1% in December accumulating 51,6% in the twelve months of 2021, in the range of the overall Argentine inflation last year, 50,9%.