Tag: Province of Rio Negro

• Monday, October 25th 2021 - 22:58 UTC

  Mapuches have accomplices within Argentine gov't, says Río Negro Governor

  

  “There is complicity in some officials who instigate” violence in the province of Río Negro, said Governor Arabela Carreras in reference to the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INAI) amid the escalation of the Mapuche conflict in Patagonia.

• Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 21:00 UTC

  Governor of Argentine province of Río Negro seeks help from federal authorities to fight Mapuche rebels

  

  The Governor of the Argentine province of Río Negro Wednesday requested assistance from the federal administration to cope with increasing violence from so-called Mapuche groups claiming their alleged rights to ancestral lands.

• Monday, July 26th 2021 - 18:05 UTC

  Orcas sighted off the coast of Argentine province of Rio Negro

  

  A calf of killer whales only a few days old has been sighted for the first time off the Punta Bermeja area, on the Rio Negro coast, leading specialists to speculate that its parents would not be far away.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2018 - 12:50 UTC

  Mapuche demands freeze Chinese wind energy project for Bariloche

  

  A Chinese renewable energy investment in Patagonia was halted after no agreement could be reached with the small mapuche community living where the wind turbines were going to be installed.

• Monday, August 18th 2014 - 06:13 UTC

  First Kirchnerite governor crosses the line and joins opposition group

  

  The governor from the Argentine province of Rio Negro has decided to cross the line and join one of the leading opposition groups whose head is a strong presidential hopeful for October 2015. The move can be threatening to the government of President Cristina Fernandez if more disenchanted elected officials follow or their lawmakers also decide to cross the line and could jeopardize the government's majority in Congress.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 20:51 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez confirms full support for new governor of Rio Negro

  

  A senior lawmaker from the ruling coalition of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said that the Peronist party in the province of Rio Negro “would stand by” Vice-Governor Alberto Weretilneck, scheduled to take office as provincial governor on Tuesday due to the death of former governor Carlos Soria.

• Monday, January 2nd 2012 - 00:40 UTC

  Argentine Patagonian province governor killed in New Year in ‘strange’ incident

  

  The Governor of the Argentine Patagonian province of Rio Negro died in the early morning of the first day of 2012 after having allegedly received two shots in the face. Governor Carlos Soria, an ally of President Cristina Fernandez had ended last October 28 years of opposition dominance of his province.