Tag: rio negro

• Monday, April 17th 2023 - 09:55 UTC

  Argentine Patagonian provinces elect new governors

  

  The Argentine Patagonian provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén have new governors-elect after Sunday's elections. Opposition candidate Rolando Figueroa brought Movimiento Popular Neuquino's rule to an end after four decades and former Río Negro Governor Alberto Weretilneck was elected back into office. Figueroa and Weretilneck currently hold seats on the federal Lower and Upper Houses respectively.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2022 - 09:31 UTC

  Argentine province of Rio Negro legislates in favor of oil pipeline

  

  The Argentine province of Rio Negro has rephrased its hydrocarbons law so that oil may be transported through the pipelines to be built in the San Matías Gulf, despite warnings from environmentalist groups, it was reported Tuesday.

• Monday, August 29th 2022 - 19:32 UTC

  YPF announces mega port on Rio Negro's Atlantic shores

  

  Argentina's state-run oil company YPF announced a mega port will be built in Río Negro to export oil from the Atlantic shore.

• Tuesday, December 28th 2021 - 20:50 UTC

  Argentine Patagonia in for hottest and driest year since 1961

  

  According to Argentina's National Meteorological Service (SMN), the weather in Patagonia, particularly in the provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro is about to set a new historic record amid high temperatures and low rainfall which have turned 2021 into the region's hottest and driest year since 1961.

• Friday, December 17th 2021 - 21:20 UTC

  Picture of canvas swimming pool to contain oil spill in Argentina goes viral

  

  The picture of a canvas swimming pool designed for the backyard of a modest income family has been used by oil pipeline operators Oldelval to contain a crude spill of over 3 million liters in Argentine Patagonia has gone viral.

• Wednesday, December 15th 2021 - 08:42 UTC

  Argentina: Pipeline oil spill in Río Negro exceeded 3 million liters

  

  Environment authorities in the Argentine province of Río Negro Tuesday confirmed the oil spill from the Oldelval pipeline in the past few days exceeded 3 million liters, while the company's remediation plan is still to be approved.

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Major oil spill in Argentine Province of Rio Negro contained

  

  Argentina's Federal Energy Secretary Darío Martínez has toured the area near the Río Negro town of Catriel where an oil spill caused environmental damage to assess the situation and order the measures to be taken.

• Wednesday, October 6th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  “Mapuche” gangs lead Río Negro Governor to seek reinforcements from Argentina's federal government

  

  The Argentine province of Rio Negro has requested federal aid to control violent attacks from alleged Mapuche communities against people and property over the weekend.

• Tuesday, September 14th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

  Uruguayan government warns border municipalities that reopening of border crossings with Argentina will take two months

  

  Uruguayan federal authorities Monday conveyed to mayors of Salto (Andrés Lima), Paysandú (Nicolás Olivera) and Río Negro (Omar Lafluf) that the reopening of land crossings with Argentina will take at least two more months.

• Monday, May 3rd 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Argentine provinces of Neuquén and Río Negro tighten up health restrictions

  

  In a joint statement, the provincial governments of Neuquén and Río Negro in Argentine Patagonia Sunday announced all social gatherings are no longer allowed as of this Monday and until May 21 to fight covid-19 in areas labelled as of high epidemiological risk.