Tag: Rosario

Friday, March 21st 2025 - 18:49 UTC
Argentine province of Santa Fe on alert as number of dengue cases soars

The Argentine province of Santa Fe Friday reported a significant rise in dengue cases, with 598 confirmed, including 563 autochthonous, 25 imported (with patients having a travel history to places such as India, Maldives, Colombia, Brazil, and other provinces of Argentina), and 10 under investigation.
Monday, April 1st 2024 - 10:54 UTC
Rosario people switching housing preferences to meet security demands

Realtors in the Argentine city of Rosario -the hometown of Lionel Messi and many other celebrities in the country- reported that local clients are switching to apartments from houses as they felt more secure given the mounting drug gang violence. Those who can afford it also prefer gated communities such as country club residences.
Tuesday, March 26th 2024 - 10:28 UTC
Rosario bus drivers resuming work after strike following threatening letter

Urban bus services in the violence-torn Argentine city of Rosario were gradually getting back to normal after the drivers went on strike following a threatening letter in the morning presumably from drug-trafficking groups.
Thursday, March 14th 2024 - 10:46 UTC
New guidelines on use of firearms issued to tackle violence in Rosario

Argentine authorities issued a new set of guidelines regarding the use of firearms by federal law enforcement forces deployed to curb gang violence in the city of Rosario, it was reported Wednesday in Buenos Aires as the measure was to be released in Thursday's edition of the Official Gazette.
Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 21:11 UTC
Argentine Supreme Court Justice favors autonomous agency to tackle drug trafficking

Argentine Supreme Court Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti has insisted that the fight against drug trafficking and the bloodshed it causes should be entrusted to an office that transcends political mandates. Lorenzetti, from the city of Rafaela in the province of Santa Fe, which includes the violence-torn city of Rosario, said that the creation of the National Anti-Drug Trafficking Agency would be promoted by the judiciary.
Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 06:55 UTC
New private port for grains trade along the Paraná

The administration of Argentine president Javier Milei announced last week plans for a US$550 million investment to build a new port in the Rosario region, the country's major grains and oilseeds hub.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:26 UTC
Drug-trafficking gang violence reigns supreme in Argentine city of Rosario

Gang violence in the Argentine city of Rosario has taken the lives of four people in one week as local and federal authorities remain baffled about how to tackle the increasingly worrying situation.
Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 10:48 UTC
Ambassador says linking Rosario to Uruguay should be a state policy

Uruguay's Ambassador to Buenos Aires Carlos Enciso Christiansen insisted it was necessary to promote a state policy to improve connectivity between his country and the Argentine city of Rosario. He made those remarks en route to the ExpoAgro event in nearby San Nicolás.
Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 10:35 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard strengthens anti-drug trafficking forces in Rosario

A past river patrol boat from the Argentine Coast Guard was deployed from the port of Posadas in the northern province of Misiones to the Paraná River shores of Rosario in the province of Santa Fe to join the local anti-drug trafficking efforts, it was reported. The move was ordered by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, it was explained.
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 - 10:19 UTC
Argentine hemorrhagic fever not widespread but highly lethal

Sanitary experts in the city of Rosario in the province of Santa Fe recommended people in rural areas get vaccinated against Argentine Hemorrhagic Fever (AHF). The once-in-a-lifetime chemical is free of charge and indicated for people between 15 and 65 years of age because “Santa Fe is an endemic area,” the specialists warned after the death of one man infected with the malady.