Tag: Tierra del Fuego Argentina

Friday, December 9th 2022 - 10:04 UTC
Environmental emergency decreed in Argentina's Tierra del Fuego due to forest fires

Authorities in the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego have declared an environmental emergency this week and extended a ban on lighting fires in wild areas until 2024 due to the increasing number of forest fires.
Monday, July 18th 2022 - 08:25 UTC
Tierra del Fuego awards Chilean and Nicaraguan ambassadors Malvinas Feat 40th anniversary medallion

Ambassadors from Chile and Nicaragua in Argentina visited the province of Tierra del Fuego where they were awarded medals commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Malvinas Feat, and were congratulated for their respective governments' unrelenting support to the Malvinas Cause.
Saturday, October 9th 2021 - 04:12 UTC
Tierra del Fuego extreme south vertex to become the Mitre Peninsula Protected Area

Argentina Tierra del Fuego province lawmakers from all parties have agreed to resurface a project to create the Mitre Peninsula Nature Protected Area, an idea born over thirty years ago and which covers the extreme end landmass of Tierra del Fuego and the States Island.
Tuesday, July 6th 2021 - 09:00 UTC
Magallanes Salmon Association: Tierra del Fuego's decision will have no repercussions for Chilean aquaculture

Magallanes Region Salmon Breeders Association Carlos Odebret downplayed the repercussions for the Chilean aquaculture industry of the recent Argentine legislation banning salmon farms in Tierra del Fuego, adding that the industry in Chile has a thirty-year experience and situations are not comparable.
Monday, August 12th 2019 - 07:40 UTC
Argentine electoral roll for Sunday's vote included four voters with Falklands' addresses

The electoral roll for Sunday's primary election in Argentina included four names with Falkland Islands' addresses, according to reports in the Argentina media.
Thursday, May 16th 2019 - 14:58 UTC
Argentina does not recognize UK as a coastal state but will jointly address high seas catches in the South Atlantic

Foreign minister Jorge Faurie strongly denied in Congress on Wednesday that the Argentine government was ready to “handover” the disputed Malvinas Islands to the British, and likewise defended the current proximity policy of president Mauricio Macri administration towards the South Atlantic issue.
Monday, December 17th 2018 - 08:09 UTC
Argentina creates two marine protected areas in the South Atlantic

Argentina has officially created two large marine protected areas: the Yaganes Marine National Park, lying off of the country’s southern tip, and the Namuncurá-Burdwood Bank II Marine National Park in the South Atlantic. Together, the two parks cover a total area of about 98,000 square kilometres.
Friday, December 7th 2018 - 09:57 UTC
Emergency dredging in Ushuaia on time to receive “Celebrity Eclipse”

The port of Ushuaia in the extreme south of Argentina is undergoing an emergency dredging on its southern access ahead of December 16 when the cruise Celebrity Eclipse with its 3.000 passengers and 1.100 crew is scheduled to dock.
Wednesday, October 31st 2018 - 08:58 UTC
Three seismic tremors in the Drake Passage felt in Tierra del Fuego

Three seismic tremors were felt in Ushuaia, extreme south of Argentina, on Monday, with epicenter in the Drake Passage, according to Argentina and Chile seismology services. The incidents had no major impact in the capital of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego or in nearby Puerto Williams in Chile.
Monday, July 16th 2018 - 07:20 UTC
Argentine foreign ministry informs Tierra del Fuego delegation on the current Malvinas policy

Overall the Argentine government is satisfied how relations with the UK regarding the South Atlantic, and Falklands' sovereignty claims are evolving, was the message with which members of the so called Malvinas Question Observatory from Tierra del Fuego province, returned to Ushuaia after meeting with foreign ministry officials in Buenos Aires, according to local media reports.