Tag: Tucuman

• Wednesday, May 10th 2023 - 10:20 UTC

  Argentine Supreme Court halts provincial elections

  

  Argentina's Supreme Court (CSJN) ordered the gubernatorial elections in the provinces of Tucumán and San Juan scheduled for this coming weekend halted after two candidates were believed to be in breach of local Constitutions that ban perpetual reelections.

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 19:39 UTC

  Vizzotti, Manzur land in Tucumán as healthcare workers catch pneumonia

  

  Argentine Health Minister Carla Vizzotti and Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur arrived in Tucumán Friday after five healthcare professionals were reported to be suffering from pneumonia. Manzur is also a physician and a former federal Health Minister (2009-2015), in addition to being the current Governor of Tucumán, albeit on unpaid leave while discharging duties for the federal government.

• Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 09:44 UTC

  Argentina's Cabinet Minister to leave office next year

  

  Argentine Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur Wednesday took part in a ministerial gathering at Casa Rosada after admitting he would leave his job “next year” to return to Tucumán.

• Monday, September 5th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Respiratory disease in Tucumán determined to be Legionella

  

  Argentina's Health Minister Carla Vizzotti confirmed that the mysterious respiratory disease in the province of Tucumán, which has caused so far 5 deaths, was bilateral pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria.

• Thursday, September 1st 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Mysterious respiratory disease in Argentine province kills two

  

  Health authorities in the Argentine province of Tucumán (center, north) have reported the second death of a still unidentified lung disease that has spread locally over the past few weeks, it was announced.

• Saturday, July 10th 2021 - 08:31 UTC

  Fernández hosts Argentine Independence Day ceremony at historic Tucumán house amid protests

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday headed the celebrations marking the 205th anniversary of the country's Declaration of Independence. From the historic house in the Argentine province of Tucumán, where dignitaries of the provinces signed the declaration in 1816, Fernández said Argentines were “close to the tomorrow we want,” in a message posted on social media.

• Monday, April 5th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Scania CEO in Argentina foresees record exports for 2021

  

  Scania CEO Andrés Leonard Sunday said in an interview he foresaw a 75% increase in “exports from Tucumán to the world” of bus and lorry gearbox parts.

• Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:00 UTC

  Cesarean surgery to an 11-year old raped girl reopens abortion debate in Argentina

  

  The cesarean section carried out on an 11-year-old girl raped by her grandmother's husband has reopened the debate about abortion in Argentina, where rules on pregnancy terminations are strict.

• Tuesday, July 10th 2018 - 07:41 UTC

  Macri admits mistakes and calls for support from governors, unions and business leaders

  

  President Mauricio Macri, First Lady Juliana Awada and members of his cabinet attended on Monday, 9 July, the Argentine Independence Day celebrations in the Tucuman Historic House, where 202 years ago the emerging nation cut all ties as a Spanish colony.