Showing posts with label argentina. Show all posts
Showing posts with label argentina. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Capybaras occupy Buenos Aires suburb; no demands yet issued

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KHOU 11 reports that an army of capybaras has overrun Tigre, a suburb of Buenos Aires, and begun breeding there. COUNTLESS CAPYBARAS: Pe...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Capybaras take over upscale neighborhood in Argentina

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In Nordelta, an upscale suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina, capybara’s have been finding a new home. Capybara’s are giant South American rod...
Saturday, August 7, 2021

Argentinians protest for more jobs, food amid economic crisis

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About 42 percent of people in Argentina live below the poverty line amid an economic downturn worsened by COVID-19. Source: https://www....
Thursday, July 15, 2021

Argentina breaches 100,000 COVID deaths amid deepening crisis

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Argentina, which saw recent surge of coronavirus infections, is fifth Latin American nation to reach 100,000-deaths. Source: https://www...
Thursday, June 24, 2021

Fed up, Argentina’s domestic workers demand a better deal

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Argentina’s domestic workers, badly hit by the coronavirus pandemic, are unionising for better pay and job security.  Source: https://ww...
Thursday, June 10, 2021

Uproar after Argentina president says ‘Brazilians came from the jungle’

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Misjudged comments to prime minister of Spain sought to play up the South American country’s ties with Europe Argentina’s president, Albe...
Monday, May 31, 2021

Brazil to host 2021 Copa America after Argentina ruled out

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Postponed South American football tournament scheduled to be played between June 13 and July 10. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/sport...
Saturday, May 29, 2021

Argentina sends out DNA kits in drive to identify thousands ‘disappeared’ under dictatorship

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Move is part of groundbreaking effort to name 30,000 murdered by regime after 1976 coup The Argentinian government has sent hundreds of D...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Giant River Otter Believed to Be Extinct Has Been Spotted in Argentina

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Otters are some of the cutest and most fun animals on Earth. It’s always a joy to see them in the wild. That was doubly so for the conserva...
Friday, May 21, 2021

Argentina announces strict coronavirus lockdown amid case surge

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Businesses, schools and social activities will be suspended from Saturday until May 31 as new COVID infections surge. Source: https://ww...
Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Where’s the beef? Argentina limits beef exports

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The government is limiting beef exports temporarily to try to tame runaway inflation that’s nearing 50 percent annually. Source: https:/...
Thursday, April 29, 2021

Strange white orbs wash up on Argentina beach

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On the lovely beach of Mar del Plata in Argentina, 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, thousands of white translucent orbs started to appear...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Activists demand sexual violence against Argentina’s indigenous people be classified a hate crime

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The attacks are common in northern Argentina against women and children – including one victim who was just four years old Ana* was on he...
Sunday, February 21, 2021

Argentina’s president decries ‘unforgivable’ vaccine scandal

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Country’s health minister resigned late on Friday after reports he helped people jump queue to receive coronavirus jabs. Source: https:/...
Sunday, February 14, 2021

Carlos Menem, former president of Argentina, dies aged 90

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Menem, who served as president from 1989 to 1999, had been hospitalised for pneumonia several times in recent months. Source: https://ww...
Monday, January 25, 2021

Argentina is now largest Latin American nation with legalized elective abortion

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Government officials and women’s groups will be monitoring its full implementation despite opposition from some conservative and church gr...
Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Bill legalizing abortion passed in pope’s native Argentina

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The measure would make Argentina the largest Latin American country to legalize abortion. Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/bil...
Monday, December 28, 2020

Argentina on brink of historic vote to legalise abortion

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Senate to debate bill that would make it first major Latin American country to allow terminations Argentina is on the verge of making his...
Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Argentina moves closer to historic abortion legalisation

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A pro-abortion movement, symbolized by a green handkerchief, has swept through Latin America, where abortion is punishable by law Belén e...
Thursday, October 29, 2020

Argentine police evict protesters occupying contested land

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Argentine police have clashed with a group of protesters while evicting them from makeshift homes on a contested property south of the capit...