News of mario meoni

Alexis Guerrera sworn-in as new transport minister

03-05-2021 15:33 "It is not the best circumstances that leads me to assume the leadership of the Transport Ministry, but I am fully aware of facing the greatest political challenge of my career," declares new official.

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Death be not proud

01-05-2021 00:46 Mario Meoni was not the first Argentine minister to die in office – my newsroom memories stretch all the way back to the Raúl Alfonsín presidency which lost two successive Defence ministers in just nine months.

by Michael Soltys

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: April 25 to May 1

01-05-2021 00:01 Our pick of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Bloomberg

Soy-shipping turmoil deepens with transport minister's death

29-04-2021 23:40 Argentine farmers struggling to ship their crops through increasingly shallow rivers may soon face a new obstacle: one of the world’s key soy waterways needs to be dredged, and there’s no firm plan for who will do it.

MARIO MEONI (1965-2021)

Politicians mourns loss of Transport Minister Mario Meoni

29-04-2021 14:23 Meoni, who died in a car crash last Friday evening, laid to rest at a funeral in Junín. President Alberto Fernández mourns loss of “a great man.”

GOVERNMENT MINISTER

Transport Minister Mario Meoni dies in road-traffic accident

23-04-2021 23:39 56-year-old Transport Minister Mario Meoni has died after being involved in a road-traffic accident near San Andrés de Giles, Buenos Aires Province.

Coronavirus pandemic

Government approves return of domestic flights

16-10-2020 03:07 Transport Ministry authorises restricted return of domestic flights. Initially services limited to essential workers, exceptional circumstances and those needing medical treatment, with tourism and trips abroad unlikely before December at the earliest.

Travel & Tourism

Transport minister says 'return of regular flights' may begin on October 1

08-09-2020 14:46 Commercial flights may begin again on October 1, depending on the progression of the coronavirus pandemic, international border restrictions and provincial regulations on internal movement.

Coronavirus pandemic

Transport minister hopeful flights in Argentina 'will return in 60 days’

16-08-2020 08:51 Mario Meoni rules out chances of planes returning to skies on September 1 and says decision will depend on “how the pandemic evolves.”

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

Six-month freeze for public transport fares in Greater Buenos Aires

27-12-2019 15:03 Government announces freeze of public transport fares in and around the capital for six months, as it undertakes a comprehensive review of increases.