News of andes

Contested Chilean mining project given boost, despite protests

11-08-2021 21:52 Regional environmental evaluation commission in Chile approves controversial mining project close to a national reserve that is home to a vulnerable species of penguin.

Peru election 2021

Peru's ex-spymaster 'Rasputin' in spotlight for trying to influence vote from jail

30-06-2021 09:10 In recordings released last week, former Peru spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos instructs retired military commander to arrange bribes for judges on the national electoral jury, in order to proclaim Keiko Fujimori the winner over rival Pedro Castillo.

Bloomberg

Billionaire miner ready to bet on Argentina as Chile risk grows

19-05-2021 14:12 In a sign of South America’s shifting political winds, a billionaire mining clan is holding off on new investments in Chile because of country risk while looking to move forward with a huge spend in Argentina.

Architecture & viniculture

Specialist architects putting Argentine wine on another map

14-04-2021 11:02 Mendoza is synonymous with Malbec wine, but what's not so well known is that the province has become a reference for wine cellar architecture.

INTERVIEW – PERIODISMO PURO

Rafael Bielsa: ‘Alberto Fernández is very far from being a puppet’

10-04-2021 07:42 Rafael Bielsa, Argentina’s current Ambassador to Chile, on the pandemic, the president, Peronism and bilateral relations.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Science & Nature

Fly without flapping? Andean condors surf air 99 percent of time

14-07-2020 14:35 Condors found in Patagonia spend only 1% of their time aloft flapping their wings, a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences finds.

News of andes

Contested Chilean mining project given boost, despite protests

Peru's ex-spymaster 'Rasputin' in spotlight for trying to influence vote from jail

Billionaire miner ready to bet on Argentina as Chile risk grows

Specialist architects putting Argentine wine on another map

Rafael Bielsa: ‘Alberto Fernández is very far from being a puppet’

Fly without flapping? Andean condors surf air 99 percent of time

Provisional Census 2022 count reveals Argentina's population is 47.3 million

Musk to meet Bolsonaro in Brazil, launch plan to survey and connect Amazon

Qatar World Cup marks last dance for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo

Jaime Duran Barba: ‘It’s perfectly possible for Milei to reach the run-off next year’

Argentine state bears 'responsibility' for 1924 indigenous massacre, rules court

Cómo era la relación entre Felipe Pettinato y Melchor Rodrigo: se conocieron presuntos chats

Gustavo Menéndez, el intendente de licencia en Merlo, se fue a Marruecos a jugar un torneo de fútbol

Alberto Fernández usó dinero público para comprarle mamaderas a su hijo Francisco

Flor Kirchner vive rodeada de libros en un departamento que perteneció a Los Sauces y al grupo Sophia de Rodríguez Larreta

Martín Tetaz, duro contra el INDEC: “Va a quedar al desnudo cómo se afanaron un censo en La Matanza”