EARTHQUAKE Magnitude-6.4 quake strikes San Juan and other provinces 19-01-2021 09:08 A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook western and central Argentina late Monday night. At least three individuals were hospitalised as a result.
GENDER VIOLENCE Groundbreaking gender violence initiative sees victim handed ex-partner’s job 28-11-2020 08:19 In a groundbreaking ‘reparations’ ruling advance hailed by campaigners, a local council in La Pampa has awarded 34-year-old Valeria Juárez her former partner’s job as compensation for years of abuse. by Nick Evans
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Mendoza hospital makes preparations, fearing Covid-19's second wave 14-11-2020 08:44 Mendoza’s Central Hospital is enjoying brief respite as cases fall, but staff are not placing their faith in fortune.
Bloomberg Mendoza Province said to win majority support for debt swap 22-09-2020 18:02 Mendoza set to become first provincial government to successfully reach a deal to restructure its own foreign debt, following in footsteps of national government.
ROUND UP What we learned this week: August 29 to September 5 05-09-2020 10:06 Stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
BLOOMBERG Argentina’s creditors will get better debt deals from provinces 14-08-2020 15:16 National government’s debt restructuring accord was a benchmark, setting a minimum, not a maximum for what investors can expect.
ABORTION DEBATE Government confirms abortion bill delayed until 2021 14-08-2020 01:00 Cabinet Chief Santiago Cafiero says bill to legalise abortion in Argentina will not be presented to Congress this year, blaming the coronavirus pandemic.
BLOOMBERG Malbec bonds beat defaulted Argentine peers on investor hope 09-07-2020 02:26 A glimmer of hope is lurking within Argentina’s default-ravaged debt landscape: Bonds sold by Mendoza, the Andean-bordering province famed for exports of full-bodied Malbec wine.
THE LAST SEVEN DAYS What we learned this week: June 27 to July 4 04-07-2020 08:40 Stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
Secessionist threat? Mexit? Cornejo says Mendoza could thrive as ‘an independent country’ 30-06-2020 21:28 Amid a row over a hydroelectric dam project, Alfred Cornejo lets rip at national government, accusing it of "harming" Mendoza and declaring that the province would thrive as an independent nation.
Legislative unity Lower house approves bipartisan project to promote blood plasma donation 26-06-2020 13:50 Tensions put aside as lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies approve bipartisan bill to encourage donation of blood plasma from patients who have recovered from coronavirus.
BLOOMBERG Provinces gear up for debt battles after first 'selective default' 18-05-2020 16:53 Half-a-dozen regional governments are taking their own steps to weigh up options as Argentina negotiates with holders of its overseas debt ahead of a May 22 deadline.
Coronavirus pandemic Virus death toll rises to 55 in Argentina, as testing steps up 07-04-2020 16:02 More than 1,000 tests for Covid-19 now taking place each day, using123 laboratories across the country, says Health Ministry.
BOLIVIAN POLITICAL CRISIS Morales protégé, Luis Arce, leads in polls head of Bolivian election 16-03-2020 22:32 The candidate of ex-president Evo Morales' MAS party, Luis Arce, has a commanding lead in opinion polls ahead of the May 3 presidential election in Bolivia
Bloomberg Malbec-soused bonds offer haven for hard-hit investors 29-01-2020 14:55 Amid the junk-rated moonscape that is most of Argentina’s debt, Mendoza’s bonds due in 2024 have returned 6.2 percent since January 1, trouncing all other government and corporate notes.
LEY 7722 Protesters celebrate as Mendoza lawmakers repeal changes to Law 7722 04-01-2020 09:04 After days of huge demonstrations, provincial legislature votes to roll back mining protection law to its previous incarnation. by James Grainger
ENVIRONMENT Mendoza's governor asks legislature to repeal changes to Law 7722 29-12-2019 23:56 Mendoza Governor Rodolfo Suárez asks provincial Legislature to repeal modifications to Law 7722 when they meet on Monday. The reform had been approved just a week ago, prompting massive protests called by environmentalist groups.
ENVIRONMENTAL FEARS Mendoza government puts brakes on controversial mining law 26-12-2019 18:47 Mendoza Province Governor Rodolfo Suárez says he will hold a "broad debate" with all sectors of society on issue. UCR leader refuses to rule out popular vote on modifications to Law 7722.
Jorge Difonso interview 'With this decision, Mendoza has regressed 12 years,' says co-author of Law 7722 24-12-2019 09:51 Lawyer and Cambia Mendoza provincial deputy Jorge Difonso on why protesters in Mendoza are taking to the streets in rejection of alterations made to legislation which restricted the use of dangerous chemicals in mining operations. by Isabelle Margulies
ENVIRONMENTAL FEARS Tensions rise in Mendoza as protesters reject modifications to mining law 23-12-2019 16:49 Demonstrators take to streets after lawmakers in famed wine-producing province adjust legislation to smooth way for mining projects. Critics charge it will weaken water protections.
ANIMAL RIGHTS 10 grizzly bears relocated from Mendoza to Colorado 02-12-2019 07:27 The bears come from the Mendoza Zoological Park in the Mendoza Province near the Chilean border. The zoo was the subject of protests for housing a polar bear that died in 2016.
GENDER VIOLENCE Thousands march to ‘shine a light’ on femicide and gender violence 30-11-2019 11:01 In Mendoza and across the country this week, demonstrators rallied to call for justice and and end to violence against women by Carly Graf
CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDAL Próvolo victims hope priests' sentences send Pope a message 27-11-2019 07:25 "This is a watershed case for society, justice, the victims and also for the Church," warns bishop, as victims demand Pope Francis take note of historic abuse case at Provólo Institute in Luján de Cuyo.
'PRÓVOLO' CASE Priests who sexually abused deaf children get 40-year jail terms 25-11-2019 14:46 Mendoza court sentences Nicola Corradi to 42 years in prison and Horacio Corbacho to 45 years for sexually abusing deaf children at the Antonio Próvolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children.
CHURCH ABUSE SCANDALS Verdict nears for Próvolo priests as Church struggles to deal with abuse scandals 25-11-2019 08:58 Pope Francis’ homeland faces a complicated week of reckoning with the sex abuse scandal that has plagued the Roman Catholic Church.
EARTHQUAKE 6.0-magnitude earthquake hits Mendoza and San Luis 20-11-2019 10:04 Luckily, there was no notable damage or injuries, according to reports.
RADICAL LEADERSHIP Cornejo set to stay on as UCR chairman after talks with Morales 07-11-2019 18:01 Outgoing Mendoza governor set to stay on as Radical (UCR) party chairman, after talks with Jujuy's Gerardo Morales. However, Cornejo will not abandon ambitions to be the future opposition leader in Congress.
ENVIRONMENT Goat farmers at climate change frontline in Argentina's wine belt 06-11-2019 16:48 Goat breeders scattered along the Andes foothills on the frontline of climate change, where conditions force them to take their herds higher up the mountains every year in order to graze.
EDITORIAL Courting disarray 05-10-2019 11:32 The Mendoza result was welcome from at least two angles – the resounding victory of a Macri coalition ally (only the second this year) brings us slightly closer to a contested election while the crushing defeat of the ardently Kirchnerite opposition candidate distances Alberto Fernández further from being a puppet of his running-mate, former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
ELECTION 2019 Suárez's victory in Mendoza provides boost for Macri's re-election bid 30-09-2019 10:01 Rodolfo Suárez, Radical candidate running for Cambia Mendoza, emerges victorious with margin of more than 15 points over Peronist rival Anabel Fernández Sagasti, offering president timely boost.
EDITORIAL Macri, Manhattan, Mendoza and Messi 28-09-2019 03:47 It is not the aim of this editorial to go into the intricacies of Mendoza local politics (whose importance should never be underestimated) nor to eye the opinion polls (whose credibility was badly tarnished by last month’s PASO primaries) but rather to view tomorrow’s race in the context of this year’s provincial voting.
Election 2019 Make-or-break for Macri as Mendoza heads to the polls 27-09-2019 22:47 Four candidates are seeking to succeed current Radical Governor Alfredo Cornejo: Rodolfo Suárez, the current mayor of Mendoza City; Kirchnerite senator Anabel Fernández Sagasti; national deputy José Luis Ramón; and outgoing provincial senator Noelia Barbeito for the Frente de Izquierda.
MENDOZA PROVINCE Parents ordered to vaccinate children in unprecedented court ruling 05-09-2019 10:28 Family court judge orders parents to vaccinate their children, aged 5 and 7, under the framework of the Ley Nacional de Vacunación.
CHURCH SCANDAL Priests accused of abusing deaf students stand trial 10-08-2019 12:31 Nicola Corradi, 83, and Horacio Corbacho, 59, are charged with alleged crimes including rape and sexual abuse against deaf minors.
CHURCH ABUSE SCANDAL Victims speak out as Próvolo Institute abuse trial begins in Mendoza 10-08-2019 12:17 Some 20 ex-students say they were sexually abused, including cases of rape, by two priests between 2004 and 2016. On Monday, two Catholic priests stood in the dock in Mendoza, charged with 28 alleged crimes, including rape and sexual abuse.
MENDOZA TRIAL 'They're demonic': the deaf victims of Argentina's paedophile priests speak out 05-08-2019 12:03 Victims testimony shakes trial of Catholic priests in Mendoza accused of sexual abuse.
MAMET INTERVIEW Opportunity awaits in Argentina, ex-US ambassador tells investors, big brands 02-08-2019 15:00 Former US ambassador Noah Mamet sits down with the Times to discuss his hopes for Argentina's tech, beef, tourism, wine and renewable energy industries. by Lucas Robinson
ELECTION 2019: MENDOZA Old wine in new bottles 22-06-2019 09:00 Founded in 1561 with an original population of some 2,500 (of whom just 47 were Spanish) only eight years after Santiago del Estero, Mendoza is Argentina’s second-oldest city but does not look it – the result of a series of devastating earthquakes, the worst of which occurred in its tricentennial year of 1861, killing around half of the then 20,000 inhabitants by Michael Soltys
ELECTION 2019 Morales wins re-election in Jujuy, as three other provinces stay Peronist 10-06-2019 17:55 There was joy for the president in Jujuy this weekend as Governor Gerardo Morales won re-election. But elsewhere, there was the familiar tale of three defeats, with Peronism triumphant in Tucumán, Entre Ríos and Chubut.
Provincial Elections Macri ally in Corrientes secures comfortable mid-term win 03-06-2019 12:19 Candidates aligned to President Macri's Cambiemos (Let's Change) coalition in San Juan and Misiones provinces suffer heavy defeats.