News of patagonia

It’s not just about sustainability, but durability

22-08-2020 10:37 Buenos Aires-born designer Clara Pinto makes clothes, but she’s not really a fashion designer.

by Bruna Fontevecchia

‘Cueva de las Manos' to become a protected area after donation

18-07-2020 10:17 Famous archaeological site in the Santa Cruz Province will be converted into a protected area, after the land on which it sits was donated to the State by the Rewilding Argentina environmentalist organisation.

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.

SCIENCE & NATURE

Fossil of giant 70m year-old fish found in Patagonia

07-07-2020 01:52 Paleontologists find the remains of a predator fish that was more than six meters long near Lago Colhué Huapial in Chubut Province.

Coronavirus in Patagonia

Bariloche covered in snow but stripped of tourists, thanks to Covid-19

30-06-2020 17:37 Snow has fallen in Bariloche, but the streets and slopes are quiet in the famed tourist destination. Local businesses estimate that losses this month alone will be around 3.6 billion pesos (about US$48 million).

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Accustomed to isolation, Patagonians still fear impact of coronavirus

04-04-2020 09:42 Residents in the region, which is heavily dependent on tourism and oil, fear the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bloomberg

Clean energy boom threatened by Argentina’s free-market fizzle

28-01-2020 12:50 Macri-era investment into clean energy along Argentina's Atlantic coast will be difficult to sustain in current economic climate, writes Jonathan Gilbert.

Vaca Muerta

Vaca Muerta: Fracking leaves heavy footprint in Patagonia

13-12-2019 07:00 Enormous non-conventional oil and gas deposit provides 43% of the total oil production and 60% of gas production of Argentina. Yet its effects on local communities have gone largely unheard.

BLOOMBERG

Patagonia summit sheds light on mood before election

07-10-2019 07:00 Argentine executives are preparing for the next government with a mix of pessimism, resignation and even some humour.

CHUBUT PROVINCE

Unrest in Chubut grows as recession, debt squeezes oil-rich province

18-09-2019 13:00 Chubut is drowning in a sea of debt, with the provincial government facing difficulties in paying salaries in full and on time to teachers, medical doctors, court employees, office clerks, pensioners and security forces.

ENVIRONMENT

Chilean Patagonia: an open-air lab to study climate change

04-09-2019 12:50 In one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.

Kirchnerite stronghold

Alicia Kirchner re-elected Santa Cruz governor with solid win

12-08-2019 09:55 The forecast for voting on Monday morning even put Alicia Kirchner's performance above her national ally, Alberto Fernández, by over seven percentage points.

BLOOMBERG

Data-rigging scandal rocks salmon-farming industry in Patagonia

01-08-2019 09:28 Company Nova Austral pushes out its top executive as bonds sank amid misreporting claims. Scandal is latest to hit Chile’s farm-raised salmon industry.