News of province

María Eugenia Vidal: 'Today I feel I'm the candidate of the entire coalition'

17-07-2021 08:54 Ex-Buenos Aires Province governor discusses Juntos por el Cambio, unity and her decision to launch a congressional run in the nation's capital.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Opposition puts on united front as Vidal launches congressional run

13-07-2021 13:33 Former Buenos Aires Province governor María Eugenia Vidal makes official her crossover from the district she governed between 2015 and 2019 to run for Congress in the City of Buenos Aires.

Buenos Aires Province's creditors raise lawsuit stakes, add trustee to case

02-07-2021 16:34 Buenos Aires Province's creditors have stepped up their lawsuit against the region after talks failed last month to restructure US$7.1-billion in foreign debt.

Billionaire Eurnekian’s CGC buys Sinopec assets in Argentina

30-06-2021 15:22 CGC, majority owned by billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian’s Corporación América International, closes deal for the local unit of China Petroleum & Chemical Corp on Wednesday, the Buenos Aires-based company confirms in a statement.

Fernández, Putin confirm production of Sputnik vaccine in Argentina

04-06-2021 23:07 President showers Russian leader with praise as nations confirm mass production of Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Argentina will begin imminently.

Buenos Aires Province agrees to buy 10 million doses of Covaxin vaccine

04-06-2021 23:04 Governor Axel Kicillof says deal with Indian laboratory Bharat Biotech depends on four conditions and that province will offer shots "to the national government for distribution among all provinces."

Hawks against the government – and Vidal

22-05-2021 09:29 Infighting is growing among the opposition while Patricia Bullrich’s hardline sector gets stronger. But the government has just handed them a gift-wrapped motive for unity: a clash with the farming sector over the beef export ban.

by Gustavo González

Daniel Gollán: ‘These are extraordinary situations demanding extraordinary measures’

15-05-2021 12:01 Buenos Aires Province Health Minister on the geopolitics of Covid-19 vaccines, what lies ahead and “extraordinary measures in extraordinary situations.”

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Phones and patrol cars: Probe into Facundo Castro’s death, one year on

06-05-2021 15:36 22-year-old Facundo Astudillo Castro went missing at the end of April 2020, at the height of the coronavirus lockdown. His body was found more than three months later. A year on from his initial disappearance, the investigation into the youngster’s disappearance is still ongoing, with two telephones at the heart of the probe.

Buenos Aires Province wants to resume talks with bondholders

26-04-2021 16:34 Five weeks after being sued by creditors in a New York court, Buenos Aires Province says it is ready to return to the negotiating table.

City Hall, Casa Rosada await Supreme Court ruling on in-person classes

24-04-2021 00:38 Court declares itself "competent" to take on the issue and will settle the education row between the Buenos Aires City government and the national government.

We do need some education

17-04-2021 09:26 Last year’s economic havoc has been quantified, but there is no way of measuring the losses to come from extended suspensions of classroom education.

Political differences laid bare as City, Province split on measures

10-04-2021 07:20 Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof warns that “Covid tsunami” is hitting Argentina as new restrictions are introduced.

Cinema makes a comeback, aiding Argentina’s vaccination drive

01-04-2021 17:42 At a movie theatre turned culture centre in Rosario, lucky retirees are getting vaccinated against Covid-19 – and enjoying a few Charles Chaplin movies.

Debt restructuring talks for Buenos Aires Province stall

22-03-2021 16:23 After nearly a year of extending the deadline of its debt restructuring proposal, fresh documents published by Argentina’s largest province show talks remain stuck.

At least 7 arrested following attack on president's convoy in Chubut

15-03-2021 15:21 Police have made at least seven arrests following an attack on a vehicle carrying President Alberto Fernández in Lago Puelo over the weekend.

Buenos Aires Province begins vaccinating those aged 70+

18-02-2021 13:58 Provincial government begins to give first shots of Sputnik V vaccine to citizens aged over 70, using schools and other sites as temporary vaccination centres.

Menem buried with military honours at ceremony in capital

16-02-2021 11:46 Former president Carlos Menem was laid to rest on Monday, granted military honours at a small ceremony on the outskirts of the capital.

Tensions soar over return of face-to-face classes

23-01-2021 10:25 Education Minister Nicolás Trotta confirms ‘school classes will return to the City of Buenos Aires on February 17 and to Buenos Aires Province on March 1,’ with all other provinces following by March 15.

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.