News of rosario

Lionel Messi back in full training for PSG after Covid

18-01-2022 17:01 Lionel Messi was back in full training with Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday for the first time since testing positive for Covid-19 at the end of last year.

AGRICULTURE

Drought could trim a third of Argentina’s economic growth this year

18-01-2022 15:47 Dryness that’s parching soybeans and corn across Argentina’s Pampas crop belt will shave US$4.8 billion off the nation’s gross domestic product this year, according to one of the first analyses of the economic impact of the drought.

FOOTBALL

Messi 'taking longer than expected' to recover from Covid-19

13-01-2022 16:47 Lionel Messi said on Thursday he needs more time to recover before playing again after contracting Covid-19 earlier this month.

BLOOMBERG

Argentina takes axe to soy forecast, outpacing USDA's reduction

13-01-2022 15:59 Argentina’s key agriculture areas have been hit by intense and prolonged heat, coupled with little or no rain.

FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina denounces presence of AMIA bombing suspect at Ortega's inauguration

11-01-2022 21:27 Argentina’s government comes under fierce criticism from the opposition after sending a diplomat to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s inauguration – an event that was also attended by Iranian official Moshen Rezai, the subject of an Interpol red alert related to the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing.

ARGENTINE FORWARD

Lionel Messi tests negative for Covid, back in Paris

05-01-2022 17:10 Lionel Messi has tested negative for Covid-19 and has flown from Rosario to Paris.

ARGENTINE STAR

Lionel Messi in isolation in Argentina after testing positive for Covid

02-01-2022 17:20 Lionel Messi has tested positive for Covid-19 and entered self-isolation in Rosario, his club Paris Saint-Germain announced on Sunday.

Elections in Nicaragua

Timeline: Nicaragua's authoritarian slide

08-11-2021 10:10 Under ring-of-steel security, Nicaragua opened its polls for presidential elections dismissed as a "sham" by the international community, with all viable challengers to long-term leader Daniel Ortega locked up or in exile.

Elections in Nicaragua

Nicaragua's Ortega wins new term in 'sham' election after opponents jailed

08-11-2021 10:05 Daniel Ortega won a fourth consecutive presidential term in Nicaragua Monday in a vote denounced by the United States as a "pantomime election." Authorities had banned country's main opposition alliance from contesting seats.

Nicaragua's authoritarian slide

Ortega and Murillo: Nicaragua's power couple

08-11-2021 09:57 Nicaragua's first couple, President Daniel Ortega and his wife Vice-President Rosario Murillo, are both in their 70s but have shown no desire to relinquish their vice-like grip on power.

Elections in Nicaragua

Ortega a shoo-in to win 'sham' Nicaragua vote

07-11-2021 09:02 Nicaraguans go to the polls Sunday for presidential elections dismissed as a "sham" by the international community.

DIPLOMACY

Argentina abstains from OAS vote criticising Nicaraguan government

21-10-2021 16:10 Alberto Fernández administration refuses to back Organisation of American States resolution calling for the release of political prisoners in Nicaragua.

COURTS, CRIME & SECURITY

Rosario drug gang leader given 22-year jail term in seventh trial

01-10-2021 20:57 Ariel Máximo ’Guille’ Cantero, head of Los Monos drug gang, convicted for instigating seven attacks on judicial buildings, homes of prosecutors and judges.

CRIME & SECURITY

Government to send 1,575 federal agents to Rosario

29-09-2021 10:38 Cabinet ministers confirm deployment of more than 1,500 new federal agents in Rosario, with officials declaring that “a solution must be found” to surge in drug-related violence.

DRUG VIOLENCE IN ROSARIO

Aníbal Fernández hints at measures to tackle drug violence surge in Rosario

27-09-2021 13:49 Security Minister Aníbal Fernández says "important announcements" are on the way to tackle uptick in drug-related violence in Rosario.

COURTS

Man who raped four daughters for decades sentenced to 50 years in jail

24-09-2021 15:10 Alejandro Manuel Rosario Leguizamón, 55, convicted by court in Morón for repeated sexual abuse and rape of his four daughters over past two decades.

CRIME & SECURITY

Hitmen gun down protected witness in Rosario

08-09-2021 17:35 Gunned down from a passing car, protected witness Carlos Héctor Argüelles was the former right-hand man of drug kingpin Esteban Alvarado, against whom the late witness had ended up testifying.

ARGENTINE STAR DEPARTS CATALONIA

'I'm not ready for this' – tearful Messi confirms Barcelona exit

08-08-2021 08:32 Six-time Ballon d'Or winner breaks down in tears as he confirms his exit from Barcelona after 788 games - and confirms move to Paris St Germain "is a possibility."

WHAT NEXT FOR MESSI?

Local media outlets stunned by 'bombshell' Messi news

05-08-2021 17:54 Barcelona's shock announcement on Thursday that superstar Lionel Messi would be leaving the club is a "bombshell" of global proportions, according to local media outlets.

CONFIRMATION

Nicaragua President Ortega to stand for re-election

02-08-2021 22:51 As expected, Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega will stand for a fourth consecutive term in November's general election, his Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party confirms.

Copa América

Fans swamp streets as victorious Argentina return with Copa América

12-07-2021 10:00 Large groups of fans gathered in cities across Argentina on Sunday to celebrate their team's victorious return from the 2021 Copa América, where they beat Brazil on home turf.

Copa América

Image of Messi lights up Rosario ahead of Copa final clash

10-07-2021 08:27 Huge image of national team captain Lionel Messi and his famous number 10 shirt projected onto Rosario's famous Monumento Histórico Nacional a la Bandera ahead of Copa final clash.

BREAKING NEWS

Carlos Reutemann, senator and former Formula 1 driver, dies aged 79

07-07-2021 14:17 Carlos Alberto 'Lole' Reutemann, ex-Formula 1 driver, senator and governor of Santa Fe Province dies at the age of 79.

ROSARIO'S FAVOURITE SON

Multi-storey mural in Rosario for hometown hero Messi

02-07-2021 13:02 New 14-metre-high mural in La Bajada, Rosario, pays tribute to Leo Messi.

Human rights

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

16-06-2021 00:41 Casa Rosada fails to endorse OAS resolution against Nicaragua demanding "immediate release of the presidential candidates and all political prisoners."

And that reminds me...

The name of the rose

15-05-2021 15:33 All politics is local, it is often said, and socialism does have its pockets in Argentina, of which the late Lifschitz represented by far the largest, the province of Santa Fe.

by Michael Soltys

POLITICS

Senator Carlos Reutemann hospitalised in serious condition

09-05-2021 08:15 Ex-Formula One driver and Senator Carlos Reutemann has been hospitalised in Rosario with an intestinal haemorrhage.

CARLOS TIMOTEO GRIGUOL (1934-2021)

Griguol may have departed, but El Viejo’s teachings will live on

08-05-2021 00:22 Carlos Timoteo Griguol, legendary coach of Ferro Carril Oeste, River Plate, Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, died Thursday aged 86, after a month-long struggle with coronavirus.

by Dan Edwards

Football

Newell's Old Boys creates school in Rosario for kids with disabilities

27-04-2021 12:24 Lionel Messi's childhood club — the famous Newell's Old Boys in Rosario — has launched a football school for children with learning disabilities.

Covid-19 vaccination drive

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.

ENVIRONMENT

South America ravaged by unprecedented drought and fires

26-10-2020 07:00 Exacerbated by a historic drought, larges swathes of forest and wetlands in central South America known for their exceptional biodiversity have been ravaged by devastating fires.

CRIME & SECURITY

Crime spirals out of control in troubled Rosario

05-10-2020 00:01 Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city, has been suffering for years from escalating violence and the proliferation of drug gangs.

BARÇA-MESSI SAGA

Rosario left deflated but still hopeful, as Messi says he'll stay put

06-09-2020 08:09 Rosario had dared to dream, but it was left disappointed after the city's most celebrated son Lionel Messi announced he was staying at Barcelona on Friday.

ENVIRONMENT

Wetlands are burning across South America with farmers to blame

31-08-2020 07:00 About 2,500 kilometres south of the Amazon rainforest, other one-of-a-kind ecosystems are falling victim to fire and axe.

RALLY IN ROSARIO

Newell’s Old Boys fans dream of an unlikely Messi homecoming

28-08-2020 00:17 Messi’s surprise decision to leave Barcelona has sparked unlikely dreams among the residents of Rosario that he may return to play to Argentina to play with Newell’s Old Boys.

Fires in Argentina

Raging wildfires burn out of control in central and northern Argentina

25-08-2020 15:20 Raging wildfires in forests and grasslands are spreading in northern and central Argentina, with outbreaks in at least a dozen provinces.

ENVIRONMENT

Marshlands of Paraná Delta hit by worst fires in decades

07-08-2020 16:56 Ravaged by drought, the Paraná Delta is burning like never before. During the first seven months of 2020, more than 11,000 fires were detected in the region.

BLOOMBERG

Blow for top crop traders as first Covid-19 cases confirmed at ports

28-07-2020 22:46 First cases of the coronavirus reported at port terminals, in a fresh blow to the global commodities trade already disrupted by the pandemic.

Femicide

Three arrests in Ecuador over murder of young Argentine woman

22-06-2020 16:30 Three people have been arrested as part of a probe into the murder of Argentine citizen Andrea Pedraza in Ecuador in March.

FOOTBALLER SLAIN

Fans mourn ex-footballer 'Trinche' Carlovich, revered by Maradona as 'world best'

09-05-2020 23:34 Hundreds of supporters paid their respects on Saturday to former Central Córdoba star Tomás 'Trinche' Carlovich, a player Diego Maradona called the best in the world, at an open-air wake at a stadium in Rosario.

Coronavirus pandemic

Chilean Consul in Rosario dies from coronavirus

02-04-2020 09:10 Fernando Labra Hidalgo died at a private hospital in the Sante Fe city after having been hospitalised for several days, according to an official statement.

LGBTQ RIGHTS

Argentine television gets its first transgender news anchor

20-03-2020 07:00 Diana Zurco’s job as co-anchor of Televisión Pública's prime-time evening news programme is a milestone for an excluded community that is often the target of violence and has a life expectancy roughly half that of the rest of the population.

BLOOMBERG

Virus ripples reach Argentine crop ports with ships in limbo

17-03-2020 09:13 Vessels are being held up on the river because a procedure to clear the health of crews, prior to entering ports, is suspended.

Rosario Homicides

Two new murders in Rosario bring year's homicide tally to 52

06-03-2020 12:06 A 51-year-old man and a 20-year-old man were shot dead in separate incidents on public roads in Rosario on Thursday, bringing the city's homicide count since turn of the year to 52.

MACABRE DISCOVERY

Remains of a dismembered woman found in a river near Rosario

12-02-2020 17:25 News of the discovery of the remains, found in a shallow river near the city of Rosario, comes just two days after two young women were shot dead on Monday.

ARGENTINE MIDFIELDER

Tottenham sign Giovani Lo Celso on permanent deal

28-01-2020 10:51 The Argentine midfielder joined Spurs in August on loan but has now signed a contract for a reported fee of around £27 million (US$35 million), keeping him at the club until 2025.

News of rosario

Lionel Messi back in full training for PSG after Covid

Drought could trim a third of Argentina’s economic growth this year

Messi 'taking longer than expected' to recover from Covid-19

Argentina takes axe to soy forecast, outpacing USDA's reduction

Argentina denounces presence of AMIA bombing suspect at Ortega's inauguration

Lionel Messi tests negative for Covid, back in Paris

Lionel Messi in isolation in Argentina after testing positive for Covid

Timeline: Nicaragua's authoritarian slide

Nicaragua's Ortega wins new term in 'sham' election after opponents jailed

Ortega and Murillo: Nicaragua's power couple

Ortega a shoo-in to win 'sham' Nicaragua vote

Argentina abstains from OAS vote criticising Nicaraguan government

Rosario drug gang leader given 22-year jail term in seventh trial

Government to send 1,575 federal agents to Rosario

Aníbal Fernández hints at measures to tackle drug violence surge in Rosario

Man who raped four daughters for decades sentenced to 50 years in jail

Hitmen gun down protected witness in Rosario

'I'm not ready for this' – tearful Messi confirms Barcelona exit

Local media outlets stunned by 'bombshell' Messi news

Nicaragua President Ortega to stand for re-election

Fans swamp streets as victorious Argentina return with Copa América

Image of Messi lights up Rosario ahead of Copa final clash

Carlos Reutemann, senator and former Formula 1 driver, dies aged 79

Multi-storey mural in Rosario for hometown hero Messi

Argentina abstains in vote condemning Nicaragua's jailing of opposition leaders

The name of the rose

Senator Carlos Reutemann hospitalised in serious condition

Griguol may have departed, but El Viejo’s teachings will live on

Newell's Old Boys creates school in Rosario for kids with disabilities

Cinema makes a comeback, aiding Argentina’s vaccination drive

South America ravaged by unprecedented drought and fires

Crime spirals out of control in troubled Rosario

Rosario left deflated but still hopeful, as Messi says he'll stay put

Wetlands are burning across South America with farmers to blame

Newell’s Old Boys fans dream of an unlikely Messi homecoming

Raging wildfires burn out of control in central and northern Argentina

Marshlands of Paraná Delta hit by worst fires in decades

Blow for top crop traders as first Covid-19 cases confirmed at ports

Three arrests in Ecuador over murder of young Argentine woman

Fans mourn ex-footballer 'Trinche' Carlovich, revered by Maradona as 'world best'

Chilean Consul in Rosario dies from coronavirus

Argentine television gets its first transgender news anchor

Virus ripples reach Argentine crop ports with ships in limbo

Two new murders in Rosario bring year's homicide tally to 52

Remains of a dismembered woman found in a river near Rosario

Tottenham sign Giovani Lo Celso on permanent deal

Nine evacuated as Covid-19 hits Antarctic research base

Russian court jails four in 2018 Argentine embassy luggage cocaine case

Returning heroes delight fans of Boca and River, but patience is required

Copper majors are taking another look at Argentina, McEwen says

Colombia presidential front-runner Gustavo Petro seeks global anti-oil bloc

Visita a Milagro Sala: diputados de JxC piden juicio político contra Wado de Pedro y Gómez Alcorta

Denuncia por mala praxis: una nena fue al hospital por un raspón y tres días después murió

Con mayoría femenina y una nieta de Salvador Allende, Gabriel Boric definió su gabinete

Tendríamos que agradecerle el jogging a los vendedores de ajo y a Benito Mussolini

Oscar Parrilli reivindicó el regreso del Fútbol para Todos: "No representará ningún gasto para el Estado"