News of santa cruz

Your petrol frizzled

23-01-2021 10:19 If Vaca Muerta is indeed a dead cow, then Argentina will end up importing fuel, a move which will surely cost more dollars than those denied YPF to service its debts.

by Michael Soltys

BOLIVIAN ELECTION

Bolivia's Morales calls for calm after protesters demand junta

27-10-2020 17:33 Exiled former Bolivian president calls for calm after right-wing protesters in Santa Cruz demand a "military junta" to replace socialist president-elect Luis Arce.

SINO-ARGENTINE RELATIONS

Argentina ponders Belt and Road Initiative endorsement

22-08-2020 10:18 By joining the BRI, Argentina could unlock Chinese finance for vital investment in infrastructure and transport, fossil and renewable energy, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, innovation and information technology.

by Dialogo Chino

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Trial into alleged public works graft, with CFK in dock, to restart next week

28-07-2020 22:09 Trial into alleged corruption in the awarding of public works contracts to restart online next Monday after suspension due to coronavirus pandemic.

CUEVA DE LAS MANOS

‘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.

GUEST VOICE

It’s not Fabián Gutiérrez, it’s Santa Cruz

11-07-2020 09:15 Santa Cruz is a province with archaic laws, a dangerous political centralisation and a scary scope for discretion.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Lázaro Báez granted house arrest but yet to be released

10-07-2020 16:32 Alleged Kirchnerite frontman, who stands accused of raft of corruption offences, granted house arrest by court, prompting angry reaction from his future neighbours. Release will not be until next week at earliest, with row over high bail set as part of condition.

Gender Violence

NGO: More than 70 femicides in Argentina during quarantine period

26-06-2020 00:01 71% of the femicides took place in the victim's home, according to the latest report from the La Casa del Encuentro NGO.

by Nadia Galán

Coronavirus quarantine

Chaco Governor Capitanich orders total quarantine of province

18-03-2020 15:41 Jorge Capitanich takes "drastic" measures to shut off region until March 31, closing nine border crossings; Mayor of El Calafate orders mandatory quarantine and shuts off city after tourist tests positive for Covid-19.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Court orders ex-planning minister Julio de Vido's release

05-03-2020 14:11 Court orders veteran Veteran Kirchnerite official and ex-federal planning minister's release, saying he has been "detained for a period longer than the maximum legal term of two years."

Puerto Deseado

Survivor of Santa Cruz attack returns home; two suspects in custody

26-02-2020 17:28 Survivor of the brutal attack in Puerto Deseado, María Mercedes, returned home to Salta. Investigation into her rape and the murder of her four-year-old son continues.

Puerto Deseado attack

Suspects detained in Puerto Deseado murder case

24-02-2020 16:21 Two suspects, one underage minor and another who suffers from schizophrenia, have been identified as investigators probe sexual assault of 45-year-old woman and murder of her son.

Brutal Attack

Woman attacked and four-year-old son killed in Santa Cruz town

21-02-2020 16:26 A Salta woman and her four-year-old son were attacked by two men in the Santa Cruz town of Puerto Deseado.

Aníbal returns

Aníbal Fernández appointed trustee of Río Turbio coal-mine

30-01-2020 14:39 Ex-Cabinet chief and government minister returns to government, as President Alberto Fernández signs decree appointing him to position underneath Production Minister Matías Kulfas.

Corruption & the courts

Fernández de Kirchner angrily denies graft claims as she testifies in court

02-12-2019 18:21 Former president made an unusual detour Monday on her way back to office, appearing in court to defend herself angrily against corruption charges stemming from her time in office.

FORMER PRESIDENT

Court refuses to suspend Fernández de Kirchner's corruption trial

26-08-2019 17:51 Court rules that former president's trial for alleged corruption offences related to public works projects will continue, rejecting requests from the defence to suspend the trial.

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.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Bolsonaro targets commission probing dictatorship-era political disappearances

02-08-2019 09:50 Far-right leader removes several members of a commission investigating disappearances and murders, acting days after they confronted him on the role played by the state in the killing of a leftist activist.