News of santa cruz

Cost of CFK's flights with presidential fleet to El Calafate revealed

18-02-2022 17:02 Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's numerous flights on state aircraft have been a regular source of ire for her critics – now the results of a freedom of information request from a local news agency have reignited debate.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

President comes to defence of CFK as witness in public works graft trial

15-02-2022 16:18 President Alberto Fernández testifies as witness in case probing alleged corruption involving Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner; Peronist leader rejects claims he was told to favour allied businessman Lázaro Báez in public works projects during Kirchnerite era.

CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS

Fernández de Kirchner, children cleared in money-laundering case

27-11-2021 00:31 Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and her two children, Florencia and Máximo, have been cleared in the 'Hotesur-Los Sauces' case investigating alleged money-laundering.

COURTS

Santa Cruz: Priest jailed for 17 years for sexual abuse of two minors

10-09-2021 01:01 Priest Nicolás Parma sentenced to 17 years in prison after being found guilty of the sexual abuse of two seminarians in Santa Cruz Province.

ENVIRONMENT

Wildfires devastate Bolivian nature reserves

24-08-2021 13:51 Wildfires, mostly started intentionally, have scorched almost 600,000 hectares of land in eastern Bolivia already this year, authorities said.

Bloomberg

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.

AND THAT REMINDS ME...

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.