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Firefighters continue to battle forest blazes in Argentina

14-01-2022 19:25 With temperatures climbing upwards, firefighters were deployed ahead of the weekend to forest fires in nine of Argentina's 23 provinces, including one blaze that has been active for more than a month.

ARGENTINA ABLAZE

Two killed in helicopter crash as firefighters battle flames in seven provinces

29-12-2021 23:02 Two killed in tragic helicopter crash near town of Aluminé, Neuquén Province; Authorities declare nationwide fire emergency, with outbreaks now reported in seven provinces and more than 300,000 hectares destroyed.

ENVIRONMENT

Firefighters battle against forest fires in Río Negro, Chubut and Neuquén

26-12-2021 08:37 Some 250 firefighters and national park employees battled blazes in Patagonia over Christmas, with thousands of hectares of forest destroyed. Fires are raging in high-altitude, little populated forest areas of the southern provinces of Río Negro, Chubut and Neuquén.

ENVIRONMENT

Forest fires rip through Córdoba Province

06-10-2021 14:51 Forest fires continued to rage in the northern part of Córdoba Province on Tuesday, leaving destruction in their wake but thankfully no deaths or injuries.

LGBT+ RIGHTS

Argentina’s Senate approves transgender job quota law

28-06-2021 16:11 Senate backs sweeping legislation that reserves one percent of all public sector jobs for members of the trans community.

Coronavirus pandemic

Fernández leads tribute to Covid victims, as death toll nears 100,000

27-06-2021 16:34 Peronist leader leads "ceremony of recollection and reflection" at CCK cultural centre, as Argentina death toll creeps towards 100,000.

UNITED KINGDOM

Tributes paid after death of British lockdown hero 'Captain Tom'

02-02-2021 17:32 Tributes flooded in from across Britain and beyond on Tuesday following the death of Captain Sir Tom Moore, the 100-year-old military veteran who won hearts with his fundraising during the pandemic.

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: January 2 to 9

09-01-2021 08:24 Our pick of the headlines from the last seven days in Argentina.

POLITICS AND THE PANDEMIC

The vaccine conversation

19-12-2020 08:42 These glitches and delays add up to negative headlines. Opposition leaders accused the government of deliberately keeping the public in the dark about the pending approval of the vaccine for those over 60.

by Martín Gambarotta

Trans rights

Argentina's Army must comply with 1% quota for trans individuals

24-11-2020 09:10 Argentina's Army has been included on a list of official bodies that must comply with new legislation guaranteeing the incorporation of transvestites, transsexuals and transgender people into the workplace, according to press reports.

ENVIRONMENT

More than 400,000 hectares burned in fires since turn of year

29-09-2020 16:35 At the start of this week, 434,975 hectares nationwide had already been affected by forest and bush fires, with 10 provinces in particular bearing the brunt, according to official data.

TRANS RIGHTS

Argentina establishes 1% quota for trans workers in civil service jobs

04-09-2020 16:40 One percent of state jobs must be reserved for transgender people, according to a decree published yesterday in the Official Gazette.

Bloomberg

Uber sees grocery delivery sparking its next wave of growth

15-06-2020 15:05 Delivering groceries is Uber Technologies Inc’s next frontier – at least in Latin America.

EDITORIAL

When the solution is the problem

30-05-2020 09:44 No country in the world can envisage the post-pandemic world with any clarity but, at the risk of going down the long-trodden road of Argentine exceptionalism, perhaps no nation carries uncertainty to the same extremes as here.

RATINGS AGENCIES

Ratings agencies downgrade Argentina after payment freeze

07-04-2020 23:03 S&P adjusted Argentina's rating to "selective default" on Tuesday, after government freeze payments on dollar-denominated debt under local law. Move follows in the footsteps of downgrades from Fitch and Moody's.

Coronavirus consequences

Deliveries and 'quarantine combos': BA's restaurants adapt to coronavirus

18-03-2020 18:12 City's restaurants and bars, hit hard by lost business amid the coronavirus pandemic, are being forced to adapt to a new reality.

by Paulina Maldonado

BBC WORLD QUESTIONS

Panel of experts debate Argentina’s future on BBC World Service

13-03-2020 19:18 BBC World Service’s ‘World Questions’ event affected by coronavirus outbreak – so experts hold debate without an audience, prompting series of fiery exchanges.

by James Grainger

'TARIFAS'

Government likely to increase utility rates in June, says Cafiero

20-02-2020 16:16 Government will unfreeze public services rates starting from June, but increases will only hit “the sectors that can support them,” says Cabinet chief.