News of ushuaia

Milei earmarks about US$200 million for naval base in south

12-09-2026 21:55 Ushuaia facility is expected to be completed in 2029 and will be financed entirely with state funds; Milei government says long-planned facility will strengthen Argentina’s presence in far south, support operations towards Antarctica.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Researchers collect rodents near Ushuaia for hantavirus tests

19-05-2026 16:14 Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Ushuaia begin laying first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying the disease.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

In Tierra del Fuego, a hunt for the rodent carrier of hantavirus

18-05-2026 12:58 Scientific search for rodents that may be hantavirus carriers starts.

HEALTH & SOCIETY

Scientists head south for hantavirus fact-finding probe

14-05-2026 15:05 Experts to investigate whether there is hantavirus circulating in Ushuaia from next week; Results expected in four weeks.

HANTAVIRUS HEALTH SCARE

Ushuaia tries to shrug off hantavirus suspicions

12-05-2026 15:03 Ushuaia, Argentina's city "at the end of the world," is labouring under suspicion of being the source of the deadly hantavirus outbreak

Hantavirus scare

Health official: 'Almost zero' chance Dutch man got hantavirus in Ushuaia

08-05-2026 18:03 Tierra del Fuego epidemiology director Juan Petrina says that the likelihood that the Dutch man linked to the hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius cruise ship contracted the disease in the port city of Ushuaia is "almost zero.”

HEALTH

Health Ministry says experts will travel to Ushuaia to test rodents for hantavirus

06-05-2026 18:35 Argentina to send experts to Ushuaia to investigate possible hantavirus in rodents in wake of cruise ship tragedy.

CRUISE SHIP DRAMA

Expert: ‘Unlikely’ cruise ship hantavirus outbreak originated in Ushuaia

05-05-2026 15:52 A health expert in southern Tierra del Fuego Province says it’s “unlikely” that the deadly hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship originated in Ushuaia, from where the vessel departed.

CRUISE SHIP DISASTER

'Low' risk to public of hantavirus after cruise ship deaths, WHO says

04-05-2026 14:19 Suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship presents a low risk to the public, the World Health Organization said Monday.

TROUBLE DOWN SOUTH

Governor cries foul as Milei puts Ushuaia port under trusteeship

28-01-2026 23:05 Tierra del Fuego Governor Gustavo Melella links move to “geopolitical factors”; Operating licence suspended and port placed under trusteeship for year as federal agency cites mismanagement at country’s southernmost port.

US DELEGATION IN USHUAIA

US delegation's visit to Patagonia draws criticism from opposition

27-01-2026 10:15 Visit by a group of United States lawmakers to Ushuaia, Argentina’s southernmost city, draws criticism from Peronist opposition; US Embassy confirms congressional delegation visited Tierra del Fuego to discuss energy and mining issues.

ARGENTINA

Argentina intervenes at Ushuaia port amid funds misuse probe

26-01-2026 18:03 Operating licence suspended and port placed under trusteeship for a year as federal agency cites diversion of revenues, safety risks and chronic underinvestment at country’s southernmost port.

News of ushuaia

Milei earmarks about US$200 million for naval base in south

Researchers collect rodents near Ushuaia for hantavirus tests

In Tierra del Fuego, a hunt for the rodent carrier of hantavirus

Scientists head south for hantavirus fact-finding probe

Ushuaia tries to shrug off hantavirus suspicions

Health official: 'Almost zero' chance Dutch man got hantavirus in Ushuaia

Health Ministry says experts will travel to Ushuaia to test rodents for hantavirus

Expert: ‘Unlikely’ cruise ship hantavirus outbreak originated in Ushuaia

'Low' risk to public of hantavirus after cruise ship deaths, WHO says

Governor cries foul as Milei puts Ushuaia port under trusteeship

US delegation's visit to Patagonia draws criticism from opposition

Argentina intervenes at Ushuaia port amid funds misuse probe

Milei: It’s important Trump ‘emerges stronger’ from US midterms

Argentina's government prepares for possibility Pope Leo may not visit

Rio Tinto sees lithium output impacted by Argentina rainfall

Argentina eyes tapping China swap to cover 2027 financing needs

Argentina, US amend trade deal in bid to secure ratification

Martín Fierro de la Música: la lista completa de ganadores, incluyendo quién se llevó la estatuilla de Oro

Una encuesta comparó los gobiernos de Milei y Alberto Fernández: la llamativa ventaja "por un pelo"

Rubinstein sobre los dichos de Milei: "Los 125 mil millones es una fantasía que no tiene ningún asidero"

Santiago Caputo pidió recuperar las Malvinas porque Gran Bretaña está "siendo colonizada por el Islam" y Milei lo compartió

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