News of andes

Probe opened as Peruvian women flogged for 'sorcery'

14-07-2022 12:32 Peruvian prosecutors investigate after seven women accused of witchcraft after rural villagers fell ill were kidnapped and interrogated for two weeks.

WEATHER PROBLEMS

Blizzard strands 200, prompts evacuations in Andes near Argentina-Chile border

10-07-2022 17:43 Some 200 people, mostly tourists and truckers, were stranded Sunday by a fierce snowstorm in the Andes mountains near the Argentina-Chile border, with temperatures plunging well below freezing, local officials said.

Bloomberg

Chile to cushion the blow of glacier ban on giant copper mines

24-05-2022 15:08 Chile’s government is looking at a gradual implementation for a proposed ban on mining near glaciers in order to limit the impact on some of the world’s biggest copper mines and their planned projects.

ENVIRONMENT

Contested Chilean mining project given boost, despite protests

11-08-2021 21:52 Regional environmental evaluation commission in Chile approves controversial mining project close to a national reserve that is home to a vulnerable species of penguin.

Peru election 2021

Peru's ex-spymaster 'Rasputin' in spotlight for trying to influence vote from jail

30-06-2021 09:10 In recordings released last week, former Peru spymaster Vladimiro Montesinos instructs retired military commander to arrange bribes for judges on the national electoral jury, in order to proclaim Keiko Fujimori the winner over rival Pedro Castillo.

Bloomberg

Billionaire miner ready to bet on Argentina as Chile risk grows

19-05-2021 14:12 In a sign of South America’s shifting political winds, a billionaire mining clan is holding off on new investments in Chile because of country risk while looking to move forward with a huge spend in Argentina.

Architecture & viniculture

Specialist architects putting Argentine wine on another map

14-04-2021 11:02 Mendoza is synonymous with Malbec wine, but what's not so well known is that the province has become a reference for wine cellar architecture.

INTERVIEW – PERIODISMO PURO

Rafael Bielsa: ‘Alberto Fernández is very far from being a puppet’

10-04-2021 07:42 Rafael Bielsa, Argentina’s current Ambassador to Chile, on the pandemic, the president, Peronism and bilateral relations.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

News of andes

Probe opened as Peruvian women flogged for 'sorcery'

Blizzard strands 200, prompts evacuations in Andes near Argentina-Chile border

Chile to cushion the blow of glacier ban on giant copper mines

Contested Chilean mining project given boost, despite protests

Peru's ex-spymaster 'Rasputin' in spotlight for trying to influence vote from jail

Billionaire miner ready to bet on Argentina as Chile risk grows

Specialist architects putting Argentine wine on another map

Rafael Bielsa: ‘Alberto Fernández is very far from being a puppet’

Inflation hit 7.4% in July – highest monthly rate since April 2002

Inflation surges past 70% on political turmoil

Argentina raises key interest rate to 69.5% in biggest hike since 2019

Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report

Tourists return but Easter Islanders draw lessons from Covid isolation

Paro de colectivos en el AMBA: desde cuándo rige la medida y a qué líneas afecta

¿Quién es Rania, la hermosa reina de Jordania que vive lejos de la prensa y sumida en el dolor?

Furia con Carrió: llamados, acusaciones y un debate sobre el futuro sin la Coalición Cívica

Cristina Kirchner se mostró malhumorada e irónica en la sesión especial del Senado

Plazo fijo: cuánto puedo ganar invirtiendo $100.000 con las nuevas tasas