News of deaths

Four soldiers killed, 18 injured as Army truck overturns in Patagonia

21-09-2023 23:30 Driver loses control of Argentine Army truck travelling along Route 62 near San Martin de los Andes; For reasons that are still under investigation, military vehicle overturned and derailed, falling from a height of 10 metres down a ravine.

HEALTH

39 dead as Argentina suffers largest dengue outbreak since 2020

19-04-2023 14:28 Latest report from National Health Ministry confirms over 41,200 cases and 39 deaths across 15 provinces so far this year.

MOUNTAINEERING FATALITIES

Three die in Argentina while climbing Aconcagua, highest peak in Americas

08-02-2023 23:52 Two US citizens and a 62-year-old Norwegian have died in the past four days while climbing Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in the Americas.

Science & Nature

Scientists worried by spate of Península Valdés whale deaths

05-10-2022 11:47 The death of at least 13 southern right whales in recent days in Patagonia has sparked concern among scientists, who think a micro-algae could be to blame.

REFINERY EXPLOSION

Oil and gas workers strike after three killed in Neuquén refinery explosion

22-09-2022 19:27 At least three killed after one of main crude oil tanks at New American Oil refinery in Plaza Huincul explodes; Local oil and gas union calls strike action while decrying lack of safety.

Córdoba Baby Deaths

Córdoba minister resigns as autopsy says newborns were killed ‘intentionally’

25-08-2022 16:51 Twenty-seven-year-old nurse in custody over suspicions related to the deaths of at least two babies born at a hospital in Córdoba.

HEALTH & CRIME

Nurse held in deaths of healthy babies in Córdoba, says prosecutor

20-08-2022 14:59 Córdoba nurse arrested in connection with the deaths of at least two otherwise healthy babies born in a hospital; Raúl Garzón says 27-year-old now in custody is accused of murdering newborns.

HEALTH

Authorities probe suspicious deaths of newborns at Córdoba hospital

13-08-2022 08:42 Prosecutors in Córdoba opened investigation into the deaths of at least five newborn babies at a neonatal hospital amid claims that malpractice or homicide may be responsible for tragedies.

Climate Change

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

26-07-2022 14:22 Latin America is now experiencing the calamitous impacts of climate change: water shortages and food insecurity are making their impact on human life in the region. It will only get worse, says World Meteorological Organisation report.

Europe

Three dead in Spain bull runs

20-07-2022 15:20 Three men in Eastern Spain have died this week after being gored during bull runs, a Spanish summer tradition.

Violence in Prisons

13 inmates killed in fresh fight in Ecuador prison

19-07-2022 16:11 Another bloody Ecuadorian prison fight claims lives, officials confirmed Monday.

Europe Sizzles

UK breaches 40C for first time, heat records tumble in France

19-07-2022 16:01 Western Europe continues to sweat under an intense heatwave: the mercury is rising on heat records across the region, Britain reaching 40C for the first time on Tuesday.

Climate Change

Climate change's fingerprints on ever hotter heatwaves

18-07-2022 15:07 As Europe sizzles, experts predict more to come. Increased frequency of heatwaves here to stay, and an undeniable symptom of climate change.

US Border Crisis

Anger, pain at vigil for migrants who died in tractor trailer in Texas

29-06-2022 14:13 Dozens of people held a vigil for the 51 migrants, who are thought to have come from Latin America, who died when they were abandoned in a suffocatingly hot tractor-trailer in Texas near the border with Mexico.

Tragedy in Colombia

Four dead, hundreds hurt as stands collapse in Colombia bullring

28-06-2022 10:56 A toddler was among four people killed when the grandstand at a bullring in Colombia collapsed, injuring hundreds of others.

CITY

Tragedy in Recoleta: Five killed in tower block fire

23-06-2022 11:49 Blaze broke out on the seventh floor of a 14-storey building located on Avenida Córdoba and Calle Ecuador; Three minors and two women killed, at least 18 injured.

DISASTER IN BRAZIL

Race to find survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 104

17-02-2022 15:28 Rescuers raced against the clock Thursday to find survivors among the mud and wreckage caused by devastating flash floods and landslides that killed 104 people in the picturesque Brazilian city of Petrópolis.