News of mendoza

Investors circle idled Río Colorado mine as war reshapes fertiliser trade

14-06-2022 14:45 Potential investors are hovering over a giant potash project in Mendoza Province at a time when Russia's invasion of Ukraine is reshaping the global fertiliser trade.

Border problem resolved

Chile, Argentina reach agreement to unblock truck queue at border crossing

31-01-2022 15:02 A long and lengthy queue of trucks at the border between Argentina and Chile was unblocked on Sunday, after both countries reached an agreement to relax Covid-19 health controls that had delayed some 3,000 vehicles for almost two weeks.

FOOD & WINE

2021 was record year for Argentine wine exports, says Foreign Ministry

23-01-2022 08:39 Argentina's bottled wine exports hit a historic high in 2021 worth US$817 million, according to Foreign Ministry.

FOOD & WINE

Malbec: The past, present and future of Argentina’s most-famous grape

21-01-2022 23:22 Laura Catena and Alejandro Vigil, authors of the book ‘Malbec mon amour,’ relate the history and the myths of the grape which identifies Argentina with the world.

by Vicky Guazzone di Passalacqua

CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC

Covid tests spark Argentine supply chain fears over border queues

18-01-2022 22:11 Up to 2,000 trucks are backed up at Argentina's main border crossing with Chile due to tougher Covid-19 testing requirements.

ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY

Deepwater oil targeted by Argentine activists who quashed mining

11-01-2022 21:50 After a recent victory in Chubut Province, environmental activists in Argentina are trying to prevent new oil exploration in the Atlantic Ocean.

PROVOLO CHURCH ABUSE CASE

Catholic Church ordered to pay 14 million pesos to sexual abuse victim

07-01-2022 18:13 Mendoza judge orders multi-million-peso compensation be paid to an ex-pupil of Antonio Próvolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children in Mendoza Province who suffered serious sexual abuse.

Coronavirus pandemic

Regions express unease at rolling back of facemask rules

24-09-2021 21:52 The use of facemasks outdoors will no longer be mandatory in Argentina as from October 1, with gradual reopening of borders also on way.

WINE & VINICULTURE

Zuccardi Valle de Uco ranked world's best winery for third straight year

24-09-2021 17:08 Winery in the Andes Mountains named world's best vineyard for third consecutive year; five Latin American sites make top 100 list.

BLOOMBERG

In home of Malbec, eyes turn toward idled US$5-billion potash mine

09-09-2021 14:52 Mendoza Province in talks with some of world’s top producers of potash to revive Río Colorado mine.

COMMUNITY

Baby joy for travelling couple who spent pandemic stranded in Mendoza

19-06-2021 09:45 Baby Beatrice Myrtle Davis Bridges was born on March 18, 2021, at the Hospital Español de Mendoza to British mother Katherine Rose Bridges and American father Dawson Davis Jr, giving her a rare form of triple citizenship.

by Emma Ridden

FORMER PRESIDENT

Macri apologises for downplaying pandemic with ‘Covid flu’ remarks

18-06-2021 21:59 Former president apologises after describing Covid-19 as “a slightly more serious version of flu” in an interview with the Mendoza newspaper El Sol.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Julio Cobos: ‘If Bullrich runs, Rodríguez Larreta must present his candidate’

05-06-2021 00:12 Radical Senator Julio Cobos, who served as vice-president in Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's first term in office, on the origins of the grieta rift, his party’s role in the opposition coalition and what a nation wants from a president.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Coronavirus pandemic

Covid-19 numbers rise: More than 27,000 new cases and 601 deaths

15-05-2021 11:51 New restrictions imposed in Mendoza, San Luis and Catamarca provinces as second wave continues to trouble Argentina.

Sex abuse

Second Próvolo abuse trial gets underway with two nuns in dock

03-05-2021 17:00 Two nuns and seven other woman stand trial, accused of complicity in the sexual abuse of deaf children at the Próvolo Institute in Mendoza Province.

CHURCH SEX ABUSE SCANDALS

Plaintiffs in second Próvolo sex abuse trial demand 'end to delays'

17-04-2021 08:41 Victims and relatives complain defence lawyers for two nuns and several other women are stalling trial into historic child sex abuse at Próvolo Institute in Mendoza Province.

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.

WINE INDUSTRY

Wine sales boosted by pandemic, but vineyards remain wary

03-04-2021 08:02 The coronavirus pandemic has, for the most part, been good for Argentine wine. But vineyards in Mendoza Province are far from celebrating.

EARTHQUAKE

Magnitude-6.4 quake strikes San Juan and other provinces

19-01-2021 09:08 A 6.4-magnitude earthquake shook western and central Argentina late Monday night. At least three individuals were hospitalised as a result.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Groundbreaking gender violence initiative sees victim handed ex-partner’s job

28-11-2020 08:19 In a groundbreaking ‘reparations’ ruling advance hailed by campaigners, a local council in La Pampa has awarded 34-year-old Valeria Juárez her former partner’s job as compensation for years of abuse.

by Nick Evans