News of parana

Global energy crisis comes to drought-stricken South America

04-10-2021 20:39 The energy crisis sweeping the globe is about to hit South America, where a historic drought has the region desperate to replace a collapse in hydroelectric generation.

ECONOMY & ENVIRONMENT

Paraná river at historic low: natural cycle or climate change?

04-09-2021 10:52 South America's second-longest river has dropped to its lowest level since the 1940s, baffling experts and leaving environmentalists concerned.

VACA MUERTA

Argentina's 'Dead Cow' gas may win out from Brazil's drought

14-08-2021 07:55 The drought in Brazil is offering a lifeline for Argentine gas drillers, just as the high-demand winter season ends.

BLOOMBERG

The Argentine river that carries soybeans to world is drying up

06-08-2021 11:22 Key waterway’s troubles deepen strains on nation’s recovery; Falling export values, rising energy imports chip away at peso.

Bloomberg

Water crisis threatens grain, iron transport on key Brazil river

29-07-2021 16:12 Brazil issued a provisional measure to authorise exceptional and temporary efforts to optimize the use of hydro-energy resources and secure energy supply as country faces one of its worst water crisis.

EDITORIAL

Sold down the river?

04-07-2021 00:13 State control over the Hidrovía Paraná-Paraguay waterway has been decreed for the next year at least, but the temporary has the nasty habit of becoming permanent in Argentina.

Hidrovía Paraná-Paraguay

Government hands control of Paraná-Paraguay waterway to port agency

03-07-2021 00:21 Alberto Fernández administration nationalises management of the Hidrovía Paraná-Paraguay waterway by decree for 12 months.

Agriculture

Paraná’s historic low levels test Argentina’s agriculture trade

11-06-2021 23:51 At less than half its historical average, the Paraná’s low flow impedes Argentina’s exports as a concession to manage the waterway comes up for renewal.

by Jorgelina Hiba

Bloomberg

Soy-shipping turmoil deepens with transport minister's death

29-04-2021 23:40 Argentine farmers struggling to ship their crops through increasingly shallow rivers may soon face a new obstacle: one of the world’s key soy waterways needs to be dredged, and there’s no firm plan for who will do it.

Bloomberg

Waterways are drying up in key South American crop-shipping hubs

27-04-2021 12:27 The South American drought that’s helping push corn and soybean prices to multiyear highs isn’t just threatening crops, but also the ability to haul them on waterways that are drying up.

ENVIRONMENT

South America ravaged by unprecedented drought and fires

26-10-2020 07:00 Exacerbated by a historic drought, larges swathes of forest and wetlands in central South America known for their exceptional biodiversity have been ravaged by devastating fires.

ENVIRONMENT

Wetlands are burning across South America with farmers to blame

31-08-2020 07:00 About 2,500 kilometres south of the Amazon rainforest, other one-of-a-kind ecosystems are falling victim to fire and axe.

LAST SEVEN DAYS

What we learned this week: August 1 to August 8

08-08-2020 09:31 Stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina

ENVIRONMENT

Marshlands of Paraná Delta hit by worst fires in decades

07-08-2020 16:56 Ravaged by drought, the Paraná Delta is burning like never before. During the first seven months of 2020, more than 11,000 fires were detected in the region.

The boating veterinarian

Vet navigates waterways of the Delta to ensure pets get treatment

31-07-2020 11:07 Leila Peluso, 27, takes to the waterways of the Tigre Delta every day, providing an invaluable service to our much-loved animal friends.

BLOOMBERG

Blow for top crop traders as first Covid-19 cases confirmed at ports

28-07-2020 22:46 First cases of the coronavirus reported at port terminals, in a fresh blow to the global commodities trade already disrupted by the pandemic.

Bloomberg

Argentina, Brazil in talks to flush dam water into Paraná River

16-04-2020 08:26 Governments in talks to release water from the giant Itaipú Dam with a view to topping up the Paraná River, where ebbing levels are stymieing a US$20-billion-a-year crop export business.

Alleged femicide

Body of missing 25-year-old woman found dead in Paraná

09-03-2020 14:24 The body of 25-year-old Fátima Acevedo, who had been missing since March 1, was found in a well on Sunday in the provincial capital on Entre Ríos.

News of parana

Global energy crisis comes to drought-stricken South America

Paraná river at historic low: natural cycle or climate change?

Argentina's 'Dead Cow' gas may win out from Brazil's drought

The Argentine river that carries soybeans to world is drying up

Water crisis threatens grain, iron transport on key Brazil river

Sold down the river?

Government hands control of Paraná-Paraguay waterway to port agency

Paraná’s historic low levels test Argentina’s agriculture trade

Soy-shipping turmoil deepens with transport minister's death

Waterways are drying up in key South American crop-shipping hubs

South America ravaged by unprecedented drought and fires

Wetlands are burning across South America with farmers to blame

What we learned this week: August 1 to August 8

Marshlands of Paraná Delta hit by worst fires in decades

Vet navigates waterways of the Delta to ensure pets get treatment

Blow for top crop traders as first Covid-19 cases confirmed at ports

Argentina, Brazil in talks to flush dam water into Paraná River

Body of missing 25-year-old woman found dead in Paraná

Club manager killed by gunmen at Mexican Caribbean tourist resort

Peso weakens against dollar in parallel exchange markets

Fernández de Kirchner slams ‘judicial coups’ and ‘neoliberals’ in Honduras speech

Argentina surpasses 120,000 deaths from coronavirus

The Graf Spee eagle – the Nazi icon an Argentine businessman wants to destroy

Plan Mi Compu 2022 para jubilados de ANSES: cómo solicitarla en apenas tres pasos

Quién era Augusto Cicaré, el destacado constructor de helicópteros del que Macri se despidió

El Papa Francisco pidió "acompañar" a los hijos en su orientación sexual y contó que sufre un problema al caminar

Javier Milei cruzó a Cristina Kirchner: "Argentina es un buen caso para volverse libertario"

En el lugar donde vivió Juan Manuel de Rosas funcionará el Museo del Sitio, con reliquias del 1800