News of province

Buenos Aires Province imposes sanction on Worldcoin

26-07-2024 17:42 Buenos Aires Province authorities have fined the company founded by Sam Altman, co-creator of ChatGPT. They aim at the lack of protection of sensitive biometric data.

New lithium plant inaugurated in Salta Province

03-07-2024 22:41 French mining group Eramet and its Chinese partner Tsingshan inaugurate new lithium exploitation plant, an investment worth US$870 million.

Copper frenzy draws mining giants to Argentina after Milei’s reforms

23-05-2024 00:01 Milei government tries to lure global mining heavyweights; President must convince companies that their projects are safe and lay down rules for doing business.

Police in Misiones take to streets as pay protest intensifies

20-05-2024 13:16 Active and retired police officers in Misiones Province stage street demonstrations in demand of better pay.

La Rioja Province creditors gear up for battle on missed bond payment

09-04-2024 16:47 Creditors of Argentina’s La Rioja Province tapped advisers ahead of potential debt talks as they quibble with officials over more than US$16 million in bond payments. 

Kicillof announces wage increase for state workers

18-03-2024 15:11 Salaries of state teachers, police officers and public employees will rise by 13.5% this month, orders Buenos Aires Province Axel Kicillof, in defiance of President Javeir Milei’s cost-cutting plans.

Kicillof pushes the accelerator

09-03-2024 06:47 The racetrack metaphor employed by Axel Kicillof to reject Javier Milei’s invitation to his Pacto del 25 de Mayo would seem in line with the acceleration he has decided to give his positioning as an opposition leader.

by Javier Calvo

Bullrich divides PRO as she backs Milei in Chubut funding row

27-02-2024 16:49 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich intervenes forcefully in the spat between President Javier Milei and Chubut's PRO Governor Ignacio Torres.

State energy firm YPF out of Milei’s privatisation crosshairs

19-01-2024 19:26 State-owned oil firm will not be privatised by Javier Milei’s government, after his party reached an agreement with opposed lawmakers to smooth overall passage of Omnibus bill.

India signs lithium mining deal with Argentina

16-01-2024 07:49 Indian state firm signs lithium mining deal with Catamarca Province; Five-block deal agreed between Khanij Bidesh India and Argentina's state-owned Camyen SE.

Almost US$600,000 seized by police from Sofía Clerici’s home

24-10-2023 16:51 US$569,700 confiscated by Federal Police from the home of model Sofía Clerici at the upmarket neighbourhood of Nordelta in the framework of the money-laundering and embezzlement case.

National map: Where Massa recovered the presidential race

23-10-2023 10:54 Argentina’s provincial map now looks significantly different to purple-dominated results of primaries; Massa managed to record comeback wins in 8 provinces to rise to 13 overall, compared to Milei’s 10, down from 16 in the PASOs.

Milei closes campaign ahead of 'most important vote in last 100 years'

19-10-2023 01:09 Libertarian presidential frontrunner closes campaign with rally at Movistar Arena; Milei declares Sunday's vote to be "the most important elections in the last 100 years."

Massa closes campaign with declaration that crisis ‘is passing’

17-10-2023 21:51 Economy minister and ruling coalition presidential candidate leads Peronist Loyalty Day ceremony as he closes campaign for Casa Rosada; Sergio Massa declares worst of crisis is passing and says nation is being revitalised from "Buenos Aires, to the north of Argentina and Patagonia."

Insaurralde: Have lords of gambling lost their provincial ‘croupier’?

07-10-2023 06:18 Martín Insaurralde’s exit as Cabinet chief in Buenos Aires Province has also created a vacuum in the world of the unwritten rules of the gambling business.

Grindetti seeks 90 municipalities in battle for Buenos Aires Province

05-10-2023 16:37 Juntos por el Cambio’s candidate to be next governor of Buenos Aires Province explores a new strategy to try to defeat Axel Kicillof.

by Ezequiel Spillman

Milei targets big cities in bid for first-round win

26-09-2023 13:23 La Libertad Avanza presidential candidate shifts campaign focus to urban centres, targeting heavily populated areas of Buenos Aires Province, Córdoba and the nation’s capital; As presidential debate nears, Milei targets victory on October 22 and avoid a run-off.

by Juan Pablo Kavanagh

Cornejo romps past De Marchi to comeback as Mendoza governor

25-09-2023 16:59 Unión Cívica Radical leader’s Cambia Mendoza front finishes 10 points ahead of Milei-flirting Unión Mendocina, with Peronism a distant third on 15 percent.

It’s the election, stupid!

16-09-2023 05:37 By all but abolishing income tax, Massa has also abolished the contradiction between his simultaneous economic stewardship and presidential candidacy by chucking away his ministerial hat in favour of his electioneering cap.

by Michael Soltys

Cecilia Strzyzowski's mother and sister say they're leaving Chaco

13-09-2023 14:55 Both Ángela Strzyzowski and Gloria Romero, missing 28-year-old’s sister and mother, have been living under police protection since she disappeared in early June in Resistencia; Investigators believe she was slain by her husband and his parents.