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Lethal cold wave in Argentina
An extremely cold air mass drifting north from Antarctica has caused major problems to the Argentine energy grid and health system. Temperatures below 0 degrees Celsius have been recorded in the largest cities in the temperate central region of Argentina (Buenos Aires,...
created by pablodavidflores | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Megabuildings in Rosario
Argentina is experiencing a real estate boom, and Rosario, a city of 1 million located on the western banks of the Paraná River, is changing — from a self-made large, industrious, predominantly working-class...
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Record energy consumption in Santa Fe, Argentina
The state-managed power company of Santa Fe Province, Argentina (Empresa Provincial de la Energía, EPE) informed that 18 April 2007 marked a new record high consumption of electric power in the territory it...
created by pablodavidflores | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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857 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
Murder of Argentine teacher by police sparks mass protests
Police brutality is common in Argentina. However, the current policy of the federal government and most of the provincial governments is to allow demonstrations and protests, even if they create major disruptions (commonly, blocking streets and roads), unless they become...
created by pablodavidflores | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Floods in Santa Fe, Argentina: aid package announced
After the catastrophic floods produced by increased rainfall in the last week of March, the government of Santa Fe Province, Argentina, will deliver an aid package of 620 million pesos (about US$200 million)...
created by pablodavidflores | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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988 views | 15 recommendations | 1 comment
Flood emergency in Santa Fe Province
This is a followup on the article Heavy rainfall over Rosario. Read thorough reports at D for Disorientation: March 2007 rains. A map of the region is available there, as well as many local news sources (in...
created by pablodavidflores | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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2271 views | 10 recommendations | 3 comments
Heavy rainfall over Rosario
It's Wednesday and it's been raining heavily for more than two and a half days in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. Several neighbourhoods in the northwest of the city have been flooded, after the Ibarlucea Canal, a...
created by pablodavidflores | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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1191 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Arrested for stealing power
"Operativos contra el robo de energía dejan cinco detenidos Uno de los arrestados se ofrecía a alterar medidores, cobrando entre $ 350 y 700 por el trabajo. Los 4 restantes son los dueños de las viviendas donde se contrató el ilegal servicio "In Santa Fe Province,...Argentina: one suicide every four hours
"Cada cuatro horas se produce un suicidio en el país El dato lo revela un informe elaborado por la asociación Red Solidaria. Según la investigación, la mayoría de las personas que se quitan la vida tienen entre 14 y 24 años."The NGO Red Solidaria has released a study...Rosario not at the Fourth International Congress of the Spanish Language
"Rosario no estará en IV Congreso de la LenguaCuando mañana de comienzo el IV Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española en la ciudad colombiana de Cartagena habrá una ausencia imprevista ya que ningún funcionario ni delegación representará a Rosario, la ciudad...31st anniversary of the military coup in Argentina
"A 31 años del golpe: al Monumento para reafirmar la memoria Organismos de derechos humanos y partidos políticos marchan por justicia y contra la impunidad Organismos defensores de los derechos humanos y partidos políticos, entre otros, se movilizarán hoy en Rosario para...Double-decker buses safe below 100 km/h
"Micros de doble piso son seguros a menos de 100 km/h Buenos Aires- Los micros de doble piso son seguros mientras circulen a una velocidad que no exceda los 100 kilómetros por hora, según lo reveló un estudio realizado por la Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (UTA) a...Smoking kills
"El cigarrillo mata cada año a 3.700 santafesinos De ellos, 3.300 son fumadores activos, y el resto, pasivos."About 3,700 people die every year in Santa Fe Province due to tobacco smoking-related diseases, 400...
created by pablodavidflores | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Argentine "Ministry of Plenty" report
"The problem with a planned economy is that you can't keep holding all the threads in your hand. Some you will forget, some will tangle, some will stretch and stretch and finally snap and lash against you. As inflation started creeping into public opinion as a growing...Argentina's power-hungry provincial governors
"Re-election out of fashion Less than four months after Misiones Governor Carlos Rovira’s dreams of indefinite re-election were crushed in constituent assembly elections, La Rioja’s provincial legislature has defied national government pressures and a mob invasion to...
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