Argentina

Argentina: “Reciprocal” $131 Entry Fee Goes into Effect Dec. 20

Date: December 16th, 2009 |

On Dec. 20 the government will begin collecting a $131 entry fee from U.S. business travelers and tourists, but only those entering the country at Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza International Airport. The fee buys a multiple entry visa good for the life of the passport, but is primarily being implemented to bring Argentina into a reciprocal [read more]

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil: Dengue Fever Epidemic Plagues Three Countries

Date: April 15th, 2009 |

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Argentina’s health minister acknowledged that the country is in the middle of a dengue fever epidemic after denying that the outbreak was so severe. Nearly 8,000 people are officially infected, with the northern province of Chaco having almost half the reported cases. Officials said Argentina’s epidemic is linked to the epidemic in neighboring Bolivia, where [read more]

Argentina: Misiones Province Now Vaccinating for Yellow Fever

Date: January 8th, 2009 |

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Authorities in Misiones province have begun a program of mass vaccination to combat an outbreak of yellow fever that killed a farm worker recently in a rural region near the border with Paraguay and Brazil. The man’s death came nine months after a tobacco worker from the same area died from yellow fever, Argentina’s first [read more]

Argentina: Visas to Cost U.S. Citizens $131 Beginning in January

Date: October 16th, 2008 |

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Traveling to Argentina beginning Jan. 1 will cost U.S. citizens $131 more than it does today when new reciprocal visa fees go into effect. Argentines must now pay $131 for visas to the U.S., so Argentina is only doing what’s fair, according to the interior minister. The reciprocal visa fees will affect 21 other countries [read more]

Chile: Chaiten Volcano Eruption Causes Evacuations, Flight Cancellations

Date: May 8th, 2008 |

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The long-dormant Chaiten volcano spewed lava and blasted ash some 20 miles high May 6, forcing the total evacuation of the provincial capital of Chaiten, six miles from the volcano, and causing most of the residents to evacuate the border town of Futaleufu, 75 miles east of Chaiten. More than 4,000 people had fled [read more]

Argentina: Swine Flu (H1N1 Influenza) Creates Health Emergency in 12 of 23 Districts

Date: July 16th, 2009 |

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Authorities announced several measures to control H1N1 influenza (formerly called swine flu), allocating $263 million to fight the spread of the disease. Officials extended school vacations throughout the country, declared administrative health emergencies in 12 of the country’s 23 districts, including the province and city of Buenos Aires, discouraged the public from attending events that [read more]

Argentina: Dengue Fever Cases Appear in Buenos Aires

Date: April 1st, 2009 |

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Sixty cases of dengue fever have been detected in Greater Buenos Aires, but health authorities reported that all of those cases were contracted outside the region. Some 3,000 dengue cases have been recorded in the provinces of Salta and Jujuy near Bolivia and in Chaco province bordering Paraguay, while officials in those provinces say the [read more]

Argentina: Taxi Drivers to Strike during Holidays

Date: December 18th, 2008 |

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Taxi drivers throughout the country plan to strike Dec. 24-25 and may strike Dec. 31-Jan. 1. Steep inflation is pushing them to seek higher salaries. Getting around within cities will likely be more complicated during thes [read more]

Argentina: Farmers’ Strike Continues

Date: June 19th, 2008 |

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Some 2,000 demonstrators protested in front of the presidential residence outside Buenos Aires June 16 to demand that the government resume negotiations with striking farmers who have been blocking highways and restricting the flow of agricultural products periodically since March. In response, President Cristina Fernandez told thousands of supports in Buenos Aires June 18 that [read more]

Argentina: Farmers May Block Roads Again

Date: May 1st, 2008 |

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For three weeks in March irate farmers blockaded roads and cut off meat and grain supplies to supermarkets in major cities, including Buenos Aires, but called off their protests when the government agreed to negotiate with them over the tax increase that spawned the protests. Little progress has been made and farmers vowed to set [read more]