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Argentina's main petroleum-producing provinces have threatened to cut supplies to the rest of the country over funding cuts ordered by President Javier Milei. Economy Minister Luis Caputo argued on X that the cut was necessary to collect on unpaid debt from Chubut to the federal government -- and that 10 other provinces also owe money.
The Argentine province of Chubut has asked the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) for help in the probe into the fires in the Los Alerces National Park, Governor Ignacio Torres announced after meeting with US Ambassador Marc Stanley. “We need to find those responsible as soon as possible, and that there is an exemplary measure in the courts,” said Torres about the catastrophe that has been ongoing since Jan. 25 in which some 8,000 hectares have already been burned down.
Buenos Aires (AFP) Jan 29, 2024 - A fire that destroyed around 600 hectares of a national park in Argentina was the result of arson, an official said Sunday.
A fire that destroyed around 600 hectares of a national park in Argentina was the result of arson, an official said Sunday.
Over 1000 hectares of land have burned down in the Los Alerces National Park in the Argentine province of Chubut, where Governor Ignacio Torres blamed the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) rebel organization for starting the fire, it was reported Sunday. 'There are indications that the fire was intentional,' he stressed.