Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with argentina www.salem-news.com 2010 The simmering tensions over the Malvinas Islands or Falkland Islands (off the coast of Argentina in the South Atlantic) as called by the British occupiers. The British Royal Navy is planning to send the Type 45 destroyer HMS Dauntless, a state-of-the-art warship, to the region on her maiden mission http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/malvinas-britain-is.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february032012/malvinas-britain-is.php Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:08:00 PST I thought we were going to have occupy el bolson, but it turned out to be just more of the same ordinary everyday protest that we live with down here. If you are interested in the story, it is here for your disposal. Last week we got word from our barrio information network that the occupy movement was to come Patagonia with a special edition of “Occupy El Bolson” this past Saturday. http://salem-news.com/articles/november232011/occupy-el-bloson-ez.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november232011/occupy-el-bloson-ez.php Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:56:00 PST An article in The Telegraph by Con Coughlin today details the kind of moral military story we don't hear too often in our Wikileaks-based world. Royal Air Force Tornado jets returned to their base after a raid on Libyan military forces loyal to Gaddafi, with their weapons still slung underneath the wings of their airplanes. http://salem-news.com/articles/march222011/raf-heroes-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march222011/raf-heroes-tk.php Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:36:00 PDT What are the implications when one of China's most powerful agribusiness firms starts acquiring thousands of hectares of land in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina for the production of soyabeans, wheat, and oilseed rape to ship back to China? http://salem-news.com/articles/january302011/land-grabbers.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302011/land-grabbers.php Sun, 30 Jan 2011 01:11:00 PST Argentine Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman confirmed in a press conference that he country recognizes Palestine as a free and independent State, under the conflict with Israel. “The decision is part of the Argentina willingness to promote the process of resolving the conflict” Palestinian-Israeli in the Middle East, the official said. http://salem-news.com/articles/december072010/argentina-palestine.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december072010/argentina-palestine.php Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:11:00 PST Forward from editor: I have to admit that Gail Parker's wonderful stories and photos capturing the beauty and interest of the birds of Patagonia are among my personal favorite features at Salem-News.com. Gail dispatched this update today to remind our readers that all is well in her part of the world, and she was kind enough to include this wonderful tero mating display. http://salem-news.com/articles/september262010/tero-update-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/september262010/tero-update-gp.php Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:40:00 PDT The chimango caracara is actually a falcon. Despite its great numbers, little is known of this raptor which is a common in southern South America. It seems to take a similar niche to the Oregon crow, opportunistically eating carrion alongside roads, gleaning scraps near garbage dumps and following plows. It also consumes worms, insects and their larvae, small birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. http://salem-news.com/articles/july282010/chimango-caracara-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july282010/chimango-caracara-gp.php Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:29:00 PDT Watching World Cup Football with some neighbors here in NW Patagonia, I thought halftime would be a great opportunity to ask what their opinions were on the Falklands Islands controversy that seems to be heating up again. Our hostess had trouble saying the word “Falklands” as the word got stuck in her mouth and just couldn’t come out. http://salem-news.com/articles/july122010/malvinas-history-ez.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july122010/malvinas-history-ez.php Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:43:00 PDT For me, the bird that symbolizes Patagonia is not my old nemesis the tero - who tried to spoil my pea crop last spring - but the goose-sized bandurria, or black faced ibis. Morning and evening the plastic horn honk of the bandurrias tells me when it is time for their ritual gathering. A band of 26 roosts across the road in the bosque and they announce their intentions loudly. http://salem-news.com/articles/july092010/black_-faced_ibis-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/july092010/black_-faced_ibis-gp.php Fri, 09 Jul 2010 15:20:00 PDT “The important thing to remember about the Deepwater Horizon disaster is that it is environmental, not economic.” Joe Mysak, Bloomberg News. Today, we have sad news of the first proof of oil migrating into the food chain. Harriet Perry of the University of Southern Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Laboratory’s Center for Fisheries Research and Development reports evidence of oil in post-larval blue crabs contaminated from oil drifting into the coastal marshes. http://salem-news.com/articles/june302010/gothic-birds-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june302010/gothic-birds-gp.php Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:24:00 PDT Britain is preparing to defend once again its colonial interest in the Malvinas Islands in the South Atlantic. According to the UK’s Telegraph, since February, “Royal Navy ships have already been put on standby to protect commercial shipping heading to the region” in anticipation of conflict with Argentina over offshore oil drilling. http://salem-news.com/articles/june202010/colonial-reality-ez.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june202010/colonial-reality-ez.php Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:47:00 PDT If you haven’t heard enough of BP executives proclaiming innocence over the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, get ready for act two. http://salem-news.com/articles/june182010/bp-argentina-ez.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june182010/bp-argentina-ez.php Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:47:00 PDT The Ardeola ibis is actually a type of heron, but unlike most herons, it can be found away from water. Commonly called the cattle egret, it is familiar from wildlife documentaries hitching a ride, and a lunch, on the back of a rhinoceros. Since a mere 150 years ago, it has expanded widely from its original range, and is now familiar to most of us. http://salem-news.com/articles/june172010/egrets-argentina-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june172010/egrets-argentina-gp.php Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:13:00 PDT Police in Argentina have arrested 14 illegal Bolivian and Peruvian workers, after storming eight unregistered factories in Buenos Aires Province. The police clashed with a group of stone-throwing Bolivian and Peruvian workers on Thursday after they raided the factories in Buenos Aires. http://salem-news.com/articles/june042010/argentina-slavery.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june042010/argentina-slavery.php Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:04:00 PDT There is a restaurant on Calle San Martin in El Bolson named after Martin Shefflield. This Texan gained fame by becoming the first sheriff of El Bolson, for shooting the heels off of ladies shoes, and for inducing the famous scientist Dr. Clemente Onelli to help finance a search for live dinosaurs. Sheffield may have been nothing more than a self-serving pseudo-scientific adventurer, but his efforts have left a permanent mark on Patagonia. http://salem-news.com/articles/may202010/dino-birds-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may202010/dino-birds-gp.php Thu, 20 May 2010 22:37:00 PDT Springtime in North America brings the unmistakable song of the robin as it graces lawns and budding trees triggering our memories of childhood. Robins, black birds and thrushes, of the genus turdus (Latin for thrush), of the large family Turdidae, are medium sized song birds. http://salem-news.com/articles/may172010/austral-thrush-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/may172010/austral-thrush-gp.php Mon, 17 May 2010 18:46:00 PDT In November or the northern equivalent of just about now, I plant enormous quantities of sunflowers around the periphery of my garden. These easy-to-grow and robust plants start slowly, but usually by Christmas Day the first sunflower blooms. http://salem-news.com/articles/april302010/cabecita-negra.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april302010/cabecita-negra.php Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:50:00 PDT While The US continues to dither about whether and how to reform its banking practices, Argentina has taken concrete and controversial steps to gain control over its financial future. Direct government control over its central bank, payment of long-term debt and opening banking to foreign investment have helped restore public confidence. http://salem-news.com/articles/april272010/argentine-banks-ez.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april272010/argentine-banks-ez.php Tue, 27 Apr 2010 01:30:00 PDT Summer ended last night on the 31st of March at four in the morning. That’s when a huge thunderbolt smacked into our house turning on lights before the breaker switch kicked off. I jumped out of bed to see what had happened as the bang and light had at first appeared to me as signs of a break-in. http://salem-news.com/articles/april062010/drain-down-ez.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april062010/drain-down-ez.php Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:42:00 PDT Oregon is home to at least three different species of cormorants, the double crested, the pelagic and the Brandt’s. Patagonia has various species too. On Lago Puelo, a half hour drive from El Bolson, we encountered our own; the Bigua, as it is known in Argentina. The cormorant belongs to the pelican order of birds of which there are five more families of exclusively aquatic and mostly large birds. http://salem-news.com/articles/april022010/cormorant-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/april022010/cormorant-gp.php Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:32:00 PDT The Tyrannidae family of the order of song or perching birds is the World’s largest with over 350 species in North and South America. About 124 of these are encountered in Patagonia. Not surprisingly due to the great number of species, it is the group of birds then that is most endangered and threatened. http://salem-news.com/articles/march162010/spectacled-tyrant-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march162010/spectacled-tyrant-gp.php Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:03:00 PDT While driving from the Atlantic coast to the Andes Mountains the sudden appearance of a lake full of a hundred or more bright salmon colored birds knocked my sox off. With their great size, 43 inches, unmistakable silhouette, and brilliant coloration, one can’t help but recognize the flamingo and be astonished by its beauty. http://salem-news.com/articles/march112010/chilean-flamingo-gs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march112010/chilean-flamingo-gs.php Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:12:00 PST 30 years ago I went to see the sage grouse perform their mating dance ritual. They line up and face off, it is remarkable to see. Their plight in the nation took a step forward today, but it was a small step. The nation’s leading bird conservation organization - American Bird Conservancy, today called the decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the greater sage-grouse "disappointing, but hopeful". http://salem-news.com/articles/march052010/sage-grouse-gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/march052010/sage-grouse-gp.php Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:45:00 PST The oven bird or hornero makes a little nest that for all the world looks like the oven in many Argentine yards. Round and made of mud, it is high in any part of the trees, often in eucalyptus. The hornero takes a week to construct its nest. The oven bird is 215 mm in length or slightly larger than a sparrow; golden brown on the back, buff breast, white throat, yellow eyebrows and grey legs. http://salem-news.com/articles/february132010/oven_bird_gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february132010/oven_bird_gp.php Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:16:00 PST Punta Tombo near Puerto Madryn on the Atlantic coast of Chubut Province, Argentina is the biggest mainland penguin colony on the South American continent. In late November we went to see the Magellanic penguin (pinguino patagonico) Spheniscus Mangellanicus. When we arrived at the parking lot and were greeted by a penguin nesting just a few feet from the car, I began to laugh. I couldn’t help myself. http://salem-news.com/articles/january192010/penguins_gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january192010/penguins_gp.php Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:46:00 PST Today as my husband headed off to the organic dairy for our milk, cheese and yogurt, I stepped across the road to the bosque (woods), camera in hand to catch a photo of the eared dove we see in Argentina. A few posed nicely in the skeletal remains of a drought-killed native cypress tree. http://salem-news.com/articles/january082010/palomar_gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january082010/palomar_gp.php Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:56:00 PST The teros, the southern lapwing, are beautiful, plentiful and noisy. They screech like you are killing their mother; like they are calling your mother up short for ever conceiving you. Well now, I have the same to say to them. After gardening my whole life in small places and never planting corn I finally did this year. But not with just any corn, with that special short corn that is fast-growing enough to beat the climate here in our little pocket of the Andes. http://salem-news.com/articles/january042010/scarecrows_gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january042010/scarecrows_gp.php Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:20:00 PST When he was approaching his fiftieth year, Hungarian immigrant Andor Kovacs, his wife and his large family of 6 sons and one daughter settled in northern Patagonia. Here he met Andres Gial, a man ten years his junior who befriended Andor and introduced the family to the natural history of El Bolson Rio Negro Province. http://salem-news.com/articles/january032010/_pecho_col_gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january032010/_pecho_col_gp.php Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:45:00 PST We have long been familiar with the local parrot, the cachana or austral parakeet which flies in groups around El Bolson - but were thrilled to see the largest of Argentine parrots, the burrowing parrot when we were recently in Chubut, to the south of Rio Negro Province. This loro has a black beak, white rimmed eyes, and an olive green head. The back and sides of the neck are whitish, the breast and back of the neck are greyish olive, the flanks yellow olive, the abdomen and upper legs are yellow and orange, the back is green/olive, the sides greyish, the wings olive with blue margins, the legs and feet are whiteish. http://salem-news.com/articles/december292009/parrots_gp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december292009/parrots_gp.php Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:40:00 PST If you think Barack Obama has trouble with Fox News, President Cristina Fernandez of Argentina has more trouble with Clarin, the biggest media group in Argentina. Like Fox in the US, Clarin has taken its role as watchdog very seriously. http://salem-news.com/articles/october242009/fox_clarin_ez.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october242009/fox_clarin_ez.php Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:43:00 PDT