Arms-smuggling charge for Menem Nov 30, 2008
Mr Menem, who has been ill, took part in the session on a video-link from the northern province of La Rioja ... However, as a serving senator - he represents the western province of La Rioja - Mr Menem is immune from imprisonment. (BBC News)
Argentine ex-president charged with arms trafficking Nov 29, 2008
Menem, 78, was allowed to attend the trial on live video in his hometown in La Rioja province due to "anemia and stress.". He is charged with having signed presidential decrees authorizing weapons sales to Venezuela and Panama, knowing those arms would end up in Ecuador and Croatia. (Xinhuanet, China)
Menem on trial for arms smuggling Oct 17, 2008
However, as a serving senator - he represents the western province of La Rioja - Mr Menem is immune from imprisonment. Prosecutors would either have to wait until his term in office expires, in 2014, or ask the Senate to pass a special motion to put him behind bars, the BBC's Daniel Schweimler in Buenos Aires says. (BBC News -- Americas)
Strategic Property Acquisition Nov 30, 2007
VANCOUVER, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Golden Peaks Resources Ltd. (TSX: GL) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of a strategic mineral property position in the Maricunga Belt, in the northwest corner of La Rioja Province, Argentina, and adjacent to the Chilean border. The 30,700 hectare property package lies on the same major east-west trending structural zone that hosts the Cerro Casale project (Barrick Gold Corp. 51%; Kinross Gold Corp. 49%) and the Quebrada project... (PR Newswire)
Argentina's Menem Loses Governor's Race Aug 20, 2007
With 88 percent of the vote counted late Sunday in La Rioja province, Gov. Luis Beder Herrera had 41 percent of the ballots. Menem, a conservative, free-market supporter who had used two terms as La Rioja governor as a springboard to the presidency and the helm of the Peronist party, placed a distant third with 22 percent ... Elected senator of La Rioja in 2005, Menem had talked about a comeback bid for the presidency but ran for governor instead. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Deadly cold snap in South America brings first snow to Buenos Aires in 89 years... Jul 10, 2007
A blizzard hit Mendoza, on the foothills of the Andes 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) northwest of here, and the Andean provinces of Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, Mendoza and Neuquen have been placed under a storm alert, the national weather service said. A blizzard with winds of up to 140 kilometers (87 miles) per hour shut down the Cristo Redentor tunnel between Chile and Argentina, stranding some 3,000 trucks. (The Drudge Report)
* World News Quick Take Mar 16, 2007
La Rioja Governor Angel Maza hunkered down through the night at his Government House offices after the provincial legislature voted on Tuesday night to suspend him and start impeachment proceedings over allegations that he manipulated bids for mining concessions. At midday about a dozen police cleared a path through about 200 Maza supporters and regained control of the building. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Yamiri Gold and Energy Inc. reports on environmental developments in the La Rioja Province, Argentina Mar 12, 2007
Trading Symbol (TSX-V): YGI VANCOUVER, March 12 /CNW/ - Late last week, the local Legislature in La Rioja Province tabled a law prohibiting open pit mining using cyanide, mercury and/or other contaminating substances as leaching agents ... The under-secretary for mining of the La Rioja Executive Branch, Abel Nonino, strongly voiced his concern about these initiatives and some of the potential consequences if they were finally implemented ... La Rioja is surrounded not only by Chile, but also by... (Canada Newswire)
Strategic Resources Appoints SRK to Evaluate Uranium Properties in Argentina Mar 6, 2007
March 6, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Strategic Resources, Ltd. (OTC BB: - ) is pleased to announce that it has hired independent SRK Consulting (U.S.) Inc. to evaluate the Company's Uranium Properties it optioned from Somuncurah SRL, located in the province of La Rioja, Argentina. ADVERTISEMENT. (Primezone Releases)
Latin American Minerals Confirms IP Anomalies Coincident with Gold Soil Anomalies, Identifies Drill Targets and Increase Land Position at its La Carolina Gold Project, Argentina Feb 22, 2007
and CEO, comments that "... based on the very encouraging geophysical results, the ground geophysical program has been extended to cover the entire Property and the initial diamond drill program consisting of 2,000m will have to be significantly increased. While the Company has sufficient funds to extend the geophysical coverage and to complete the initial 2,000m of drilling, it plans to complete a financing in the near term to fund an expanded drill program at La Carolina, the aggressive... (CCNMatthews Press Releases)
