The tiny town of Malargüe continues to expand in Mendoza’s southwestern corner. In the past thirty years, the population has doubled from 10 000 to 20 000. In reality, it’s an oil and gas boomtown, which produces 10% of the country’s fossil fuels. Surprisingly, as Halliburton, Schlumberger, and other oil companies continue to attract seasonal workers, the oil boom has left no effect the small-town atmosphere. [...more]
The FIBA World Championship is only a few months away, so international teams are building their rosters and playing tune-up games around the world. Mendoza’s Secretaria de Deportes helped organize a two-game showdown with neighbor Chile to give the national squad a chance to scrap off some rust before heading to a larger tournament against [...] [...more]
Peatonal was sealed off to pedestrian traffic, while Albiceleste clad supporters filled nearly every pub, cafe, and restaurant in the city. City officials forced the venue change when they removed the public television from Peatonal after a wave of vandalism and rioting during the aftermath of Argentina’s group game versus Greece. [...more]
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