‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop

[VINO]

Very sad what is going on with the fires in Patagonia.

‘The land will be left as ashes’: why Patagonia’s wildfires are almost impossible to stop

Funding cuts, conspiracy theories and ‘powder keg’ pine plantations have seen January’s forest fires tear through Chubut in southern Argentina

www.theguardian.com

 

[Stan]

Sad situation. I keep reading how salaries are going up but it sure doesn't seem like it from every article I'm reading that talks about current salaries. The article mentioned 650,000 pesos to 850,000 pesos for a firefighter. That is only $440 USD to $575 USD per month. You can't convince me that things are going to end up ok in Argentina longer term with this low of salaries and high cost of living.

 

[Nasdaq]

Sad situation. I keep reading how salaries are going up but it sure doesn't seem like it from every article I'm reading that talks about current salaries. The article mentioned 650,000 pesos to 850,000 pesos for a firefighter. That is only $440 USD to $575 USD per month. You can't convince me that things are going to end up ok in Argentina longer term with this low of salaries and high cost of living.

The salaries in Argentina are still piss poor. This is a great graphic to see how salaries are in Argentina over the past decades.

 

[naked]

Finally they declared it an emergency.

Government declares emergency over Patagonia wildfires

Milei administration declares fire emergency in Chubut, Río Negro, Neuquén and La Pampa via emergency decree; Affected areas declared a disaster zone by authorities.

www.batimes.com.ar