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Río Gallegos ([ˈri.o ɣaˈʝeɣos]) is the capital and largest settlement of the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz in Argentina.Located in the department of Güer Aike, it has a population of about 98,000, according to the 2010 census [], a 24% increase from the 79,000 in the 2001 census [].
El Nuevo Día was founded in 1909 in the city of Ponce as "El Diario de Puerto Rico," [a] later changing its name to "El Día" in 1911, a name it kept for nearly seven decades. Its founder was Guillermo V. Cintrón, [ 2 ] with assistance from Eugenio Astol and Nemesio Canales . [ 3 ]
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Patagonia Rebelde (or Patagonia Trágica) ("Rebel Patagonia" or "Tragic Patagonia" in English) was the name given to the uprising and violent suppression of a rural workers' strike in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz in Patagonia between 1920 and 1922.
Old pier of YCF in Río Gallegos. Carbon mining began in the 1940s in Argentina, ran by the national oil company, YPF. [6] In August 1958 Yacimientos Carboníferos Fiscales was created, with the mission of running the country mines. It was a spin-off of the Mineral Carbon division of YPF.
The Gallegos River (Spanish: Río Gallegos) is a river in the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, on whose estuary lies Río Gallegos city, capital of the province. Given that its basin reaches only the fringes of the Andes mountains it classifies as a sub-Andean river.
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Néstor Kirchner (1950–2010), First Gentleman of Argentina (2007–2010), National Deputy (2009–2010), President of Argentina (2003–2007), Governor of Santa Cruz (1991–2003), Mayor of Río Gallegos (1987–1991). Co-founder of the Front for Victory. Brother of Alicia Kirchner and husband of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.