Nearest airport to Capitan Vicente Almando Airport and La Rioja is Catamarca Airport - (133.78 Km / 83.13 Miles) Following are the nearest airports to La Rioja and Capitan Vicente Almando Airport.

La Rioja, a poor province in Argentina, created its own currency—the chacha—to boost the local economy and offset the effects of President Javier Milei's economic reforms.

While libertarian president Javier Milei slashes spending in Buenos Aires to tackle Argentina’s severe economic crisis, 600 miles away the northern province of La Rioja is trying a different ...

FILE - A vendor holds 'chacho' currency at the Exchange Service Center to convert them to Argentine pesos in La Rioja, Argentina, Sept. 13, 2024.

La Rioja defaulted after Milei cut federal funding. Provincial “Chacho” currency failed, deepening economic isolation. Milei’s competitive federalism rejects bailouts to enforce reform. Sign up for ...

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 5.83 struck La Rioja Province in Argentina on Thursday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Argentina's La Rioja region on Wednesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. Argentina Earthquake: The quake was at a depth of 127 km (78.91 ...

La Rioja suffers severe droughts and desertification. Managing hydrological resources for irrigation is fundamental for the agricultural-related activities and agro-industrial sector, which represents ...

A statement from La Rioja's government said that among the 10 dead were French sports stars, including Olympic gold medal swimmer Camille Muffat, Olympic boxer Alexis Vastine and champion sailor ...

Argentina has won the right to label its wines La Rioja following a 12 year diplomatic and legal battle with the Spanish wine-producing region of the same name.