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Argentina fires ravage pristine Patagonia forests, fueling criticism of Milei's austerity
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Large areas of Los Alerces National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site home to 2,600-year-old trees, are now ablaze. The wildfires, among the worst to hit Argentina in decades, have already devastated over 40,000 hectares (almost 100,000 acres) of land in Argentina’s northern Patagonia region and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and tourists.
LOS ALERCES NATIONAL PARK, Argentina (AP) — These days, the majestic, forested slopes of Argentina’s Patagonia look like a war zone. Mushroom clouds of smoke rise as if from missile strikes. Large flames illuminate the night sky, tainting the moon mango-orange and turning the glorious views that generations of writers and adventurers imprinted on the global psyche into something haunted.