Almudena Calatrava, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

In this Sept. 16, 2019 photo, the orangutan Sandra stands in her enclosure at the former city zoo now known as Eco Parque, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The solitary life of the 33-year-old orangutan with will take a turn towards the end of September when she leaves Buenos Aires for the United States, where after a quarantine period in Kansas she is expected to become the new resident of the Center for Great Apes in Florida. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Argentine orangutan moving north

by Almudena Calatrava Associated PressSeptember 25, 2019

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Sandra shows little interest as she slowly shuffles past the structure of beams and ropes built for her to climb on inside her concrete enclosure in Argentina’s capital. Outside are tall buildings and traffic that bear no…

Relatives of missing submarine crew member Celso Oscar Vallejo, react to the news that a sound detected during the search for the ARA San Juan submarine is consistent with that of an explosion, at the Mar de Plata Naval Base in Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017. A Navy spokesman said that the relatives of the crew have been informed and that the search will continue until there is full certainty about the fate of the submarine. He said there was no sign the explosion might be linked to any attack on the sub. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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Argentinians lose hope for sub rescue

by Almudena Calatrava Associated Press, and Luis Andres Henao Associated PressNovember 23, 2017