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ARGENTINA: President Is Hands-Down Favourite
Just over two months after the death of her husband, Argentine President Cristina Fernández is the front-runner in the polls for this year's presidential elections. She is also the politician with the best image in the country.ARGENTINA: On the Path to Sustainable Development?
This year will be the ninth straight year of impressive economic growth for Argentina. Some analysts say the international context is the key to the high rates of growth since 2003, while others stress that there are also internal factors behind the expansion.ARGENTINA: Indie Bands Find New Outlet on the Web
A new way of sharing music has caught on in Argentina, with bands -- both new and established -- filmed in impromptu performances on rooftops or in markets and other public spaces in Argentina. The high-quality videos, which are shot in one single take, are then posted on the Internet.SOUTH AMERICA: Closer to a Palestinian State
With the string of announcements in South America of recognition of a Palestinian state this month, the region's integration process showed a new interest in and capacity to reach common positions in the realm of foreign policy.ARGENTINA: On-Board Cameras to Monitor Hake Fishing in South Atlantic
A video monitoring system will begin operating Jan. 1 on fishing vessels in the South Atlantic in a bid to halt the collapse of the Argentine hake population in one of the world's largest fisheries supplying the white fish market.
ARGENTINA: Affordable Housing – A Distant Dream
While real estate investment and the number of upscale apartments for sale or rent are growing in the Argentine capital, tens of thousands of poor families are living in crowded shanty towns, and are demanding affordable housing and access to mortgage programmes.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Life Sentence for Videla Culminates “Year of Trials”
The life sentence handed down to former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla Wednesday was the culmination of a year marked by faster progress in trials of members of the armed forces accused of human rights violations committed during the country's 1976-1983 military regime.
Culture Vulture Kids on Argentine TV
A public children’s television channel broadcasting high quality fiction, animation and documentary programmes designed by the Argentine Education Ministry for the two-to-12 age range can now be viewed elsewhere in Latin America via the internet.SOUTH AMERICA: Unity for Strength in Wake of Crisis
As industrialised countries face a recession that may last longer than expected, South America’s largest trade bloc, strengthened by having successfully weathered the global financial and economic crisis, is making strides towards better internal coordination.ARGENTINA: New Campaign Calls Dropouts Back to School
Convincing young people who have dropped out of school to resume their studies is no easy feat. Which is why a group of social organisations in Argentina are joining with the government to launch a different kind of campaign to bring young people back into the classroom in 2011.
LATIN AMERICA: Biodiversity Superpower Faces Development Dilemma
If Latin America is to sustain continued economic growth, it faces the dilemma of either threatening its rich biodiversity or transforming into a global leader in providing environmental services based on its unique ecosystems.
Quantifying Latin American Cattle Emissions a Vital Climate Tool
Some of Latin America's major cattle-producing countries will begin working as a team in 2011 to quantify the greenhouse-effect gas emissions from their bovine industry -- and to come up with options for reducing them.LATIN AMERICA: Violence Against Women Linked to HIV Risk
"My mother used to beat me. She would lock me away, and then she started chaining me to the table," says Elizabeth. Teresa recounts how she was seven months pregnant when her husband grabbed her by the hair, threw her to the ground and kicked her.
ARGENTINA: Click Here to Escape Gender Violence
"Men are drunks and batterers," Lorena Maurin tells IPS before heading in to her computer class, an oasis for women in the 22 de Enero neighbourhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.Latin America at Forefront of War on Tobacco
Latin America and the Caribbean are taking firm steps against the use of tobacco with the adoption of no smoking laws, bans on advertising, and graphic pictorial warnings on cigarette packets.
Q&A: Community Radio Stations – Key Players in Expanding Democracy
Chilean journalist María Pía Matta, a feminist and staunch believer that communication is a universal right based on freedom of expression, is the new president of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).HUMAN RIGHTS: Reading the Bones
Created with the aim of recovering the remains of the victims of forced disappearance from Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship, the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team has already worked in 40 countries and is expanding the scope of cases that it investigates.
ARGENTINA: More Protection, but Not Enough, for Patagonian Sea
The BP oil spill earlier this year in the Gulf of Mexico seems to have motivated Argentina to double the protected area in the Patagonian Sea, which is rich in petroleum -- and in biodiversity.Community Radio Stations – Lifeline in Disasters
"Community radio stations in Haiti play an indispensable role during catastrophes, and so do women, who can identify the most urgent needs of families during the reconstruction of the country," said a representative of one of these stations in the Caribbean island nation.ARGENTINA: Show Drives Home the Reality of Obesity
"I can't even walk because I run out of breath. Food is my drug," says a 31-year-old man who weighs 215 kilos. "I hide to eat; it's something I can't control," says a 21-year-old woman who weighs 152 kilos.ARGENTINA: Worker-run Companies Quietly Surviving
After the late 2001 financial and political meltdown in Argentina, thousands of companies were abandoned by their owners in a sea of debt. But some of them were taken over and reopened by their employees. Today, as the economy continues to grow, these worker-run factories are still going strong.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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