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ARGENTINA: In Children’s Art, the Sky’s Not Always Blue
The young students taught by Maruca, who has been giving free painting classes to children in a town in Argentina's pampas for the last 50 years, have won more than 1,000 international prizes for their artwork.SOUTH AMERICA: Glaciers – Going, Going…Gone?
South America is perhaps most often associated with the Amazon jungle, the world's largest tropical rainforest. But along its western edge, from Ecuador to southern Chile and Argentina, it also harbours huge glaciers which are rapidly melting due to global warming.
ARGENTINA: Clean Energy from Manure
With its enormous potential for biogas production, Argentina is gearing up for this clean energy alternative - which has already seen good results on ranches that transform manure into energy.
Releasing Clean Energy from Manure
Manure, Argentina's leading source of climate-changing emissions is beginning to be used as raw material for clean energy.SOUTH AMERICA: Uribe Defends US Base Deal from Neighbours
At a special summit Friday in Argentina, the presidents of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) questioned the agreement under which Colombia will allow the United States to use seven military bases in its territory.
Q&A: A Second Chance – As Advocate for Women Migrants in Argentina
In her 48 years, Natividad Obeso has already lived several different lives. There was the time when she lived in her native Peru as a successful businesswoman and mother of four. Then there was the time when she spent her days wandering the streets of the Argentine capital, penniless and alone, a fugitive of political persecution that she never understood.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: The Unfinished Story of the “Disappeared”
"The night of Oct. 23, 1976, nearly 33 years ago, was the last time I saw my son Pablo. He was 17 years old, and he was terrified. Since then I have had no reliable news about his fate. My family and I have been left at the mercy of the anguished torments of our imagination."HEALTH-ARGENTINA: “Buddies” Ease Transgenders’ Hospital Visits
Keeping a hospital appointment in the Argentine capital is a far less fearsome ordeal for transgender persons, a sector of the population that according to doctors had "dramatic" statistics of illness, when they are accompanied by trained health promoters who, like them, have chosen a different gender identity.
ENVIRONMENT: New Maritime Rules Target Oil Spills in Antarctica
The ships that bring thousands of tourists to Antarctica to take in some of the most pristine landscapes in the world will have to adapt to new marine environmental standards, which could be stricter than those requested by the members of the Antarctic Treaty.ARGENTINA: 20 Years for Manager in Tragic Club Blaze, but Band Acquitted
Nearly five years after a fire in a night club in the Argentine capital claimed the lives of 194 young people, a court sentenced the club manager and several city officials Wednesday. But the judges absolved the members of the band that was playing that night, touching off angry reactions from families of the victims waiting outside the courthouse.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Delayed Justice for Dictatorship Crimes
Trials for human rights crimes committed by the 1976-1983 dictatorship in Argentina, reopened four years ago after amnesty laws were struck down, are moving at such a slow pace that so far only 50 people have been convicted. At this rate it is estimated proceedings will continue for another 15 years.
New Maritime Rules Target Oil Spills in Antarctica
A new international regulation aims to prevent oil spills in Antarctic waters from causing environmental disasters.ARGENTINA: Safe Shortcut to Sidestep Illegal Abortion
Tired of calling for the decriminalisation of abortion - the leading cause of maternal death in Argentina - a network of women's rights activists launched a telephone hotline to inform women on a safe abortion method that requires no medical intervention: the use of a pill to terminate pregnancy.CHILE: The Journalist Who Caught His Own Killer – On Film
Leonardo Henrichsen turned his film camera on the soldier who was aiming at him and held it steady until he was shot to death. But the justice system never caught up with the killer of the Argentine journalist, murdered 36 years ago in Chile while he was filming a military uprising for Swedish television.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Capital Flight – Again
In spite of the resilience shown by the Argentine economy during the current global recession, deep-rooted distrust has led to the flight of 44 billion dollars over the last two years, which have been deposited abroad, locked up in vaults or tucked under the mattress.ARGENTINA: Kidnappings, Threats Target Child Rights Campaign
Youngsters involved in a network of social organisations working with street kids and disadvantaged youths, as part of its "Hunger Is a Crime" campaign, have been the targets of eight kidnappings and dozens of death threats in the last 16 months.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Hitting Bottom – to Stagnate, or Rise Again?
After a prolonged boom, the rate of economic growth in Argentina came to a rather abrupt halt last year. Experts say the crisis has bottomed out, but they won't venture an opinion on whether what comes next will be a gradual recovery, or stagnation.ARGENTINA: Mining Funds Pose Ethical Conflict for Universities
An Argentine non-governmental organisation has warned that a mining consortium under scrutiny for polluting the environment has been funding public universities for the past two years, bringing into question the independence of any technical reports the universities may be asked to submit.
LATIN AMERICA: While Women Pull Double Shift, State Looks the Other Way
Little does it matter if they’re black or white, rich or poor, young or old. Neither does it matter if they work or hold a degree. In Latin America, women bear the brunt of household chores, child-raising and care of the elderly, while the state looks the other way.
ARGENTINA: Women Writers Who Break the Mould
An Argentine woman’s first novel, narrated by a character that eludes female literary stereotypes, has surprisingly met with some nasty sexist comments from spheres where such biases were previously unheard of, such as literary criticism and sophisticated readership.HEALTH-ARGENTINA: H1N1 Flu Puts Cheek Kiss Greeting on Hold
These days, people in the Argentine capital are largely avoiding the traditional greeting: a peck on the cheek. Doctor's orders, amidst the fast spread of the H1N1 influenza virus, otherwise known as swine flu.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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