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MUSIC-ARGENTINA: Three Boys Ride the Web to Overnight Rock Fame
Three brothers in the north of Argentina who are into heavy metal decided to upload on the Internet some music videos filmed in their bedroom - never imagining that only 15 days later their music would be in demand by millions of people, and they would be showered with proposals.ENERGY-ARGENTINA: Efficiency Is the Wave of the Future
How can energy demand be curbed and global temperatures stabilised without sacrificing comfort and productivity? An Argentine non-governmental organisation is trying to come up with an answer, a tailor-made formula for the country to reduce energy consumption by up to 30 percent by 2020.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Gold Mine in Suspense
Officials in the Argentine government have thrown their support behind local residents and environmentalists in the western province of San Juan who are opposed to a mega-gold mining project in the Andes Mountains along the border with Chile due to the environmental risks it poses.ARGENTINA: Nuclear Power Loaded with Question Marks
Argentina has begun hiring engineers, chemists, physicists, technicians and communications and environmental experts in its nuclear industry, which has been paralysed since the 1990s. But in the face of this enthusiasm, activists are wondering if there will be more safety and transparency this time around.ARGENTINA: Stamping Out Mistreatment of Women in Hospitals
Cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment of women in sexual and reproductive health services in Argentina, often accepted as normal by doctors, nurses and even patients, is being closely examined by a network of organisations determined to stamp out these practices.SOUTH AMERICA: Debate on Infrastructure Mega-Projects Finally Begins
Rather late and somewhat quietly, civil society organisations have begun to discuss the impact of the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), launched by the region's governments in 2000, which is planning 335 major projects.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: At the Gates of the Polar Year
On the threshold of the International Polar Year, a global scientific meet has been convened in the southern Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego to raise awareness about the Earth's polar regions. The capital, Ushuaia, is getting ready to serve as the main gateway to Antarctica.EDUCATION-ARGENTINA: Sex in the Classrooms – By Law
For the first time in Argentina, sex education will be on the curriculum at public and private schools all over the country. Women's organisations are celebrating the passage by Congress of a key law which complements the programme on "sexual health and responsible procreation" instituted in 2003.
At the Gates of the Polar Year
The Argentine city of Ushuaia is preparing to welcome hundreds of scientists who will study the South Pole beginning in March 2007.ARGENTINA: Human Rights Trials Trigger Wave of Threats
The reopening of human rights cases in Argentina as a result of the revocation of amnesty laws that let off the hook members of the police and military who took part in the 1976-1983 dictatorship's "dirty war" against dissidents has triggered an unexpected wave of bomb and death threats aimed at intimidating witnesses, judges, lawyers and journalists.LATIN AMERICA: The Ups And Downs of Democracy
A private research study released in the Argentine capital on Friday reports that in Latin America, governments of different political tendencies are resorting ever more frequently to a new form of populism that is undermining the growth of democracy in the region.ARGENTINA: Very Little Freedom of Information
The decree that protects freedom of information in Argentina is weak, limited and ineffectively enforced, say civic organisations in Argentina that monitor the state's compliance with the right to public information.ARGENTINA: Former ‘Disappeared’, Key Trial Witness, Missing Again
Thirty years after he was forcibly disappeared by Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship, a survivor of the "dirty war" who played a key role in the first conviction of a former torturer on charges of genocide has once again gone missing.ARGENTINA: Bringing Films – and Filmmakers – to Prison
A pilot project with recreational and social reinsertion goals was launched in Argentina to show films in prison, followed by discussions between the inmates, the filmmakers and actors, and experts on the issues touched on by the movies.ENERGY-ARGENTINA: Keeping Up with Growth in Demand
In a race against time, the Argentine government is fomenting investment in the energy industry to respond to growing demand and ward off a collapse that would dampen economic growth.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Court Overrules Pardon for Former Military Chief
An Argentine court ruling handed down Friday paves the way for the Supreme Court to annul a pardon granted over 15 years ago by former president Carlos Menem to members of the military juntas that ruled the country from 1976-1983.ARGENTINA: A Flammable Neighbourhood
Three thousand people live below the smoke stacks of petroleum refineries and alongside chemical storage sites, among rubbish and debris, and foul bodies of water, in "Villa Inflamable", a slum along the banks of the Matanza-Riachuelo river, which runs across the Argentine capital.HUMAN RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Justice Catches Up to the Condor
Twenty-one years after the historic trial in which former junta members of Argentina's 1976-1983 dictatorship were convicted, former general Jorge Rafael Videla is returning to court to answer for crimes committed in the 1970s and 1980s, within the framework of South America's Operation Condor.DRUGS-ARGENTINA: ‘Pasta Base’ Destructive but Not Invincible
It is called "the poor man's drug" and its use soared during Argentina's economic crisis of 2002. But while cocaine sulfate, a cheap drug known here as pasta base, is literally destroying young people in the slums of this South American country, it also has its middle-class and adult users.
A Flammable Neighborhood
Potentially explosive chemical storage sites threaten the lives of thousands of people in Argentina's Matanza-Riachuelo river basin. Officials are studying the possibility of relocating some communities.ARGENTINA: A Cautious Return to the Non-Aligned Movement
Keeping a low profile, as if hoping its presence at the huge forum of the developing world will go unnoticed, Argentina is slipping back into the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which it left amid an uproar 15 years ago to embrace a policy of unreserved alignment with the United States.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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