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TRADE-LATAM: Growing Pains, But Solidarity Endures
The recurring problems that flare up between the countries of the Mercosur have had little effect on a regional integration initiative which, despite its difficulties, remains solid, is attracting new members, and is moving forward slowly but steadily, according to Argentine officials and experts.ARGENTINA: High Court Provides a Roadmap Against Pollution
The Matanza-Riachuelo river basin, the most polluted in Argentina for more than a century, could begin to see some cleaner waters as the result of an innovative ruling by the National Supreme Court of Justice - considered a landmark in the history of Latin American environmental law.ARGENTINA: Plenty of Construction, Too Few Houses
The construction industry is the star performer in Argentina's economic recovery after the deep financial crisis of 2001. But the building boom has not been able to correct the housing deficit that affects 25 percent of Argentine families.
A Roadmap Against Pollution
A judicial ruling that requires the clean-up of Argentina's Matanza-Riachuelo basin sets a precedent in environmental law for the region.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Justice Tarries, But May Finally Arrive for Dirty War Victim
Nearly 28 years after the dictatorship abducted José Poblete, his wife Gertrudis Hlaczik and their daughter Claudia, the Argentine justice system has finally been able to open the trial of one of their captors. Poblete, a young lathe operator who had lost both legs, was subjected to unusually ferocious torture.SOUTH AMERICA: Flushing Public Gender Violence Out of the Shadows
Their behaviour is shifting almost imperceptibly, but as women grow increasingly fearful of their safety, their movement in the cities of South America has become ever more restricted - especially at night.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: ‘Dirty War’ Trials Reopen, 20 Years On
In 1986 he was convicted of 95 counts of torture committed against political prisoners of Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship, but the next year he was released under an amnesty law. Twenty years later, retired police official Miguel Etchecolatz became the first former member of the security forces to return to court.ARGENTINA: Microcredit Schemes Run by Indigenous Women Reactivate Economy
The Puna plateau region in northeastern Argentina has become a showcase for community financial administration, run by women. They have small banks, manage investment and health loans, and are reactivating the economy, for the good of the entire community.ARGENTINA: President Clearly Delineates Military’s Role
The Argentine government clarified Monday that the sole function of the military is to defend the country against outside aggression, and that the armed forces have no role to play in domestic security.ARGENTINA: Indigenous People Camp Out in Plaza to Demand Land Rights
"We have endured 500 years of plunder, humiliation, eviction and massacres; why wouldn't we be able to bear a little cold and hunger now?" Orlando Charole, one of the leaders of a group of indigenous people who have been pursuing their land claims in the northeastern Argentine province of Chaco for the past month, asked IPS.ARGENTINA: Kolla Indians Fight to Protect Their Land
"We are here to take care of the land, because we depend on it for a living," said Andrés Sajama, cacique (chief) of Queta, a Kolla indigenous community in the northwestern Argentine province of Jujuy. "We don't want to block mining projects, but we won't allow them to take away what little we have left," he told IPS.ARGENTINA: Another War Over Water
Fed up with poor water quality, rate hikes and a lack of investment in expanding infrastructure, residents, union members and environmentalists in the Argentine province of Córdoba have forced a multinational corporation to withdraw from the business, and are now demanding that the state play a part in a new public water company.HEALTH-ARGENTINA: Women’s Care Blossoms at the Desert’s Edge
The village bumps up abruptly against the plateau, framed by a halo of ochre peaks. In this last outpost before the freezing desert in northwestern Argentina, "perseverant women" are working hard to foster development that does not compromise community identities.ARGENTINA: Sold into Prostitution as Children, Accused in Court as Adults
A trial opened Tuesday in Argentina against a former federal police officer charged with running a brothel and three women who were supposedly his accomplices.ENVIRONMENT DAY-ARGENTINA: ‘Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is’ Say Activists
A broad coalition of environmental organisations in Argentina urged the government Monday to live up to its promise to put environmental questions on the policy agenda, and drew up a list of suggested sustainable development measures that should be immediately implemented.ARGENTINA: World Cup – Behind Bars
The Argentine team lost 7-3 to Ivory Coast and was eliminated from the 2006 world football championship. But luckily for Argentina, this is not the World Cup that kicks off this month in Germany, but a contest that has already begun in 32 prisons in the province of Buenos Aires.HEALTH: Northwestern Argentina – a “Paradise” Only for the Tourists
The silence is overwhelming in the desolate Puna plateau region in northwestern Argentina. The cold is penetrating, although the locals say winter hasn't even really arrived. When it does, in June, temperatures drop to 15 degrees below zero Celsius.ENVIRONMENT: Spotlight Turns to Argentina’s Pulp Mills
The approximately 30 factories producing pulp and paper in Argentina have had a heavy environmental impact, and are a seemingly endless source of conflict. With challenges simmering against the construction of two large pulp mills in neighbouring Uruguay, the Argentine companies are on the defensive.ARGENTINA: Women Air Society’s Dirty Laundry in Art Exhibit
A group of female prostitutes in Buenos Aires is using art to lay bare their situation - that is, the state and societal abuse they endure - to the public.
Now the Spotlight Turns to Argentina's Pulp Mills
Paraguay is filing complaints against Argentina for the contamination of the border Paraná River. The operations of at least 12 pulp mills are being challenged.ARGENTINA: Transforming Garbage into Decent Jobs
The Argentine capital opened its first municipal plant for classifying solid waste - plastic, glass, paper, metal, cardboard and other materials - for recycling, as part of a project aimed at providing decent jobs for informal garbage collectors and reducing the amount of trash dumped into landfills.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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