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ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Black Waters in the Tigre Delta
Only 28 kilometres from the Argentine capital, the unique landscape of the Tigre Delta unfolds before the visitor's eyes: a varied labyrinth of rivers and islands at the mouth of the Paraná River where it flows into the River Plate.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Activists Call for Results, Not Just Words
Argentine President Néstor Kirchner received the support Friday of most of the country's provincial governments in the conflict with Uruguay over the construction of two paper pulp mills on a border river, and promised that his government would make sustainable development a state policy.ENERGY: Neighbours Recognise Bolivia’s ‘Sovereign’ Right to Nationalise Gas
The presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela confirmed their interest in moving together towards regional energy integration, in a summit held Thursday in the northeastern Argentine province of Misiones to discuss the impact of the Bolivian government's decision to reassert state control over the country's energy resources.ENERGY: Neighbours Recognise Bolivia’s ‘Sovereign’ Right to Nationalise Gas
The presidents of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Venezuela confirmed their interest in moving together towards regional energy integration, in a summit held Thursday in the northeastern Argentine province of Misiones to discuss the impact of the Bolivian government's decision to reassert state control over the country's energy resources.ARGENTINA: Open Sewers a Health and Environmental Risk
The gap between the rich North and the impoverished developing South is reproduced in the Argentine capital. Far away from the well-heeled northern districts, the people living on the south side of Buenos Aires are "on the verge of a health and sanitation collapse."INTEGRATION-SOUTH AMERICA: Labour Pains
Coming from presidents, statements like "Mercosur is not useful" or "the Andean Community is dead" sound like death sentences. But some observers believe that the crises facing South America's trade blocs, which were rising stars in the 1990s, could lead to a South American integration process based on new foundations.ARGENTINA: The Environmental Costs of Biofuel
The passage of a law on biofuels in Argentina is both good and bad news for sustainable development. While the new law will foment the production and use of alternative sources of fuel, it will also give a boost to soybean production, which has come in for harsh criticism from environmentalists.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Something Smells Rotten in the Capital
The stench and the bubbles of methane gas make it all too clear that nothing could possibly survive in the river that runs through greater Buenos Aires. That is further driven home by the plastic bags, bottles and all kinds of junk floating on the surface and the mountains of garbage lining the banks.ENVIRONMENT-RIGHTS: Norwegian Prize for Argentine Activist
The Argentine activist and lawyer Romina Picolotti won the 2006 Sophie Prize for demonstrating "that human rights... are intimately linked to the environment."ARGENTINA: Rosario, a Child-Friendly City
Children in one of Argentina's biggest cities have been blazing a trail in urban management for the past 10 years. Their participation in government has resulted, for instance, in more green areas, riverside benches, and theme parks that are a magnet for tourists.Norwegian Prize for Argentine Activist
Romina Picolotti, who recently won an international award for promoting the link between environment and human rights, sat down with Tierramérica for a Question-Answer session.LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Bolivian Community Divided Over Sweatshops
The Buenos Aires city government's new offensive against slave labour has resulted in the closure of 30 clandestine textile sweatshops in the Argentine capital.But it has also caused divisions in the Bolivian immigrant community: some denounce the exploitative labour conditions, while others desperately want to keep their jobs, however precarious.
LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Bolivian Community Divided Over Sweatshops
The Buenos Aires city government's new offensive against slave labour has resulted in the closure of 30 clandestine textile sweatshops in the Argentine capital. But it has also caused divisions in the Bolivian immigrant community: some denounce the exploitative labour conditions, while others desperately want to keep their jobs, however precarious.ARGENTINA-URUGUAY: Protesters Resume Roadblock in Pulp Mill Conflict
Local residents in the town of Gualeguaychú, who are spearheading the resistance in Argentina to two paper pulp mills being built across a border river in Uruguay, ignored the advice of their legal representatives Wednesday and began to block traffic again over a bridge linking the two countries.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: De-Privatisation Purely Pragmatic, Say Observers
Although the Argentine government of Néstor Kirchner has re-established state ownership of four originally public companies that were privatised in the 1990s, observers say this does not imply an express policy towards "de-privatisation", but rather an attempt to regain control over public services that have fallen into a critical state.LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Tragedy Spurs Action Against Slave Labour
Denunciations of sweatshops operating in the Argentine capital have piled up over the past few years in the city government and the courts. But not until six undocumented immigrants - including four children - died in a fire did the authorities announce measures to crack down on the network of clandestine textile factories that use slave labour.ARGENTINA: Kirchner Would Have a Good Chance of Reelection in 2007
If Argentina's presidential elections were held today, with the economy growing at a brisk pace and unemployment steadily dropping, President Néstor Kirchner would be reelected, according to pollsters.ARGENTINA: 30 Years On, Society, Gov’t Say ‘Never Again’
On Mar. 24, 1976, a military coup in Argentina burned an indelible mark on the history of the country's democratic institutions. Thousands of people were kidnapped and 'disappeared.' After the 1976-1983 military regime, nothing was ever the same again. But democracy acquired a renewed value and widened its base.ARGENTINA: 30 Years On, Society, Gov’t Say ‘Never Again’
On Mar. 24, 1976, a military coup in Argentina burned an indelible mark on the history of the country's democratic institutions. Thousands of people were kidnapped and 'disappeared.' After the 1976-1983 military regime, nothing was ever the same again. But democracy acquired a renewed value and widened its base.ARGENTINA: Transgender Community Faces Uphill Battle for Rights
Noelia Luna was born a man, but lives as a woman. She is unemployed, has lived with the same partner for 15 years and has three children. Her life seems fairly uneventful. But compared to other transvestites, transsexuals and transgenders in Argentina, she is a relative rarity: she is a survivor.ARGENTINA-URUGUAY: Main Roadblock in Pulp War to Be Lifted
The conflict between Argentina and Uruguay over the installation of two paper pulp factories on the Uruguayan side of a border river entered a new phase Tuesday after local residents of Gualeguaychú, a nearby town in Argentina, decided to lift a roadblock that has been stopping traffic over a cross-border bridge for 46 days.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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