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DEVELOPMENT-HAITI: A Non-Military Solution
A proposal for producing energy from alternative sources along the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic could be a first step towards development for Haiti.ARGENTINA-URUGUAY: ‘Truce’ in Pulp Mill War Steeped in Uncertainty
Although the presidents of Argentina and Uruguay announced a kind of truce in the ongoing conflict over the construction of two paper pulp factories along the border, environmentalists in Argentina blocking bridges between the two countries and the two foreign companies building the plants have given no sign that they will go along with the agreement.ARGENTINA: Doctors Investigate Environmental Risks to Child Health
How strong of a role do family habits play in the recurrence of bouts of asthma or diarrhea in children? Are repeated accidents in a school related to flawed building design? Are there links between learning disabilities and pollution?ARGENTINA: From High Unemployment to Shortage of Skilled Labour
After 37 months of sustained economic growth, Argentina's unemployment rate has plummeted from 23 to 10 percent. But any further reduction will be difficult to achieve, because of a lack of skilled workers to meet growing demand.ARGENTINA: Price Freeze Agreements Have Little Effect on Consumers
"I'm calling because the government price list has 100-page lined notebooks at 3.90 pesos and I paid 8.90," a shopper complained to Argentina's consumer defence service. "Which brand costs 3.90?" she asked. "We don't know," was the official reply.ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Mayor Ousted over Tragic Blaze
Buenos Aires lawmakers voted to remove Mayor Aníbal Ibarra from office Tuesday in connection with a tragic nightclub fire in which 194 young music fans were killed on Dec. 30, 2004.ARGENTINA: Young Women Lured into Trafficking by Job Ads
The ads read: "presentable young ladies", "no qualifications or experience required", "easy work," "good conditions," and "hours by arrangement". They often offer salaries of over 2,000 dollars.DEVELOPMENT-ARGENTINA: The Forgotten North
Poverty and unemployment rates are on the wane in Argentina, and infant mortality is also in retreat. But these ills are holding out in the neglected north, which has been bypassed by development.ARGENTINA: Uruguay Rejects President’s Plea to Halt Pulp Mills
In a measured tone, Argentine President Néstor Kirchner called on his Uruguayan counterpart Tabaré Vázquez Wednesday to suspend construction of two pulp mills along the border between the two countries for 90 days, until the environmental impact of the factories can be determined.ARGENTINA: Public Aid Generous but Hard to Get
The Argentine government announced substantial improvements to the social programmes created in 2002 at the height of the economic crisis. But analysts observe that the changes favour those beneficiaries who have already registered, while nearly half a million families remain outside the system.MEDIA-ARGENTINA: “Subtle” Means of Censorship
Discriminatory use of government advertising, phone calls by public officials to exert pressure on journalists, editors and media owners, delays in passing a "sunshine law" on public access to information, and refusal by government officials to give interviews or press conferences.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Activist Artists Subvert the Message
From a distance it looks like an ordinary traffic sign, a yellow rhombus like so many others in the Argentine capital. But on approach, the sign can be seen to contain an unusual warning message: "A former torturer lives 100 metres from here."MERCOSUR: Beef Exporters’ Optimism Dashed by FMD Outbreak
The reappearance of food-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Argentina has once again frustrated the hopes of beef producers and exporters in the Mercosur trade bloc, just when global market conditions are favourable due to health and climate problems faced by competitors outside the region.ARGENTINA: Allegations of Illegal Adoptions Implicate Church
María Jerez remembers her first daughter, who would be 17 today. She says that when the baby was born, she gave her to Catholic nuns in the northern Argentine province of Santiago del Estero in exchange for a promise of a house.ARGENTINA: Urban Gardens Provide More than Just Food
The community gardens initially created to help confront the effects of the late 2001 economic collapse in Argentina have now "grown" into a government-run urban agriculture programme, which provides unemployed workers with much more than just food for their families' tables.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: The Neglected Sea
Unlike forests and mountains inhabited by indigenous people or small farmers who watch over natural resources, the sea has no one to defend it, at least not in Argentina. Although this South American nation has 4,000 km of coastline, no ocean reserves have been set up to protect the waters in its exclusive economic zone.ARGENTINA: Growing Alarm over Mining Boom
The number of mining ventures in Argentina grew 400 percent in just two years, concentrated in the western part of the country along the border with Chile, and the situation has environmentalists and community organisations up in arms.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Torture, Still Alive, Still Killing
The body of Diego Gallardo, 20, showed 57 injuries caused by savage blows to the head and body. He lay dying for an estimated 15 hours in an Argentine police station where he was brutally beaten by four officers after his arrest.ARGENTINA: Incomplete Justice for Protesters Killed by Police
It was mid-2002, the height of Argentina's dire economic and social crisis, and the security forces were called out to squash a street protest by the poor and unemployed. Two of the demonstrators were killed, and caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde was forced to call early elections.ARGENTINA: Storm Victims Evicted from Public Housing
Around 1,000 people whose precarious dwellings were destroyed by a storm in the northeastern province of Chaco were violently evicted Thursday from housing units built by the national government, which had not yet been assigned to their future occupants.ARGENTINA: Kirchner Pays Off IMF
In early 2002, Argentina found itself in what looked like an endless abyss of recession, debt default, poverty and unemployment. Four years later, the economy is growing at a dizzying rate, and the government has paid off its entire debt to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).« Previous Page — Next Page »
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