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ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Bulldozers Could Turn Ex-Nature Reserve into a Desert
Bulldozers are tearing away the edge of the virgin forest in the northern Argentine province of Salta, habitat of a multitude of endangered plant and animal species and home to impoverished peasant farmers and Indians.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Kolla Indians Denounce Abuses in Land Conflict
In the latest episode of conflicts over indigenous land rights in Argentina, Kolla Indians in the northwestern province of Salta complained this week that they were brutally beaten by employees of a sugar company that is laying claim to their traditional land.DEVELOPMENT-ARGENTINA: Utter Poverty in Former Reserve
The cows in this arid former nature reserve in northwestern Argentina are so bony that they do not even look like they belong to the same species as their robust cousins to the south, in the rich pampas (grasslands) of the central part of the country.AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Trespassers in the Nature Reserve
The Argentine government's decision to sell off a nature reserve in the northwestern province of Salta for farmland has not only serious environmental implications, but also shapes the future of a community who do not want to leave their land at any price.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Paying the IMF – and Ignoring Its Advice
Over the past year, the Argentine government has threatened several times to default on its payments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). But on Monday it announced that it would keep up its payments, without arguing.
Bulldozers Could Turn Nature Reserve Into a Desert
Bulldozers threaten the General Pizarro protected area in northern Argentina, recently sold off to private parties. This habitat for valuable plant and animal species is in danger, say activists.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Paying the IMF – and Ignoring Its Advice
Over the past year, the Argentine government has threatened several times to default on its payments to the International Monetary Fund. But on Monday it announced that it would keep up its payments, without arguing.AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Soy Overruns Everything in Its Path
High international soybean prices have pushed the crop far beyond the traditional farmlands of central and eastern Argentina, into the arid northwest, steamrolling over small farms and even protected forest areas.ARGENTINA: Street Soccer World Cup Boosts Dignity for Homeless
"We players are all dreaming and none of us wants to wake up," said Alejandro Martínez, the captain of the Argentine team on its way to the second Homeless World Cup, to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from Jul. 25 to Aug. 1.ARGENTINA: Street Soccer World Cup Boosts Dignity for Homeless
"We players are all dreaming and none of us wants to wake up," said Alejandro Martínez, the captain of the Argentine team on its way to the second Homeless World Cup, to be held in Gothenburg, Sweden from Jul. 25 to Aug. 1.SOUTH AMERICA: Mercosur to Take Control of Huge Groundwater Reserve
In line with warnings by civil society groups of the risk of losing control over the Guaraní aquifer, South America's Mercosur trade bloc has resolved to take the reins of the huge groundwater reserve. But activists believe the response has come too late.FILM-ARGENTINA: Ten Glimpses of Horror
A group of 10 Argentine film-makers each produced a 10-minute short as part of a feature-length film in homage to the 85 people who died in the bombing of a Jewish community centre (AMIA) in the Argentine capital, ready for screening on the tenth anniversary of the tragic event on July 18.ARGENTINA: Reunited Peronist Union Seeks Influence Among Unemployed
After a decade of growing unemployment and poverty in Argentina, the once-powerful Confederación General del Trabajo (CGT), which used to be the country's only trade union confederation, is awakening from slumber and will try to gain influence in the movement of the unemployed.ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change Worse for the South
The forecast of a United Nations agency about the impacts of climate change on Latin American and Caribbean agriculture by 2080 seems to be taken straight from the story of the Apocalypse.LATAM: Political Cohesion Eclipses Trade Conflicts in Mercosur Summit
The presidents of South America's Mercosur countries demonstrated strong political cohesion and interest in integration that transcended trade differences like the one that emerged this week between Brazil and Argentina, threatening to tarnish Thursday's summit meeting.TRADE-LATAM: Mercosur Discusses Possible Expansion
Argentine Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa proposed Wednesday, on the eve of the summit of South America's Mercosur trade bloc, the incorporation of Mexico and Venezuela as ''observer members''.
Climate Change Worse for the South
Crop yields will decline, temperate zones will disappear and the number of people suffering hunger will increase, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The developing South will bear the brunt of the impacts of climate change, expert Prabhu Pingali told Tierramérica.CLIMATE CHANGE: Small Victories for the South
After four years of debate, the developing South has worn down the industrialised North's resistance to discuss adapting to climate change instead of focussing only on curbing the emissions of greenhouse gases.ARGENTINA: Second ‘No to the FTAA’ Campaign Kicks Off
More than 130 non-governmental organisations in Argentina launched a campaign Thursday for a second ''popular vote'' against the FTAA Americas-wide free trade area.ARGENTINA: Once Upon a Time, There Was a Middle Class
In the 1980s, workers at Argentina's former state oil monopoly YPF formed part of the country's large middle class and could easily imagine their sons and daughters making it to the university.ARGENTINA: Activists United Against Violence
Organisations of the unemployed, human rights groups, and trade unions in Argentina have called a march for Friday to protest the recent murder of a social activist and alleged attempts to create a climate of violence and destabilisation in the country.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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