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ARGENTINA: Soya Drives New Rural Prosperity – But for How Long?
Looking like spaceships that suddenly landed in the middle of the Argentine Pampas, combine harvesters are the symbol of the new rural prosperity, moving relentlessly, deliberately through immense soya fields.ARGENTINA: Rights Abusers Violate House Arrest
In Argentina, 82 members of the military have been convicted and sentenced over the past few years for gross human rights violations committed by the 1976-1983 dictatorship.ARGENTINA: AMIA Bomb Trial Merely Tip of Iceberg
For the victims' families, it seems like it was only yesterday that the seven-story Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires collapsed in a blast that left 86 dead.ENVIRONMENT-LATAM: Demands for Piece of Biodiversity Pie
The developing South needs more transfers of resources and technology from the industrialised North and an equal distribution of the benefits derived from biological wealth, according to the Latin American and Caribbean environmental officials meeting Friday in the Argentine capital./ARTS WEEKLY/ARGENTINA: Doctors Band Provides Remedy for Hearts and Souls
The popular conception that music is therapeutic is especially true in the case of the Argentine rock band Diga 33.ARGENTINA: Boom in Mining Seen as Mixed Blessing
Argentina's mining industry was a sleeping giant until the early 1990s, when a group of foreign corporations shook it awake. Today, local residents in areas near mineral deposits are torn between the potential for new jobs and concern over the environment.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Shopping Malls Filling Up Again
Two years ago, the Hernández family in Argentina spent the last few days before Christmas on the streets banging on pots and pans, among the tens of thousands of protesters who helped bring down the government of Fernando de la Rúa (1999-2001).ARGENTINA: Leaders During Height of Crisis Now Claim Victimhood
Two years after the fall of Argentine president Fernando de la Rúa (1999-2001) amidst social chaos that left 30 people dead, the former leader and his last economy minister, Domingo Cavallo, refuse to engage in self-criticism. On the contrary, they claim they were the victims of conspiracy.ENVIRONMENT: Oil-Eating Bacteria for Antarctica
Argentine scientists are developing a biological process for combating oil spills in the extremely cold temperatures of Antarctica, where petroleum exploitation is banned, but leaks and spills occur in handling and storing fuels at research stations.ARGENTINA: Rotten Apples
In Latin America, there have been abundant examples of corruption cases brought to light by the press./ARTS WEEKLY/ARGENTINA: Doctors and Patients Become TV Heroes
Without a doubt, it was the first episode of Argentina's E-24 reality show, set in a Buenos Aires public hospital, that had the greatest impact, with its close-up images of the birth of María Carla Schmieloz's baby.
Bacteria Eat Up Oil in Antarctica
Argentine scientists are developing a biological process for combating oil spills in the extremely cold temperatures of the immense ice-covered continent.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: First "Green-Friendly" Refrigerator
By year-end, a small company in Argentina will put a new kind of refrigerator on the market, which will go down in history as the first in South America to operate without damaging the ozone layer or contributing to global warming.ARGENTINA: 20 Years On, Democracy Strong But Challenges Abound
''I'm proud to live in a country which is celebrating 20 years of uninterrupted democracy. And I don't think there's a risk anymore that the military will take over again,'' schoolteacher Nélida Colombo told IPS.ARGENTINA: Pro-President Congress Makes Its Debut
With a president who enjoys a high approval rating and with a fragmented and diffuse opposition, Argentina debuted a renewed Congress on Wednesday, in which the ruling party holds the majority.First Truly “Green-Friendly” Refrigerator
A new kind of refrigerator is being built in Argentina that will replace ozone-depleting refrigerants with non-polluting hydrocarbon gases. The clean technology, which originated in Europe, is being used in South America for the first time.ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change Negotiations at a Snail’s Pace
International talks on climate change got underway 13 years ago with a strong push towards curbing emissions of greenhouse gases, but more recently the talks have gotten bogged down - at moments completely stalling, while only rarely are there small accelerations.ARGENTINA: Explosion Report Might Revive Arms-Smuggling Scandal
In 2001, former Argentine president Carlos Menem (1989-1999) had to suspend his honeymoon when he was put under house arrest in connection with an arms-smuggling scandal.SCIENCE-ARGENTINA: ‘Pathetic Salaries’ Drive Researchers Abroad
Angeles Zorreguieta, 42, PhD in chemistry, is a full-time researcher and university professor, and the assistant director of an institute that trains future scientists. In the United States she would earn at least 40,000 dollars a year. But in Argentina she earns just one-seventh of that amount.TRADE: Friends of the Fish Try to Sink Subsidies
An informal group of nations calling themselves the "Friends of the Fish" are attempting to sink fishing industry subsidies, charging that they distort the international market - as do farm subsidies - and contribute to the degradation of the world's marine resources.ARGENTINA: Debating the Best Way to Oppose the FTAA
As the deadline for the launch of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) edges closer, public opposition to the project for hemispheric integration is growing in Argentina, and with it the debate on the best way to challenge the free-trade initiative.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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