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RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: President’s Last-Minute Pardons Cause a Stir
Argentina's president-elect reacted with consternation to the pardons that soon-to-be-ex President Eduardo Duhalde signed Tuesday for Mohamed Alí Seineldín, a colonel who led a military uprising, and Enrique Gorriarán Merlo, a former guerrilla leader.ARGENTINA: President-Elect to Face Challenge of Weak Mandate
Argentina's new president-elect Néstor Kirchner will face the challenge of gaining the legitimacy that he was unable to win at the polls due to his rival Carlos Menem's withdrawal from the electoral race.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Menem Pulls Out of Run-off Election
Former Argentine president Carlos Menem formally announced Wednesday that he was withdrawing from the electoral race and would not take part in next Sunday's run-off, prompting many observers to talk about the beginning of the decline of his lengthy political career.ARGENTINA: Two Economic Models Compete in Elections
The two presidential candidates competing in the May 18 runoff vote in Argentina both promise economic stability, although Néstor Kirchner looks more inclined to put priority on strengthening production and generating employment, while Carlos Menem has the confidence of the financial sector.ARGENTINA: Kirchner Would Cast His Lot with Mercosur and Lula
South America's Mercosur trade bloc will receive a major boost, beyond mere integration in trade, and at the expense of the U.S.-promoted FTAA continent-wide trade area - as Brazil hopes - if Néstor Kirchner wins the second round of presidential elections in Argentina on May 18./ARTS WEEKLY/MEDIA-ARGENTINA: Quechua Language on the Air
Descendants of indigenous people in northwestern Argentina have launched a radio station that broadcasts in both Spanish and the Quechua language, as part of a plan that includes the creation of six similar stations.ARGENTINA: Despite Warnings, Floods Catch Province Off Guard
Scientific researchers, meteorologists, environmentalists and journalists had long warned about the risk of severe flooding in the northwestern Argentine province of Santa Fe.RELIGION-LATAM: Churches Call for Alternative to Free Market
Leaders of Protestant churches of Latin America, tired of alleviating social problems that they blame on neo-liberal free market policies, have decided to advance their own alternative proposals to governments and the multilateral lending institutions.ARGENTINA: Experts Blame Severe Flooding on Climate Change
Nine dead, several missing and 50,000 evacuated is the toll so far from the worst flooding in the history of the province of Santa Fe in northeastern Argentina, which experts blame on global warming.ARGENTINA: Congress Delays Action on Transparency Law
Argentines have the right to request information from government bodies, and public employees must be held accountable for their acts, according to a bill aimed at making government action more transparent, which has been awaiting passage by Congress for nearly a year.ARGENTINA: Menem Wins First Round, but Runoff Victory Unlikely
Two candidates from the ruling Justicialista (Peronist) Party, whose political platforms are a study in contrasts, will meet in the presidential runoff elections slated for May 18. But it already appears that the winner of the first round, former president Carlos Menem has little chance of winning.ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA: Two Peronists Head to Runoff – Exit Polls
Two candidates from Argentina's splintered ruling party, former president Carlos Menem (1989-1999) and governor of Santa Cruz province Néstor Kirchner, will face each other in the second round presidential elections on May 18 if the official tally bears out the polls conducted at voting sites Sunday.ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA: Two Peronists Head to Runoff – Exit Polls
Two candidates from Argentina's splintered ruling party, former president Carlos Menem (1989-1999) and governor of Santa Cruz province Néstor Kirchner, will face each other in the second round presidential elections on May 18 if the official tally bears out the polls conducted at voting sites Sunday.ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA: In a Close Race, Each and Every Vote Counts
Some 25 million Argentines will vote in Sunday's presidential election with an unexpected sense of enthusiasm that emerged at the last minute, because the absence of any clear favourites has driven home the importance of each and every vote.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: New President to Inherit Old ‘Hot Potato’
The new government that emerges from the coming elections in Argentina will inherit enormous economic difficulties, including a 142 billion dollar foreign debt, high under- and unemployment, and an official poverty rate of 54 percent.ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA: Runoff Likely to Offer Only Right-Wing
The rise in popularity of presidential candidate Ricardo López Murphy and the comeback staged by former president Carlos Menem could mean that two right- wing candidates will take the lead in Sunday's elections in Argentina and face off in a second round on May 18.ARGENTINA: Eviction of Workers Creates Tension Ahead of Elections
Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and batons to evict workers who had formed a cooperative and got the bankrupt Brukman textile factory running again after it was abandoned by its owners in late 2001, creating a tense climate in the Argentine capital ahead of Sunday's presidential elections.ARGENTINA: Eviction of Workers Creates Tension Ahead of Elections
Some 20 protesters remained under arrest Tuesday after police and demonstrators clashed outside a factory in the Argentine capital Monday, creating a tense climate ahead of next Sunday's presidential elections.HUMAN RIGHTS: Argentine Lawyer Confirmed as ICC Prosecutor
Prominent Argentine lawyer Luis Moreno Ocampo, a former assistant prosecutor in the trials of the members of the military juntas that ruled Argentina from 1976- 1983, was named the first prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Monday in New York.ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA: Twenty Years On, Enthusiasm Dampened
The burst of civic fervour awakened by the 1983 elections in Argentina after a seven-year dictatorship gradually petered out due to the failure of the country's leaders to come up with effective solutions to pressing problems. Twenty years later, apathy and scepticism are the predominant traits of the Apr. 27 elections.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Police Torture on the Rise
Although the bloodiest dictatorship in the history of Argentina ended 20 years ago, the practice of torture - including methods used during the 1976-1983 de facto regime - remains widespread in many jails and police stations, and its perpetrators enjoy wide impunity.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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