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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.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Squid Population under Siege
The illex squid (Illex argentinus) found in Argentina's ocean waters are under threat from indiscriminate fishing, often by foreign vessels operating in the area, many without permits.SOUTH AMERICA: Political Impotence in Face of Crisis
Loss of political credibility, agreements to cut short terms in office, calls for resignations and the rupture of party alliances are increasingly frequent proof in South America of its leaders' inability to confront both economic crisis and the demands of an impoverished population.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Presidential Elections of Discontent
The only certainty arising from the opinion polls about the Apr 27 presidential elections in Argentina is that, for the first time, a run-off vote will be necessary to elect the president. Voters, apparently disgusted with politics, are ambivalent, giving no candidate more than 20 percent support./ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-ARGENTINA: The Set Is Enormous, and Keeps Growing
Some 10,000 workers from the film, television and advertising industries in Argentina have been enjoying a boom during the past year, thanks to the depreciation of the currency, which turned this country into an affordable, attractive and multifaceted film set.Squid under Siege
Foreign ships clandestinely fish for this profitable species in Argentine waters.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: An End to Bank Curbs
The Argentine government has announced a definitive solution for the 20 percent of savers in the country whose deposits have remained frozen in the nation's banking system since December 2001.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Local Vote Throws Wrench in Gold Mine Plans
Plans for an open-pit gold mine in a mountain resort town in southern Argentina have been put on hold due to the results of a non-binding plebiscite, in which an overwhelming majority of residents voted against the project.ARGENTINA: Bolivian Immigrants Complain of Racist Football Chants
The Bolivian immigrant community in Argentina is upset over football - not because of the recent defeat of the Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero at the hands of Racing, a local team, but due to the indifference of football authorities to repeated complaints of racial taunts in the stadiums.ARGENTINA: Hopes for Political Renovation Will Have to Wait
Fifteen months after the massive protests in Argentina that toppled two presidents in the space of 10 days, there are no candidates for next month's presidential elections who truly reflect the public's strident calls for change.ARGENTINA-IRAN: Tension Mounts over Probe into AMIA Bombing
The already cool relations between Argentina and Iran have become even more chilly due to a dispute over the investigation into a 1994 bomb attack in the Argentine capital, in relation to which government officials in Buenos Aires summoned Iran's top diplomat Monday./INT’L WOMEN’S DAY/HEALTH-ARGENTINA: Leap in Unsafe Abortions
Hospital admissions arising from unsafe abortions in Argentina rose 50 percent in five years, and multiplied by a factor of 2.5 in some provinces - a lethal consequence of the economic crisis and soaring poverty.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Savers Dream of Greenbacks Once Again
Some 400,000 Argentines with dollar deposits frozen in the banks since late 2001 now have a stronger legal basis to demand the return of their balances in the original currency, following a Wednesday court ruling that declared the obligatory conversion of those accounts to pesos unconstitutional.ARGENTINA: State Reparations for Banks Reviled by the Excluded
The Argentine government is planning to compensate banks for losses suffered as a result of the economic and financial crisis that erupted in December 2001. But others hurt by the collapse are demanding their fair share./ARTS WEEKLY/DANCE-ARGENTINA: The Great Tango Party
The Argentine capital is shimmering as the host of the Fifth Buenos Aires Tango Festival and the first Tango Dance World Championship, a competition that has drawn 260 couples from more than 20 countries.ARGENTINA: Law on Generic Drugs Brought Steep Drop in Prices
A law on generic medicines that Argentina passed in 2002 has led to a substantial decline in prices, which in the late 1990s were among the highest in Latin America, and in some cases higher than the cost of the same products in rich European Union nations.ARGENTINA: Renewing Debt Payments to Be Hard, Even with Write-Off
The Argentine government wants sharp reductions in the debt held with private foreign creditors, who it stopped paying 14 months ago. But even if the debt burden is eased, it will still be extremely heavy for a country where the only sustained growth in the past few years was in the poverty rate./ARTS WEEKLY/MUSIC-ARGENTINA: Thousands of Youth Aspire to Singing Stardom
More than 12,000 young Argentines, ages 16 to 25, went through the first audition recently for a new "reality TV" programme that promises two places among the firmament of popstars.ARGENTINA: Survivors of Warship Wreck Welcome Nat’l Geo Expedition
A majority of the survivors of the 1982 sinking of the Argentine cruiser General Belgrano by the British navy support the National Geographic Society's search for the wreck in the south Atlantic.LATIN AMERICA: Demonstrators Say Yes to Peace, No to Bush
Thousands upon thousands of protesters throughout Latin America took to the streets to express their opposition to a potential U.S.-led war on Iraq, finding unique ways to repudiate Washington, which many peace activists accuse of trying to take control of the Arab country's oil reserves.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Arbitrary Arrests of Street Kids in ‘Clean-Up’
The police in the northwestern Argentine province of Mendoza have been detaining street children on the pretext of trying to catch the adults who allegedly exploit the minors, says human rights watchdog Amnesty International.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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