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RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Legalises Same-Sex Unions
The homosexual community in Argentina is applauding the Buenos Aires legislature's move Friday to legalise same-sex unions, though activists stress that the ultimate goal is for gay and lesbian couples to obtain the same legal rights as heterosexual couples.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires Legalises Same-Sex Unions
The homosexual community in Argentina is applauding the Buenos Aires legislature's move Friday to legalise same-sex unions, though activists stress that the ultimate goal is for gay and lesbian couples to obtain the same legal rights as heterosexual couples.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Alternative Plan for ‘Rising from the Ashes’
A group of Argentine experts has laid out an equitable development initiative, known as 'Plan Fénix', for the crisis-ridden country, asserting that it would permit annual economic growth of six percent, eradicate indigence and greatly alleviate unemployment.CULTURE-ARGENTINA: Homeless Actors Play Themselves
An Argentine film that cast homeless men and women playing themselves not only drew large audiences for four months, but helped several of the amateur actors get their lives back on track.CULTURE-ARGENTINA: Homeless Actors Play Themselves
An Argentine film that cast homeless men and women playing themselves not only drew large audiences for four months, but helped several of the amateur actors get their lives back on track.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: ‘Representivity’ Crisis Persists
The lack of credibility of Argentine politicians has reached such extremes that the number of voters who plan to cast blank ballots or to abstain from voting altogether is greater than the total who support the best-placed pre-candidate for the presidency, according to recent polls.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: ‘Representivity’ Crisis Persists
The lack of credibility of Argentine politicians has reached such extremes that the number of voters who plan to cast blank ballots or to abstain from voting altogether is greater than the total who support the best-placed pre-candidate for the presidency, according to recent polls.SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil’s Lula Throws Argentina a Lifeline
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted the ''strategic relations'' between his country and Argentina Monday, on his first trip abroad since his landslide victory in the Oct 27 runoff election in Brazil.SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil’s Lula Throws Argentina a Lifeline
Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva highlighted the "strategic relations" between his country and Argentina Monday, on his first trip abroad since his landslide victory in the Oct 27 runoff election in Brazil.ARGENTINA: Workers' Cooperatives Revive Bankrupt Companies
Some 150 cooperatives grouping more than 10,000 workers in Argentina have taken over businesses that were driven under by the economic collapse, and in many cases literally abandoned by their owners.ARGENTINA: Workers’ Cooperatives Revive Bankrupt Companies
Some 150 cooperatives grouping more than 10,000 workers in Argentina have taken over businesses that were driven under by the economic collapse, and in many cases literally abandoned by their owners.CULTURE-ANTARCTICA: Reclaiming Humankind’s Frozen Heritage
A handful of scientists from different countries have been working for the past few decades to find, rebuild and maintain the historic monuments of Antarctica, turning up fishing settlements, expedition bases and research stations that are more than a hundred years old.CULTURE-ANTARCTICA: Reclaiming Humankind’s Frozen Heritage
A handful of scientists from different countries have been working for the past few decades to find, rebuild and maintain the historic monuments of Antarctica, turning up fishing settlements, expedition bases and research stations that are more than a hundred years old.ARGENTINA: Gov’t Launches Overdue Attack on Hunger
The Argentine government launched an aggressive door-to-door anti-hunger campaign Monday in the northwestern province of Tucuman to combat pockets of acute malnutrition that have received extensive media coverage in the past two weeks.Reclaiming Antarctica's Frozen Heritage
Experts are restoring cabins, shelters and science stations used by intrepid explorers on the white continent dating back to the 19th century.DEVELOPMENT-ARGENTINA: Gov’t Defaults on Social Debt Too
Argentina's decision to "postpone" payment of an 805-million-dollar debt to the World Bank that came due this month does nothing to improve the situation of the country's millions of poor, say leaders of associations of the unemployed.DEVELOPMENT-ARGENTINA: Gov’t Defaults on Social Debt Too
Argentina's decision to "postpone" payment of an 805-million-dollar debt to the World Bank that came due this month does nothing to improve the situation of the country's millions of poor, say leaders of associations of the unemployed./ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-ARGENTINA: Inventive Directors Conquer Crisis
Argentine films are winning international/ARTS WEEKLY/FILM-ARGENTINA: Inventive Directors Conquer Crisis
Argentine films are winning international prizes at the hand of new directors and the industry continues growing at a rapid pace despite the country's economic collapse. From an average of 12 film premieres annually in the 1990s, the last three years have seen an average of nearly 50.FINANCE-ARGENTINA: Government to Pay Off Debt with Credit Only
Argentina's Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna denied Friday that his country suffers domestic financial problems, but clarified that no more reserves would be used in paying off foreign debt because doing so would only worsen the country's financial vulnerability.FINANCE-ARGENTINA: Gov’t to Make Debt Payments with Credit Only
Argentina's Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna denied Friday that his country suffers domestic financial problems, but clarified that no more reserves would be used in paying off foreign debt because doing so would only worsen the country's financial vulnerability.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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