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LATIN AMERICA: US Arrives Late in Anti-Corruption Fight
The United States should hand over to Latin America the information it has on corruption before the implicated officials leave their posts, said Argentine legislator Elisa Carrió, who opinion polls indicate is the politician with the highest approval rating in the country.ECONOMY: Pension Funds – Big Business in Crisis-Ridden Argentina
Pension funds have turned out to be a safe source of high returns for private administrators in Argentina, but the value of workers' pensions has declined, and some economists blame the system for the fiscal deficit that has driven the economy to the verge of collapse.AGRICULTURE: Developing Countries Clamour for Free Trade
While the industrialised North loudly extols the benefits of free trade for the South, it is developing countries that are fighting the battle to liberalise trade in agriculture, while the rich countries keep their markets clamped tightly shut.LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Unions Join Forces against Economic Adjustment
Argentina's two main labour unions, which had gone their separate ways a year and a half ago, were united Wednesday in a massive protest to demand changes in the nation's economic course, while the government continues its attempts to recover foreign creditor and investor confidence./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC-ARGENTINA: Tapping the Export Potential of Tango
Argentina plans to tap the potential of tango, this Southern Cone nation's most popular music and dance genre, as an export product and a source of foreign currency and tourists.ARGENTINA: The Gaping Social Wounds of the Crisis
"There are patients in the corridors, and they're not even on stretchers, because we don't have enough. In fact, it's a lucky thing we have sheets. The patients in the most delicate condition, on artificial respirators, are in the little room where the nurses usually eat, and women in labour take turns using the beds."ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Gov’t Turns Deaf Ear to Alternative Proposals
In the midst of a severe financial crisis, the Argentine government is holding tight to its free- market economic policies, while refusing to even consider alternatives suggested by trade unions, business associations and the Catholic Church.ANTARCTICA: Argentina Denies Secret Pact with Britain
The Argentine government denied Wednesday that it had signed a secret accord with Britain to close half of its six permanent bases in Antarctica, and gave assurances that all of the bases would be kept open.HUMAN RIGHTS: Astiz to Remain in Argentina
The Argentine government informed France and Italy Tuesday of its decision to reject their extradition requests for former Navy captain Alfredo Astiz, wanted for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-83 military dictatorship.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: The World Bank is Confident
Argentina will be able to stave off a debt default if the economy resumes growth, if the government is successful in getting the fiscal deficit under control, and if savings sent abroad are brought back home, said the World Bank's representative in Buenos Aires, Myrna Alexander.ARGENTINA: A Country in Protest
Thousands of Argentineans held roadblocks Tuesday and Wednesday to protest public spending cuts that included a reduction in the salaries of civil servants and pensions, and warned they would repeat the demonstrations next week - for 72 straight hours.AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Price Rally Gives Little Cause for Hope
The recent rise in the international prices of grains and other farm products might look like an oasis in the midst of Argentina's prolonged recession, but experts warn against false hopes.ECONOMY-LATAM: Argentina’s Troubles Put Everyone at Risk
A mixture of impotence and resignation is clouding the mood of Latin American countries as they feel the effects of the financial crisis in Argentina, which hovers like a spectre without any possibility of exorcism in sight.LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Nationwide Roadblocks Against Austerity Measures
The unemployed and other groups like students and public employees staged roadblocks Tuesday in the capital and every province of Argentina to protest cutbacks in public sector wages and pensions./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC-LATAM: Natalia Oreiro Follows Her Own Path
She is Uruguayan, 24, has sold two million albums and has become a pop music star in Greece, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Russia, Rumania and Turkey. The US filmmaker Quentin Tarantino has reportedly offered her work. But Natalia Oreiro is not interested in singing in English.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Spending Cuts, a Time for Protests
Private company stocks and public debt titles in Argentina saw a rise Tuesday as a result of the political opposition's show of support for the government's spending cuts, but the social sphere is a different story as protests and labour strikes get underway.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Market Ahead of Public in Decrying Gov’t Cuts
The Argentine government decided to place higher priority on paying the foreign debt than on paying wages and other domestic expenses, triggering a paradoxical condemnation from the financial markets Thursday, which are apparently more concerned with the political panorama than with the management of the nation's economy.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Ex-Dictator Charged for Operation Condor Crimes
Argentina's Jorge Rafael Videla became the first former Latin American dictator to be indicted for Operation Condor, the joint repressive missions carried out by the Southern Cone dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s, with apparent backing from the United States.HEALTH: AIDS Conference Puts Spotlight on Poverty
Science may soon have the means to control HIV/AIDS, but the disease will continue to be devastating for poor countries, even if a vaccine is developed, just as other preventable or curable ills persist in the developing world.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Ex-President Faces Prolonged Trial, Detention
Argentine justice authorities formally indicted former president Carlos Menem (1989-1999) Wednesday as the alleged head of an "illicit association" that engaged in arms trafficking, imposed a three-million-dollar injunction against him and changed the status of his house arrest to "preventive detention."/ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/TELEVISION-ARGENTINA: Gov’t Takes Humour Seriously
A television parody in which the star is President Fernando de la Rúa, played by a comedian, last week broke records for total viewing audience - and now the government has made it into a state matter.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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