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/CORRECTION/TRANSPORT/LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Flagship Airline in Final Throes?
Aerolíneas Argentinas, a company that was privatised in 1991, is in its ninth day of a strike triggered by the layoff of more than 500 technicians. The airline may soon be shut down, agree union leaders, meaning 5,000 people would lose their jobs.TRANSPORT/LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Flagship Airline in Final Throes?
Aerolíneas Argentinas, a company that was privatised in 1991, is in its eleventh day of a strike triggered by the layoff of more than 500 technicians. The airline may soon be shut down, agree union leaders, meaning 5,000 people would lose their jobs./REPEATING/LABOUR-LATAM: Maternity Leave – On the Verge of Disappearing?
Several patients at the Argentine capital's Durand Hospital, some of them gravely ill, are persistent in their requests for physician Laura Fuxman to come to their bedsides. She tends to them and continues her rounds without a break in her long daily shift.LABOUR-LATAM: Maternity Leave – On the Verge of Disappearing?
Several patients at the Argentine capital's Durand Hospital, some of them gravely ill, are persistent in their requests for physician Laura Fuxman to come to their bedsides. She tends to them and continues her rounds without a break in her long daily shift.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: A Quick End to Financial Storm, Promises Cavallo
Argentina's Economy Minister, Domingo Cavallo, admitted Monday that there is anxiety in the financial markets, but he asserted that the government is not contemplating any renegotiation of the foreign debt, despite rumours to the contrary.TRADE-AMERICAS: NAFTA, an Engine for Unequal Growth
Mexico is split between those who highlight the benefits of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and those who say the costs of partnership with the United States and Canada could hardly be greater.HEALTH-ARGENTINA: Divisive Birth Control Law on its Way in Congress
The Argentine Congress is debating a controversial bill on reproductive health that would make birth control information available free of cost, even to minors, in an attempt to curb sexually transmitted diseases, back alley abortions and teen pregnancies.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Creator of Currency Board Suggests Change
Argentine Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo's plan to introduce legislation that would eventually include the euro in the country's currency peg has triggered a debate on the overvaluation of the peso - a taboo subject in a country with a history of hyperinflation.ENVIRONMENT-MERCOSUR: Pragmatism the Theme of New Accord
After nearly a decade of debate involving governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs), political realism has predominated over environmental ideals, providing Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay with a Framework Accord on the Environment for Mercosur (Southern Common Market).ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Cavallo Turns to Keynes
The performance of Argentina's controversial Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo is being closely followed by Latin American analysts who say "technocrats" could become a new class of leaders in the region, if they focus on reactivating the domestic market and addressing social problems./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/THEATRE-ARGENTINA: The Search for Identity in a Country of ‘Disappeared’
'Theatre for Identity' is the theme of a novel undertaking in the Argentine capital, where 41 plays are being put on every Monday in 14 theatres.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Arms Trafficking Case Propelled by New Testimony
An arms trafficking case underway in Argentina's courts received a boost from a former official's new testimony, which points to ministers, a relative of former president Carlos Menem and a former US ambassador, all alleged to have been involved in an illicit weapons deal with Ecuador and Croatia.Mercosur: Integration, Environment and Pragmatism
The four countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) have concluded a long debate with an agreement on the environmental issue, an accord inspired on political and economic practicality.TRADE-AMERICAS: Govts Progress on FTAA – Without Society’s Input
The meeting of Western Hemisphere trade officials to make progress towards the creation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) took place in the Argentine capital, which was practically under siege by heavily armed police backed by armoured cars and police dogs on blockaded streets.TRADE-AMERICAS: Mercosur Unions Protest FTAA, US
Thousands of Argentines, Brazilians and Uruguayans staged protests Friday against the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) here as a two-day meeting of 34 ministers from across the Western Hemisphere got underway.TRADE-AMERICAS: FTAA Requires Support from Civil Society, Say IDB and OAS
The Organisation of American States (OAS) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recommended to business representatives gathered in the Argentine capital to dialogue with civil society in order to provide a stronger foundation for the future Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).TRADE-AMERICAS: Discord Mars Meeting to Lay FTAA Groundwork
Foreign trade ministers from 34 nations of North and South America are gathering in the Argentine capital this weekend to discuss the foundations upon which the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) is to be erected, but opinion differences indicate it will be rough going.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Cavallo – a De Facto ‘Prime Minister’?
The swearing-in of prominent right- wing economist Domingo Cavallo as the economy minister of Argentina's centre-left government has given rise to a threat of a crisis of political legitimacy, despite the fact that the risk of the country defaulting on its debt servicing payments is evaporating.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Winds of Hope for Alternative Energy
The winds seem to be blowing in favour of alternative energy in Argentina, a country with great potential for developing "aeolian" technology, which is clean and increasingly competitive with fossil fuel energy sources.TRADE-MERCOSUR: 10 Years Together, Through Good Times and Bad
Mercosur (Southern Common Market) reached its tenth anniversary Monday in a scenario occupied by the Argentine economic crisis, which could weaken the four-nation bloc just as negotiations are picking up speed toward the creation of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Cavallo Negotiates Support amid General Strike
Argentina's new Economy Minister, Domingo Cavallo, opened negotiations Wednesday to build political support for his proposals to cut taxes, fight tax evasion and reactivate the economy.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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