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RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Inmates Reach Day 74 of Hunger Strike
Thirteen inmates in Argentina, sentenced 11 years ago to life in prison for attempting to take over a military barracks, reached day 74 of their hunger strike Friday, demanding a review of their trial, as called for by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Gov’t-Provincial Discord Delays IMF Credit
The financial backing Argentina awaits from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and other credit sources has been postponed due to the failure of the federal government to reach an agreement with the provinces about the scope of budgetary cuts required as a condition for the funding.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Democracy Needs Intensive Care
Argentina's democracy, its great political achievement of the 1980s following the nation's bloodiest military dictatorship, is now showing signs of deterioration that leading social scientists refer to as a "slow death."ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Currency Board Creator Offers Himself as ‘Saviour’
The chief architect of Argentina's currency board, former economy minister Domingo Cavallo, offered Friday to occupy the vacant post of vice-president -- a gesture that highlighted the enormous sense of uncertainty surrounding the economy of this Southern Cone nation and the social discontent with the government of Fernando de la Rúa.ENVIRONMENT: Climate Talks Hinge on US Elections
The United States has been the key actor in preparatory negotiations leading up to the climate change conference to be held at The Hague this month, leading many to fear that US presidential elections Nov 7 will mean the enactment of the conference's resolutions will be put on hold.ENVIRONMENT: Climate Change Conference: A Business Meeting?
Delegates from 175 countries are to meet at The Hague in mid-November to hammer out details for satisfying commitments made for curbing emissions of climate- changing greenhouse gases, but environmental activists warn that the discussions leading up to the conference look more like business deals.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Mozambican Official Victim of Discrimination
A government agency in Argentina filed a complaint with the courts Tuesday on behalf of a government official from Mozambique who was detained, mistreated and deported during a layover in Buenos Aires on his way to Bolivia, where he was to take part in a World Bank seminar.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: 53-Day Hunger Strike Fails to Bring Results
Human rights groups in Argentina exhorted the government Monday to comply with the recommendations of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in order to convince 14 political prisoners to suspend the hunger strike they began 53 days ago.TELEVISION-ARGENTINA: Out to Conquer Europe
Argentine television programmes, which have won top billing as the favourites of Latin American viewers for their originality, are now gaining ground in Europe.RIGHTS-CHILE: Argentine Court Seeks Pinochet’s Extradition
An Argentine court sought the extradition Friday of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-90) in connection with the 1974 assassinations of former Chilean army chief Carlos Prats and his wife Sofía Cuthbert in Buenos Aires.DEVELOPMENT-HEALTH: AIDS Spreads in a Sea of Poverty
A loud wake-up call to the magnitude of the AIDS epidemic in the developing world coincided Friday with the warm response that greeted the development of a vaccine that can slow down the progression of the disease in an individual infected with the AIDS-causing virus HIV.AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Crisis-Stricken Farmers on 6-Day Strike
Farmers in Argentina declared a six- day strike Monday to protest the grave crisis plaguing agriculture, and to demand a government policy aimed at helping producers out of their troubles.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: De la Rua Assures Governability, Downplays Crisis
Argentine President Fernando de la Rúa gave assurances Monday that governability was not threatened by the resignation of his vice-president and coalition partner Carlos Alvarez.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Vice-President’s Resignation Sparks Commotion
Argentine Vice-President Carlos "Chacho" Alvarez triggered a political commotion Friday when he handed in his resignation in a forceful statement of his indignation over the recent Senate vote-buying scandal.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Women Push for Quota of Senate Seats
Argentina is the Latin American nation with the greatest number of women in its Chamber of Deputies (lower house) thanks to a quota law that demands the inclusion of female candidates on party ballot lists. But now the bigger challenge comes: expanding the quota system to the Senate, where women hold just two of 72 seats.TRADE-AGRICULTURE: Industrialised Nations Delay Liberalisation
Recent setbacks to the liberalisation of global trade in farm products have given rise to renewed scepticism in agricultural exporting countries demanding the removal of protectionist measures.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Transvestites Condemned to Sex-Trade to Survive
For the first time in the history of Argentina, a transvestite was hired by a public institution without being required to renounce her current identity -- a case that activists hope will draw attention to the plight of this minority.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: IMF Attributes Crisis to ‘Social Pathology’
Argentina's vice-president Carlos Alvarez and economy minister Luis Machinea agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that the nation's economic crisis may be rooted in social psychology, but several experts stressed that concrete factors are to blame.LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Public Employment Prized, Despite Shortfalls
It is not easy to land a post at the Clinicas teaching hospital in the Argentine capital, even though the elevators don't work, only four of the existing 10 boilers are in use, plaster and paint are peeling from the walls, and wages are ridiculously low.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Dictatorship Official Fearfully Returns Home
Retired Argentine army major Jorge Olivera arrived in his home country Wednesday after Italian authorities granted his release, more than a month after his August arrest on a French warrant issued for crimes against humanity committed during the last Argentine dictatorship (1976-1983).ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Slow Growth and Ballooning Public Debt
The government of Argentina and the IMF agree that after the structural adjustments that have been implemented, the only thing left to do is wait for the economy to start growing and for the bulky foreign debt to stop mounting.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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