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POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Firming Up Ties with US, Developing World
Argentine President Fernando de la Rúa's international tour to the United States and the Rio Group summit in Colombia this week will culminate in a visit to Egypt, where he will take part in next week's annual summit of the Group of 15 (G-15) developing nations.DEVELOPMENT: Missing Link Between Democracy and End of Poverty
The global debate on governability in the world's poorest nations is gradually giving rise to an increasingly frank discussion of why democracy has not always served as a useful tool for alleviating poverty.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Airline Workers’ Union to Fight Restructuring
The unions of employees of Aerolíneas Argentinas, which was privatised 10 years ago debt-free and is on the brink of bankruptcy today, rejected an adjustment plan Tuesday presented by the Spanish consortium running the company.DEVELOPMENT: Democracy, and Poverty, on the Rise Worldwide
In the last 25 years, the portion of countries worldwide with some form of democratic government more than doubled from 28 to 62 percent, but the number of people subsisting on less than one dollar a day also grew - from 1.2 to 1.5 billion - in that same period.LITERATURE-ARGENTINA: Sabato Novel Hits Internet Before Print
Argentine writer Ernesto Sábato's newest work, "La Resistencia," appeared on the Internet, free of charge, as part of an unprecedented experiment that will allow the publishers to study the literary market before the print version of the book goes on sale.//WOMEN 2000- GENDER EQUALITY//: MEDIA-LATAM: Less Stereotypes, but Low Visibility for Women
While advertising in Latin America is turning less and less to the stereotyped image of the "happy housewife," women's bodies continue to sell everything from cars to perfume, and few female experts are interviewed on news programmes.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Gov’t Adjustments Trigger Massive Protest
Argentina's three largest labour unions, the Catholic Church and politicians from the governing and opposition parties alike united in a massive protest against the government's recent fiscal adjustments and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - a prelude to a general strike called for June 9.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Gov’t Cuts Wages to Meet IMF Commitments
Argentina's government announced cuts Monday in public sector salaries and pensions and the shutdown of some government offices in order to bring the budget deficit down to 4.5 billion dollars and keep its promises to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Brutal Attacks on Bolivian Immigrants
The simultaneous robbery of three Bolivian families living in Argentina has shaken local rights groups and the immigrant community due to the particularly brutal nature of the attacks, in which the victims - men, women and children - were bound and tortured and beaten for two hours.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Govt Tackles Public Sectors Huge Wage Gaps
û The cash-starved government put the public payroll under the magnifying glass after the systems disparities were recently revealed in a legislators public declaration of income, which showed 10,000 dollars in monthly earnings for serving in Parliament and just 300 for teaching as a university professor.POLITICS-PARAGUAY: State of Seige to Crack Down on Uprising
A revolt by a group of serving and retired members of the military, police and lawmakers loyal to former general and ex-coup leader Lino Oviedo was squashed Friday without bloodshed, and nearly 40 officers and legislators are under arrest.COMMUNICATION-ARGENTINA: Free Daily Expands Access to News
A new "pocket newspaper" distributed free of charge to bus passengers in the Argentine capital has built on the success of a previous experiment, and is providing a source of information to the thousands who gave up buying the paper due to the expense involved.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Urgent Social Demands Weigh upon New President
An explosive protest in a northern Argentine province has sparked action from the somewhat sluggish government of Fernando de la Rúa, who took office last December amid promises to attend to the nation's social problems.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Domestic Abuse Campaign Targets Teens
A new programme in Argentina is targetting teenage girls, to prevent domestic violence by helping them see the red flags indicating that their boyfriends are potentially abusive.LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Disturbances Over Cut in Unemployment Benefits
Protesters trashed and set fire to public offices Friday in the northwestern province of Salta, on the border with Bolivia, after police cracked down on a protest by unemployed demonstrators who had been blocking a national highway for the past 10 days.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Capital’s Runner-Up Admits Defeat
Argentina's former Economy minister Domingo Cavallo announced his withdrawal from the run-off vote for the capital's powerful mayorship, two days after Sunday's first round elections and the overwhelming victory of his rival, the city's governing party candidate, Aníbal Ibarra.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Coalitions, a New Way of Doing Politics
The traditional two-party system that has reigned in Argentina for over half a century - between numerous coups d'etat and military regimes - has steadily lost ground among voters in recent years, while a new form of doing politics has taken shape: coalition-building.SPORTS-ARGENTINA: Football – Breeding Ground for Violence
Argentina's football stadiums have become scenes of extreme violence, claiming 50 lives in the past 10 years, but the authorities are at a loss as to how to combat the growing problem.AGRICULTURE: Argentine Beef Set to Recover Lost Ground
Argentina is confident that with its new certification as a country free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) without the need of vaccination, its world-famous steaks will begin to recover lost ground.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Activists Upset Over Gov’t Leniency with Army
Human rights groups in Argentina are concerned about the government's failure to take a vigorous stance against the army's criticism of lawsuits aimed at clarifying the fate of people "disappeared" by the 1976-83 military dictatorship.TRADE-LATAM: A Turning-Point in Mercosur Relations
Government ministers from Argentina and Brazil announced Friday in Buenos Aires the start of "a new era" in bilateral and regional relations, characterised by faster progress towards macroeconomic convergence and the settling of trade disputes by the private sector.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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