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Friday, October 2, 2026
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AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Crisis Hasn’t Eased
One of the factors of greatest concern to farmers in Argentina, who remain in the grip of a severe crisis, are the subsidies shelled out to agriculture in the United States, the European Union and Japan.ARGENTINA: Reforms Legitimate De Facto Labour Setbacks
Government-sponsored labour reforms aimed at making hiring and firing easier in order to make conditions in Argentina more attractive to investors, basically legitimate an already precarious employment scene, say analysts.EDUCATION-ARGENTINA: All Schools On-Line by 2003
Argentina plans to hook all schools in the country to the Internet by 2003. At present only 30 percent of the 52,000-odd formal and informal schools are connected.COMMUNICATION/RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Street Kids Reach Out to Public
A novel magazine written and produced by street children in a workshop on journalism helps residents of the capital of Argentina understand the fears and dreams of the youngsters they see on a daily basis panhandling, offering to clean their windshields or selling trinkets.CRIME-ARGENTINA: Guards Let Inmates Out to Steal and Murder
A scandal over a network of prison guards in Argentina who allegedly let inmates out on leave to commit crimes in exchange for a share of the loot led the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Alfredo Ayala, to hand in his resignation Monday.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Catholic School Uncharitable with Pregnant Girl
The barriers imposed on a pregnant adolescent who wants to continue her studies at a Catholic school has sparked dispute in Argentina, a country where sex education is nearly non-existent and abortion is illegal.CRIME-ARGENTINA: Guards Let Inmates Out to Steal and Murder
A scandal over a network of prison guards in Argentina who allegedly let inmates out on leave to commit crimes in exchange for a share of the loot led the director of the Federal Penitentiary Service, Alfredo Ayala, to hand in his resignation Monday.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Catholic School Uncharitable with Pregnant Girl
The barriers imposed on a pregnant adolescent who wants to continue her studies at a Catholic school has sparked dispute in Argentina, a country where sex education is nearly non-existent and abortion is illegal.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Open Novel University
More than 700 students started classes this week at the new People's University in Argentina, a novel initiative of the local human rights group Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Mothers of Plaza de Mayo Open Novel University
More than 700 students started classes this week at the new People's University in Argentina, a novel initiative of the local human rights group Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: On the Mend, Albeit Slowly, Say Officials
The Argentine government is optimistic that the economy will rally this year, after 18 months of recession. But officials and analysts admit that the rebound will not yet be felt by society at large.FINANCE-ARGENTINA: Exchange Tries to Cash in on Internet Fever
The Argentine stock market, held in check for the last five years by the internationalisation of national companies, is loosening its regulations in order to attract trading of local Internet firms as it climbs aboard the "new economy" bandwagon./REPEATING TO SOME POINTS/ POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Scandal-Laden Security Minister Resigns
Former Lt-Col. Aldo Rico, who in the 1980s twice took up arms against Argentina's democratic government, resigned Friday from his post as head of the Security Ministry of the nation's most populous province, following a long chain of political scandals.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Scandal-Laden Security Minister Resigns
Former Lt-Col. Aldo Rico, who in the 1980s twice took up arms against Argentina's democratic government, resigned Friday from his post as head of the Security Ministry of the nation's most populous province, following a long chain of political scandals.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: City Goes After Deadbeat Parents
Parents who do not provide economic support for their children after divorce now go down on public record in the Argentine capital, and are ineligible for loans or a driver's license, and may not work as judges or city employees or as supplier for the municipal government.COMICS-ARGENTINA: Quino’s Successor Targets Women, With Humour
Argentine comic strip artist Maitena Burundarena now occupies the space in Spain's 'El Pais' newspaper once held by Quino, creator of the 'Mafalda' strip, and from this pedestal she speaks to women by making light of their daily lives.TRADE-MERCOSUR/EU: New Bout of Talks on Liberalisation
Representatives of South America's largest trade bloc, Mercosur, and the European Union (EU) meet next week in the Argentine capital to hammer out a blueprint for negotiations on the liberalisation of trade between the two blocs.TRADE-LATAM: Argentina and Brazil Start to Patch Things Up
In a climate of optimism and understanding, Argentina and Brazil ended negotiations Friday in the Argentine capital designed to get the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) back on track.TRADE-MERCOSUR: When Competition is Stronger than Convergence
A lack of coordination of policies on exchange rates and investment has raised serious problems of competition among the members of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) trade bloc, warn observers of the subregional integration process.TRADE-ARGENTINA: China as a Major Future Customer
Argentine farmers, worried by the currently tense trade relations with Brazil - their biggest customer - , were relieved to hear Wednesday that the Fernando de la Rúa government reached an agreement with China that is likely to expand agricultural exports.COMMUNICATION-ARGENTINA: Student Radio Station Enhances Learning
Some 60 schoolchildren in the city of Río Grande, in Argentina's southernmost province of Tierra del Fuego, are learning and growing as they run their own radio station with a variety of programmes produced in their school.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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