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RIGHTS: The Growing ‘Globalisation of Solidarity’
"The revolution of solidarity is coming," Juan Carr enthusiastically announces, and predicts that "future globalisation won't just be economic and financial like it is now, but will become a globalisation of solidarity."ARGENTINA: Social Security for the Few, ‘Insecurity’ for the Rest
A political scandal broke out this week in Argentina when it was discovered that the labour minister not only earned a salary of 10,000 dollars a month, but also received a monthly pension of 8,000 dollars.RIGHTS: The Growing ‘Globalisation of Solidarity’
"The revolution of solidarity is coming," Juan Carr enthusiastically announces, and predicts that "future globalisation won't just be economic and financial like it is now, but will become a globalisation of solidarity."RIGHTS: The Growing ‘Globalisation of Solidarity’
"The revolution of solidarity is coming," Juan Carr enthusiastically announces, and predicts that "future globalisation won't just be economic and financial like it is now, but will become a globalisation of solidarity."DEVELOPMENT-ARGENTINA: Woman Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
An Argentinian woman who has worked since 1985 to promote the creation of day homes for children from poor families has been nominated by a British group for the Nobel Peace Prize.COMMODITIES: Optimism Returns to Mining in Argentina, Chile
International mining prices are beginning to recover, and with them the guarded optimism of the companies that bet in favour of Argentina and Chile.CRIME-ARGENTINA: Spotlight on Police in Israeli Embassy Bombing
A key piece of evidence turned over to the Argentine Congress by three police officers seven years after the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy, which left 29 dead, has shed new light on the attack, in which police may have been involved./ARTS-ENTERTAINMENT/BOOKS-POLITICS: Reviewing the Years of Operation Condor
Seven years of research by Argentine journalist Stella Calloni is reflected in her book "The Years of the Wolf: Operation Condor" which details the support given by the United States to South American dictators in the 1970's and 1980s.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Striking Farmers Demand Boost Out of Crisis
Hundreds of thousands of farmers in Argentina are in the middle of a three-day strike called by the country's four rural associations to demand a boost out of the worst crisis to hit agriculture this decade.LABOUR-ARGENTINA: Job Security for Disabled
A new lottery in Argentina will provide jobs over the next three years for some 10,000 people with physical disabilities, organisers say.CRIME-ARGENTINA: Menem Pledges to “Clean Up the Streets”
Argentine President Carlos Menem ordered Thursday the mobilisation of all security forces to cooperate in fighting the wave of increasingly violent crime sweeping the country.HEALTH-ARGENTINA: One-Third of Health Budget Goes Toward Medicine
A federal law in Argentina authorises physicians to prescribe generic products - no specific brand name - and pharmacists to sell customers a more affordable product than the brand prescribed.EDUCATION-ARGENTINA: Two Years Camping Out and Fasting
Teachers from all over Argentina have been taking turns over the past two years camping out in front of Congress and fasting for periods of 15 days to protest low salaries and the small slice of the budget allocated to education.ARGENTINA: Army Admits Malvinas Affair Was an ‘Improvised’ War
The armed forces of Argentina threw themselves in an improvised manner into the war against the British in the Malvinas islands, encouraged by popular support, the army admitted on the 17th anniverary of this Southern Cone country's military invasion of the archipelago.AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Farmers in Deep Trouble
Argentina's farmers are facing their worst crisis in years, up to their necks in debt and hit hard by the slump in commodity prices and the devaluation in neighbouring Brazil. Output is down, and relations with the government are tense.LITERATURE: Recognition Comes late for Argentine Writers
Argentina's most famous writers during this century all suffered from belated literary recognition - sometimes achieving fame only after death.HEALTH-ARGENTINA: Women Have the Numbers But No Power
Women comprise the majority of workers in the health professions of Argentina but their numbers dwindle when it comes to occupying leadership and decision-making positions.DEVELOPMENT-ENVIRONMENT: Argentina in Row Over Hake Fishing
Over-fishing of hake in the southern Atlantic off Argentina has brought the species to verge of extinction, according to marine researchers.HEALTH-ARGENTINA: More Women Breast Feeding Children
The goal set by public health authorities in Argentina for women to breast feed their infants for up to four months is coming closer, thanks to a suprising increase in such mothers among the more wealthy class.AGRICULTURE-LATAM: Subsidies and Asia Behind Falling Prices
The Asian crisis and European Union agricultural subsidies today exert more pressure on international grain prices than do the economic troubles of Brazil.CONSUMERS-ARGENTINA: Tempers Over Outage Reach Boiling-Point
The indignation of around 250,000 residents of the capital of Argentina had soared by Friday, the fifth day of a power cut by a privatised company that may be taken over on grounds of inexperience.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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