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ELECTIONS-ARGENTINA: Victory Front for Fernandez
The polls all point to a crushing first-round victory for Argentine President Cristina Fernández in Sunday's elections, due to her administration's successful social and economic policies and the wave of sympathy she received after her husband's death, analysts say.
ARGENTINA: Divided Opposition Goes All Out for…Second Place
Argentina's weak, fragmented opposition is going to the polls on Sunday offering neither strong leaders nor clear alternatives capable of winning voters away from President Cristina Fernández, who is expected to easily win a first-round victory.
Argentine Wine Industry Prepares for Global Warming
Even slight changes in temperature can have a serious impact on the quality of wine, whose production is closely intertwined with the particular qualities of local soils and microclimates.
Women in Rural Argentina Speak Out on Climate Change
Rural and indigenous women in northern Argentina, hit hard by the expanding agricultural frontier, deforestation and the spraying of toxic pesticides, spoke out about their problems and set forth proposals for discussion at the next global summit on climate change.ARGENTINA: Illiteracy on the Way Out
Efforts by the government and thousands of volunteers in Argentina have succeeded in slashing the illiteracy rate to just 1.9 percent, with a goal to eliminate it completely within the next four years.ARGENTINA: Boosting Agribusiness – and Family Farms
A plan to boost agribusiness, but based mainly on family farming and cooperatives, in Argentina is geared to producing and exporting more food – in a more sustainable manner.
Q&A: Change the System to Save the Planet
To save the planet from climate change and the loss of biodiversity, we must leave capitalism behind and seek out a less consumerist, more socially just system, insists French environmental journalist Hervé Kempf.
Change the System to Save the Planet
Why introduce the concept of the “green economy” instead of continuing to support sustainable development, which has the advantage of emphasizing social concerns? asks French writer Hervé Kempf in this interview.SOUTH AMERICA: Uneven Progress in Child Health
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay have all made progress in the area of child health. But some are celebrating significant achievements while others are plodding slowly towards the goals adopted by the U.N. member countries in 2000.
Q&A: “Democracies Must Ensure Fair Gender Redistribution of Resources”
No matter how progressive laws to promote equality between men and women may be, without budgets with a gender perspective that allocate resources differentially, inequality will persist in Latin America.ARGENTINA: Against the Current in Nuclear Energy
While the tendency in the industrialised world in the wake of the Mar. 11 nuclear meltdown in Japan is to abandon plans for further nuclear energy development, in Argentina the capacity of existing plants is being strengthened, and new reactors are being built.ARGENTINA: Purging the Legal System of Dictatorship Accomplices
As human rights cases from Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship move ahead in the courts, cases of judges and prosecutors who were accomplices in the crimes are coming to light.ARGENTINA: Child Allowance Restores Families’ Ties with Schools
Conditional cash transfers to poor families with children in Argentina "have had a very positive impact," says an enthusiastic Graciela Dulcich, the principal of a primary school in a poor neighbourhood on the outskirts of Buenos Aires.SOUTH AMERICA: Leap in Mercosur Bloc Exports “Not Just Commodities”
The boom in exports from South America's Mercosur trade bloc is due not only to commodities sold to China and other large emerging economies, but also to industrial goods bound for other Latin American and Caribbean markets.ARGENTINA: Needs Outstrip Efforts to Build Affordable Housing
The Argentine economy has grown steadily since 2003, and hundreds of thousands of social housing units have been built. Nevertheless, the protests and conflicts that periodically break out make it clear that the solutions have failed to keep up with the need for affordable housing
ARGENTINA: One Poor Woman Who Feeds Thousands
The endeavour gave a deeper meaning to her life and turned her into an internationally recognised community organiser. Nevertheless, the real wish of Margarita Barrientos is that there would be more need for soup kitchens for the hungry, like the one she founded in the capital of Argentina.ARGENTINA: Worker Cooperatives Reduce “Hard-Core” Unemployment
During the social and economic collapse of 2002-2003, the Argentine state encouraged the formation of workers' cooperatives, which helped mitigate the worst effects of the crisis, reduced hard-core unemployment, and now as independent, democratic, worker-controlled organisations are providing services to the public and private sectors.
U.S. Replaces Japan in Role of Villain on Whales
The United States has taken over the pro-whaling stance traditionally championed by Japan, but instead of supporting the capture of whales for scientific research purposes, it is doing so under the guise of aboriginal subsistence quotas.
ARGENTINA: Shedding Light on Dictatorship’s Sex Crimes
It's been nearly three decades since Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship came to an end, but the sex crimes committed against political prisoners are just now starting to draw more attention, after being pushed into the background in human rights trials.Tourism, Climate Change – Threats to Antarctic Wilderness
Too many tourists and too much climate change are the main concerns of environmental organisations and the governments of signatory countries of the Antarctic Treaty, which came into effect 50 years ago.
Whales: U.S. Replaces Japan in Role of Villain
In addition to the scientific whaling quotas defended by Japan, there are now demands for increased quotas for aboriginal subsistence whaling.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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