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ECONOMY: Tourism on the Rise in Argentina
Tourists, shrugging off the current financial crisis in many parts of the world, have been flocking to Argentina in record numbers, according to official figures.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Reforestation Not Always WELCOME
A new reforestation law in Argentina promises to bring in millions of investment dollars by tripling the amount of forestS over the next 10 years.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Reforestation Not Always WELCOME
A new reforestation law in Argentina promises to bring in millions of investment dollars by tripling the amount of forestS over the next 10 years.CHILDREN-ARGENTINA: Poor Children Have Their Say
The children of poor families in Argentina often suffer from a language barrier in the classroom where they are fearful of speaking out and expressing their emotions, a social study has revealed.TRADE: Mercosur Undermined as Argentina loses Love for Brazil
The Brazilian crisis made it patently clear that Argentina's interest in the Mercosur lies almost exclusively in its trade potential.ARGENTINA: Protesters Demand 50,000 Kgs of Food and 5,000 Jobs
Protests by pensioners, the unemployed and poor families demanding donations of 50,000 kilos of food a month and 5,000 jobs took place in several cities in Argentina without incidents, despite government warnings that the organisers were "inciting crime."ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Argentine writer Ernesto Sabato has broken a 25-year literary silence with a new book which, while thumbed-down by some critics, has been selling faster than even the famous novels he wrote in the '40s and '50s.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Job Shortage Sends Women into Business
A shortage of jobs in Argentina has affected women much more than men, leading many of them to become entrepreneurs and today they make up more than 40 percent of small businesses in the South American nation.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Menem Links Crime to Undocumented Immigration
Argentina's President Carlos Menem stated Wednesday that undocumented immigrants must leave the country, implicitly blaming them for the crime wave in urban centres.EDUCATION-ARGENTINA: Training Bug Infects NGOs
A new type of educational programme has gained popularity in Argentina in the last few years: those that impart skills needed in non-governmental organisations (NGOs).ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: “Brazil Dependence” Threatens Trade
Acceleration of the crisis in Brazil with its tumbling real is forcing Argentine exporters to consider new markets for the 30 percent of its sales which take place on the Brazilian market.WEEKLY SELECTION: Argentina and Chile Jittery Over Devaluation in Brazil
Economic analysts in Argentina were pessimistic Wednesday over the devaluation in Brazil, while stock markets in Chile immediately felt the impact, with a fall of more than six percent and a considerable rise in the value of the dollar.LITERATURE-ARGENTINA: Borges’ Works to Tour the World
If Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges were still alive, he might feel overwhelmed by the homage that his devotees worldwide will render him in honour of the 100th anniversary of his birth.AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Small Farmers, a Disappearing Breed
A third of Argentina's small and medium-size farmers have fled to its cities in the past decade for want of support against climate woes, lower prices and unfair competition.ARGENTINA: Spectre of Looting Once Again Hovers Over Supermarkets
The spectre of looting is once again hovering over supermarkets in Argentina, like the wave of desperate violence that put a dramatic end to the government of Raul Alfonsin in the late 1980s.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Growing Gap Between Haves and Have-Nots
The gap separating haves and have-nots in Argentina widened significantly over the past year. While two decades ago members of the wealthiest stratum earned eight times more than their poorest compatriots, today the ratio is 25 to one.ARGENTINA: The Challenge of Feeding the World
Argentina today is the world's eighth biggest food producer and fifth exporter. Foreign sales, doubling with the eight billion dollar investments of the 90's, made this sector the nation's main-line into the global economy.ARGENTINA-OUTLOOK: The Challenge of Feeding the World
Argentina today is the world's eighth biggest food producer and fifth exporter. Foreign sales, doubling with the eight billion dollar investments of the 90's, made this sector the nation's main-line into the global economy.ARGENTINA: Hopelessness Digs Away at the Unemployed
While Argentina's government celebrated falling unemployment, former Economy Minister, Domingo Cavallo Friday pointed out the figures exclude the increasing numbers who have given up hopes of ever finding a job.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Britain Ends Military Embargo
The British government Thursday announced the lifting of a military embargo imposed on Argentina in 1982 when the two countries went to war over the Malvinas Islands.ARGENTINA-CHILE: Last Border Accord, a Historical Milestone
In December 1978, Argentina and Chile were governed by dictators and on the verge of war. Twenty years later, the presidents of the two countries signed an accord Wednesday that put an end to the last border dispute.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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