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RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Jurists Say Case on Theft of Minors Weakened
Legal experts in Argentina fear that the case against former commanders of the 1976-83 dictatorship on charges of theft of minors has been drastically weakened by the arrest of ex-dictator Jorge Rafael Videla.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Legal Trump Card Could Put Repressors in Jail
A legal trump card may have been found to ensure that those responsible for the repression during Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship end their days behind bars, say human rights activists.FINANCE: Economic Crises go Free-Range
Just a few months back financial crises could be attributed to one country or region, but in recent weeks economists have scanned the globe unable to identify any individual spot as the eye of the storm.TRADE-ARGENTINA: Iraq to Replace Iran as Top Middle East Client
Argentina, the only South American country to take part in the 1991 Gulf War, launched commercial negotiations in Iraq Monday in an effort to compensate the imminent loss of the Iranian market, its chief client in the Middle East.POLITICS-ARGENTINA: Cavallo Links Arms Dealer with Yabran
Domingo Cavallo, the former Argentine economy minister, accused Syrian arms trafficker Monser Al Kassar of being a mafia leader intimately linked to Alfredo Yabran, the ill-fated tycoon who killed himself here last week.ARGENTINA: Tycoon Suspected in Cabezas Murder Commits Suicide
Argentine business tycoon Alfredo Yabran, suspected of ordering the murder of photo-journalist Jose Luis Cabezas last year, apparently committed suicide Wednesday when police, who had been looking for him since Friday, found him on one of his estates.ECONOMY-ARGENTINA: Lessons from the Asian Crisis
A prominent U.S. economist told a group of bankers in the Argentine capital that the economies of southeast Asia could stage a surprise recovery, as occurred in Argentina and Mexico in 1995.SPORT-ARGENTINA: Courts Suspend Violent Football Tournament
Argentine courts suspended the national football championship, the most popular sporting event in the nation, Wednesday, until violent fans can be brought under control.RIGHTS: Problems with Patents on Indigenous Knowledge
Indigenous groups in Argentina are angry over being excluded from a biodiversity programme, run the U.S. University of Arizona, that includes research on the healing properties of native plant species.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-ARGENTINA: Logging, Global Warming Behind the Floods
Few in Argentina, in the grips of severe flooding which has claimed 17 lives, remember the long-time warnings of environmentalists and meteorologists of the risks presented by clear logging and global warming.ENVIRONMENT-ARGENTINA: Logging, Global Warming Behind the Floods
Few in Argentina, in the grips of severe flooding which has claimed 17 lives, remember the long-time warnings of environmentalists and meteorologists of the risks presented by clear logging and global warming.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-ARGENTINA Rural Economy in Deep Water
Hopes for record harvests turned to desperation this month as floods destroyed crops, livestock and infrastructure at a cost of one percent of the Gross Domestic Product following heavy rains in Argentina.ARGENTINA: US Complains of Corruption but Won’t Help Courts
US officials warned of the risks of corruption and the lack of independent justice in Argentina this week, bad timing indeed, considering four US-based IBM executives are currently being accused of bribery in the national courts.AGRICULTURE-ARGENTINA: Rural Economy in Deep Water
Hopes for record harvests turned to desperation this month as floods destroyed crops, livestock and infrastructure at a cost of one percent of the Gross Domestic Product following heavy rains in Argentina.RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: Downfall of Retired General Elected Governor
A retired general responsible for the "disappearance" of some 600 people during Argentina's 1976-83 dictatorship was suspended Tuesday from his post of governor of the northwestern province of Tucuman.AMERICAS SUMMIT: Mercosur Leaves Internal Differences Aside
The Mercosur countries seem to have understood, just before the Americas Summit in Santiago, that even large internal differences can be left aside when the time comes to negotiate continental free trade with the United States.ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN-ARGENTINA: Pipeline a Threat to Argentine Eco- system
A foreign consortium wanting to build a gas pipeline in northwestern Argentina is still awaiting the government go-ahead to start work on the project that would go right through one of the county's biologically richest eco- systems.ARGENTINA: Another Nazi Officer Tears off his Mask and Flees
Former Nazi commander Dinko Sakic fled the home he made in Argentina 50 years ago, after admitting he had managed a death camp in Croatia, where half a million Serbs, Jews and Gypsies were murdered during World War II.ENVIRONMENT: Pipeline a Threat to Argentine Eco-system
A foreign consortium wanting to build a gas pipeline in northwestern Argentina is still awaiting the government go-ahead to start work on the project that would go right through one of the county's biologically richest eco- systems.EDUCATION-ARGENTINA: Still Fasting for Funds a Year Later
A year after Argentina's public school teachers hit on an original form of applying pressure for increased financial support for education, there is still a waiting list of teachers keen on joining the hunger strike./RPT/TRADE-MERCOSUR: The Lurking Crisis of Argentina and Brasil
For most Argentines, the financial crisis in Asia is already a thing of the past.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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