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ARGENTINA-ECONOMY: More Problems Looming say Economists
Argentina's economy could be headed for trouble like that affecting several Southeast Asian countries if exports continue to decline and if there is no significant diversification of products and trade partners, economists say.ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: New Tensions Sweep Southern Cone
Just when tension has flared up between Argentina and Chile over a U.S. invitation for the former to become a non-NATO ally, a fresh diplomatic row has broken out between Argentina and Brazil.ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: New Tensions Sweep Southern Cone
Just when tension has flared up between Argentina and Chile over a U.S. invitation for the former to become a non-NATO ally, a fresh diplomatic row has broken out between Argentina and Brazil.ARGENTINA: Valdes Peninsula, a Paradise under Control
The spectacle of sounding whales, penguins, sea dogs, and elephant seals in courtship attracts every year thousands of tourists to the sparsely inhabited Patagonian shore of Argentina's south Atlantic coast.ARGENTINA-HUMAN RIGHTS: Astiz Accosted by his Victims
Less than a week after being spit in the face by a woman who recognised him in a discotheque, Argentine Navy Captain Alfredo Astiz, a symbol of the repression of the 1976- 83 dictatorship, was accosted in the street Thursday by one of his victims.ARGENTINA: New Alliance Prepares to Stand Against Menem
A new alliance between the two main opposition parties in Argentina presented a future alternative to President Carlos Menem, offering economic stability, better job opportunities, independence, justice and transparency.WOMEN-ARGENTINA: Prostitutes Working For Themselves
A group of street prostitutes gather three times a week in a small room in Buenos Aires. Their aim: to organise a trade union to fight for their rights.IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN – ARGENTINA: Impunity’ – The Watchword Of An Era
Over the years certain words have defined certain periods in Argentina's unfolding history: 'inflation', in the late 1980s; 'stability', in the 1990s; 'corruption', around 1995. Today the word is 'impunity'.ARGENTINA: ‘Impunity’ – The Watchword Of An Era
Over the years certain words have defined certain periods in Argentina's unfolding history: 'inflation', in the late 1980s; 'stability', in the 1990s; 'corruption', around 1995. Today the word is 'impunity'.ARGENTINA: ‘Impunity’ – The Watchword Of An Era
Over the years certain words have defined certain periods in Argentina's unfolding history: 'inflation', in the late 1980s; 'stability', in the 1990s; 'corruption', around 1995. Today the word is 'impunity'.ARGENTINA-CHILE: Military Integration On The Back Burner
The commanders of Chile and Argentina's armed forces are resisting the efforts of their own defence ministers to unite their armies in the first joint military exercises between the two in 150 years.ARGENTINA-EDUCATION: Teachers Unimpressed with Gov’t Proposal
Argentina's teachers, on their 130th day of a hunger strike Tuesday, said they would continue fasting in spite of an Education Ministry proposal for a one billion dollar tax-based fund for salaries and an increase in the 1998 education budget.ARGENTINA-MEDIA: Journalists Under Seige
Argentine journalists enjoy extraordinary popularity and trust among their fellow citizens but such privilege comes with a price: threats, law suits and physical attacks - often fatal - have become an almost daily occurrence.ARGENTINA-ECONOMY: Micro-Credit – When a Little is a Lot
As the big super banks of the world grow more powerful they become more distant from the reach of the poor and working classes in most countries but small borrowers still have the option of "microcredit."ARGENTINA: Little Progress in 3-year-old Terror Probe
Three years after the car bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AIMA) that left 86 people dead, investigators report little progress in their probe into the attack.MERCOSUR: Argentina Confident about Brazil’s Stability
Economic analysts in Argentina expressed their confidence Wednesday that Brazil, the country's main trading partner, would avoid a major devaluation of its currency because President Henrique Cardoso plans to stand for re- election there in 1998.EDUCATION-ARGENTINA: Schools for Rich and Schools for Poor
Argentina's public schools - the first to be established in Latin America - are bastions of income inequality with educational access increasingly difficult for poor people who are in greatest need of schooling.ARGENTINA: Qatar Forms Links with South America
For most Argentines, Qatar is a country as distant as it is enigmatic, but the Qatari Culture Week underway here aims to contribute to changing the state of affairs.ARGENTINA: IBM Under Investigation for Corruption
Only two years ago, the president of IBMs Argentine affiliate, Ricardo Martorana, was the US computer company's star executive, but Wednesday saw him behind bars, charged with bribery and fraud against the State./IPS BULLETIN OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS/ ARGENTINA: Catholic Bishops Damn Womens’ National Gathering
The women who will gather at the 12th National Women's Meeting in Argentina are facing a hostie reception in the fiercely Catholic and traditionalist northwestern province of San Juan, where participants have been dubbed "lesbians, transvestites and abortionists."ARGENTINA-AGRICULTURE: Drought for Some, Record Yield for Others
While large-scale agribusiness in Argentina rejoiced over forecasts of a record grain harvest, medium and small farmers blocked 10 kms of the main route connecting the city of Cordoba with the capital Friday, demanding government measures to offset the effects of a devastating drought.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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