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/REPEAT/MERCOSUR: Cardoso-Menem Meeting Produces Limited Results
A meeting here between the presidents of Argentina and Brazil produced a number of documents and an agreement that the largest member of the Mercosur would stop surprising its partners with unilateral measures.MERCOSUR: Cardoso-Menem Meeting Produces Limited Results
A meeting here between the presidents of Argentina and Brazil produced a number of documents and an agreement that the largest member of the Mercosur would stop surprising its partners with unilateral measures./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ ARGENTINA: Economic Reforms Create Insiders and Outsiders
"The young people of this country no longer struggle to change the system -- they want only to rejoin it and to work at the jobs the system used to provide."ARGENTINA: Economic Reforms Create Insiders and Outsiders
"The young people of this country no longer struggle to change the system - they want only to rejoin it and to work at the jobs the system used to provide."ARGENTINA: Hard Times for Small Wool Producers
Increasing numbers of sheep ranches in Patagonia are becoming ghost farms as their owners head for more hospitable climes, unable to survive the weather and the vagaries of the international wool market.INTEGRATION: Argentina Toughens up on Brazil
Argentine business community criticism of government weakness against Brazil, forced the Carlos Menem administration to toughen up its stance asking for import restrictions to be removed from within the Mercosur.ARGENTINA-LABOUR: Social Unrest and Talk of ‘Subversion’
A climate of social unrest over rampant unemployment and the crisis racking the educational system are spreading throughout Argentina, while the government and opposition parties debate whether there is an upsurge of "subversion."ARGENTINA-SPAIN: Aznar’s Visit Cements Business Ties
Spanish Prome Minister Jose Maria Aznar arrives here Saturday with an agenda packed with economic affairs, which will push pending human rights questions into the background, according to financial sources..ARGENTINA: Cabezas Killing Cleared up, Police Involvement Proven
The murder of Argentine photographer Jose Luis Cabezas on Jan. 25, was committed by a police officer assisted by at least four other people, under the protection of the police commissioner of Pinamar, the courts here revealed.ARGENTINA: Adjustment sparks Social Crisis in Neuquen Province
Teachers went on strike across Argentina Monday protesting at the harsh tactics used to repress a teacher's strike in Neuquen province, which left one dead several wounded./IPS DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN/ ARGENTINA: U.S. Barriers to Exports Unleash New Storm
With the dispute over Brazilian restrictions on imports still fresh, a new threat is looming over Argentine exports: the United States has begun to eliminate preferences for purchases from Argentina.COMMUNICATIONS: Argentina’s Great Leap Forward
Seven years ago, making a simple phone call in Argentina was a harrowing experience. There were only three million telephones for the nation's 33 million inhabitants, lines were poorly maintained and the fact that "I couldn't get through" was an accepted excuse for non-communication.ARGENTINA: Fresh Scandal on 1000th Anniversary of AMIA Bombing
On the eve of the 1000th anniversary of the bombing of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA), which left 86 dead and shook Latin America's largest Jewish community to the core, not only does the case remain unsolved, but a fresh scandal has cropped up.ARGENTINA-TRADE: U.S. Barriers to Exports Unleash New Storm
With the dispute over Brazilian restrictions on imports still fresh, a new threat is looming over Argentine exports: the United States has begun to eliminate preferences for purchases from Argentina.ENTERTAINMENT: Dreams Can Come True on Argentine TV
The name of the game is "Surprise and-a- half," and that's what particpants - and viewers - receive every Sunday on Argentine TV.ARGENTINA-HUMAN RIGHTS: Ex-Captain Confirms Existence of Records
Former Argentine Navy captain Adolfo Scilingo, whose revelations that thousands of "disappeared" victims of the 1976-83 dictatorship were tossed live into the sea from airplanes shook the world two years ago, named on Friday the officers who transferred records on the victims to Europe.ARGENTINA-POLITICS: Women Save the Day for Political Parties
It needed a law to increase the number of women in parliament in Argentina but now women have become the first choice of political parties on their tickets for legislative elections later this year.INTEGRATION: Mercosur Credibility Bruised by Brazilian Initiative
Argentine economists and entrepreneurs, shocked into action by Brazil's unilateral decision to restrict imports, were quick to state these unconsulted moves deal harsh blows to external credibility.ARGENTINA-AGRICULTURE: Farm Lands in Fewer Hands
Farmers with small and medium-sized landholdings are being forced out of business in rural Argentina by bigger owners, who have dramatically increased the size of their holdings - and profits, says a new book on the subject.MERCOSUR: Brazil’s Measure Meets with Comprehension and Alarm
Brazil's latest measure designed to restrict imports has met with some degree of comprehension among the governments of its Southern Cone Common Market (MERCOSUR) partners, while drawing fire from industry.ARGENTINA-POPULATION: Traditional Family in Retreat
Take three of the most quoted anecdotes of the day in Argentina: President Carlos Menem will seek a third term of office is his daughter approves the plan; a State Governor confesses that he avoids any political statement that might cause a rift with his wife and soccer superstar Diego Maradona will resume his soccer career - if asked to do so by his daughters.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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