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MUSIC-ARGENTINA: Posthumous Honour for Piazzola
The late Astor Piazzola, the controversial tango genius, was the subject of a retrospective in this city, when a gamut of international singers met in the Opera Theatre to pay him homage last week.ARGENTINA: IBM Caught in a Web of Scandal
The U.S. computer giant, IBM, is caught in a web of legal probes and scandal in Argentina, where it has allegedly made some shady deals with the State.ARGENTINA: The Second most Powerful Man in the Nation
A helicopter landed on a modest estate in the Argentine Pampas in a flurry of bodyguards and supporters, and Governor Eduardo Duhalde, the second most powerful man in Argentina, was in his weekend home.HEALTH: Medical Care Crisis in Argentina
Argentina's health system is in crisis and a multi-million dollar bail-out from the World Bank may only intensify a struggle between conflicting interests, according to medical and social workers.HABITAT-ARGENTINA: State Free Housing Project Wins a Prize
With no intervention from State nor development agencies, a group of Argentine professionals created a neighbourhood for poor families, and so successful was the idea that the UN chose it as one of the 12 best housing projects in the world.ARGENTINA: Pressure Builds for Action on the ‘Disappeared’
Twenty years after a military coup in Argentina initiated a "dirty war" of repression, several European governments are pressing for the truth about those of its citizens who "disappeared" during the period.ARGENTINA: Illegal Arms Dealings Traced Closer to President
The scandal of Argentine arms sales to Ecuador during the war with Peru hit Minister of Defence Oscar Camilion hard, and threatened to move on to Eduardo Menem, President Carlos Menem's brother, Friday.ARGENTINA: A Proclaimed Economic Plan – and People Eating Cats
The Argentine government expressed its concern on Thursday about reports that slumdwellers are eating cats, snakes and horses, but tried to calm the general alarm.ARGENTINA-ECONOMY: Government Wants Back Exported Native Capital
Faced with tight financial pressures and the need to attract investment for economic recovery, the Argentine government is casting a longing glance at some 40 to 100 billion dollars worth of native capital spirited out of the country during periods of crises.ARGENTINA-CHILE: Economies Caught in the Middle
Argentina's President Carlos Menem shares a common dream with Chilean President Eduardo Frei -- achieving in their two countries the Asian success in economic development with high rates of growth, investment and domestic savings.LITERATURE: Argentina Creates New 100,000 Dollar Award
Argentina has created a new Spanish- language international literature award - the most generous granted in Latin America.ARGENTINA: A Multimedia Project to Revert the Diaspora
Hundreds of the Jews who took refuge in Argentina following the Holocaust are likely to participate in a monumental multimedia project headed by U.S. film director/producer Steven Spielberg, who is gathering testimony from survivors of Nazism throughout the world.HUMAN RIGHTS-ARGENTINA: An Enduring Shadow of Resentment and Pain
Resentment and pain continue to cast a shadow over Argentina, where the family members of victims of the 1976-83 de facto military regime demand justice while the armed forces defend the methods used.MERCOSUR: The Genesis of a Future South American Bloc
A meeting here between the presidents of Argentina and Brazil, the two countries that account for 98 percent of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR), took place amidst a climate of consensus and harmony.ARGENTINA-BRAZIL: Too Much Intimacy Could Lead to Risks
Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's visit to Argentina coincides with a high point in the two countries' relations. But some killjoys warn the union could be devastating if a new financial crisis breaks out in the region.PRISONS: Riot in Brazil Ends, but Crisis in Argentina Continues
An accord between inmates and authorities put an end Wednesday to the longest prison uprising in the history of Brazil. But there is as yet no end in sight to the crisis shaking 14 of Argentina's penitentiaries.ARGENTINA/BRAZIL: Negotiators Seek to Put an End to Wave of Riots
Negotiators are seeking to put an end to a wave of riots that has broken out in prisons in Argentina and Brazil over the past week, in protest against delays in sentencing, overcrowding and poor conditions.AMERICAS-IDB: Savings in Times of Growth, the Best Crisis Insurance
The best insurance against crises such as the one that hit Mexico is increased savings in times of growth, the representatives of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) concluded here on Wednesday at their 37th annual assembly.ARGENTINA: Changed Society Recalls 20 Grim Years
Twenty years ago Argentina was in chaos. The economy had fallen apart, politics were in decay and the firm hand of the military appeared a valid alternative force to reimpose order and democracy.RELIGION: Argentine Catholic Church Stands Up for the Poor
The 'progressive' arm of the Catholic Church in Argentina has not yet taken up liberation theology, but circumstances have made it more the voice of the poor, the unemployed and the economically marginalised.ARGENTINA: IDB Meeting Makes Menem Put his House in Order
More than 3,000 investors and bankers will arrive in Buenos Aires from Thursday for the annual assembly of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), forcing the Argentine government into some frenzied housework.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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