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MERCOSUR: It’s Time for Chile to Get Off the Fence
A meeting of high ranking officials in Argentina Tuesday showed that the Andean mountain range is no longer the biggest obstacle between Chile and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), as trade wrangles have taken its place./DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN 5/ ARGENTINA: Where Women Still Have Guilt Feelings About Working
They account for most university students, many support their own households and an increasing number work in jobs traditionally reserved for men. But the pride Argentine women take in their accomplishments is often accompanied by a sense of guilt./ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN 10/ ARGENTINA: Fishing Vessels Defy British Navy’s Attempt to Collect Licence Fees
Around two dozen vessels sailing under the Argentine flag this week defied the official recommendation to avoid fishing the waters around the British ruled Georgia Islands in the South Atlantic.FISHERIES-ARGENTINA: Fishing Vessels Defy British Navy
Around two dozen vessels sailing under the Argentine flag defied the official recommendation to avoid fishing the waters around the British ruled Georgia Islands in the South Atlantic Thursday.WOMEN-ARGENTINA: Women Pay Extra Price for Working
They account for most university students, many support their own households and an increasing number work in jobs traditionally reserved for men. But the pride Argentine women take in their accomplishments is often accompanied by a sense of guilt.FISHERIES: Hake License Causes Storm in South Atlantic
After the warlike outbursts over halibut and squid in 1995, the black hake, ever more popular in Europe and Japan, is causing problems in the South Atlantic building up tension between Argentina and Britain.ARGENTINA: Falkland Islanders Won’t be Seduced
Britain's unilateral decision to charge for fishing rights in the waters around the Georgia Islands in the South Atlantic demonstrated how President Carlos Menem has failed to "seduce" the islanders./RELIGIOUS BULLETIN 3/ ARGENTINA: Murder of French Nuns Dogs Menem
President Carlos Menem started on an official visit to France this week after apparently healing the rift in relations with Paris caused by the murder of two French nuns here nine years ago.ARGENTINA-UNITED STATES: Pharmaceutical Patenting Mars Idyll
Relations between Argentina and the United States could not be better said US Secretary of State Warren Christopher on a visit to Buenos Aires, but the issue of medical patents could be just the thing to upset the apple cart.ARGENTINA: Law and Police Going Different Ways
Newspaper readers in Argentina chuckle daily at cartoons depicting a policeman carrying a large pizza - which has become the symbol, of corruption in the nation's police force - but the joke is wearing thin.ARGENTINA-ECONOMY: Inflation Eases but Foreign Debt Increases
Argentina has emerged from the nightmare of hyper-inflation but an increasing foreign debt burden threatens new horrors for the nation's economy.ARGENTINA-HUMAN RIGHTS: Murder of French Nuns Dogs Menem
President Carlos Menem starts an official visit to France Monday after apparently healing the rift in relations with Paris caused by the murder of two French nuns here nine years ago.ARGENTINA: Police Chief Klodczyk Raises Ghosts of Dictatorship
Argentine police authorities defended violent repression of a peaceful demonstration Wednesday, but many people were not convinced by the explanations and the ghosts of the military dictatorship chilled many hearts.CULTURE-CINEMA: Argentina Cries Over Madonna
The mystique surrounding the life of Eva Peron, wife of the former dictator Juan Peron, is still very much part of Argentina - as British movie director Alan Parker has discovered.ARGENTINA-FRANCE: Step Softly for you Tread on my Purse
Relations between Argentina and France show that when business and increasing investments are at stake, the more delicate aspects of the political agenda can be handled to appear little more than gentle hiccups.LABOUR-LATAM: Local Workers Feud with Foreign Employers
Differences in the work mentality of Latin America and Asia have led to confrontation between local regional workers and foreign employers.LABOUR-LATAM: Local Workers Feud with Foreign Employers
Differences in the work mentality of Latin America and Asia have led to confrontation between local regional workers and foreign employers.ARGENTINA: Dictatorship of the Perfect Body
A woman of good height weighing 58 kilograms might be considered fat in Argentina, a country ruled by a dictatorship of slimness, beauty and eternal youth to the point of causing serious mental and physical health problems.ARGENTINA: Dictatorship of the Perfect Body
A woman of good height weighing 58 kilograms might be considered fat in Argentina, a country ruled by a dictatorship of slimness, beauty and eternal youth to the point of causing serious mental and physical health problems.ARGENTINA: A Portrait of Unemployment
A 1934 painting by a local artist sold for 800,000 dollars this year. "Unemployed", a work ignored in its day, reflects today as never before the social drama gripping Argentina.AMERICA: Armies See New Challenges in a Post-Cold War World
The Conference of American Armies, created during the Cold War to fight communism, approved Nicaragua's return to the fold on Wednesday.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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