February 20, 2010
For Argentineans the long simmering territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina is coming to a head, as a British oil rig travels
to what analysts say is a 60 billion barrel reserve of high-grade oil
located in a 200 square mile zone surrounding the Malvinas (Falkland)
Islands.... » read this article
Special Report and Music Video , MercedesSosa.com (Music); AFP (article)
(AFP) BUENOS AIRES — Thousands of people gathered Monday to bid a final farewell to Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, the legendary Latin American folk artist who died Sunday aged 74.
Some mourners sobbed, while others shouted their thanks, clapped, danced, sang and threw flowers to honor the famed singer, who... » read this article
300 Organizations Collectively Say "No To Open-Pit Mining"
Gathering in the Province of San Juan, the heart of the Argentinean mining industry, representatives of the Union of Citizens Assemblies reaffirmed their commitment to fighting an economic model which is plundering natural resources and destroying livelihoods.
Gaby Romero, a school teacher... » read this article
Venezuela to build 19 Cancer Treatment Centers
Through an agreement with Argentina, Venezuela will build 19 cancer treatment centers of radiotherapy and nuclear medicine with high-technology equipments aimed at offering free assistance to cancer patients.
According to the National Oncology Program of the Venezuela’s Health and Social Protection Ministry, Claudia... » read this article
President Chávez meets with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,
President of Argentina
At the ceremony, President Fernández de Kirchner affirmed that her country will continue working on integration agreements together with countries such as Venezuela to achieve new business models including the transfer of technology and interdependent economies.
The... » read this article
"Lillie" at Memory in Latin America , Memory in Latin America, Inca Kola News
"Hoy es un día de vergüenza para los argentinos y la humanidad."
("Today is a day of shame for the Argentines and the humanity.")
- Christina Kirschner,
President of Argentina
Some of Argentina's most notorious human rights abusers are to be freed, according to a ruling... » read this article
Arturo Rosales, Axis of Logic Exclusive , Axis of Logic
Argentine farmers have been on strike for the past two months to protest a 44 percent export tax on soybeans and other products, a tariff that has crippled grain exports from the world's third largest soybean producer. This strike has encouraged speculators on the Chicago Board of Trade futures markets... » read this article
Earlier this week, journalists highlighted U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Dan Poneman's statement
that the Obama Administration had "offered to facilitate Iran's
procurement through the world markets of the medical isotopes its
citizens need," but...
A resurgent left, and the rapid growth of the Greens, look certain to
condemn President Nicolas Sarkozy to two years' hard labour when French
regional elections are completed this weekend. Opinion polls suggest
that an...
BUENOS AIRES -(Dow Jones)- In a ruling bearing potentially far-reaching
implications, an appellate court in Argentina's Santa Fe province this week
upheld a decision blocking farmers from spraying agrochemicals near populated
areas.
The ruling blocks...
An Icelandic volcano, dormant for 200 years, has erupted, ripping a 1km-long fissure in a field of ice.
The volcano near Eyjafjallajoekull glacier began to erupt just after midnight, sending lava a hundred metres high....
As the world marks World Water Day, the Gana and Gwi Bushmen of Botswana
are marking eight years without access to a regular supply of water in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve.In 2002, the Botswana...
HALIFAX—They call him “the Hurricane.”
Guatemalan coffee farmer Leocadio Juracan (his family name is close
to the Spanish word for hurricane) has had a special relationship with
many Nova Scotians—though most don’t even know it....
Peter Kent recently returned from a three day trip (February 17-20)
to Honduras, proudly declaring the mission a success. As Canada's
Minister of State for the Americas, Kent is the Tory government's point
person for...
Sixty-nine Burmese activists who were taken into custody on Friday
for protesting in front of the Burmese embassy in New Delhi have been
released, but 26 have been ordered to appear in court next week...
KHAN YUNIS, Gaza - UN
chief Ban Ki-moon slammed Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip during a
tour of the war-battered coastal territory on Sunday, saying it was
causing "unacceptable sufferings."
"I have repeatedly made...
The top pro-Israel lobby
opens its annual policy conference here Sunday keeping up the pressure
to defuse a US-Israeli row over the Middle East peace process and to
divert attention to Iran.
Evan Bayh, a...
