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US couple donates land to Argentine park
The Conservation Land Trust, a project of US philanthropists and environmental activists Douglas and Kris Tompkins, donated 15,000 hectares for the expansion of Perito Moreno National Park in southern Argentina. The donation was formalized at a ceremony presided over by Argentine Tourism Minister Enrique Meyer, who described the CLT's action as "moving". Nine years ago, the CLT provided 60,000 ...
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Argentinas former dictator dies behind bars
Gen. Rafael Videla, the emblematic figure of the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976-83, died Friday inside the jail where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, prison officials confirmed. He was 87. The news of the former strongman's death was first disclosed by Cecilia Pando, a military spouse known for defending the actions of the junta. "I learned from the ...
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Former Argentine Dictator Videla Dies in Prison
BUENOS AIRES Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age 87. Videla was the first president to head the military junta that "disappeared" thousands of suspected leftists from 1976 to 1983, and he spent his ...
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Former Argentine military ruler Videla dies in prison
Former Argentine military ruler Jorge Rafael Videla died Friday while serving life sentences in prison for crimes against humanity, reported Xinhua citing a government spokesperson. He was 87. Videla, who took power in a 1976 coup and ruled until 1981, died of natural causes, the spokesperson said. He was imprisoned in 2010 to serve life sentences after being convicted of crimes against ...
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Economic activity in Argentina expanded 2.6 during March says Indec
Argentina's economic activity expanded 2.6% in March from a year earlier and 0.7% over February, the national statistics institute Indec said on Friday. Accumulated growth in the 12 months through March was 1.3%, down from 1.9% in full-year ...
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Argentine Antarctic campaigns disarray and corruption claims turn off recruiting
Argentina’s Antarctica campaigns are losing their flair and the country is having difficulties to fill vacancies for the 2013/14 season. This follows repeated claims of alleged corruption and delays in supplying the bases and stations plus an overall lack of support from the Defence ...
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Architect Of Argentinas Dirty War Dies In Prison
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. The architect of state terror in Argentina's so-called Dirty War has died. Dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was a general who led ...
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Pope Francis tours launched in Buenos Aires
You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country's capital city has ...
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Argentina forces cancellation of all Lan flights by suspending ground services
LAN Chile halted on Friday all its flights in Argentina until Saturday morning after the state company Intercargo which provides ground support for the airline, unilaterally decided to cancel the service despite court orders to the ...
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“Blue” dollar in Argentina picks up in last day of trading and reaches 8.95 Pesos
In the last business day of the week in Buenos Aires, the parallel market or ‘blue’ dollar rose to 8.95 Pesos (selling price) after its declining tendency during the week, while the official rate ended steady at exchange houses at 5.245 Pesos (selling price). The gap between the two markets stands at over ...
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Reagan and Argentinas Dirty War
Ronald Reagan photographed in a cowboy hat at Rancho Del Cielo in 1976. The death of ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, a mastermind of the right-wing state terrorism that swept Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s, means that one more of Ronald Reagan's old allies is gone from the scene. Videla, who fancied himself a theoretician of anti-leftist repression, died in prison at age ...
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LAN suspends flights in Argentina over conflict
LAN Argentina says flights are grounded at least until Saturday due "to the unilateral decision by the state company Intercargo to suspend the service it ...
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Jorge Rafael Videla Argentinas Disappearer-in-Chief Dies at 87
General Jorge Rafael Videla before receiving a sentence for his responsibility in an orchestrated plan to kidnap children from people disappeared during the military dictatorship in Buenos Aires on July 5, ...
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UPDATE 1-LATAM Airlines Argentina unit halts ops until Saturday on provider woes
Fri May 17, 2013 7:36pm EDT SANTIAGO May 17 (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA said its Argentina unit was halting all of its flights in the country until 1330 GMT on Saturday after a state company unilaterally decided to stop providing services to the airline. Intercargo provides Latin America's biggest carrier with ramps at Argentine airports, loads suitcases and manages passenger buses ...
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Jorge Rafael Videla Argentinian junta leader dies in prison
Former Argentine dictator and general, Rafael Videla, is seen during his trial to investigate the crimes committed during Operation Condor, a campaign established by Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia and Uruguay's dictatorships to quash the opposition during the 1970s, in Buenos Aires on March 5, 2013. Argentina's junta, which Videla led from 1976-81, is held responsible for ...
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Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. Announces Results for the First nine months 2013 Ended March 2013
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, May 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A. (NASDAQ: CRESY, BASE: CRES), today announces results for the First nine months of Fiscal Year 2013 ended March 31, ...
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Argentina’s Dapper State Terrorist
By Marta Gurvich (Originally published Aug. 19, 1998) Former Argentine president Jorge Rafael Videla, the dapper dictator who launched the so-called Dirty War in 1976, was arrested on June 9, 1998, for a particularly bizarre crime of state, one that rips at the heart of human relations. Videla, known for his English-tailored suits and his ruthless counterinsurgency theories, stands accused of ...
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Death of Argentinas Videla evokes painful memories
A state criminal, a dictator, a repressor - there are many ways Argentines refer to former de-facto president Jorge Rafael Videla, who has died in prison at the age of 87. But there is something almost everyone seems to agree upon - he was probably the most hated man in Argentina. Videla was a symbol of a whole era of coups, military rule and fierce repression in South America. He came to ...
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Papal tourism hits Buenos Aires streets
You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne of St Peter, the South American country's capital city, Buenos Aires, ...
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Argentinian Estela de Carlotto Videla an Evil Despicable Man
Buenos Aires, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Argentinian Estela de Carlotto, President of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, said today that history will try late dictator Jorge Rafael Videla for genocide. History will surely consider the dishonour of that dictatorial military regime Videla never regretted, De Carlotto told Continental radio station. There are good men and bad men; this was an evil, ...
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Argentina Dirty War dictator dies in prison
The former dictator who led Argentina during its bloodiest period, Jorge Rafael Videla has died in prison aged 87. Videla was jailed in 2010 for the deaths of 31 dissidents during the 1976 to 83 military dictatorship. Thousands of people ‘disappeared’ during this period known as the ';Dirty War';. Videla and two other military leaders staged a coup in 1976 when he became ...
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Exhibit of Argentine gauchos opens in Vatican - nostalgia for pope from the end of the earth
Photographs are displayed during the unveiling of the exhibition "Argentina. The Gaucho: Tradition, Art and Faith", in the Carlo Magno wing of Bernini's colonnade in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Friday, May 17, 2013. If Pope Francis is getting a bit nostalgic, all he has to do is slip into St. Peter's Square for a dose of Argentine culture. In a remarkable ...
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Lula Argentina Brazil should think big to reinforce Latin American integration
Former president of Brazil Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva received eight "Honoris Causa" doctorates from national universities in a ceremony held at the Senate today. He urged Argentina and Brazil to "think big" and "have good relations to reinforce Latin American integration." He praised ex president Nestor Kirchner, the late husband of president Cristina ...
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Ex-dictator who waged Argentinas Dirty War dies
Former dictator Jorge Videla, who ruled Argentina during its "Dirty War," died in prison Friday while serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity. He was 87. Videla, who led Argentina at the head of a military junta between 1976 and 1981, died of natural causes, according to a medical report. Videla launched a campaign against the left in which as many as 30,000 people were ...
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Argentine ex-military dictator sentenced to life Jorge Videla dies in jail cell
Jorge Rafael Videla, a former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest period of a "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, died on Friday at age ...
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Chemical castration in Argentina for rapists?
Chemical castration of rapists seems a good way to prevent them from re-offending. But, if the 'treatment' is reversible by simply not taking the medicine anymore, and if taking the treatment get the rapist a light sentence, is it fair that the victim still has to carry his child if he makes her pregnant in the attack?
It was announced by officials in Argentina’s Mendoza province on the 21st of March, 2010, that chemical castration has been authorized for rapists convicted in the province. The move came after what the authorities called, a “significant rise” in the number of sexual assaults last year. Read more
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