No Argentina is not a cautionary tale for the eurozone | Nikos Chrysoloras

The Guardian - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A true giant of modern thought, Ludwig Wittgenstein believed that all problems in philosophy arise from the misguided use of language. Although this opinion, put forward in his early writings, seems far-fetched nowadays, Wittgenstein had a point.Since the start of the sovereign debt crisis, two false analogies have prevailed in the public dialogue regarding Europe: the first draws parallels ...

Iran approves agreement on Argentine bombing probe diplomat

The Daily Star - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Eduardo Amadeo, a legislator from the opposition Peronist Front, left, speaks against an agreement between Argentina and Iran in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The signs read in Spanish "Iran kills," left, and "Do not betray their memory, no to the agreement with the Iran regime." (AP Photo/Victor R. ...

Falkland Islands it’s a three-side debate Argentina must recognize Islanders right to decide their future

Merco Press - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

UK conditioned a possible re-launching of agreements on hydrocarbons and fisheries in the South Atlantic to Argentina accepting ‘there will be no sovereignty negotiations’ regarding the Malvinas Islands and called for the Argentine government to respect the wishes of the Falkland ...

Argentina absorbs 93 of beef production exports tumble behind Paraguay

Merco Press - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Argentine government trade restrictions on overseas sales of beef have turned Paraguay into Mercosur third largest exporter behind Brazil and Uruguay. The first place last year belonged to Brazil with exports of 1.3 million tons; Uruguay, 350.000 tons; Paraguay, 210.00 and finally Argentina.183.000 ...

Argentine Primera Division Wrap Tigre earn point at Lanus

soccerway - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Tigre have denied Lanus the opportunity to go top of Argentina's Primera Division, holding on for a scoreless draw at home.Goalkeeper Damian Albil was the key man for Tigre as he made a number of crucial saves to deny Lanus' attackers, which kept the visitors in second position in the Primera Division despite leaders Newell's Old Boys only managing a draw away to ...

Autopsy Ex-Argentina dictator Videla died from injuries suffered in fall in shower at age 87

Canada.com - Monday 20th May, 2013

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Preliminary autopsy results say former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died from fractures and a hemorrhage suffered in a fall in the shower while he was serving a life sentence for human rights violations. The 87-year-old was found dead Friday in his prison cell, five days after he fell. The preliminary report released Monday says the hemorrhage that he ...

Iran Will Let Argentina Question Suspects in Anti-Semitic Attack

Hispanic Business Magazine - Monday 20th May, 2013

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has approved a deal with Argentina that clears the way for an investigation of an attack that killed 85 people at a Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires in 1994, an Iranian diplomat said Monday. Ali Pakdaman, charge d'affaires at the Iranian Embassy in Argentina, told Argentine radio station Del Plata that the deal will not go through the ...

Are We Becoming Argentina - By Daniel Altman

Foreign Policy - Monday 20th May, 2013

A popular and often rueful saying in Argentina holds that the country can only be governed by Peronists. Avowed followers of former Argentine president Juan Domingo Pern have used their malleable brand of populism to dominate the political scene for half a century, even when nominally out of power. This kind of domestic hegemony may seem very distant from Washington's bipolar politics, ...

Crisis-hit Argentine biodiesel sector eyes U.S. market

The Globe and Mail - Monday 20th May, 2013

A biodiesel plant in Ocana, Spain. Argentina is pursuing U.S. environmental approval to export biodiesel more easily to the U.S. market and revitalize a local industry in 'crisis' due to trade problems with the European Union, Argentina's main biofuels chamber said on Monday. (SUSANA ...

In Argentina there’s a gorgeous apartment for sale and it only costs 409 Bitcoins

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

Argentina's inflation . Only this time it wasn't another clandestine way to accumulate illegal US dollars; the group had traveled to the outskirts of Argentina's capital to hear about Bitcoin. That was over six months ago. Today, the meetups have ballooned to include as many as 100 locals interested in learning the basics of Bitcoin, and the latest developments in its ...

REUTERS SUMMIT-Argentina seeks U.S. environmental okay on biodiesel

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

Mon May 20, 2013 5:19pm EDT (For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click here) BUENOS AIRES May 20 (Reuters) - Argentina is pursuing U.S. environmental approval to export biodiesel more easily to that market and revitalize a local industry in "crisis" due to trade problems with the European Union, Argentina's main biofuels chamber said on Monday. The head of ...

Argentina at Bottom of Beef Exports in Mercosur

Argentina Independent - Monday 20th May, 2013

Share/Bookmark Argentina is no longer a world leader in beef exports. Of the countries that make up the trading block Mercosur, Argentina exports the least amount of beef, trailing behind the likes of Brazil, Uruguay, and ...

Almirante Irizar en route to becoming another major scandal for Argentina’s navy

Merco Press - Monday 20th May, 2013

Argentina’ icebreaker Almirante Irizar, docked for repairs since 2007 is en route to becoming another major scandal involving the Ministry of Defence and the Argentine Navy’s fleet. In the last six years Argentina has invested the equivalent of 200 million dollars in the recovery of the vessel that caught fire in 2007 and another 75 million dollars in contracting vessels to supply ...

Brazil trapped by Argentina and Venezuela economic mismanagements

Merco Press - Monday 20th May, 2013

Brazil’s main financial newspaper Valor Economico revealed that the recent summit between Presidents Cristina Fernandez and Dilma Rousseff from Argentina and Brazil was far from polite and enlightening, rather the contrary with "strong disagreements in the fields of trade and investment" shaking the foundations of ...

UPDATE 1-Argentinas main grains ports paralyzed by labor strike

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

Mon May 20, 2013 4:09pm EDT (Adds comment from port chamber) BUENOS AIRES May 20 (Reuters) - Port workers in Argentina's main grains hub of Rosario went on strike over wages on Monday, a local union spokesman said, slowing exports from the world's No. 1 soymeal and soyoil supplier. Wage strikes are common in Argentina, where private economists clock annual consumer price inflation at ...

Iran enforces memorandum with Argentina to look into AMIA terrorist bombing

Merco Press - Monday 20th May, 2013

The business representative of the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires Alí Pakdaman announced on Monday that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad endorsed without Congress approval the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Argentina and Tehran in order to investigate the AMIA Jewish centre bombing which killed 85 people in ...

Life In Argentinas Little School Prison Camp

NPR - Monday 20th May, 2013

During Argentina's so-called Dirty War, thousands were abducted and taken to secret prisons like a place known as "the little school," where many were tortured and killed. Guest host Jennifer Ludden talks to a former prisoner, Alicia Partnoy, about her disappearance and her time ...

Argentina Takes EU Biodiesel Policy to WTO

Journal of Commerce - Monday 20th May, 2013

has requested World Trade Organization consultations with the European Union regarding measures imposed by the EU and its member states that affect the importation and marketing of biodiesel, as well as measures supporting the biodiesel industry.Argentina is specifically referring to measures applied by the EU for the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and the introduction of ...

Iran Ratifies Memorandum of Understanding with Argentina

Argentina Independent - Monday 20th May, 2013

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Argentina. The MoU, a bilateral agreement, was created between the two countries in January this year and represents a commitment on the part of both nations to investigate the circumstances surrounding the AMIA attack of 1994. The attack, which left 85 people dead, has yet to see the perpetrators identified or brought to justice. The Iranian president, ...

Joint Vatican City State and Argentina Stamps Presented to Pontiff

EWTN - Monday 20th May, 2013

Stamps Dedicated to Beginning of Pope Francis PontificateBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, April 30, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis was presented with the stamps issued jointly between the Vatican City State and Argentina, which are dedicated to the beginning of his pontificate. The presentation was made this morning in the Library of the Vatican Apostolic Palace.The four stamps in the set, ...

Buenos Aires province teachers threaten to strike again

Buenos Aires Herald - Monday 20th May, 2013

The Buenos Aires province teachers' union announced in a press briefing today they will continue protesting "until the government improves the 22.6 percent wage hike offer." If that doesn't happen in the next hours, they will renew the call for 48-hour strikes. "There is a government that rejects to improve its (wage) offer, we teachers will strike," Mirta Petrocini ...