Category: Argentina
October 31, 2014 > Staff
Argentina Passes a Controversial Bill to Attract Oil Investment
Top Story — Looking to take advantage of its vast and mostly untapped shale oil and gas deposits, Argentina’s Congress has passed a controversial bill that will make it easier […] Read More >
September 25, 2014 > Staff
Argentina Attacks Foreign Lenders Amid Economic Crisis
Top Story – Argentine leaders lashed out at foreign lenders on Wednesday after a pair of full-page ads ran in two of the country’s leading newspapers. The ads, paid for […] Read More >
September 18, 2014 > Camila Osorio
The Economist Criticized For Equating Violence Of Military Dictatorships With That Of Guerrillas
The Economist magazine stoked a controversy this week with an article arguing that memorials commemorating those killed by South America’s rightwing military governments are rewriting the past by playing down […] Read More >
August 10, 2012 > Staff
Stolen As Infant, Argentine Man Reunites With Biological Family
Top Story — The Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo announced Wednesday that a man stolen as a baby during Argentina’s 1976-1983 dictatorship has finally been reunited with his biological family. Pablo […] Read More >
July 9, 2012 > Staff
Argentina: Former Dictators Sentenced, More Cases On Horizon
Top Story — An Argentine court on Thursday convicted former dictators Jorge Rafael Videla and Reynaldo Bignone, as well as seven others, for their role in stealing the babies of […] Read More >
June 27, 2012 > Staff
Argentina: Former Dictator Says Regime Did Not Steal Babies
Top Story— Argentine former dictator Jorge Rafael Videla on Tuesday denied that his government had systematically kidnapped the babies of murdered political prisoners during his 1976-1981 rule. Human rights groups […] Read More >
June 13, 2012 > Staff
Falkland Islanders To Vote On Sovereignty
Top Story — The Falklands Legislative Assembly announced Tuesday that voters on the Falkland Islands will hold a referendum to decide whether the approximately 3,000 inhabitants of the remote islands […] Read More >
May 7, 2012 > Staff
Argentine Ad For London Olympics Angers IOC
Top Story — The International Olympic Committee (IOC) sent a letter to the Argentine Olympic committee after an Argentine ad promoting the 2012 London Olympics made a controversial reference the Falkland Islands. The […] Read More >
March 28, 2012 > Staff
Argentine Investigators Discover Suspected Death Squad Cars
Today in Latin America Top Story — Argentine investigators located 43 rusty Ford Falcons at a naval base outside Bahía Blanca, Argentina that are thought to have been used by […] Read More >
March 14, 2012 > Staff
Argentine Supreme Court Allows Abortion For Victims of Rape
Today in Latin America Top Story — Argentina’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled Tuesday that abortion is legal for victims of rape in the country, clarifying an ambiguous 1922 law. Previously, some […] Read More >