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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Argentina has moved closer to removing jail sentences for slander and libel from its penal code. Prompted by the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner , the chamber of deputies passed a reform bill that must now be voted on by the senate. It follows a 2008 Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling that overturned the conviction of journalist Eduardo Kimel for criminal defamation....
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newsjiffy (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The trial of former President of Argentina Reynaldo Bignone has begun in Argentina, according to the BBC . Also on trial are five of his former army officers, including intelligence chief General Santiago Omar Riveros, and a Buenos Aires police commissione. The seven are accused of the kidnapping,torture and murder of 56 people, committed in the Campo de Mayo dentention centre between 1976 and 1978,...
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Stationary Bandit (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Mary Anastasia O'Grady writes After more than five years of heavy state intervention in the economy, Argentina is again sliding into recession. Double-digit inflation is spiraling north and the government is running out of money. In response, President Cristina Kirchner...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 31/10/2009
Chile and Argentina agreed Friday to build road and railway tunnels across their common border in a project aimed at opening two new routes through the towering Andes, officials said. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner signed the agreement here as part of a broader treaty to promote integration and cooperation along their mountainous 5,000-kilometer (3,100...
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E - Editors Weblog (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009
A law passed in Argentina earlier this month placing limits on media ownership, has raised eyebrows over the motivations of the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, with many arguing she is attempting to restrict press freedom.The legislation, which...
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The Economist (Free subscription) | 29/10/2009
The government seeks a deal on its remaining defaulted bonds FOR more than a year Argentina has been mulling an offer put forward by three big foreign banks. It would let the government settle up with the holders of around $20 billion in bonds, part of about $95 billion-worth on which Argentina defaulted in its economic collapse in 2001. The holders of the rest reluctantly agreed to a debt swap in...
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We The Free (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
clipped from online.wsj.com The story of how Argentina got here is important to recall. The economy was flat on its back after the 2001-2002 collapse of "convertibility," the monetary arrangement that pegged the peso to the dollar. A demoralized nation was looking for a savior It thought it found one in Néstor Kirchner. He became president in 2003 and set about to restore the state-run...
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War News Updates (Free subscription) | 27/10/2009
President Obama listens to opening remarks before speaking to servicemen and women at Naval Air Station Jacksonville in Florida, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Jim Young Obama Is Dithering On Afghanistan -- Clive Crook, Financial Times After eight years of government by gut instinct, most Americans welcomed the arrival of a deliberative president. Yes, get the experts in. Reflect, weigh their advice. What...
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Fausta's blog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Mary O’Grady writes on the war against the media in Argentina, Argentina’s Kirchner Targets the Press As the state-run economy hits the skids, the government responds with a crackdown on the free press. Not only is the economy going sour, but according to polls, the nation is growing intolerant of what many consider to be the first couple’s [...]
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We The Free (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
clipped from online.wsj.com One way a president can boost poll numbers in a bad economy is to wrest control of the central bank and start printing lots of pesos. There's nothing like cheap financing to restore the market's enthusiasm for buying all sorts of stuff—from stocks to houses—already on sale at fire sale prices. The great reflation will make people feel rich again. Complainers...
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El Campeador's Weblog (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
Wall Street Journal The new Evita? Argentine President Cristina Kirchner…WOOF! Damn sure better looking than Obama. Uhhh, he (Obama) seems to be attempting the same thing. Posted in Uncategorized
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RealClearPolitics (Free subscription) | 21/10/2009
WASHINGTON -- Between August and December 2007, Latin America was enthralled by a political melodrama involving a suitcase with $790,550 confiscated after a private flight carrying Argentine and Venezuelan officials arrived in Buenos Aires in the middle of the night. The affair led to a high-profile court case in Miami arising from charges against Venezuelan agents who tried to force a businessman...
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The Roar - the news that matters (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
India and Argentina signed an agreement in civil nuclear cooperation and nine other pacts with a desire to establish strategic partnership. The agreements were signed after wide-ranging talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Argentine President Cristina Fernando de Kirchner here. The Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy was signed by Vivek Katju, [...]
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A little about .... (Free subscription) | 14/10/2009
New Delhi, Oct.14 - ANI: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Wednesday expressed deep shock and anguish over the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and reiterated the need for intensifying global cooperation in combating international terrorism
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