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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Reporter remembers fear in Videlas Argentina

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already ...

  • Argentina Dirty War dictator Videla dies age 87

    BUENOS AIRES -- General Jorge Videla, Argentina's dictator at the height of its "Dirty War" against leftist activists, died Friday in prison while serving time for crimes against humanity. He was ...

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I Heart Huckabees

I Heart Huckabees

David O. Russell's I Heart Huckabees, his first film in five years, is the kind of original, clever, off-kilter filmmaking that's easy to appreciate, but hard to like. Russell and his coscreenwriter Jeff Baena have cooked up a bizarre screwball comedy about the meaning of ... ...

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  • Assad tells Argentine paper he wont go

    SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad says he welcomes a US-Russian peace initiative to end Syria's civil war, but had no plans to resign, in an interview with an Argentine newspaper. "To resign would be to flee," he told the Clarin on Saturday when asked if he would consider stepping aside as called for by US Secretary of State John Kerry. "I don't know if Kerry or anyone else ...

  • LATAM Airlines to resume Argentina flights later Saturday

    SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA LAN.SN said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing services to the ...

  • Buenos Aires has all you can eat and more

    Whether grilling slabs of meat at an outdoor market or tricking up a fillet in a fine-dining establishment, the portenos of Buenos Aires bristle with a braggadocio about their beef that would silence even the most boastful of Australian backyard barbecuers. Thousands more of us are heading to South America for one of the world's premium culinary experiences as our love of cooking drives ...

  • Argentina Ex-military leader Videlas death leaves unanswered questions for disappeared

    The death of former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has been greeted with mixed feelings of relief and anguish. He passed away in prison on Friday serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-83 military dictatorship. For human rights groups the hope of finding the 30,000 ‘disappeared’ died along with him. President of the ...

  • 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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