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  • Lamela Earns Argentina Call-Up as Messi Understudy

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  • Permanent Consultative Committee of CITEL Discussed Telecommunications Policy and Regulation in Buenos Aires

    May 23, 2013 The Permanent Consultative Committee of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today concluded its three-day meeting in Buenos Aires to discuss telecommunications policies and regulations. The 12th Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee I: Telecommunications/Technology brought together experts in ...

  • H.E. Mr Claudio Perez Paladino Ambassador of Argentina to Bucharest

    : "Argentina commemorates on the 25th of May the day when the first national government was formed. It is a celebration full of deep feelings, for that day in 1810 became a turning point in our history that marked the country's life forever. Celebrating the 25th of May, we are aware that, with just over 2 centuries of existence, Argentina inherits a tradition of a young and dynamic ...

  • Indigenous community asks Argentine president to protect their ancestral land

    Northern Argentina Qom indigenous community leaders this week held a formal meeting with Supreme Court justices and Formosa government officials. After the hearing, the community leader Felix Díaz requested President Cristina Fernández support in a controversy over land property they have with the provincial authorities in ...

  • Palestine condemns Israeli attack on Argentine diplomatic vehicle

    The Palestinian National Authority condemned the attack by Israeli soldiers against a car belonging to Argentina’s embassy in the Middle East country and praised Argentine support to the Palestinian cause. "On May 15, the vehicle of the Argentine embassy to Palestine was in the Israel-controlled area of Calandria and it was shot by an Israeli soldier although the Palestinian driver ...

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Ocean's Twelve

Ocean's Twelve

Oceans Twelve is a disappointment, a slight and forgettable sequel to 2001s light, breezy remake of the Rat Pack heist comedy Oceans Eleven. If you read all the press around the film, youll know that the all-star cast had an absolutely fantastic time m ... ...

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  • Argentina to further limit access to dollars-source

    BUENOS AIRES | Thu May 23, 2013 9:16am EDT BUENOS AIRES May 23 (Reuters) - Argentines will face a higher barrier to buying dollars under a new government policy limiting the amount of greenbacks they can withdraw using credit cards overseas, a government source with knowledge of the policy told Reuters on Thursday. Double-digit inflation and lack of confidence in the government's ...

  • Argentina Repsol struggle to bridge gap over YPF compensation

    , there seems little prospect of a quick deal on compensation despite signs that both sides would rather avoid a costly, drawn-out legal battle.The Latin American country's lack of funds and its limits on the control private firms have over their investments - which could deter Repsol from accepting other assets in any settlement - pose major obstacles to a deal, according to ...

  • UAE President and Vice President Congratulate Argentina and Eritrea on National Day

    May 23, 2013 - 02:22 - WAM ABU DHABI, May 23th, 2013 (WAM)-- Congratulatory cables were sent today by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan to the President of Argentina, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, and to the President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki, on the occasion of their respective countries' National ...

  • Music Review Pablo Ziegler Metropole Orkest - Amsterdam Meets New Tango

    Gustavo Conde 's liner notes explain, is "a key exponent of contemporary Buenos Aires urban music, centered on pure tango" seasoned with "aspects of jazz improvisation." This is the new tango, a genre pioneered ...

  • Argentina’s ex-dictator Videla dead at 87

    General Jorge Rafael Videla, who headed the bloody military junta that seized power in Argentina in 1976, died last Friday in a Marcos Paz prison cell. The coup that toppled the government of President Isabel Peron unleashed both economic devastation as well as mass repression against the working class for seven years (the "dirty war") until it fell following the defeat of ...

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