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  • Autopsy reveals Argentine ex-dictator died of heart attack

    Gen. Rafael Videla, the emblematic figure of the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976-83, died of a heart attack resulting from injuries and broken bones he suffered five days earlier when he fell in the shower, judicial sources told the official Telam news agency. The erstwhile strongman was found dead Friday inside his cell at the prison where he was serving a life sentence for ...

  • Argentina’s General Videla and the “war on terror”

    Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla died May 17 at the age of 87 as the result of injuries suffered from a fall in a prison shower. He was remembered as the head of a savage military dictatorship that between 1976 and 1983 murdered and "disappeared" some 30,000 Argentine workers, socialist militants, teachers, students and others perceived as "subversives," while torturing at least ...

  • Relegation woes worry toothless Argentinos Juniors

    BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentinos Juniors, staring into the jaws of relegation, have had a set of false teeth thrown at their coach by an angry fan while the club's president has quit his seat at the Argentine ...

  • Three former Ford executives charged in Argentine torture cases

    Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. All three men are now in their 80s. Their case is part of a new wave of prosecutions focusing on corporate support for the dictators who ran Argentina in 1976-1983, and the 150-page indictment written by Judge Alicia Vence reads like a history lesson, going to considerable lengths to explain why their ...

  • Ex-Ford execs charged in Argentine tortures

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Three former Ford Motor Co. executives have been charged with crimes against humanity in Argentina for allegedly targeting union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military ...

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How to Get Ahead in Advertising [DVD]

How to Get Ahead in Advertising [DVD]

In Bruce Robinson's acerbic but overstated satire How to Get Ahead in Advertising, Richard E. Grant stars as Denis Bagley, a slick, ruthless, chain-smoking, and utterly confident advertising executive who, despite 15 years of incredible success selling the public anything and everything, is stumped on how to come up with an ad campaign for pimple cream. In one of the movie's funniest momen ... ...

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  • Argentine beef trade decimated by policy shifts

    To the joy of neighboring rivals, Argentina's beef exports are dwindling and traders blame government policies. At the same time as Argentine beef exports plummet, neighboring Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay are raising their market share, indicating a recovery in Argentina's beef exports will be an uphill task for both government and traders. Argentine beef exports fell from 771,000 ...

  • Argentina Court Indicts Ex-Ford Employees in Human Rights Case

    F ) Argentine subsidiary for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of 24 workers by a military government in the 1970s. The three men are charged with helping the military to identify the victims, who were abducted between March and August of 1976, according to a ruling by federal judge Alicia Vence. The judge also accused the defendants of allowing the military to establish an ...

  • Billionaire Dart’s Argentine Foam Cup Unit Raided by Tax Agents

    Argentina 's tax agency sent 50 officials to the local unit of billionaire Kenneth Dart's Dart Container Corp. as part of an investigation ...

  • Argentina Understanding the Political and Economic Risks of Solar Energy Development

    At a first glance, it would appear that Argentina has all of the characteristics of a solar market still in its infancy yet poised to take-off at any moment. Combined, a strong policy framework, demonstrated political willpower, an excellent solar resource and a growing demand for energy all appear to provide the necessary conditions for Argentina to become a major growth opportunity within the ...

  • New Bus Terminal Planned for Buenos Aires by 2015

    The Six on route to Retiro. (Photo: Beatrice Murch) The city government has today announced plans to open a new bus terminal in Villa Soldati in 2015, creating 1,200 new jobs in Buenos Aires. The terminal, which is expected to open in September 2015, is being developed in a bid to reduce traffic levels at the city’s Retiro terminal; new bus routes are expected to absorb up to 40% of the ...

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