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  • An Argentine Scandal The Money Laundering Investigation

    Nstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner (photo: Wikimedia commons) What started as a power struggle between the two sides has developed into a political war, and the latest report broadcast by one of Clarn’s TV channels implicating President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner and her late husband Nstor Kirchner in a money laundering scheme, promises to antagonise the situation ...

  • Ezentis secures fixed network contract from Telefonica de Argentina

    In a statement to the Madrid stock exchange, Spanish telecoms and technology group Ezentis has announced that its Argentine subsidiary, Radiotronica, has been awarded a contract by fixed line telco Telefonica de Argentina. The deal, which is valued ...

  • Reuters Summit Argentina plans to protect seed tech

    By Nicols MisculinBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Grains powerhouse Argentina aims to improve its soy and corn output by adopting a law securing the rights of seed companies to protect their genetic modification technology, a government minister said on Tuesday.The government plans to send a bill to Congress late this year to stop big plantations from using seeds from genetically-modified plants ...

  • Ex-Ford Motor executives charged with Argentina brutalities

    (40 mins ago) Three former Ford Motor Co executives have been charged with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the 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 ...

  • Former Ford executives indicted for human rights abuses in Argentina

    The former executives of the US automaker Argentina unit have been charged with helping officials abduct 24 workers during the country's "dirty war" of the 1970s and ...

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The X Files: Fight the Future [Blu-Ray]

The X Files: Fight the Future [Blu-Ray]

There have been many television shows derived from successful movies. Some have worked extremely well, like the long-running M*A*S*H, which was adapted from Robert Altmans 1970 military satire, and Alice, based on Martin Scorseses Alice Doesnt Live Here Any ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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