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  • Argentina at Bottom of Beef Exports in Mercosur

    Share/Bookmark Argentina is no longer a world leader in beef exports. Of the countries that make up the trading block Mercosur, Argentina exports the least amount of beef, trailing behind the likes of Brazil, Uruguay, and ...

  • Almirante Irizar en route to becoming another major scandal for Argentina’s navy

    Argentina’ icebreaker Almirante Irizar, docked for repairs since 2007 is en route to becoming another major scandal involving the Ministry of Defence and the Argentine Navy’s fleet. In the last six years Argentina has invested the equivalent of 200 million dollars in the recovery of the vessel that caught fire in 2007 and another 75 million dollars in contracting vessels to supply ...

  • Brazil trapped by Argentina and Venezuela economic mismanagements

    Brazil’s main financial newspaper Valor Economico revealed that the recent summit between Presidents Cristina Fernandez and Dilma Rousseff from Argentina and Brazil was far from polite and enlightening, rather the contrary with "strong disagreements in the fields of trade and investment" shaking the foundations of ...

  • UPDATE 1-Argentinas main grains ports paralyzed by labor strike

    Mon May 20, 2013 4:09pm EDT (Adds comment from port chamber) BUENOS AIRES May 20 (Reuters) - Port workers in Argentina's main grains hub of Rosario went on strike over wages on Monday, a local union spokesman said, slowing exports from the world's No. 1 soymeal and soyoil supplier. Wage strikes are common in Argentina, where private economists clock annual consumer price inflation at ...

  • Iran enforces memorandum with Argentina to look into AMIA terrorist bombing

    The business representative of the Iranian embassy in Buenos Aires Alí Pakdaman announced on Monday that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad endorsed without Congress approval the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Argentina and Tehran in order to investigate the AMIA Jewish centre bombing which killed 85 people in ...

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

One doesnt have to be a cynic in order to speculate that the decision to split J.K. Rowlings seventh and final Harry Potter novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows into two films was primarily an economic one. Given that th ... ...

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  • Life In Argentinas Little School Prison Camp

    During Argentina's so-called Dirty War, thousands were abducted and taken to secret prisons like a place known as "the little school," where many were tortured and killed. Guest host Jennifer Ludden talks to a former prisoner, Alicia Partnoy, about her disappearance and her time ...

  • Argentina Takes EU Biodiesel Policy to WTO

    has requested World Trade Organization consultations with the European Union regarding measures imposed by the EU and its member states that affect the importation and marketing of biodiesel, as well as measures supporting the biodiesel industry.Argentina is specifically referring to measures applied by the EU for the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and the introduction of ...

  • Iran Ratifies Memorandum of Understanding with Argentina

    Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Argentina. The MoU, a bilateral agreement, was created between the two countries in January this year and represents a commitment on the part of both nations to investigate the circumstances surrounding the AMIA attack of 1994. The attack, which left 85 people dead, has yet to see the perpetrators identified or brought to justice. The Iranian president, ...

  • Joint Vatican City State and Argentina Stamps Presented to Pontiff

    Stamps Dedicated to Beginning of Pope Francis PontificateBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, April 30, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis was presented with the stamps issued jointly between the Vatican City State and Argentina, which are dedicated to the beginning of his pontificate. The presentation was made this morning in the Library of the Vatican Apostolic Palace.The four stamps in the set, ...

  • Buenos Aires province teachers threaten to strike again

    The Buenos Aires province teachers' union announced in a press briefing today they will continue protesting "until the government improves the 22.6 percent wage hike offer." If that doesn't happen in the next hours, they will renew the call for 48-hour strikes. "There is a government that rejects to improve its (wage) offer, we teachers will strike," Mirta Petrocini ...

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