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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 ...

  • Former Argentine military ruler Videla dies in prison

    Former Argentine military ruler Jorge Rafael Videla died Friday while serving life sentences in prison for crimes against humanity, reported Xinhua citing a government spokesperson. He was 87. Videla, who took power in a 1976 coup and ruled until 1981, died of natural causes, the spokesperson said. He was imprisoned in 2010 to serve life sentences after being convicted of crimes against ...

  • Architect Of Argentinas Dirty War Dies In Prison

    Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. The architect of state terror in Argentina's so-called Dirty War has died. Dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was a general who led ...

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Black Book (Zwartboek) [DVD]

Black Book (Zwartboek) [DVD]

Having been a child during the Nazi occupation of Holland during World War II, it is not surprising that many of director Paul Verhoeven's early films, including Soldier of Orange (1977) and All Things Pass (1979), dealt with the war and the Dutch resistance. The idea of war i ... ...

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  • Pope Francis tours launched in Buenos Aires

    You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country's capital city has ...

  • Argentina forces cancellation of all Lan flights by suspending ground services

    LAN Chile halted on Friday all its flights in Argentina until Saturday morning after the state company Intercargo which provides ground support for the airline, unilaterally decided to cancel the service despite court orders to the ...

  • “Blue” dollar in Argentina picks up in last day of trading and reaches 8.95 Pesos

    In the last business day of the week in Buenos Aires, the parallel market or ‘blue’ dollar rose to 8.95 Pesos (selling price) after its declining tendency during the week, while the official rate ended steady at exchange houses at 5.245 Pesos (selling price). The gap between the two markets stands at over ...

  • Reagan and Argentinas Dirty War

    Ronald Reagan photographed in a cowboy hat at Rancho Del Cielo in 1976. The death of ex-Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, a mastermind of the right-wing state terrorism that swept Latin America in the 1970s and 1980s, means that one more of Ronald Reagan's old allies is gone from the scene. Videla, who fancied himself a theoretician of anti-leftist repression, died in prison at age ...

  • LAN suspends flights in Argentina over conflict

    LAN Argentina says flights are grounded at least until Saturday due "to the unilateral decision by the state company Intercargo to suspend the service it ...

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