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  • With opposition support PRO secures press bill in Buenos Aires City

    An alliance between opposition parties Project South and Civic Coalition with the ruling PRO party paved the way for Macri’s controversial press decree to be signed into bill. Helio Rebot -head of the Buenos Aires City Legislature Constitutional Affairs Committee where the DNU emergency decree issued by Mayor Mauricio Macri was being addressed today-, confirmed PRO legislators have ...

  • Cuba Confirms Willingness to Strengthen Ties with Argentina

    Buenos Aires, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Raul Castro confirmed in a letter to his Argentina peer Cristina Fernandez his willingness to strengthen ties of friendship and cooperation between the two countries. In the letter released here by Telam news agency, the Cuban statesman greeted the Argentinian president, on the occasion of the commemoration of Argentina's May 25, 1810 ...

  • ‘Argentine case a challenge’

    Washington - The New York legal case over Argentina's debt poses a deep challenge to all future sovereign debt restructurings, the International Monetary Fund said in a report ...

  • ‘Argentine case a challenge’

    Washington - The New York legal case over Argentina's debt poses a deep challenge to all future sovereign debt restructurings, the International Monetary Fund said in a report ...

  • On Heaven and Earth by Pope Francis and Abraham Skorka Will the Church become just another charity

    Vatican watchers will find strong clues about the direction of Pope Francis in On Heaven and Earth: a series of conversations Bergoglio held with Rabbi Abraham Skorka of Buenos ...

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Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier [DVD]

Apocalypse Now: The Complete Dossier [DVD]

Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola's masterpiece about the madness of war, has always been a flawed epic. Few films can rival the grandiosity of its scale and thematic ambitions--perhaps only D.W. Griffiths Intolerance (1916) surpasses it in sheer magnitude, visually a ... ...

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  • Reuters Summit Rating agencies alert to Argentina debt ruling souring economy

    Beginning in June, Thomson Reuters News & Insight content will be available exclusively on WestlawNext, as part of its Practitioner Insights offering. On June 21, the Thomson Reuters News & Insight website, iPhone app and newsletters will be discontinued. ...

  • Half-fit Messi called up by Argentina

    BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella has called up Lionel Messi for the forthcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Ecuador, even though the Barcelona forward is only half-fit.Messi, recovering from a thigh injury which limited his participation in the Catalan club's Champions League semi-final rout by Bayern Munich, is a key figure in the squad to play Colombia ...

  • Serie A - Lamela earns Argentina call-up as Messi understudy

    AS Roma midfielder Erik Lamela has earned a first call-up to Argentina's World Cup qualifying squad with Lionel Messi also picked but in doubt with a hamstring ...

  • Argentine grain exports hit by port workers strike

    Argentine exports suffered another blow as dock workers continued their go-slow and strikes in the Latin American country's ports. Argentine exports of grains and perishable goods are especially hit after three days of the stoppages and many loaded vessels will likely end up with spoiled merchandise before the industrial action is over, industry analysts warned. Industry estimates say the ...

  • Argentina Tours of Pope Francis sites in Buenos Aires

    With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter at the Vatican, the South American country’s capital city is offering visitors a glimpse of the places that formed Pope Francis. A guided bus tour winds through Buenos Aires twice each Saturday and Sunday past 24 sites linked to the new pope. It stops only twice and leaves little opportunity for snapshots. There’s no charge for the trip, ...

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