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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 Miners Pack Up Picks As Country Loses Its Luster

    Argentina's mining sector is on the ropes as soaring costs and government regulations scuttle dreams of a mining boom in a country better known for its grain and beef exports.Mining exploration as measured by both investment and drilling plunged 50% on the year in 2012 and is likely to slump an additional 20% this year, said Julio Rios Gomez, president of mining exploration chamber ...

  • Democracia K What’s going on in Argentina

    May 25th marks the tenth anniversary of Nstor Kirchner being inaugurated President of Argentina. At the time, few Argentines would have imagined what was in store for their country with the advent of the "K" - for Kirchner - Regime. Especially after his hand-picked successor Cristina Kirchner became president in 2007, later re-elected in 2011. A year and a half into Cristina's ...

  • Falklands optimism about identification of the unknown Argentine soldiers

    An Argentine delegation involved in human rights that in early May visited the Falkland Islands is optimistic about the possibility of advancing in the identification of the remains of Argentine soldiers buried as unknown in unmarked graves at the Darwin ...

  • No Argentina is not a cautionary tale for the eurozone | Nikos Chrysoloras

    A true giant of modern thought, Ludwig Wittgenstein believed that all problems in philosophy arise from the misguided use of language. Although this opinion, put forward in his early writings, seems far-fetched nowadays, Wittgenstein had a point.Since the start of the sovereign debt crisis, two false analogies have prevailed in the public dialogue regarding Europe: the first draws parallels ...

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Avatar [Blu-Ray]

Avatar [Blu-Ray]

After a Kubrickian 12-year absence from feature filmmaking following Titanics 11 Oscars and billion-dollar haul at box office, James Cameron re-emerged with Avatar, his long-awaited return to science fiction, and it is as grand in scope, ambitious in production, and technologically a ... ...

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  • Iran approves agreement on Argentine bombing probe diplomat

    Eduardo Amadeo, a legislator from the opposition Peronist Front, left, speaks against an agreement between Argentina and Iran in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The signs read in Spanish "Iran kills," left, and "Do not betray their memory, no to the agreement with the Iran regime." (AP Photo/Victor R. ...

  • Falkland Islands it’s a three-side debate Argentina must recognize Islanders right to decide their future

    UK conditioned a possible re-launching of agreements on hydrocarbons and fisheries in the South Atlantic to Argentina accepting ‘there will be no sovereignty negotiations’ regarding the Malvinas Islands and called for the Argentine government to respect the wishes of the Falkland ...

  • Argentina absorbs 93 of beef production exports tumble behind Paraguay

    Argentine government trade restrictions on overseas sales of beef have turned Paraguay into Mercosur third largest exporter behind Brazil and Uruguay. The first place last year belonged to Brazil with exports of 1.3 million tons; Uruguay, 350.000 tons; Paraguay, 210.00 and finally Argentina.183.000 ...

  • Argentine Primera Division Wrap Tigre earn point at Lanus

    Tigre have denied Lanus the opportunity to go top of Argentina's Primera Division, holding on for a scoreless draw at home.Goalkeeper Damian Albil was the key man for Tigre as he made a number of crucial saves to deny Lanus' attackers, which kept the visitors in second position in the Primera Division despite leaders Newell's Old Boys only managing a draw away to ...

  • Autopsy Ex-Argentina dictator Videla died from injuries suffered in fall in shower at age 87

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Preliminary autopsy results say former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla died from fractures and a hemorrhage suffered in a fall in the shower while he was serving a life sentence for human rights violations. The 87-year-old was found dead Friday in his prison cell, five days after he fell. The preliminary report released Monday says the hemorrhage that he ...

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