Argentinas Qom Indians ask President Fernandez for help getting ancestral lands returned

Canada.com - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's Qom Indians have asked President Cristina Fernandez for help in recovering some of their ancestral land. Justices met with Qom leader Felix Diaz and other tribal members but the governor of Formosa province, Gildo Insfran, was a no-show at the conciliation hearing, sending lower-level functionaries instead. The Qom refuse to move from land around the ...

Argentine Indians ask president for their lands

San Diego Union-Tribune - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -; Argentina's Qom Indians have asked President Cristina Fernandez for help in recovering some of their ancestral ...

UPDATE 2-Strike stalls scores of grains ships in Argentina

Reuters - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Wed May 22, 2013 5:23pm EDT * U.S. grain stocks low this year after drought * World turns toward South America for soy, corn * High Argentine inflation fuels tough wage demands (Recasts with updated figures, new sourcing, adds context) By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES, May 22 (Reuters) - Scores of grains ships were delayed in and around Argentina on Wednesday due to a three-day-old strike by ...

Ex-Ford execs charged in Argentinian torture cases

The China Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina--Three former Ford Motor Co. executives were charged Tuesday with crimes against humanity for allegedly targeting Argentine union workers for kidnapping and torture after the country's 1976 military coup. All three men are now in their ...

Argentine dictator Videlas burial protested

San Diego Union-Tribune - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

FILE - In this March 24, 1977 file photo, Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla is seen commemorating the first anniversary of the military coup in Asuncion, Argentina. The former Argentine dictator died of natural causes Friday, May 17, 2013, while serving life sentences at the Marcos Paz prison for crimes against humanity. Videla took power in a 1976 coup and led a military junta that killed thousands of ...

Cristina Fernandez We are Building an Argentina of Rights

Prensa Latina - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Buenos Aires, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Argentina is building a country today where human, social and economic rights go hand in hand, assured President Cristina Fernandez at the inauguration of the restored Library at the National College of La Plata University. The facility is named Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo and is the third and final stage of the Comprehensive Recovery Plan for the National ...

An Argentine Scandal The Money Laundering Investigation

Argentina Independent - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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

TeleGeography - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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

Find Law - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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

The Standard - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

(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

Global Post - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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 ...

Argentina’s General Videla and the “war on terror”

wsws.org - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

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

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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

Times of India - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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

USA Today - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

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 ...

Argentina Court Indicts Ex-Ford Employees in Human Rights Case

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

F ) Argentine subsidiary for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of 24 workers by a military government in the 1970s. The three men are charged with helping the military to identify the victims, who were abducted between March and August of 1976, according to a ruling by federal judge Alicia Vence. The judge also accused the defendants of allowing the military to establish an ...

Billionaire Dart’s Argentine Foam Cup Unit Raided by Tax Agents

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Argentina 's tax agency sent 50 officials to the local unit of billionaire Kenneth Dart's Dart Container Corp. as part of an investigation ...

Argentina Understanding the Political and Economic Risks of Solar Energy Development

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

At a first glance, it would appear that Argentina has all of the characteristics of a solar market still in its infancy yet poised to take-off at any moment. Combined, a strong policy framework, demonstrated political willpower, an excellent solar resource and a growing demand for energy all appear to provide the necessary conditions for Argentina to become a major growth opportunity within the ...

New Bus Terminal Planned for Buenos Aires by 2015

Argentina Independent - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Six on route to Retiro. (Photo: Beatrice Murch) The city government has today announced plans to open a new bus terminal in Villa Soldati in 2015, creating 1,200 new jobs in Buenos Aires. The terminal, which is expected to open in September 2015, is being developed in a bid to reduce traffic levels at the city’s Retiro terminal; new bus routes are expected to absorb up to 40% of the ...

Ex-Ford Executives Charged in Argentine Torture Cases

International Herald Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- 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 ...

New Judgment in Argentina Related to the Last Dictatorship

Prensa Latina - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Buenos Aires, May 21 (Prensa Latina) A new statement related to the last dictatorship in Argentina met today against two former managers and former security chief of the Ford company, accused of participating in the kidnapping of 24 workers in 1976. According to the presecution, the defendants cooperated with the military coup supplying personal details and photographs of the workers. They also ...