Truemors
Life Sentence for Argentine's Ex-Army Chief
Former commander of the regional Third Army Corps in Cordoba, Luciano Benjamin Menendez, was given a life sentence for committing 'dirty crimes' during the military dictatorship of Argentina."A court in Argentina... 
Argentina passes pension takeover
Private pensions are no more in Argentina. The Senate approved the nationalisation of 10 bank-owned pension funds. This is political move which was heavily criticised by the opposition to no...
Argentina Football Fans Hijack Buses
Close to 70 football fans were arrested while trying to hijak two bus in order to get to the game on time. "Supporters of second-division team Chacarita Juniors robbed several of the passengers and forced them off...
Argentine judge links ex-president Menem to AMIA bombing
" BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - An Argentine judge ordered former President Carlos Menem Thursday to testify at an upcoming trial over an alleged cover-up after a 1994 bombing of a Jewish center that killed 85... Argentine opposition leader alleges graft
The opposition in Argentina is making a case against former President Nestor Kirchner - husband of incumbent Head of State Cristina Fernandez - for corruption. The timing of this political action seems to...Unique service: Husbands for rent in Argentina
An Aregntianan company has started a unique service of providing husband on hourly basis. "Any woman can get a husband at an hourly rate in Buenos Aires, thanks to a company offering to do the repairs and installations that every home needs, and all "without problems in the...
Bolivia, Venezuela, Paraguay and Argentina: threatened by one and the same enemy
" by Guillermo Almeyra. Things have reached boiling point in Bolivia, where right-wingers emboldened and encouraged by Washington have set out on an upsurge in violence likely to culminate in civil war....Octogenarian man survives after shooting five times in head
In a miraculous escape an octogenarian man tried to kill himself but couldn't succeed even after 5 bullets. It seems the God doesn't want him to die soon. " An 84-year-old Argentine man who shot himself five times in the head in an apparent suicide...
New strike by Argentine farmers
Farmers in Argentina have issued a strike notice starting at 0300 GMT Sunday June 14, to protest against tax increases on food exports." Argentina is one of the world's top exporters of wheat, soya and beef. A... 
Statue for Che's '80th birthday'
A statue was unveiled in Argentina today of Ernesto "Che" Guevara on what would have been his 80th birthday.Thousands of people witnessed the unveiling of one of the most famous Argentinians." Events to mark the...Guevara children denounce Che branding
Che Guevara is an icon of the 20th century whose brand has turned into a worldwide marketing phenomenon. The fact that Guevara was a communist guerrilla and Marxist ideologue is an irony of little interest to his...
Argentine farmers block exports of grain and meat
Thousands of Argentine farmers have made a deal to suspend the export of grain and meat, in an ongoing dispute with the government over taxes."The farmers said they would not take their goods to market between... 
Soderbergh's Che Guevara Epic Misses Cannes Deadline
Although it's too bad that Soder-B's double-revolutionary epic film whammy won't make it into Cannes this year, at least he'll have time to make sure it's exactly as he wants. Hope that's a good thing."It was long...
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