February 20, 2010
For Argentineans the long simmering territorial dispute between Britain and Argentina is coming to a head, as a British oil rig travels
to what analysts say is a 60 billion barrel reserve of high-grade oil
located in a 200 square mile zone surrounding the Malvinas (Falkland)
Islands.... » read this article
Special Report and Music Video , MercedesSosa.com (Music); AFP (article)
(AFP) BUENOS AIRES — Thousands of people gathered Monday to bid a final farewell to Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, the legendary Latin American folk artist who died Sunday aged 74.
Some mourners sobbed, while others shouted their thanks, clapped, danced, sang and threw flowers to honor the famed singer, who... » read this article
300 Organizations Collectively Say "No To Open-Pit Mining"
Gathering in the Province of San Juan, the heart of the Argentinean mining industry, representatives of the Union of Citizens Assemblies reaffirmed their commitment to fighting an economic model which is plundering natural resources and destroying livelihoods.
Gaby Romero, a school teacher... » read this article
Venezuela to build 19 Cancer Treatment Centers
Through an agreement with Argentina, Venezuela will build 19 cancer treatment centers of radiotherapy and nuclear medicine with high-technology equipments aimed at offering free assistance to cancer patients.
According to the National Oncology Program of the Venezuela’s Health and Social Protection Ministry, Claudia... » read this article
President Chávez meets with Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,
President of Argentina
At the ceremony, President Fernández de Kirchner affirmed that her country will continue working on integration agreements together with countries such as Venezuela to achieve new business models including the transfer of technology and interdependent economies.
The... » read this article
"Lillie" at Memory in Latin America , Memory in Latin America, Inca Kola News
"Hoy es un día de vergüenza para los argentinos y la humanidad."
("Today is a day of shame for the Argentines and the humanity.")
- Christina Kirschner,
President of Argentina
Some of Argentina's most notorious human rights abusers are to be freed, according to a ruling... » read this article
Arturo Rosales, Axis of Logic Exclusive , Axis of Logic
Argentine farmers have been on strike for the past two months to protest a 44 percent export tax on soybeans and other products, a tariff that has crippled grain exports from the world's third largest soybean producer. This strike has encouraged speculators on the Chicago Board of Trade futures markets... » read this article
Come Home, America a national network of Americans from across the political spectrum is forming on the 7th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq to oppose U.S. war and Empire.
“After 7 years of the...
Full Text of Human Rights Record of the United States in 2009
BEIJING,
March 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Information Office of the State Council
published a report titled "The Human Rights Record of the United...
WASHINGTON - The United
States has a "special responsibility" to help Iraq address a dire
humanitarian crisis that sees huge numbers of displaced Iraqis struggle
to survive, an aid group said Wednesday.
In a report...
The current $350 million ad campaign for the 2010 Census, including the much-maligned $2.5 million Super Bowl spots, urges individuals to “Tell your story.” The Census Bureau is particularly eager for minorities and illegal immigrants...
Ukraine's new governing coalition has announced that it will pass a law against joining military alliances such as Nato.
In a statement of purpose published in the parliament's official
gazette on Tuesday, the Stability and...
In a
remarkable combination of civil society pressure and leadership from a
small number of progressive States, a strong ban on the use,
manufacture, and stocking of cluster bombs will come into force on
August...
SILWAN, EAST JERUSALEM - Three thousand heavily armed Israeli security
service forces locked down large parts of the Old City of Jerusalem on
Tuesday, as battalions of police fired rounds of tear gas and
rubber-coated...
SME Members Defend Themselves and Continue to Block Their Former Workplaces
At noon on March 16, the Mexican Electrical Workers Union went on an indefinite strike, and unions all over the country went on strike...
What’s Killing the Great Forests of the American West? A Frightening Phenomenon Happening Across the Globe For many years, Diana Six, an entomologist at the University of Montana,
planned her field season for the same...
EFF has posted documents shedding light on how law enforcement
agencies use social networking sites to gather information in
investigations. The records, obtained from the Internal Revenue Service
and Department of Justice Criminal Division, are...
