Argentina News Archives

A Canadian politician is campaigning to end four decades of U.S. control over the world migration body.

Argentina's government on Thursday set a ceiling on variable grain export taxes, but farmers said the change wasn't enough to make them lift a weeklong suspension of beef and grain exports.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina : Global coffee giant Starbucks opens its first store in Argentina on Friday with beverages tailored to the local palate.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Francis Ford Coppola resumed shooting his latest film Thursday after a six-day hiatus prompted by a labor complaint from the actors' union, the organization's director said.

By Stephanie Brown * For the Marshfield News-Herald * May 29, 2008 Summer is approaching, and that means a number of things around here.

Argentine farm groups suspended grain exports and relaunched road blockades nationwide Wednesday, trying to overturn export taxes that have sparked waves of protests.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina : DNA tests have established the identity of an Argentine woman taken from her parents during the country's military dictatorship - the 90th such child identified by a group of ...

A statue of Cuba's Argentine born revolutionary hero Ernesto 'Che' Guevara is paraded through the city as it is transported in a truck to the harbor in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, May 27, 2008.

Argentine farm groups vowed Tuesday to suspend grain exports and meat sales, resuming protests against controversial export taxes a day after talks with the government stalled.

Farmers will halt meat sales and shipments of grain for export from May 28 to June 2, sending a more than two-month conflict over increased taxes on soy and sunflower seed exports back to an apparent deadlock.

'Faced with the national government's recurring refusal to resume dialogue, the farmers' commission has resolved to call on all growers in the country to resume protest measures,' Mario Llambias, head of the Argentine Rural Confederation, told reporters.

A New York City lawyer has sued Delta Air Lines for nearly $1 million, claiming the company's incompetent and rude employees made his 80-year-old mother's birthday trip to South America a stressful, costly ...

Farmers attend a protest in Rosario, Argentina, Sunday, May 25, 2008. Tens of thousands of farmers nationwide gathered to protest the government's new export taxes on soy and other grains.

One of Argentina's most feared former military leaders goes on trial Tuesday on charges of kidnapping, torturing and killing left-wing militants during the 1976-83 dictatorship.

Hundreds of thousands rallied Sunday in the industrial center of Rosario, northwest of the capital Buenos Aires, in support of farmers protesting export taxes on lucrative soybean products.

Venue: Dinastia Maisit place, Malabia 460 Buenos Aires - ' Argentina In May, 2008 Humanity's Team will be hosting a global "Oneness Summit" in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A prosecutor sought the arrest of former President Carlos Menem on Thursday, accusing him of covering up the involvement of a Syrian-Argentine businessman in the bombing of a Jewish ...

Guam Democratic Party Chair and superdelegate Pilar Lujan today announced her support for Sen.

Stretching through the rural countryside with limited access and no speed limit in 1940, the Pennsylvania Turnpike was built to resemble Germany's autobahn.

By DEBORA REY The Associated Press Tuesday, May 20, 2008; 12:03 AM BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentine farmers announced plans Monday to suspend a 13-day strike and resume grain sales, paving the way for talks ...

Diego Maradona, the Argentinian soccer genius notorious for a "hand of God" goal and a post-football descent into drugs, hits the big screen in Cannes today in a documentary that also shows him as a staunch ...

Lovers of the rich, ripe wines of Argentina are penciling in a new destination on their 'must-visit' wine maps.

Argentina's inflation-linked peso bonds dropped on concern the government will keep underreporting inflation with a new consumer price index.

“It's not right that they should use these intimidation tactics and threaten the life of my grandson to keep me from talking”

A retired general on Wednesday accused Alberto Fujimori of leading the Colina Group death squad, during the former president's trial for 25 murders committed by that group in 1991 and 1992. via Raw Story

“The growing epidemic of cardiovascular disease may be prevented and efficiently managed working jointly with the patient and the community. The education of families in the treatment of patients is key to confronting this problem”

Held every two years in different locations around the world, the World Congress of Cardiology is run under the platform "From Patients to Populations", as through individual, community and patient care ... via MediLexicon

About 350 IBM finance and accounting employees in Tulsa will lose their jobs as the company moves the positions to Buenos Aires, Argentina. via KVIA

Caracas, May 8 Venezuelan proven oil reserves reached 130 billion barrels in April, adding a volume of 30 billion barrels, oficial sources said here Thursday. via Prensa Latina

“We don't think the ash is toxic, but we need to take into account the long-term effects on the digestive and respiratory systems of animals”

VOLCANIC ash raining down from the Chilean volcano Chaiten may cause long-term environmental damage and harm the health of people and animals in Patagonia, scientists said. via News.com.au

Exhibit offers viewers glimpse of other cultures Would it surprise you to know that Marshfield is connected in partnerships to many cities, states and countries around the world? An exhibit exploring some of ... via Marshfield News-Herald

Spanish conductor Carlos Cuesta will lead the Ha Noi Philharmonic Orchestra this Friday night in Hanoi. via VietNamNet

“So the (remaining) civilian and army personnel have been moved.”

DUST MY BROOM: Chilean border policemen remove volcanic ash from the roof of a house in Futaleufu follwoing the eruption of the Chaiten volcano. via Stuff

“We're all sad, and it makes us sadder still to watch the television and see what this volcano has done, how it has destroyed our town and everything around it”

This Patagonian winter resort town wears a mantle of white in the South American autumn. via Hartford Courant

“This could last a month, three months, maybe we can never return. We are so worried”

ABOVE CHAITEN VOLCANO, Chile - Looking down over the ash cloud soaring from Chaiten volcano in southern Chile, the whole area is carpeted in white and experts say the eruption that began ... via Reuters

“The airports are open but the airlines cancelled flights because the volcanic ash gets in the airplane turbines and could cause material damage”

Volcano ash moving across South America 4000 residents evacuated Flights cancelled ASH from the erupting Chaiten volcano in southern Chile has spread across a growing swathe of South America, forcing flight ... via News.com.au

After years of drinking more wine, and more expensive wine every year, Americans are reacting to the economic downturn by drinking at least as much, but cheaper wine, shop owners say. via Connecticut Post

The long-dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles into the Andean sky on Tuesday, forcing thousands to evacuate and fouling a huge stretch of the South American continent. via Florida Times-Union

“We presume lava is flowing and so have ordered the immediate precautionary evacuation of all civilians, military and press in Chaiten.”

Lava started to spew from an erupting volcano in southern Chile on Tuesday, authorities said, ordering the immediate evacuation of all remaining residents and journalists from a nearby town. via Midwest Georgia's Magic 98.1

“We think these historical artifacts rightly belong to the people of Argentina, so I'm very proud to be able to formally hand them back”

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina : A senior U.S. Homeland Security official is in Argentina to discuss money laundering, human trafficking - and dinosaur eggs. via International Herald Tribune

Barbara K. Shepherd 61, of 5392 160th St. NE, Solon died Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City following a courageous battle with cancer. via Iowa City Press-Citizen

From correspondents in Americas, 10:00 AM IST At least 20 people were injured Sunday in violence during the referendum in this eastern Bolivian province which seeks more autonomy from the rest of the ... via India eNews

The city of Esquel in neighbouring Argentina covered in ash from the Chaiten volcano AFP/Getty The vast cloud of ash and smoke from the Chaiten volcano, Chile AFP/Getty Locals wear masks to protect themselves ... via Telegraph.co.uk

“She's got her husband to help her.”

Barack Obama defeated Hillary Rodham Clinton by seven votes in the Guam Democratic presidential caucuses Saturday. via Lubbock Avalanche

Column: Grilling a treasured pastime for Argentine families With the beautiful spring weather approaching, many of us will be firing up our grills and enjoying the fine art of the outdoor barbecue. via Marshfield News-Herald

Hundreds of people fled remote villages in southern Chile on Friday after a snowcapped volcano erupted, sending minor earthquakes rippling through the region. via Canoe

“Starting Saturday we will be on the highways, but without road blockades.”

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina : Thousands of farmers plan to mark the end of a 30-day "truce" with the government over export tax hikes by taking to the streets again this weekend - but without blocking roads or ... via International Herald Tribune

USHUAIA, Argentina Online photo albums I had prepared for family and friends weren't capturing the essence of my travels to the southern reaches of the world. via ABC 33/40