While praised for his work with the poor, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio — now Pope Francis — has long been dogged by accusations of his role during Argentina’s military dictatorship. We speak to Horacio Verbitsky, a leading Argentine journalist who exposed Francis’ connection to the abduction of two Jesuit priests. Verbitsky is an investigative journalist [...]
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Argentina at the UN denounces the presence of nuclear weapons in the Falklands
Argentina accused Britain of transporting nuclear weapons submarine to the Falkland Islands and thus violating international treaties that establish that this region should be nuclear free. “We are in a precarious stage of implementation of the Treaty of Tlatelolco, which prohibits nuclear weapons entirely in Latin America and the Caribbean. This precarious implementation is [...]
Christmas in Argentina: Politic tension
Throughout the day there was looting in cities across the country. There was also looting trucks carrying goods. Two dead as a result of the looting supermarkets in the city of Rosario. Pictures can remind us to 2001. But in my opinion this is organized, at least at first. The facts of the city of [...]
Argentina: The Supreme Court turned down Clarín’s appeal to extend the preventive measure
The Supreme Court rejected yesterday, by unanimous vote of its seven members, the request presented by the Clarín Group to extend beyond the Dec. 7 deadline the preventive measure that has so far delayed the enforcement of a key article of the Audiovisual Communications Law. The Supreme Court also instructed Federal Judge Horacio Alfonso, in [...]
Buenos Aires under a toxic cloud
The toxic cloud that covered Buenos Aires was caused by the spill of a pesticide container with solid carbon based at the Port of Buenos Aires, Terminal 4. The pesticide smoke filled the City of Buenos Aires buildings were evacuated, flights delayed and interrupted several train lines. As he told reporters Safety Secretary Sergio Berni, [...]
Photography of Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, in Iguazu River, are one of the world’s largest waterfalls. They extend over 2,700 m (nearly 2 miles) in a semi-circular shape. Of the 275 falls that collectively make up Iguassu Falls, “Devil’s Throat” is the tallest at 80 m in height. Iguazu Falls are on the border between the Brazilian state of [...]
Argentina and the vulture funds
I suspect that many Commentator readers are going about their business without paying much attention to battles in the New York courts over Argentina’s sovereign debt. When governments cannot raise enough money from taxes to pay for their various schemes, they borrow it on local or international markets. Thus the fascinating question for foreign lenders: will this [...]
Twitter sells advertising in Argentina
The increasing use of social networks in Argentina forced companies like Twitter and Facebook to set focus in the country and begin, slowly, to take their first steps in a market that until now only shows positive signs. In this context and in order to make the most of their important economic flow of users, [...]
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner : “This is not what I want”
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner explained the official policy against the dollar, defended the need for the full force of the media law and stressed that “there was never much freedom of expression in Argentina”. Most Argentines that were asked. As part of a conference held at Harvard University, President Cristina Fernandez said yesterday that it [...]
Unusual: Tenth day without subways in Buenos Aires
Nothing changed, everything remains the same (bad). After the metrodelegados (subway union) received no calls waiting in the city government to solve their labor claims, decided to keep the subway stop, now come the tenth consecutive day. Again, citizens are hostages of a chaotic situation and collapsed. On a war footing. “We will not let [...]
Argentina a country downhill
In Argentina they are living difficult days. For example, a friend of mine has to buy drugs for eye surgery and no stock in Argentina. Neither can order. Tell suppliers that import is closed and will enter a queue. As if health could be expected. This friend, traveled to Chile.In an ingenious adventure could pass [...]
Argentina in the middle of a political confrontation
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirsner faces a strike by truckers mobilization to Plaza de Mayo, now scheduled for June 27. Mobilization is primarily to increase the ceiling from which workers pay income tax, currently at $ 5000 pesos. Curious fact is that the minimum wage agreed by the Minimum Wage Council (employers, workers and government), [...]
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay withdraw their ambassadors from Paraguay
Mercosur countries, Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, took the first step against Paraguay in retaliation for the impeachment of President Fernando Lugo in an unprecedented impeachment trial that lasted 24 hours. Argentina yesterday withdrew its ambassador in Asuncion Rafael Roma, while Uruguay and Brazil called for consultations with their respective ambassadors. Consultation is a step prior [...]
Brazilian farmers sue Monsanto
Five million Brazilian farmers are locked in a lawsuit with US-based biotech giant Monsanto, suing for as much as 6.2 billion euros. They say that the genetic-engineering company has been collecting royalties on crops it unfairly claims as its own. The farmers claim that Monsanto unfairly collects exorbitant profits every year worldwide on royalties from [...]
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- Water spout off Grand Cayman by gemini spy on Flickr.
- Falls over Molokai
- The Pyramid | Tommaso Renzi
- Summer afternoon of 2012. on river Drava, Croatia. by Davorin...
- Annular eclipse from Kourou - By: Fabrizio Melandri
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- HONG KONG
- Celestial Evening
- Red Stone Park
- Mountain mirror, Svalbard (by Michele Bussoni2010)
