Argentina's Meat Crisis Grows By Day
Region: Argentina
One of the largest meat exporters in the world cannot provide the demand that emerges domestically. This society saw a drastic shortage in the amount of meat as well as other byproducts during the Easter holidays, it has now reached alarming proportions in the Buenos Aires area as well as its greater metropolitan suburbs. The meat crisis that is currently rocking the nation is a result of... more
Views: 2523Argentina: Web Entrepreneurs in Palermo Valley
Region: Argentina
by Jorge Gobbi Twitter has been one of the most talked about tools in 2007, and communites have been created around short messages or microblogging. Many were quick to realize its usefulness or its “fashionable” status. In spite of all of this, Twitter remains in use, with more users each day and with hundreds of thousands of messages per day. In that community, the idea to create a network of Argentine we... more
Views: 1532Palermo Reaches Milestone
Region: Argentina
Palermo goal against Gimnasia La Plata. For many in Argentina it seemed like a normal thing as El Loco did this so frequently in his illustrious career at La Boca. On Sunday this was part of the Argentine football status quo, but there was an element of history involved this time around. Boca played a crazy first half in which they had their backs against the wall for the majority of the first half.&n... more
Views: 822A Gooey Graduation for Law Students in Buenos Aires
Region: Argentina
Carolina de la Torre, a 26-year old student, emerged from the final exam of her 6-year law program at the University of Buenos Aires looking like a cross between couscous and chicken parmesan. Her hair was a putrid paste of mustard, mayonnaise, tomato sauce, oil, vinegar, and yerba mate. Her arms, face, and back were covered in the above mentioned ingredients plus five dozen eggs, sugar, cider, flour, and much more tha... more
Views: 1945Kirchner Calls on Iran to turn over Fugitives
Region: ArgentinaBuenos Aires—Addressing the U.N. the day before yesterday, Argentine President Nestor Kirchner called on “all of the nations of the world” to intervene on Argentina’s behalf and allow the questioning of some Iranian government officials about their alleged involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires which left 85 dead and 300 wounded. &... more
Views: 2322Infamous Anniversary
Region: Argentina
Buenos Aires -- Protesters took to the streets in the capital and throughout Argentina, marking the one-year-anniversary of the disappearance of a key witness in the ongoing trial of convicted police official Miguel Etchecolatz. The witness, Jorge Julio Lopez, had testified against the former police official, Mr. Etchecolatz, describing his torture who has been accused of ... more
Views: 1781Fishing on the Parana
Region: Argentina
Esquina, Corrientes Provence, Argentina -- Just before sunrise on the banks of the Parana River, the sky was a dark purple and the air was sweet and humid. Rain clouds threatened from every corner. The overnight, seven-hour bus ride from Buenos Aires, paralleling the river through Entre Rios and into Corrientes Province, while surprisingly comfortable, ha... more
Views: 2301Fine Wines on the Rise in Argentina
Region: Argentina
Buenos Aires -- Argentine wine export sales, primarily to the U.S. and North America, have grown by 37% in the first half of 2007, compared to the same period last year, according to a report by La Nacion. The sales figure, which translates to some 215 million dollars, is expected, by year’s end, to approach half of Chile’s wine exports, closing a gap in sales between Latin America’s la... more
Views: 1439Argentina's First National Marinelife Park
Region: ArgentinaBuenos Aires -- Argentina is planning its first marine and coastal park, which will seek to preserve and protect the unique biodiversity of the southern province of Chubut. Inelegantly dubbed the Southern Patagonia Interjurisdictional Marine Coastal Park, the legislative proposal is a unique collaboration between provincial and national authorities, who are expected to split an estimated 320,000 dollars a year... more
Views: 1478Provincial Elections Turn Up Surprises
Region: ArgentinaBuenos Aires – With presidential elections two months away, provincial elections are seen as weather veins for the political winds blowing in Argentina, where first lady Kristina Kirchner is expected to become the first woman president. A highly contested election in Cordoba Province saw Peronist candidate Juan Schiaretti claim victory in the ultimate hours, thereby continuing the Peronist parties grip o... more
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