http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/argentina/ en-us Thu, 7 Jan 2010 23:28:49 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2423425/posts Argentina Central Bank Mutiny Costs Local Bernanke Equivalent His Job, Criminal Charges Zero HedgeJan. 7, 2010, 5:41 PM A surreal harbinger of what may well transpire in the US some day was today's firing of the president of Argentina's Central Bank Martin Redrado by president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. The action followed his refusal to release reserves to the government to be used for debt service payments, as well as his refusal to resign. At least in Argentina the Central Bank is answerable to the president, instead of the other way around.[snip] Read the whole post at ZeroHedge -- > The Business Insider http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2423425/posts#comment Thu, 7 Jan 2010 23:28:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417175/posts BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — They had to travel to the ends of the Earth to do it, but two Argentine men succeeded in becoming Latin America's first same-sex married couple.After their first attempt to wed earlier this month in Buenos Aires was thwarted, gay rights activists Jose Maria Di Bello and Alex Freyre took their civil ceremony to the capital of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, where sympathetic governor backed their bid to make Latin American history.The couple exchanged rings Monday in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, closer to Antarctica than Buenos Aires. The informal ceremony was witnessed... Google http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417175/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:14:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415607/posts Two missing US-made fighter jet engines, worth 29 million dollars and stolen from a Malaysian military airbase, have been traced to Argentina, police said Thursday. Police chief Musa Hasan said officers were checking with their counterparts in Buenos Aires to confirm if the missing engines are still in the country. "The stolen engines have been taken to Argentina," the police chief told AFP. "We have to check if the engines are still in that country." Musa told the Star newspaper that several top airforce officers, including generals, are expected to be questioned in connection with the theft. Four people, including... Space War http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415607/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:34:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409771/posts In the early 20th century, Argentina was one of the richest countries in the world. While Great Britain's maritime power and its far-flung empire had propelled it to a dominant position among the world's industrialized nations, only the United States challenged Argentina for the position of the world's second-most powerful economy. It was blessed with abundant agriculture, vast swaths of rich farmland laced with navigable rivers and an accessible port system. Its level of industrialization was higher than many European countries: railroads, automobiles and telephones were commonplace. In 1916, a new president was elected. Hipólito Irigoyen had formed a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409771/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:00:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405384/posts COLUMBIA, SC (WCSC) - South Carolina's first lady is filing for divorce. In a statement issued Friday morning, Jenny Sanford said she is filing for divorce from Gov. Mark Sanford, who disclosed an extramarital affair with an Argentine woman after staff reports of a hiking trip on the Appalachain Trail fell apart under scrutiny. The memo states: "As so many of us know, the dissolution of any marriage is a sad and painful process. It is also a very personal and private one. Because Mark and I are public figures, we have naturally had less privacy with which to deal... Live5News.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405384/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:05:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403316/posts South Carolina's First Lady Tells Barbara Walters About Decision Not to Stand Next to Husband Gov. Mark Sanford During Press Conference Jenny Sanford, wife of embattled South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, told Barbara Walters in her first television interview about her husband's affair that she wouldn't have stood by his side when he publicly admitted the affair even if he had asked her to. Sanford, who has moved out of the South Carolina governor's mansion with the couple's four children, openly discussed the heartbreak behind the headlines of their breakup. ABCNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403316/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 00:58:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398993/posts Dec 2, 2009 — Field geologists have revisited a site Darwin visited on the voyage of the Beagle, and found that he incorrectly interpreted what he found.  A large field of erratic boulders in Tierra del Fuego that have become known as “Darwin’s Boulders” were deposited by a completely different process than he thought.  The modern team, publishing in the Geological Society of America’s December issue of the GSA Today,1 noted that “Darwin’s thinking was profoundly influenced by Lyell’s obsession with large-scale, slow, vertical movements of the crust, especially as manifested in his theory of submergence and ice rafting to... CEH http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398993/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 03:13:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398937/posts A federal judge in Buenos Aires has barred same-sex “marriage” from taking place in the Argentinean capital this week, overturning a decision by a lower court judge who had previously ruled it to be unconstitutional to prohibit marriage between two persons of the same sex. Judge Martha Gomez Alsina ruled that the lower court judge did not have the jurisdiction to rule on the country’s Civil Code, which states that marriage is a contract between one man and one woman. The lower court ruling had struck down two articles of the Civil Code as unconstitutional for prohibiting marriage between two... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2398937/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 02:01:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397380/posts A 38-year-old former Miss Argentina has died over the weekend from complications resulting from cosmetic surgery, friends say. "This woman who had everything is dead because she wanted to have a slightly firmer ass," said Roberto Piazza, a fashion designer and close friend of Solange Magnano. Magnano, Miss Argentina 1994 and a married mother of eight-year-old twins, went under the knife on Thursday at a plastic surgery centre in Buenos Aires. She was rushed to the hospital on Friday suffering from a pulmonary embolism, and died on Sunday, her friends said. heraldsun.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2397380/posts#comment Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:10:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265860/posts Note: The following text is a quote: Former State Department Official and Wife Arrested for Serving as Illegal Agents of Cuba for Nearly 30 Years Couple Allegedly Conspired to Provide Classified Information to Cuban Government A former State Department official and his wife have been arrested on charges of serving as illegal agents of the Cuban government for nearly 30 years and conspiring to provide classified U.S. information to the Cuban government. The arrests were announced today by David Kris, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Channing D. Phillips, Acting U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia; Joseph Persichini, Jr.,... US DOJ.GOV/opa - Press Release http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2265860/posts#comment Fri, 5 Jun 2009 23:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388016/posts Argentina's government said over the weekend it would not appeal a recent court ruling that authorizes marriage between two men. So on Monday the first gay couple went to Buenos Aires' civil court to make their marriage a reality and become the first gay married couple in Latin America. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388016/posts#comment Tue, 17 Nov 2009 06:20:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2377682/posts When Islamists made their roots south of the border... Venezuela's dictator: H. Chavez that "sees" only money, oil and Anti-Americanism-Power, does "serve" the Islamic Iranian Republic well, giving out passports to anyone. From that "port" it is quite easy for an Islamic Iranian AGENT to arrive into any other Latin American country as a... "Venezuelan". A "random" different case (of a Muslim trying to "blend" into Latin America), a year ago, a Jordanian Arab that "met" a Costa Rican (Tica) girl in Spain (she vouched for him in CR, asw this man came from the area in Jordan where a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2377682/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:15:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2377226/posts SNIPPET: "Lula and Chavez have established a "strategic relationship," and recently agreed upon a joint Brazilian-Venezuelan oil venture worth billions of dollars. Lula and Chavez have joined with Daniel Ortega, the returned Nicaraguan Marxist dictator, to form an anti-U.S. Latin American military alliance - all with Russian assistance - funded by the region's abundant oil reserves. Brazil is engaged in its own arms build-up and Lula is determined that Brazil will become at least a first-rate regional power. Unfortunately, Lula is establishing Brazil as an anti-American military power by aligning with nations hostile or potentially hostile to the U.S. Lula... INATODAY.com - INTERNATIONAL NEWS ANALYSIS TODAY http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2377226/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:23:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375206/posts The Obama administration's un-American attempt to vilify Fox News only increased the network's popularity. But this White House debacle can't be judged in isolation: There's a global leftwing assault on the freedom of information. Intense leftist sentiment in most of the international media isn't enough. Extremists seek total control. The one thing leftists just can't bear is criticism. (Mass murder's fine, but don't stray from the party line.) As early as the French Revolution, the left grasped that a free press is inherently subversive to its doctrines. The Obama administration's aborted Fox hunt simply aligned our government with the hounds... NY Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375206/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:01:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359464/posts A couple traveling along the river in the area north of Rosario claimed having seen an animal being abducted by a flying saucer. "Later, the both vanished," they said. The likelyhood that cows could fly was always relegated to the province of the impossible. But to Sergio and Laura, this changed last Monday afternoon, when they traveled along the coast near Puerto Gaboto, and believed that they saw a cow in the sky, abducted by a UFO. The couple told the story to journalist Guillermo Brasca in a report transmitted by the Telenoche program on Channel 3. They provided photos... Inexplicata http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2359464/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:31:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349462/posts The leaders of Libya and Venezuela have called on Africa and South America to create a new alliance to counter Western dominance. They were speaking at the second South America-Africa (ASA) summit held in the Venezuelan island of Margarita, attended by nearly 30 leaders. Venezuela's Hugo Chavez called on the two continents to unite to secure prosperity for future generations. Libya's Muammar Gaddafi said he was in favour of a military-style pact. The summit agenda covers hunger in Africa, the global economic crisis, energy, and the creation of a joint investment fund between Africa and South America. The leaders agreed... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2349462/posts#comment Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:45:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2343766/posts I always wondered how the people survived in Argentina's currency melt down. Here is a video with the answer. It is very interesting and inspiring. youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2343766/posts#comment Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:18:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335874/posts SNIPPET: “Throughout the day the Prime Minister’s Office, when asked about Netanyahu’s whereabouts, said only that he was on a tour. After hours of speculation, and numerous inquiring phone calls, the PMO finally released the following laconic statement Monday evening: “The Prime Minister’s military attaché reports that the prime minister is visiting a security installation inside Israel.” Netanyahu was accompanied to the installation by National Security Adviser Uzi Arad and the military attaché, Meir Kalifi.” JPOST.com - THE JERUSALEM POST http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2335874/posts#comment Wed, 9 Sep 2009 23:31:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329438/posts The president’s approval ratings are going down. The economy is stagnant, and the president’s efforts at jump-starting it have met with little success. After rushing through a series of bailouts and company takeovers, the president's Marxist advisors recommended a slew of vast, draconian “reform” policies. But the public has grown increasingly skeptical. Consumer confidence is at an all-time low. The president’s detractors on the airwaves have become more numerous and more vocal than ever before. And it’s no longer just the conservatives. The mainstream media have also begun to criticize the president's policies. Something must be done, and quickly. The... NewsReal Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2329438/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:24:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323478/posts Iran's newly nominated defense minister "should be arrested" for his alleged role in a 1994 Buenos Aires bombing that killed 85 people, Argentina's top minister Anibal Fernandez said Monday. The "red notice" on Ahmad Vahidi approved in 2007 by Interpol's general assembly makes his arrest "mandatory in any country," Cabinet Chief Fernandez told reporters. france24.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2323478/posts#comment Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:07:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2327679/posts As Argentina deals with its latest economic crisis, [Candace Piette admires the tango industry's ability to survive through good times and bad.] Tango is about national identity and every note of its music, every gesture of the dance, contains within it their history All correspondents who come to Buenos Aires have to do a story about tango and this was going to be mine. The reason for doing this one was the huge drop in income the tango business was experiencing, because of the global economic downturn. Fewer tourists were coming to the city, and many of the tango shows... .bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2327679/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 22:41:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325355/posts A wealthy investment banker and prominent fundraiser for President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats was arrested Tuesday on charges he lied to get a $74 million business loan that -- once confronted by authorities -- he hastily repaid. Prosecutors accused Hassan Nemazee of giving Citibank documents showing he owned millions of dollars in collateral. They said the documents were "fraudulent and forged." A Clinton spokesman didn't immediately return an e-mail message seeking comment. The chairman and chief executive of Manhattan-based Nemazee Capital Corp. served as national finance chairman for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2008, and later... Associated Press via Law.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2325355/posts#comment Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:44:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2324743/posts The supreme court in Argentina has ruled that it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption. The decision follows a case of five young men who were arrested with a few marijuana cigarettes in their pockets. But the court said use must not harm others and made it clear it did not advocate a complete decriminalisation. Correspondents say there is a growing momentum in Latin America towards decriminalising drugs for personal use. The Argentine court ruled that: "Each adult is free to make lifestyle decisions without the intervention of the state." Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti... BBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2324743/posts#comment Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:42:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322547/posts Israel's Defense Minister Ehud Barak slammed the appointment of a new government minister by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over the weekend, noting that the new official had been involved in a terror attack on the Buenos Aires Jewish community center. “The world must learn from this incident, and look into the intentions of the Iranian government, especially its leader, which has appointment a terrorist as its defense minister,” Barak added regarding Ahmad Vahidi's expected appointment Sunday. Both Argentina and the United States have also criticized the appointment, which was announced Friday. Israel National News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322547/posts#comment Sun, 23 Aug 2009 13:13:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322316/posts Argentina expressed outrage Friday over Iran's nomination of Ahmad Vahidi to the post of defence minister. Vahidi is wanted in connection with the 1994 Buenos Aires bombing of a Jewish community centre that killed 85 people. AFP - Argentina expressed outrage Friday over Iran's nomination of a man wanted in connection to a 1994 Buenos Aires bombing that killed 85 people as the next defense minister. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad tapping Ahmad Vahidi for the post is "an affront to Argentine justice and the victims of the terrorist attack" on the Jewish community center, the Foreign Ministry said in a... France 24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322316/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:38:24 GMT