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Jorge Rafael Videla dies at 87; Argentine dictator
BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87. He...Tags: Government, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice, Argentina
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The Week Ahead: Suu Kyi sojourn, Thatcher farewell, Italy adrift
Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance Now through Saturday, April 20: Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Japan this week is purportedly unofficial, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate probably has more clout than any...
Tags: National Government, Nobel Prize Awards, Tokyo (Japan), Entertainment Events, Government
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Death of Thatcher stirs up wartime memories in Argentina
Argentine veterans of the bitter war over the Falkland Islands said Monday that they had no sorrow over the death of Margaret Thatcher, who launched British forces to recapture the South Atlantic islands more than three decades ago. “She won&...
Tags: Argentina, Politics, Government, United Kingdom, Heads of State
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Argentina mourns as flooding death toll rises to 55
As the waters receded Thursday, Argentina mourned scores of people killed in floods that raged through Buenos Aires province, knocking out power and forcing thousands to evacuate. Gov. Daniel Scioli told reporters in Argentina that the death toll in the...
Tags: Argentina, National Government, Government, Politics, Buenos Aires (Argentina)
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Pope Francis Is Conservative Champion Of Poor
The Hartford Courant"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist." Which esteemed South American archbishop uttered these thought-provoking words? It was not Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina, now...Tags: Argentina, Same-Sex Marriage, Francis I, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Rick Santorum
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Pope Francis takes office
VATICAN CITY -- Before crowned heads, government leaders and masses of the faithful, Pope Francis formally took office Tuesday as head of the Roman Catholic Church in a ceremony replete with pageantry and symbols from ancient Christendom. In a homily,...Tags: Benedict XVI, The Pope, Francis I, Christian Orthodoxy, Angela Merkel
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Pope Francis meets Argentine president, smooths tensions
ROME – He called her policies an “attack on God’s plan.” She described him as “medieval.” But Pope Francis and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the leader of his native Argentina, kissed and made up Monday...
Tags: Argentina, Same-Sex Marriage, The Pope, Pakistan, Vatican City
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How Pope Francis can reinvigorate the church
Newly elected Pope Francis represents change in many respects. He is the first pope from the New World (and the first from outside of Europe in 1,200 years), the first Jesuit and the first Francis. But for American Catholics, who in poll after poll in...Tags: Benedict XVI, Same-Sex Marriage, College of Cardinals, Gays and Lesbians, Social Issues
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Funeral begins for Venezuela's Chavez
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.CARACAS, Venezuela -- The funeral ceremony for late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez got underway Friday at a military base in the capital before 32 heads of state and with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra directed by Los Angeles conductor Gustavo...Tags: Jesse Jackson, Caracas (Venezuela), Sean Penn, Government, Hugo Chavez
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Latin American governments congratulate Chavez win in Venezuela
World NowGovernments in Latin America quickly congratulated Hugo Chavez on his reelection Sunday as president of Venezuela, a sign of his convincing win over strong opposition challenger Henrique Capriles.... -
Argentina is cautionary tale as U.S. debates debt limit
You know all those warnings about how America's addiction to deficit spending is going to make us look like Greece? Stop worrying. The bigger concern should be that America will look like Argentina. That could happen, theoretically, if the...
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Forecast gap keeps wheat market guessing on Argentine crop
BUENOS AIRES - The global wheat market has the least clarity in five years on South America's biggest crop as Argentine growers hit by adverse weather say the government is exaggerating harvest estimates to contain price increases. The government's...Tags: National Government, Russia, South America, Exports, Government
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