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Argentina roiled by cut to sentences of dictatorship-era criminals
Argentina's government on Saturday publicly rejected a Supreme Court ruling that trims the sentences of those convicted for crimes committed during the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship. "We reject the '2-for-1' concept and we reject that it be applied to crimes against humanity," cabinet chief Marcos Pena told radio Nacional. He was referring to the ruling that an offender's prison sentence must be reduced by the time spent in custody awaiting trial, with each day served in detention being counted as two days in the calculation.
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Cerro Torre Mountain
A shot from the hike up to the base camp through the autumnal coloured forest below Cerro Torre Mountain one of the most recognisable with it's distinctive pointed peak standing 3128m high.
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Large collection of Nazi artifacts discovered in Argentina
Argentinean police found around 75 Nazi artifacts in a collector's home near Buenos Aires. The collection provides more evidence of the presence of high-ranking Nazis in South America after the Second World War.
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Equifax suffers fresh data breach
The credit report provider Equifax has been accused of a fresh data security breach, this time affecting its Argentine operations. Cyber-crime blogger Brian Krebs said that an online employee tool used in the country could be accessed by typing "admin" as both a login and password. He added that this gave access to records that included thousands of customers' national identity numbers.
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Small boy left involuntarily honking after swallowing party horn
A small child honked whenever he breathed after accidentally swallowing a party horn. Doctors had no option but to operate after the eight-year-old boy, from Tucuman in Argentina, ingested the small whistle. The small white plastic whistle had become lodged in the boy’s trachea, meaning surgery was the only way to get rid of it. But before the op, Dr Gomez Zuviria decided to film the boy and put it online as a warning to other parents.
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Incredible photos show terrifying hail storm in Argentina
The aftermath of a storm which dumped up to five feet of water and hail in Argentina has been revealed in images released by the World Meteorological Organisation. Officials said a fierce hailstorm hit towns in the central Argentinian province of Cordoba on Thursday afternoon, leaving roads closed and vehicles unable to move. The incredible photos show fire fighters rescuing cars stuck up to their windows in hailstones and a road swamped in debris.
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A submarine has vanished, launching a frantic search for 44 people on board
The Argentine navy said it could be a communications blackout caused by an electrical problem. Family members feared it could be much worse.
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Argentina: Missing sub could be out of oxygen soon
Worried relatives of 44 missing Argentine submariners were comforted Tuesday by banners and the support of countrymen who gathered outside a naval base here. For now, all they can do is wait, hope and pray the crew will be rescued. But time may not be on their side. In a worst-case scenario, the submarine ARA San Juan may run out of oxygen by Wednesday -- if it has been unable to garner a fresh supply of air at the surface.
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'Explosion' detected near route of missing Argentinian submarine, navy confirms
An abnormal sound detected in the South Atlantic Ocean hours after an Argentinian navy submarine sent its last signal last week was “consistent with an explosion”, a navy spokesman has said. Capt Enrique Balbi described the blast as “abnormal, singular, short, violent” and “non-nuclear”. It was detected at 10.31am on 15 November along the route that the ARA San Juan had been following when it last made radio contact three hours earlier.
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Argentine judge issues arrest warrant for Cristina Kirchner over terror attack cover-up
A crusading Argentine judge has ordered the arrest of the country’s former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on charges of “treason against the fatherland,” accusing her of covering up Iranian involvement in the country’s worst-ever terrorist attack. The 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish cultural centre, AMIA, killed 85 people. No one has ever been successfully prosecuted for the crime.
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A loud message of opposition to austerity
Attempts by Argentina's right-wing government to drive through an attack on the country's pension system last month were met by mass protests that brought the capital of Buenos Aires to a halt--and that were attacked by riot police firing tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons.
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Who Killed the Nazi Botanist Trying to Wipe Out Cocaine?
A former SS scientist may have been set to destroy the Bolivian coca crop with his secret bioweapon - until he got whacked. By Mat Youkee.
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Easing Regulations Bring 4000 New Bitcoin ATMs to Argentina
The Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA) has this month eased regulations regarding automatic teller machines in the country. The (perhaps unexpected) upshot of this has been a plan to install 4000 new crypto-enabled ATMs. Rules, Rules, Rules The new regulations do not contain any direct reference to bitcoin or cryptocurrency. Rather, they allow the installation of ATMs in non-banking establishments, such as supermarkets...
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Argentina’s Senate Narrowly Rejects Legalizing Abortion
The vote in Pope Francis’ homeland was close, but women’s rights activists ultimately ran up against the power of the Catholic Church and social conservatism.
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Movement encourages Argentines to quit Catholic church
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Hundreds of people gathered in Buenos Aires on Saturday to oppose the influence of religion on Argentine politics and encourage people to quit the Roman Catholic Church in the wake of a Senate vote not to legalize some abortions. The event, called "Collective Apostasy," centered on a signature drive for Argentines wanting to renounce their affiliation to the church through a form that will later be given to the Episcopal Conference in the homeland of Pope Francis. People formed long lines in Buenos Aires and other Argentine cities, and organizers hoped thousands would officially register their desire that the...
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Police officer breastfeeds malnourished baby while on duty at hospital
An Argentine police officer is being hailed a hero after breastfeeding a malnourished baby while on duty at a children’s hospital. Celeste Jaqueline Ayala was working her shift at Sor Maria Ludovica Hospital in Buenos Aires when she heard a baby crying incessantly. Ayala, who is the mother of a newborn baby, asked hospital staff if she could hold and comfort the crying baby.
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Argentina's mega-storms attract army of meteorologists
Massive project aims to improve predictions of intense lightning, hail and flash floods in the shadow of the Andes mountains.
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Doctors ‘lied to 11-year-old girl to get her to have rapist’s baby’
Full details of the horrific ordeal to which an 11-year-old girl impregnated by an elderly rapist in Argentina was subjected by doctors intent on ensuring the baby survived for religious reasons have been disclosed by campaigners acting on her behalf. The young girl, who is being called “Lucia” to protect her identity, became pregnant after being raped by her grandmother’s 65-year-old partner, who has since been arrested. She was placed under her grandmother’s care in 2015, after her two older sisters were reportedly abused by her mother’s partner.
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Argentina Imposes Draconian Capital Controls As Peronists Return To Power After Macri Defeat
It's time for Paul Singer to start buying up Argentina bonds again, and confiscating ships again.
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Parrot 'who heard victim's last words' to give evidence in rape and murder trial
The comments of a parrot may be used in an upcoming rape and murder trial. Elizabeth Toledo, 46, was raped and then killed in the city of San Fernando, Argentina in December 2018. At the end of the month a police officer was guarding the crime scene when they heard a parrot say "Ay, no, Por favour, soltame!" ("No, please, let me go"), Clarin reports.
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