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Fernandez Administration Appoints Panel to Investigate Train Crash in Argentina
June 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
President Cristina Fernandez's administration has appointed a commission to investigate a railway accident that left three people dead and 315 injured, the Argentine government said Friday in the official gazette. continue reading »
Argentine Rush Hour Train Collision Injures 315, Kills 3
June 14, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least three people were killed and 315 others injured when two trains collided Thursday morning outside Argentina's capital, officials said. continue reading »
Train Collision Kills 3, Injures 50 in Argentina
June 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
At least three people were killed and more than 50 others injured when two trains collided Thursday outside Argentina's capital, union and government officials said. continue reading »
Argentina Offers HPV Vaccine to All Young Girls
June 9, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In Argentina, the WHO-recommended human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is given to all girls at 11 years of age to prevent cervical cancer later in life. WHO’s Regional Office for the Americas (PAHO) Revolving Fund supports the programme. continue reading »
Chile has Most Broadband Connections in LatAm, Argentina No. 2
June 8, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Chile has the highest 2-megabyte broadband Internet penetration rate for landline and mobile connections in Latin America, a report released in Bogota said. continue reading »
Scientists Investigating Whale Deaths Off Argentina
June 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Scientists in Argentina are investigating what may have caused a spike in the mortality rate of southern right whale calves in the country's Atlantic coastal waters. continue reading »
Drug Enforcement Police Chief Killed in Argentina
June 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The chief of the Argentine Federal Police's dangerous drugs division was shot outside his house and investigators do not consider the incident a random crime, Security Secretary Sergio Berni said Sunday. continue reading »
Argentine Wanted for “Dirty War” Crimes Arrested in Uruguay
May 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A retired Argentine military officer wanted for crimes committed during the 1976-1983 "dirty war" against the left has been arrested in the Uruguayan capital, a police source told Efe Friday. continue reading »
YPF Partners With Chevron Over Vaca Muerta Development Terms in Argentina
May 18, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Argentine state-controlled energy company YPF has signed an agreement with Chevron Corp. outlining the commercial terms and conditions for developing the Vaca Muerta shale oil and gas field in the country's southwest. continue reading »
American Philanthropists Donate 37,000 Acres to Argentine National Park
May 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Conservation Land Trust, a project of U.S. philanthropists and environmental activists Douglas and Kris Tompkins, donated 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) for the expansion of Perito Moreno National Park in southern Argentina. continue reading »
Imprisoned Argentine Dictator Gen. Rafael Videla Dies Behind Bars
May 17, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Gen. Rafael Videla, the emblematic figure of the military junta that ruled Argentina from 1976-1983, died Friday inside the jail where he was serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity, prison officials confirmed. He was 87. continue reading »
Pope Francis Tells Argentine Rights Group “Count on Me”
April 25, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Pope Francis on Wednesday told the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo that they can "count on him" in seeking the whereabouts of the children of people disappeared during Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship and who were illegally placed with other families to raise. continue reading »
ARGENTINA: Gov’t Launches Negotiation Process to Protect Mine Workers
April 19, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Argentina's government has launched a crisis-negotiation process that temporarily bars Brazilian mining giant Vale from firing workers at its halted potash project. continue reading »
ARGENTINA: Houses Ruined by Flood, Many Pets Now Without Homes
April 16, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The pets of the thousands of victims of the flooding earlier this month in the Argentine city of La Plata gaze out from photographs on social-networking sites, looking sad and lost as they wait to be reunited with their owners or ad continue reading »
Loan Allows Argentina to Offer Basic Services Coverage in Disadvantaged Areas
April 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Inter-American Development Bank approved a $250 million loan for a program to increase coverage of basic services in Argentina’s less developed municipalities, with emphasis on the poorest areas of the Norte Grande region. continue reading »
Spain Sends Condolences for Argentine Flood Victims
April 6, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Spain's King Juan Carlos has sent a telegram to Argentine President Cristina Fernandez expressing his condolences to the families of those who died in the recent floods in the South American country, and stated his support for the Argentine people in this catastrophe, sources in the royal household told Efe. continue reading »
Argentina Inundated with “Tsunami of Rain,” 54 Die
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The death toll from the heavy rains that have recently fallen on Buenos Aires and nearby parts of the country now stands at 54, Argentine authorities said Wednesday. continue reading »
Argentina Calls on UK to Discuss Sovereignty of Falkland Islands
April 3, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez marked Tuesday's 31st anniversary of the start of the Falklands War by again demanding that Britain agree to discuss the question of sovereignty over the South Atlantic archipelago known to Latin Americans as the Malvinas. continue reading »
Chevron Embargo Could Hinder Investments in Argentina, Says YPF
March 29, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The CEO of Argentine state-controlled oil company YPF says a court ruling embargoing the assets of Chevron Corp.'s local subsidiary could hinder investment flows into the South American country. continue reading »
Buenos Aires Celebrates Pope Francis With Giant Photograph
March 28, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The municipal government of Buenos Aires on Thursday placed a gigantic photograph of Pope Francis on the facade of one of its buildings in homage to the man who was archbishop of Buenos Aires prior to his March 13 election as pontiff. continue reading »
