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Julio Cobos, Argentine Vice President and likely presidential candidate for the 2011 elections, was welcomed back to the centrist Unión Cívica Radical on Friday, April 10. The UCR is Argentina’s strongest opposition party. A career politician with the Radical Party, Cobos joined Peronist Cristina Fernández de Kircher’s campaign as Vice President in 2007, prompting the UCR [...]
Former President Fujimori, 70, has been found guilty of human rights violations by the Peruvian Courts. According to the BBC: Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has been found guilty of ordering death-squad killings and kidnappings in the 1990s. The court sentenced Fujimori to 25 years in prison. For background on Peru’s human rights situation and the violence [...] Bilateral agreements approved over the last two weeks between Spain and the three South American countries of Colombia, Peru, and Argentina will permit documented immigrants classified as permanent residents to vote in municipal elections. Among the South American countries, the agreements will have the greatest electoral impact in Argentina. While a combined total of roughly [...] Those familiar with the headaches caused by Argentina’s chronic coin shortage will be pleased to know that the Fernández de Kirchner government announced last week that it will allocate US $57 million to implement an electronic bus ticketing system. Residents of Greater Buenos Aires hope the measure, which takes effect in three months, will free [...] In an outdoor patio of a café in front of the Recoleta cemetery in Buenos Aires, a small, unbathed child in tattered clothes begs a middle aged woman with dyed-blond hair to spare to some change. “I’m sorry sweetie,” she replies, “but I can’t give you any change. We’ve got a big problem [...] In December of last year Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took office after being elected with a near majority. Now, just ten months later, it looks increasingly unlikely that she will manage to complete her term. Instead, her Vice President Julio Cobos may claim that honor. Continuing conflict with the countryside has destroyed President Fernández de [...] |
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