country:argentina

Potential effects of agrochemicals in Argentina - The Big Picture - Boston.com
►http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2013/10/agrochemical_spraying_in_argen.html

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Agrochemical spraying in Argentina has increased ninefold, from 9 million gallons in 1990 to 84 million gallons today. Yet the South American nation has a hodgepodge of widely ignored regulations that leave people dangerously exposed, and chemicals contaminate homes, classrooms, and drinking water. Doctors and scientists are warning that uncontrolled spraying could be causing health problems across the nation.

#photo #agriculture #pesticides #pollution #santé

Argentina: Iran committed to investigate 1994 Jewish community center bombing

Haaretz
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/1.549373

Iran has approved a deal with Argentina to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish community center that courts in the South American country accuse Tehran of sponsoring, Argentine official state news service Telam said.

Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman met in New York on Saturday with his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif, who assured him Iran “would honor all points of the agreement” to shed light on the bombing that killed 85 people, Telam said.

The two countries will form investigative teams to meet in Geneva in November to get on with the probe.

The apparent breakthrough took place amid signs of a thaw in relations between Iran and the West.

President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone on Friday, the highest-level contact between the two countries in three decades and a sign that they are serious about reaching a pact on Tehran’s nuclear program.

Iran, a major buyer of Argentine corn, has long tried to improve relations with the grains powerhouse. President Cristina Fernandez is allied with other Latin American leftist leaders who have defied Washington in their pursuit of ties with Iran.

In February, Argentina’s Congress approved a pact with Iran to set up a “truth commission” to shed light on the AMIA center bombing after years of legal deadlock.

The memorandum of understanding to form the commission needed ratification in Tehran, which Timerman told Telam has been all but granted.

“He gave us a full guarantee that the legal process has been completed,” Telam quoted Timerman as saying, referring to Zarif.

The memorandum “has been approved by Iran’s National Security Council and now awaits the signature of the Supreme Leader of the Revolution,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Telam said.
Argentina, home to Latin America’s biggest Jewish community, has secured Interpol arrest warrants in the bombing case for nine men - eight Iranians and one person presumed to be Lebanese.

Tehran denies links to the 1994 bombing but offered talks with Argentina in 2011 to start “shedding light” on the case.

Sino-Japanese tensions flare over disputed islands - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/09/16/chjp-s16.html?view=mobilearticle

Sino-Japanese tensions flare over disputed islands
By John Chan
16 September 2013

Tensions between Japan and China flared last Wednesday, on the anniversary of the Japanese government’s purchase last year of the disputed Senkaku islands (known as Diaoyu in China) from their private Japanese owner.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was in Argentina to lobby for Tokyo’s bid for the 2020 Olympic Games, used the occasion to declare that Japan must maintain “effective control” over the Senkakus. Hours later, two Chinese H-6 bombers for the first time flew over international airspace between the Okinawa island chains and Miyako islands, near the Senkakus. Japan responded by scrambling fighter jets.

#japon #chine #conflit #diférend_territorial

To tweet or not to tweet, the IDF answers the question
▻http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.547173

The anniversary of the 1996 shelling of Kafr Kana in Lebanon, which killed 100 civilians, was marked “no discussion,” since the incident was “clearly not PR material.” Regarding the 2008 assassination of Hezbollah operations chief Imad Mughniyeh, the directive read, “We aren’t really admitting to this assassination, so it’s unnecessary to say we shouldn’t be talking about it.”

[…]

Comments on the Chemical Weapons Convention were barred as “too political.” On the anniversary of Israel’s request to join the United Nations as a member state, the directive read, “Not recommended to talk about this too much, because of the Palestinians’ application.”

But on the anniversary of the 1992 bombing of Israel’s embassy in Argentina, the directive was to go “light on the Israeli [channels], moderate on the international,” with the comment, “can be leveraged regarding Hezbollah,” since Hezbollah was reportedly involved in the bombing. The 20th anniversary of Operation Accountability in Lebanon, which targeted Hezbollah, was marked “Worth commenting on – the Hezbollah project.”

Emigrant
by #Alejandro_Lipszyc

How to describe the precise moment when an individual or a family leaves its own country to find a new life abroad? Argentine photographer Alejandro Lipszyc was there making portraits of those moments, developing a series that works as a mirror of the greatest economic crisis in Argentina’s history.

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▻http://www.photographicmuseum.com/museum/home

#migration #départ #photo #photographie #exposition

via @albertocampiphoto

#Gibraltar : les deux parties campent sur leurs positions.

Gibraltar tensions soar as UK threatens legal action over border checks and Navy sets sail for Med - UK Politics - UK - The Independent
▻http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/gibraltar-tensions-soar-as-uk-threatens-legal-action-over-border-chec

Le R.-U. menace d’action légale (auprès de la Communauté européenne, sans doute), envoye la marine pour des manœuvres (prévues de longue date, of course ) et accuse Rajoy de faire diversion de ses problèmes intérieurs

Sources in London believe the Madrid government is stoking up the issue as a distraction from its political travails, which include accusations of corruption and the continuing pain of austerity measures.

L’Espagne affirme être en son droit et parle de porter l’affaire devant les Nations-Unies, profitant de la présence de l’Argentine au Conseil de sécurité pour titiller le R.-U. avec un paquet cadeau Malouines+Gibraltar

Reports in the Spanish media have suggested the row could escalate to the United Nations, with Madrid floating the idea of Spain and Argentina presenting a “united front” over Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands.

Argentina is currently a non-permanent member of the UN’s Security Council and could use its position to add Gibraltar to its agenda. Its president, Cristina Kirchner, has already renewed demands for talks over the sovereignty of the Falklands.

For Your Ears: Vólkova – In the Shadow of the Silent Majorities
▻http://chewbone.rickshide.com/2013/08/08/for-your-ears-volkova-in-the-shadow-of-the-silent-majorities

Vólkova, a Argentina based duo consisting of Paula Lazzarino and César Canali, formed in early 2013. They want to recreate the atmosphere of early industrial and experimental bands from the 70s and 80s. Their single debut, “In the shadow of the silent majorities” can be found on Bandcamp. Volkova – In the Shadow of the [...]

#Kitsch-Oddities

Jabuticaba – The Tree that Fruits on its Trunk
▻http://www.kuriositas.com/2010/04/jabuticaba-tree-that-fruits-on-its.html

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Otherwise known as the Brazilian Grape Tree, this plant is native to South America, notably Paraguay, Argentina and (obviously from its name) mostly from Brazil. The fruit, a succulent looking purple color can be plucked and eaten straight from the tree.

#arbres

Jewish ex-Argentina minister faces probe in bombing | The Times of Israel
▻http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-ex-argentina-minister-faces-probe-in-bombing

Carlos Vladimir Corach allegedly paid $400,000 to an auto mechanic who provided the car bomb that blew up AMIA Jewish center

Pour rappel, le Hezbollah a été accusé de cet attentat.

Jogo Bonito
▻http://africasacountry.com/jogo-bonito

“Tear gas is a magic potion,” writes Chris Gaffney from the streets of Rio. “Those who launch it are weakened while those forced to inhale it are strengthened.” For those of you interested in the politics of football in #Brazil, his blog – as well as his excellent book on Stadia in Argentina and Brazil - is a key place [...]

#FEATURED #Football_is_a_Country #Latest #World_Cup

Pendant ce temps-là, les élites au pouvoir ne semblent pas toutes derrière le président actuel, certains lui préfèrent...sa femme
▻http://www.rferl.org/content/azerbaijan-nomination-president--aliyeva/25027699.html
Parfois, on peut légitimement se demander d’où viennent des idées pareilles.

The possibility of an Ilham-to-Mehriban political transfer has already prompted comparisons to the trajectories of other power wives, from the Philippines’ Imelda Marcos and U.S.’s Hillary Clinton to Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who has served as president since succeeding her husband, Nestor Kirchner, in 2007.

#azerbaïdjan #présidentielle_2013

L’Argentine emporte haut la main la palme de la créativité de nouveaux parfums de glace.

Plusieurs nouveaux parfums sous le nom de tangos
• Nostalgias
à base de lait condensé, crème de lait, lait frais et sirop de dulce de leche avec une pointe de rhum…
▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzjy_QtULRA

• El día que me quieras
riz au lait, cannelle, vanille enrobant un cœur de dulce de leche
▻http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmXCVOmOCPU

• une glace salée à l’avocat et l’huile d’olive

• un chocolat en forme de jambe de danseuse de tango

• la coupe de l’oubli glace à la noix de coco et au rhum, sorbet à l’ananas flambé aux épices, glace à la banane, fruit de la passion, caramel et perles de fruit.

Argentina se lució con su helado sabor a tango
▻http://www.el-nacional.com/sociedad/Argentina-lucio-helado-sabor-tango_0_207579358.html

El concurso, en el que también participaron equipos de México, Perú, Uruguay y Brasil, sirvió para presentar gustos innovadores, armado de cucuruchos y copas heladas y se pudo degustar helado salado, tortas heladas y esculturas de chocolate.

Argentina resultó ganadora con cremas heladas concebidas bajo el concepto «tango»: un gusto bautizado «Nostalgias», nombre de un conocido tango, hecho con leche condensada, crema de leche y leche fresca y un toque de jarabe de dulce de leche al ron, y un cono llamado «El día que me quieras», elaborado a base de helado arroz con leche, canela y vainilla, con corazón de dulce de leche.

También presentaron un helado salado de aguacate y aceite de oliva, una escultura de chocolate con forma de pierna de una bailarina de tango y «La copa del olvido», con helado de coco al ron, sorbete de piña flambeada con especias, helado de banana, maracuyá, caramelo y perlas de frutas.

Quand Israël armait la dictature de Videla en Argentine

Videla and the Jews of Argentina: The closing of a painful circle -

Haaretz Daily Newspaper

▻http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-features/videla-and-the-jews-of-argentina-the-closing-of-a-painful-circle.premium-1.

“The community’s behavior bordered on apathy. The Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires at the time kept a stance of non-intervention in internal affairs, even though its members demonstrated that they could save some Jewish prisoners from death by sending them to Israel”.

Many sources in Argentina testify that Israel was supplying the regime with arms and other military supplies. I’ve read testimonies in Buenos Aires newspapers, given by retired pilots in the Argentine national airline, regarding flights from Tel Aviv carrying arms to Argentina during the Falklands/Malvinas war. What effect did this have, if any, on the community or on Jewish prisoners?

“Yes, many details have emerged regarding this issue. There was even a book published by the investigative journalist Hernan Dobry, called Operacion Israel I think that it is impossible to assess whether this had any impact on events in Argentina.

Argentina’s General Videla and the “war on terror” - World Socialist Web Site

▻http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/05/22/pers-m22.html

Argentina’s General Videla and the “war on terror”
22 May 2013

Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla died May 17 at the age of 87 as the result of injuries suffered from a fall in a prison shower. He was remembered as the head of a savage military dictatorship that between 1976 and 1983 murdered and “disappeared” some 30,000 Argentine workers, socialist militants, teachers, students and others perceived as “subversives,” while torturing at least 100,000 others. In his own country, newspapers that once backed his rule condemned him as a dictator and practitioner of state terror.

Yet one cannot help but suspect that within the military and intelligence apparatus in the US and Latin America—not to mention among the ruling financial interests that he served—the aged general’s passing has been mourned.

#argentine #dictature #videla

Morrissey: ‘Thatcher Was a Terror Without an Atom of Humanity’

“Thatcher will only be fondly remembered by sentimentalists who did not suffer under her leadership, but the majority of British working people have forgotten her already, and the people of Argentina will be celebrating her death. As a matter of recorded fact, Thatcher was a terror without an atom of humanity.”

▻http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/04/08/morrissey-thatcher-was-a-terror-without-an-atom-of-humanity.html

#Tatcher #gone #finally

The sins of the Argentine church - The Guardian, 2011
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/jan/04/argenitina-videla-bergoglio-repentance

The extent of the church’s complicity in the dark deeds was excellently set out by Horacio Verbitsky, one of Argentina’s most notable journalists, in his book El Silencio (Silence). He recounts how the Argentine navy with the connivance of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now the Jesuit archbishop of Buenos Aires, hid from a visiting delegation of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission the dictatorship’s political prisoners. Bergoglio was hiding them in nothing less than his holiday home in an island called El Silencio in the River Plate. The most shaming thing for the church is that in such circumstances Bergoglio’s name was allowed to go forward in the ballot to chose the successor of John Paul II. What scandal would not have ensued if the first pope ever to be elected from the continent of America had been revealed as an accessory to murder and false imprisonment

#Argentine

Bergoglio, l’Eglise catholique argentine, et la dictature militaire argentine.

Un article de 2011 :

The sins of the Argentine church | Hugh O’Shaughnessy | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/jan/04/argenitina-videla-bergoglio-repentance

The extent of the church’s complicity in the dark deeds was excellently set out by Horacio Verbitsky, one of Argentina’s most notable journalists, in his book El Silencio (Silence). He recounts how the Argentine navy with the connivance of Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, now the Jesuit archbishop of Buenos Aires, hid from a visiting delegation of the Inter-American Human Rights Commission the dictatorship’s political prisoners. (...). Bergoglio was hiding them in nothing less than his holiday home in an island called El Silencio in the River Plate. The most shaming thing for the church is that in such circumstances Bergoglio’s name was allowed to go forward in the ballot to chose the successor of John Paul II.

Les dirigeants étasuniens, par contre, étaient élogieux,
▻http://cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=05VATICAN466&q=bergoglio

Bergoglio exemplifies the virtues of the wise pastor that many
electors value. Observers have praised his humility: he has
been reluctant to accept honors or hold high office and commutes
to work on a bus. What could count against him is his
membership in the Jesuit order. Some senior prelates,
especially conservatives, are suspicious of a liberal streak in
the order, perhaps most pronounced in the U.S., but also present
elsewhere.

How close is Iran to nuclear weapons? | The Great Debate
►http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2013/02/22/how-close-is-iran-to-nuclear-weapons

One point often misunderstood about the Nonproliferation Treaty is that it is not illegal for a member state to have a nuclear weapons capability – or even a “nuclear option.” In fact, if a nation has a fully developed civilian nuclear sector – which the NPT encourages – it, by default, already has a fairly solid nuclear weapons capability. Just as you cannot be fined for having a red sports car that has the capability to go 120 mph, there is no legal issue with nations having a latent nuclear weapons capability.

For example, Argentina, Brazil and Japan also maintain a “nuclear option.” They, too, could break out of the NPT and make a nuclear device in a few months, if not less.

Argentina and Brazil, like Iran, also do not permit full “Additional Protocol” IAEA inspections. Not only for Iran, but for 50 other nations, the IAEA cannot prove the purely peaceful nature of their nuclear program.

There is a reason for that: Much nuclear technology is inherently dual-use. This is the why some of us in the arms-control community are thinking of a revised NPT to plug these glaring loopholes.

De quoi je me mêle : Israel Angry Over Argentina-Iran Accord on 1994 Bombing Inquiry
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/world/middleeast/israel-angry-over-argentina-iran-accord-on-1994-bombing-inquiry.html?ref=to

It added that Israel had “protested the unacceptable attitude of the Argentine government toward Israel since the beginning of contacts between Buenos Aires and Tehran,” saying that Argentina had not responded to Israel’s requests to be kept informed of the diplomatic moves with Iran, nor of how Argentina envisaged bringing the perpetrators to justice.

Le NY Times consacre ce long article à la colère d’Israël, pour finalement signaler en passant qu’Israël n’est pas directement concerné par cette affaire :

While Israel is not directly involved in the case…

Israel shocked by Argentina-Iran pact over 1994 Jewish center bombing - Israel News | Haaretz Daily Newspaper
▻http://www.haaretz.com/jewish-world/jewish-world-news/israel-shocked-by-argentina-iran-pact-over-1994-jewish-center-bombing.premi

Argentina and Iran have agreed to form a ’truth commission’ to investigate the Buenos Aires attack in which the Islamic Republic is suspected of involvement; Israel says Argentina ignored its warnings not to ’fall into Iranian trap’ over the matter.

#Iran #Argentina #Israel

Stories Of A Wounded Land | Reportage by Getty Images
►http://www.reportagebygettyimages.com/features/stories-of-a-wounded-land/#

Conséquences désastreuses de l’agriculture intensive en Argentine. Article de Silvinia Heguy et photos d’Alvaro Ybarra Zavala.

Fumigations in the agricultural fields of Argentina are being denounced as the cause of the increasing number of children born with malformations, and the number of cases of cancer in the neighbouring rural populations. In the past ten years, the agricultural border has been extended practically as far as the front doors of people’s homes, and entire villages are being exposed to agrochemicals, supplies of which are necessary for intensive farming of crops to produce high yields, and are which being used without the control of the state. These are the stories of families who survive as best they can, under the effects of what they call “poisons. (...)
Argentina is one of the agricultural powerhouses of the world. After the United States and Brazil it is the world’s third largest producer of soybeans. This year it will produce 55 million tons. To do so, local environmental groups estimate that 300 million litres of agrochemicals are being sprayed over the soy fields. This affects 12 million people of Argentina’s overall population of 40 million, who are in contact with this poison in their homes, schools, water supplies, workplaces, on their playing fields, throughout their daily lives.

#agriculture #pesticides #argentine #santé

Raised Behind Bars
►http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/12/raised_behind_bars.html

Five years ago, Reuters photographer Carolina Camps documented the stories found in the maternity wing of a women’s prison in Los Hornos, Argentina. The prison not only housed female inmates, it was also home to 63 of their children, who were allowed to live with their mothers inside the jail until they were four years old. Now, half a decade on, Camps tracked down four of the women to see what had become of them and of their young families.

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Argentine Judge Freezes Chevron Assets To Pay $19 Billion Ecuador Fine
►http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=15797

Adrian Elcuj Miranda, a judge in Buenos Aires, has ordered the seizure of Chevron’s assets in Argentina, to force the company to pay a $19 billion penalty for polluting the Amazon in Ecuador. The plaintiffs are seeking similar legal action in Brazil, Canada, Colombia and other countries.

rhirhirhi #pétrole #justice #pollution

Growing Doubt - YouTube
►http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNxhw2jiDtA

The impact of genetically engineered herbicide tolerant crops in Argentina and the US. For more info: growingdoubt.org

#OGM #agrobusiness #reportage

The Wolfe Tones - Admiral William Brown (Subtitulo español)

Irlandais et Argentins - même combat !

Admiral William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish-born Argentine Admiral. Brown’s victories in the Independence War, the Cisplatine War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and today he is regarded as one of Argentina’s national heroes. Creator and first admiral of the country’s maritime forces, he is commonly known as the “father of the Argentine Navy”

►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Brown_%28admiral%29

►http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDgO6NIXe0A

From a county Mayo town came a man of great renown
As a sailor and a soldier was none bolder
He went to America at an early age they say
As a cabin boy to sail the wide world over

Then adventure took him south to the De La Plata mouth
San Martin was on the route in Argentina
So three whaling ships he bought and Brazil and Spain he fought
And freedom then he sought for Argentina

Now Admiral William Brown you’re a man of courage shown
And in battles fought the odds were all against you
But your Irish heart was strong and in memory still lives on
And in Ireland there are some that don’t forget you

On St. Patrick’s day it’s told you had many victories bold
You defeated all invaders thugs and bullys
Then through the Pampas rose and you found a happy home
“Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas”

He had heard of Irish hands in noble gallant bands
That helped to free the land called Argentina
He had heard with great acclaim the Patricios name and fame
When in 1806 the British came for slaughter

And to this very day in the Argentine they say
The English ran away from Buenos Aires
To the islands further down and they took them for the crown
“Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas”

We remember William Brown and his land of great renown
He, invader of the islands from your country
When in 1833 were by pirates forced to flee
And in Ireland sure we know the story fully

And the people that went too to the Argentine when new
To escape the English laws and wars and famine
They had proved a loyal crew just like all the Irish do
“Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas”

Le texte traditionnel raconte l’histoire de William Brown d’un point de vue argentin.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Daguerrotipo_Brown.jpg

Le narrateur dans la version des The Wolfe Tones se situe du côté irlandais . Leur version de la chanson se termine par un appel au boycott de l’empire de l’oppression, le Royaume-Uni :

Our hero of the nation
He’s a member with elation
Throughout the world
Where freedom’s still alive.
With the empire tumbling down
Let no paddys back the crown
“Las Islas Malvinas, Argentinas”

http://www.irlandnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Wolf-Tones-.jpg

Le groupe The Wolfe Tones est de la même génération de chanteurs irlandais comme les Chieftains et les Dubliners . Malgré leur qualité musicale au moins égale ils sont pourtant moins connus. C’est peut-être une conséquence de leur position radicale et de leurs textes plus politiques - un de leur disques porte le titre explicite Rifles of the I.R.A. . Mais il semble que simplement l’engagement politique de gauche et le sens des affaires ne fassent pas bon ménage chez eux non plus.

►https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolfe_Tones