http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/32/ en_GB_uk Argentina http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83520 Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83481 In 2006 a group of Bolivians who had escaped slave labor in the Argentine fashion industry founded their own clothing co-operative. http://us.oneworld.net/article/view/159918/1/ The UN needs to address women's reproductive rights as it conducts the first "peer reviews" of member countries' human rights records, says a coalition of 11 rights groups from around the world. From: Center for Reproductive Rights http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/82451 Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's "lack of a real national development plan and the government's growing disregard for democratic institutions hamper efforts to address challenges like rising inflation and a serious energy shortage," writes Alan B. Cibils. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81113 Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay will co-host a UN event to gather support for a proposed charter that would counter worldwide human rights abuses against gay people. From: Human Rights Watch http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/81012 In Argentina, the power-couple's presidential-transfer plan has worked to perfection. But a close reading of the election results casts a shadow on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's triumph, says Celia Szusterman. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80899 A zone on the frontiers of Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay has been portrayed by the U.S. media and government as a "hotbed" "teeming with Islamic extremists and their sympathizers," but a group of reporters found these claims inaccurate as they traveled into the region. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/80776 After the 2001 economic crisis many Argentineans had to resort to self-employment -- mainly collecting trash and reselling it to recycling companies -- to sustain themselves. Now the government is threatening to shut down the train that transports these 'cartoneros' from the capital city's outskirts to the urban center where they work. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/152568/1/ BUENOS AIRES, Aug 23 (IPS) - Shocked by the release on parole of former Chilean secret police agent Enrique Arancibia, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1974 murders of Chilean General Carlos Prats and his wife, the attorney representing the Chilean state in that trial told IPS he was considering legal action to get the measure overturned. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79928 After an Argentine hotel went under in the 2001 financial crisis workers occupied the premises, successfully reopened the hotel, and created over 150 jobs. Now the democratically run hotel faces eviction and must struggle to defend their jobs and livelihoods once again. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79036 Manuel Rojas and 24 other workers took the helm when executives shut down the ceramic factory where he had worked for 35 years. The seven years since have been difficult, but rewarding. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/78223 The unnecessary conflict in the south Atlantic in 1982 between Britain and Argentina helped sow the seeds of more momentous and destructive wars, says Fred Halliday. From openDemocracy http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/77402 At age 16, Argentinean activist Patricia Isasa was abducted and taken to a clandestine detention and torture center set up during her country's dictatorship. Almost 30 years later, her life is again in danger, though she still hopes to see truth and justice prevail. http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/144049/1/ GUALEGUAYCHU, Argentina, Dec 18 (IPS) - With a nativity scene and a big Christmas tree set up on the highway to the nearby bridge leading to Uruguay, residents of the Argentine town of Gualeguaychu plan to continue blocking traffic between the two countries until a pulp plant being built on the other side of the river moves elsewhere. http://amlat.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/76060 Despite strong opposition from right-wing politicians and the Catholic Church, Argentines now have access to free surgical contraception.