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10:00 AM, Apr 7, 2011 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM
The Brazilian magazine Veja is reporting that al Qaeda members have established an active presence in South America’s largest country, as have militants associated with Hezbollah, Hamas, and other terrorist groups. They are apparently engaged in fundraising, recruitment, and strategic planning.
Read more... 9:30 AM, Mar 30, 2011 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM
The last time that Argentine foreign minister Héctor Timerman made international news, he was needlessly provoking a crisis in bilateral relations with the United States over a routine military-training exercise. A few weeks earlier, Timerman had accused the U.S. government of operating “torture” schools both at home and abroad.
Read more... “Our only friend right now is Hugo Chávez.”9:00 AM, Feb 17, 2011 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM
Shortly after Argentine foreign minister Héctor Timerman accused the United States of operating torture schools, his government decided to trigger a genuine crisis in bilateral relations.
Read more... The onetime ‘jewel of South America’ is suffering the effects of leftist populism.10:30 AM, Feb 9, 2011 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM
Two recent dispatches from Buenos Aires highlight the travails of Argentine president Cristina Kirchner, whose foolish populism and economic mismanagement have created serious headaches for her government.
Read more... Will Argentina’s first couple win another presidential term?2:00 PM, Jul 26, 2010 • By JAIME DAREMBLUM
Last summer, pundits were writing the political obituaries of Cristina and Néstor Kirchner, Argentina’s first couple. Their coalition had suffered big losses in national legislative elections.
Read more... The point is not to reward one’s enemies and punish one’s friends. Mar 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 26 • By SETH CROPSEYRead more... From the Scrapbook.Mar 8, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 24 • By
While most of Washington was focused on the White House “Health Care Summit” on February 25, something far more interesting was underway on Capitol Hill. Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee showed up to work that day to find that a new provision—the “Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Interrogations Prohibitions Act”—had been inserted in the bill that funds U.S. intelligence activities for 2010.
Read more... Meanwhile, British forces continue to fight and die alongside U.S. Marines in the Helmand...4:10 PM, Feb 25, 2010 • By JOHN NOONANThe Times of London, in a story that borders on the passive-aggressive, is reporting that President Obama has refused to endorse British sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. The short skinny of this is that there's another Buenos Aires-London row over the rightful ownership of the islands (you may remember that the last such incident ended in rather poor results for Argentina), incited by a British proposal to drill off the Falklands coast. Mostly, though, it's the standard Argentinean response to poor internal economic conditions.
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