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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Buenos Aires Herald- Timerman to Go to NY For Debt Restructuring; Gay Pride March; Other Notable Events

Monday
November 17, 2014
After attending the G20 summit in Brisbane, Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman will travel to New York tomorrow to resume talks on the development of a legal framework to regulate restructuring of foreign sovereign debt, a project that was suggested by Argentina with the support of the G77+China and approved by the UN General Assembly in September.
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The official communiqué of the G20 summit released at the end of the bloc’s meeting in Brisbane, Australia, included a paragraph on sovereign debt restructuring process, as requested by Argentina. Economy Minister Axel Kicillof and Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman celebrated it and described it as ‘historic’.
• “V” for Kicillof • Read the full G20 communique • Kicillof: debt restructuring is a G20 issue
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Leaders from the G20 group of nations agreed to boost flagging global growth, tackle climate change and crack down on tax avoidance but ties between the West and Russia plummeted to a new low over the crisis in Ukraine.
• US, Japan, Australia vow to oppose Russian action in Crimea
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Bonds under german legislation

‘Me-too’ holdouts file new demand

Demands against Argentina by so-called “me-too” bondholders, who are asking to be paid in the same conditions as Elliot and Aurelius Managment holdouts, are starting to pile up as holders of Argentine bonds issued under German law who didn’t take part of the country’s debt swap filed a new complaint at a United States court to demand full payment.
Supreme Court Justice Raúl Zaffaroni said that “not agreeing to dicuss candidates” for his replacement once his resignation becomes effective on December 31 “is institutional irresponsibility” referring to opposition lawmakers who have said that they will not give consensus in Congress to any candidate proposed by the Executive.
• 'Different political project would lead the country to chaos'
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Next week the government would be announcing the date President Cristina Kirchner will resume her official duties, Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich confirmed. The head of state had to be hospitalized for a week due to a sigmoiditis condition, currently remaining at the Olivos presidential residency.
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By Tomás Brockenshire
Tomorrow’s meeting of Radical Party (UCR) bigwigs in San Fernando, already expected to be tense as factions continue to publicly disagree on electoral strategies for 2015, will also witness a request from Julio Cobos, a former vice-president and now a lawmaker, that Senator Ernesto Sanz take a leave of absence as party chairman.
By Luciana Bertoia
Far from the limelight it basked under last year, the Magistrates Council will be renewing its members on Tuesday. Kirchnerism holds the majority of the seats at the body in charge of the selection of judges, thus it has the necessary votes to appoint substitute judges but not to remove nor to appoint magistrates.
Buenos Aires governor Daniel Scioli affirmed that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s “true heir is the Argentine people,” during a school inauguration in Villa María, Córdoba province.
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Dr Martin Salia, 44, a permanent US resident who caught Ebola working as a surgeon in a Freetown hospital, was stable enough to take a flight from West Africa to the US. His evacuation was at the request of his wife, a US citizen who has agreed to reimburse the US government for any expense.
• Mali tries to trace contacts in new Ebola wave
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By Dave Graham
Restoring order to a country torn apart by drug violence was Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto’s first promise when he took power two years ago, but corruption and police brutality have handed him the biggest crisis of his rule.
A pioneering robotic spacecraft shut down after radioing results of its first and probably last batch of scientific experiments from the surface of a comet, scientists said.
• Defying odds, comet lander phones home
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Pope Francis warned of a "social emergency" after violent protests against a migrant reception centre in Rome highlighted growing social tensions in disadvantaged areas of the Italian capital.
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Islamic State militants have beheaded another American hostage, Peter Kassig, issuing a video claiming the killing today and warning the United States they would kill other US citizens "on your streets."
• US says battle with IS starting to turn
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US aid worker and Indiana native Peter Kassig, beheaded by Islamic State militants who captured him in Syria last year, was remembered for his courageous devotion to helping people whose lives were upended by civil war.
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The Nigerian army has driven out Boko Haram insurgents from Chibok, the home of over 200 schoolgirls who were abducted by militants of the Islamist group in April, an army spokesman said.
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Dutch authorities said they had identified a "highly pathogenic" strain of bird flu at a farm in the central area of the Netherlands and announced a temporary ban on all transport to and from poultry farms across the country.
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Estudiantes failed to build on Wednesday's dramatic victory over Transition leaders River Plate as a late equaliser pegged Godoy Cruz to a 1-1 draw, while Newell's withstood a barrage of attacks from Tigre to take a narrow 2-1 victory in Victoria.
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Six-times champion Roger Federer withdrew before the final of the ATP World Tour Finals against Novak Djokovic with a suspected back injury, giving the Serb a walkover victory in the end of season championship.
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By Dan Balz
The scars from six years of political conflict between US President Obama and Republican congressional leaders have quickly washed away all those gauzy comments about cooperation that were offered in the aftermath of the midterm elections. Washington is bracing for a major collision over immigration, with each side calculating the risks and rewards of their actions.
The health condition of tango singer-songwriter Cacho Castaña worsened over the last few hours yesterday, and he was to be subjected to a tracheotomy (an incision in the windpipe to assist breathing), his personal physician, Alfredo Cahe, told reporters.

Polo — Argentine open

La Dolfina starts defence with win

By Jorge Andrades
Defending champions La Dolfina Hope Funds won their 21st match in a row by defeating Miramar Bahía de los Moros 17-6 while La Aguada ICBC downed Magual Prodigy Network 12-10 on the opening day for the Zone A of the 121st Argentine Open, yesterday at the Palermo polo fields.

El Salvador

Tackling femicide

By Anastasia Moloney

El Salvador, one of the world’s most violent countries, has enshrined in law severe punishments for gender-based murders, leading to a fall in numbers from 923 in 2010 to 175 in 2013. But macho culture, gang violence and weak justice system means the fight isn’t over yet.




The sustained success of the City of Buenos Aires' 'Museums Night' continued for an 11th straight year, as 850,000 people flocked to 208 different museums and cultural spaces opened specially until 3am on Saturday.
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Education: reality and discourse

Edgardo Zablotsky

Education: reality and discourse

Inconceivable misery in the outskirts of BA City

Mempo Giardinelli

Inconceivable misery in the outskirts of BA City

Macri or Massa

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Macri or Massa

A proposal for regional federalism

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A proposal for regional federalism



Buenos Aires City yesterday he-ld its 23rd Gay Pride March despite concerns from organizers after Mayor Mauricio Macri’s City Hall refused to take full responsibility for the safety of participants and spectators at what is a public event.

Luis Fondebrider, Argentine Anthropological Forensic Team President

‘Ours is a country where memory is present’

By Santiago del Carril
The president of the Argentine Anthropology Forensic Team Luis Fondebrider has been at the forefront of the investigation involving 10 experts in Mexico from Buenos Aires, as well as its operations around the globe. From the organization's headquarters located in an old building in the Buenos Aires City neighbourhood of Almagro, Fondebrider's phone seemed to be constantly ringing as he welcomed the Herald.

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Di Tullio: Kirchnerism will win 2015 elections in first round

Police reconstruct Nicole murder

Binner rules out Macri, Massa alliance

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Argentina considering far-reaching modernization of BA Port

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Scioli picks Córdoba candidate

Agency sees no quick rebound in oil prices

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