http://baexpathub.com The INCLUSIVE online community & information hub for Buenos Aires expats Sat, 18 May 2013 00:10:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/jorge-rafael-videla-argentinian-dirty-war-president-dies/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/jorge-rafael-videla-argentinian-dirty-war-president-dies/#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 00:10:03 +0000 Guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/17/jorge-rafael-videla-argentina-dies Former army commander who became first head of junta that 'disappeared' thousands of leftists dies in jail, aged 87Jorge Rafael Videla, a former army commander who led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its "dirty war" dictatorship and was unrepentant about kidnappings and murders ordered by the state, has died. He was 87.The first president to head the military junta that "disappeared" thousands of leftists from 1976 to 1983, Videla spent his final years behind bars for human rights crimes, including the systematic theft of babies born to political prisoners in secret torture centres.He died of natural causes in his cell in a prison outside the capital, Buenos Aires, where he was serving a life sentence, a government spokesman said on Friday."He spent his life doing great damage, which left a mark on the life of the country," Argentinian human right]]> /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/jorge-rafael-videla-dies-in-jail-aged-87/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/jorge-rafael-videla-dies-in-jail-aged-87/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 23:11:45 +0000 Guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/17/jorge-rafael-videla Argentinian dictator infamous for torture, murder and the abduction of children of his opponentsThe former Argentinian dictator Jorge Rafaél Videla was a prominent member of the group of uniformed tyrants who in the 1970s seized power in Latin America and turned "disappear" into a transitive verb. If he never achieved the worldwide notoriety of his contemporary Augusto Pinochet, in Chile, it was not for want of trying. He has died aged 87 while in prison."As many people as is necessary will die in Argentina," Videla told the region's army commanders, gathered in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1975, "to protect the hemisphere from the international communist conspiracy." He was true to his word. Months later, on 24 March 1976, the armed forces overthrew the inept and chaotic government of María]]> /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/transport-minister-of-cordoba-resigns-over-corruption-allegations/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/transport-minister-of-cordoba-resigns-over-corruption-allegations/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 21:27:52 +0000 argentinaindependent.com http://www.argentinaindependent.com/?p=75142 /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/trial-against-former-ledesma-president-carlos-blaquier-resumes/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/trial-against-former-ledesma-president-carlos-blaquier-resumes/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:18:07 +0000 argentinaindependent.com http://www.argentinaindependent.com/?p=75055 /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/former-dictator-jorge-videla-dies-in-prison/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/former-dictator-jorge-videla-dies-in-prison/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 14:35:06 +0000 argentinaindependent.com http://www.argentinaindependent.com/?p=75032 /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/did-you-spot-the-suspected-meteor-over-argentina/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/did-you-spot-the-suspected-meteor-over-argentina/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 09:51:18 +0000 Guardian.co.uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/22/argentina-meteor-guardian-witness A suspected meteor was spotted over the Argentine city of Santiago del Estero in the early hours of Sunday morning. Did you spot it? Share your footage via Guardian Witness]]> /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/belgrano-nursery-under-investigation-over-abuse-allegations/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/belgrano-nursery-under-investigation-over-abuse-allegations/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 21:49:10 +0000 argentinaindependent.com http://www.argentinaindependent.com/?p=75017 /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/buenos-aires-presents-pope-tours/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/buenos-aires-presents-pope-tours/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:10:51 +0000 argentinaindependent.com http://www.argentinaindependent.com/?p=75002 /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/workers-unions-seal-wage-hike-deal/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/workers-unions-seal-wage-hike-deal/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 15:42:18 +0000 argentinaindependent.com http://www.argentinaindependent.com/?p=74963 /feed/ 0 http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/metropolitan-police-operating-off-protocol/ http://baexpathub.com/rss_posts/metropolitan-police-operating-off-protocol/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:44 +0000 argentinaindependent.com http://www.argentinaindependent.com/?p=74924 /feed/ 0