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Argentina: The Approval of a New Media Law

The Argentinean Senate approved a new law of audiovisual media, which establishes a new series of rules for the regulation of open signal, cable, and satellite television and radio. ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  17 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Creative Commons,  Twitter Inc,  Facebook Inc.

Argentina: Mourning the Death of Folk Singer Mercedes Sosa

The October 4th death of Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, one of the most important voices in Latin American folk music, was one of the most important news during the past weekend. The news was covered by all Argentine media, and some cable news ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  7 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Mercedes Sosa (musician),  Creative Commons,  U.S. Congress,  Facebook Inc.

Argentina: Proposal to Increase Taxes on Some Technology Products

The Argentine Chamber of Deputies gave their preliminary approval to a law that increases internal taxes on the importation of a large variety of technology-related products. Even though laptop computers and “netbooks” were excluded, the tax increase ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  10 Aug 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Senate,  Twitter Inc

Argentina: Clarín Media Group Closes Blog

A few months ago, Global Voices published an article about the Argentine multimedia company Clarín, which had been pressuring YouTube so that it would close the accounts that had been using clips from their news programs in order to make their own ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  8 Aug 2009

Argentina: Kirchners Handed Defeat in Congressional Elections

The parliamentary elections held on Sunday, June 28 across Argentina have left a negative balance for the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. In the Chamber of Deputies, for example, the party's representation fell from 115 members ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  29 Jun 2009
Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  Mauricio Macri,  Facebook Inc.,  Creative Commons

Argentina: Clarín Media Group Forces Removal of Videos

The media group Clarín [es] is considered to be the most important in Argentina and whose holdings include the newspaper Clarín. In recent months, it has implemented a policy of demanding that YouTube close the accounts of any user that does not remove ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  27 May 2009

Argentina: A Wall Separating Two Neighborhoods in Buenos Aires

The Argentinean county of San Isidro located in the northern part of Grand Buenos Aires started the construction of a wall spanning 16-blocks and measuring 3 meters in height creating a barrier with the neighboring location of San Fernando. According ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  11 Apr 2009
Related Topics: Cristina (musician)

Argentina: Moving Up the Date of Congressional Elections

Congressional elections in Argentina had been scheduled to take place on October 25 of this year. However, unexpectedly, President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced she would send a draft law to the Congress with the purpose of moving these ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  16 Mar 2009
Related Topics: Cristina (musician),  Mauricio Macri

Argentina: Wordcamp 2008 in Buenos Aires

The second edition of Wordcamp Argentina recently took place in Buenos Aires, and which again featured the presence of Matt Mullenweg, Wordpress' main developer. Here he previewed the changes in store for the latest edition of the blogging ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  15 Nov 2008
Related Topics: Wordpress

Argentina: Diego Maradona Named New Coach of National Team

Diego Maradona must be the most famous Argentine in the world, and anything that he does usually becomes news. It is even more newsworthy, when he is named the next Coach of the Argentine national football team. Many Argentines are left wondering ...

From JORGE GOBBI, Global Voices Online,  30 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Diego Maradona,  Alfio Basile

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