Argentina War http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20793884 Torture centres There was court investigated crimes against 200 opponents of the military regime in six illegal detention centers in Buenos Aires‚ One of the crimes was a kidnapping of a man named Jacobo Timerman who was tortured by electric shocks‚ beatings and solitary confinement in the years he was held illegally. The prosecutor said Jaime Smart was a leading factor in the persecution of opponents in the military. The illegal
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Argentina is a country located in Southern South America‚ its largest city and capital is called Buenos Aires. In Argentina‚ the weather is very nice‚ it’s mostly warm throughout all of the seasons. In Buenos Aires Argentina‚ it is a little bit colder than the other cities in Argentina‚ but not by much. Argentina is mostly famous for the dance and music/ festivals that happen there. Argentinians dance to tango‚ salsa and much more. During these dances‚ the women wear traditional dresses‚ they
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countries.International Monetary Fond（IMF） was established in 1945‚ built on the” The international monetary fund agreement” signed in 1944‚ together with WBG‚IMF is one of the biggest two financial institutions. The main role of IMF is developing rules and regulation for the member states between exchange rate policies‚ the current project payment and currency exchange and conducting supervision for the actives among the members. Moreover‚ the other mission of IMF is providing assistance to countries
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Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies The case of Argentina Content Page 1. Introduction 3 2. Corporate Governance 4 3. Corporate Governance in developed economies 3.1 Corporate governance in the Netherlands 3.2 Globalization & Corporate Governance 5 6 8 4. Corporate Governance in Argentina 9 5. Practical comparison 5.1 The financial sector 5.2 The energy sector 11 6. Conclusion 13 7. References 14 8. Appendix 8.1 Management structure
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IMF vs. CSO GDP Estimation The way in which the GDP is calculated by CSO and IMF differs on two counts. CSO calculates growth for the fiscal year‚ not the calendar year. More importantly‚ it reports its GDP “at factor cost”. That means it adds up all the income earned (by labor‚ capital and other “factors of production”) in the course of producing the country’s goods and services. Whereas IMF looks at the calendar year while formulating estimates‚ while the government looks at the fiscal year‚ so
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into a severe foreign exchange crisis her outstanding level of external debt was $ 83. 8 billion. The level of debt was about 40 per cent of Gross Domestic Product and the debt service payment was about 30 per cent of exports of goods and services. Several destabilizing forces acting on the Indian foreign exchange markets were a downgrade of India’s sovereign credit ratings to non-investment grade‚ reversal of capital flows‚ exacerbated the foreign exchange crisis and withdrawal of the foreign currency
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financial stress in Latin America: the case of Argentina‚ Brazil and Mexico Gilles Dufrénot1‚ Davide Furceri2 and Aleksandra Zdzienicka 3 Very preliminary Draft DO NOT QUOTE WITHOUT PERMISION Abstract This paper studies the relationship between financial globalization and financial stress in three Latin American countries (LAC)‚ namely Argentina‚ Brazil and Mexico. We use a synthetic index of financial stress recently proposed by the IMF and estimate a new model that helps us saying whether
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economists‚ including Martin Feldstein‚ who served as chairman of former President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers. "The NBER’s Business Cycle Dating Committee has determined that a peak in business activity occurred in the U.S. economy in March 2001‚" the panel said in its announcement. "A peak marks the end of an expansion and the beginning of a recession." It ruled that the long expansion ended in March and the nation’s tenth recession since the end of World War II began at the same time
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threat Writuparna Kakati | 01 Aug‚ 2008 What is Argentina? "Batter that has not become a cake"‚ says Gabriela Nouzeilles and Graciela R. Montaldo in their co-authored book ’The Argentina Reader: History‚ Culture‚ Politics’. Argentina is the nation that used to be among the richest in the world‚ with the largest middle class in Latin America‚ yet that entered the twenty-first century seething with economic crisis and frustration. But Argentina is also a beautiful country that possesses stunning
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Argentina is a very delightful place. The country of Argentina is much different from the United States in many ways. They have beautiful nature and geography. Argentina has diverse climate and vegetation. Argentina has many different landforms that benefit them in many ways. They also have many major landforms that have pretty sights to see. Argentina is also a very big country. The location of Argentina is a great location with great weather. They have a shape that isn’t that similar to any other
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