Latin American investigative conference keen on collaborations

By Ricardo Sandoval Palos

In only its second run, the Latin American Conference on Investigative Journalism – held last weekend in Buenos Aires – has become one of th

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"… n American Conference on Investigative Journalism – held last weekend in Buenos Aires – has become one of the most important events on calendars of reporters …"

"… borative by outlets in the San Francisco Bay Area – had reporters in the Buenos Aires audience scribbling notes. It is why many at the conference directed a wee …"

When criticism becomes a crime

By Joel Simon

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, August 1, 2001 — Imagine you’ve just broken a story about how the president’s cronies, including members of the Sup

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"… l such laws.The conferees at the criminal defamation conference passed the Buenos Aires Declaration affirming that journalists should never be “criminally prose …"

The influence peddlers

By Yossi Melman and Julio Godoy

Arcadi Gaydamak epitomized the business of war in the post-Cold War era – an entrepreneur with global ties to resource exploitation

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"… erica, including the selling of antiquated police equipment to Bogotá and Buenos Aires. Falcone was also supposed to earn a commission from the Sofremi for expor …"

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Cholera and the age of the water barons

By Bill Marsden

Cholera turned out to be a chronicle of death foretold by blind ideology

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"… last five years.In major water privatizations around the world — such as Buenos Aires, Manila and Jakarta – the ICIJ investigation showed that the World Bank …"

"… erworks and often helped finance the privatization process. In the case of Buenos Aires, the World Bank not only helped finance the privatization but also took, t …"

"… ce in 1995 to capture the Asian market. Suez and Vivendi share interest in Buenos Aires. And Thames and Suez, with the support of the former Indonesian dictatorsh …"

"… original targets for expanded water and sanitation systems are not met.In Buenos Aires, for instance, Suez-controlled Aguas Argentinas almost immediately put pre …"

The 'aguas' tango

By Daniel Santoro

Cashing in on Buenos Aires' privatization

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"… acks up. It's disgusting."La Matanza is among the poorest districts in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, a maze of tiny cinder-block homes wedged together along …"

"… r and it makes them sick," she said.In 1993, the government privatized the Buenos Aires water utility under heavy pressure from the World Bank, the IMF and t …"

"… and water and sewage services.Soon thereafter, the World Bank declared the Buenos Aires privatization an overwhelming success, and made it a model for privatizati …"

"… alia and South Africa. But an ICIJ investigation showed that the Buenos Aires water privatization has been plagued by greed, deceit and failed promises. …"

Loaves, fishes and dirty dishes

By Roel Landingin

Manila's privatized water can't handle the pressure

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"… ue, he added.In April 1996, the World Bank sent a Philippine contingent to Buenos Aires to study that city's privatization. The team included top MWSS officials, …"

"… a great deal through privatization. It was a tactic learned in the earlier Buenos Aires privatization."From the very beginning, we felt that it was essential that …"

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An interrogation role model

By Yossi Melman

U.S. picked up tactics — including torture — from Israeli intelligence

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"… on that tracked, cornered and abducted Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires, Argentina."He [Eichmann] passed our car, which was parked on the margin," …"

On the road again—and again

By Morgan Jindrich

FCC officials rack up $2.8 million travel tab with industries they regulate

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"… tinations included Orlando, San Francisco, Miami, Anchorage, Palm Springs, Buenos Aires and Beijing. (See listing of top destinations)All told, agency officials h …"

Favorable logistics

By Claudio Julio Tognolli

In Brazil, infrastructure and human resources for cloning are available

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"… infrastructure to do cloning research."In Latin America, I can say that in Buenos Aires there are some groups technically capable to do it. But they have less fav …"

"… n reproductive cloning research by federal law. Three provinces, including Buenos Aires, have banned human cloning as well.Ecuador and Peru also have outlawed bot …"

Burning irony: Flame retardants might create deadlier fires

By Brett Israel

Chemicals meant to snuff fires could be making some blazes deadlier.

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"… aths than previously thought.In one example, a fire devastated a prison in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1990. Thirty-five inmates died as a mattress fire spread th …"