Argentina

Argentina

Working towards a legal coca market

July 2013
Nr. 23 - 
Ricardo Abduca

Modern use of the coca leaf in Argentina provides a series of examples that could contribute to dispelling many of the myths that have polarized debate about the subject over the last few years.

Land Grabbing in Latin America

January 2013

A special issue of the Canadian Journal of Development Studies introducing a previously under-explored geographic region into the emerging land grab literature. Available for free till end of May.

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Transnational Corporations on Trial

October 2008
Wolfgang Kaleck, Miriam Saage-Maaß

This study analyses existing legal means of holding European transnational companies liable for extraterritorial human rights violations. The authors examine four representative legal cases against European companies in Latin America that revolve around problems typical in the region.

Burgués sí, pero, ¿reformista?

April 2008
TNI
Atilio Borón
En el marco del desafío planteado por el lockout de los empresarios agrícolas se planteó el debate sobre los alcances políticos de la medida. En estas páginas, el sociólogo Eduardo Grüner argumentó que estaba en juego la legitimidad del Estado para intervenir en la economía y alertaba sobre los peligros “si la derecha gana”.

Interview with Luis Padron about the public-public partnership for improving water supply in Huancayo, Peru

August 2007

The ground-breaking new Public-Public Partnership (PUP) between the
Argentinean public water utility Aguas Bonaerenses S.A. (ABSA) and
SEDAM, the provincial water utility of Huancayo (Peru) is an important
example of the growing trend of not-for-profit cooperation between
public utilities from the South.

The Condor Years: How Pinochet and His Allies Brought Terrorism to Three Continents

February 2004
John Dinges

This is the underground history of the international Dirty Wars by US allies in South America.

Mercosur for Sale?

August 2003
Claudia Torrelli

Negotiations on a free trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and the Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) have entered their decisive stage.