The protagonists sound like the leads in a Hollywood thriller. There’s the world’s most-wanted Nazi war criminal, a bloodthirsty concentration-camp doctor whose whereabouts have been unknown since he vanished 46 years ago. And there’s the Brooklyn-bred Jew who has dedicated his life to the global quest for World war II-era mass murderers. The Nazi-hunter, now [...]

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Argentina raised the prospect of posting military forces in the Antarctic region yesterday, with the announcement of plans to use troops to defend its interests.
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner told defence chiefs that Argentina must be prepared to assert its sovereignty and protect its natural resources, as nations compete to claim areas of the region [...]

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Corruption continues to intensify in two-fifths of the world’s nations, nurtured by persistent poverty, political instability and crime.
In percentage terms, the number of countries perceived to be corrupt fell slightly, according to recent surveys by Transparency International, an international watchdog group. But that’s only because the sample size of its annual study has gotten larger [...]

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The Pentagon is going to resuscitate its Fourth Fleet, with the mission of patrolling Latin American and Caribbean waters.
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The plan to install a military base in Paraguay, close to Bolivian gas fields, was denounced by Brazil and Argentina. Ecuador has made it known that the American military base installed in Manta until 2009 will not [...]

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Latin America’s three leading economies – Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico – have dusted off old blueprints for nuclear generators and are developing projects that could more than double the region’s capacity from the power source. Chile, Uruguay, and Venezuela are following suit by studying projects to start nuclear energy programs.
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The principal characteristic of twenty-first-century international relations is turning out to be nonpolarity: a world dominated not by one or two or even several states but rather by dozens of actors possessing and exercising various kinds of power. This represents a tectonic shift from the past.
The twentieth century started out distinctly multipolar. But after almost [...]

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These days you hear a lot about the world financial crisis. But there’s another world crisis under way — and it’s hurting a lot more people.
I’m talking about the food crisis. Over the past few years the prices of wheat, corn, rice and other basic foodstuffs have doubled or tripled, with much of the increase [...]

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Despite the fact that Chile has not engaged in a conflict with another state since the war of the Pacific in the late nineteenth century, the Chilean military has been carrying out aggressive weapons purchases in recent years. Long known for having an almost semi-autonomous military force, Chile, in recent years, has spent hundreds of [...]

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WASHINGTON—While the world was concentrating on Iran’s nuclear drama, some Latin American nations were going nuclear too. Argentina and Brazil have relaunched their nuclear energy programs big time and in Chile, despite President Michelle Bachelet’s initial skepticism, officials are beginning to consider that option.
In the case of Brazil and Argentina, it’s all about an old [...]

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Margaret Thatcher’s decision to dispatch a task force to retake the Falkland Islands within a day of the invasion was an extraordinary display of leadership that would be almost unthinkable today. The armada of over 110 ships and 28,000 men began to set sail for the South Atlantic–8,000 miles away–just three days after the Argentineans [...]

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Buenos Aires, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Argentina and China signed a memorandum of military cooperation, the first of its kind between these two countries, informed the Defense Ministry.
The agreement was signed by the Argentine minister, Nilda Garre and her Chinese counterpart, Colonel General Cao Gangeguan who is on a visit to Buenos Aires as part [...]

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BUENOS AIRES — Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez launched another verbal assault on President Bush last night as he led about 20,000 supporters in an anti-American rally, calling the US leader a “political cadaver” and blasting his policies as “imperialist.”
“Gringo go Home!” Chávez shouted to raucous applause at a crowded soccer stadium in the Argentine capital. [...]

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