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Dinesh Bhatia, India's Ambassador to Argentina and Uruguay.

India supports Argentina’s bid to join BRICS, says ambassador

03-06-2023 06:15 India’s envoy in Argentina, Dinesh Bhatia, discusses trade deficits, defence opportunities, lithium and gas collaboration and the importance of cultural ties.

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A visitor looks at a book at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair.

BOOKS & LITERATURE

Inflation woes reach book publishers as the price of paper surges

27-05-2023 06:31 Small publishers at the Buenos Aires International Book Fair discuss the challenges of coping with runaway inflation; Resistant readers help literary houses to survive crisis.

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Argentina fell from 29th to 40th place in Reporters without Borders' latest press freedom ranking.

MEDIA & SOCIETY

Argentina’s drops 11 places in press freedom ranking

08-05-2023 22:51 Reporters Without Borders calls out consolidation of media ownership, polarisation, gaps in public policy, and low pay as primary threats to press freedom in Argentina.

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Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires.

FERIA DEL LIBRO 2023

Writers, activists, thinkers – seven to see at the BA Book Fair

24-04-2023 06:45 Acclaimed wordsmiths and political strategists – including the likes of Fernando Aramburu Irigoye, Raul Zurita, James Bayley, and Gabriela Cabezón Cámara — will be among those attending the 47th annual Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires as special guests.

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BOOKS & LITERATURE

Buenos Aires Book Fair returns with focus on 40 years of democracy

15-04-2023 06:11 Forty-seventh annual Feria Internacional del Libro de Buenos Aires, running from April 27 to May 15, will honour Argentina’s 40th democratic anniversary and acclaimed authors from across Latin America.

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The Working Group on Business and Human Rights conducted a 12 day visit to Argentina and accessed the country's compliance with the UN Guiding Principles.

UNITED NATIONS

UN report criticises ‘structural discrimination’ against Argentina's indigenous

23-03-2023 17:43 United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights highlights repeated “evictions and violent interventions” in new report.

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Cafiero presenting Argentine jersey to Bangladeshi supporter

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina reopens Embassy in Bangladesh after football furore

01-03-2023 13:45 Foreign Minister Cafiero flies to Dhaka to inaugurate Argentina's new Embassy in Bangladesh, 45 years after it was shuttered by dictatorship; Trade, shared history and, of course, football on the agenda.

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