GenevaLunch » Argentina http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 25 May 2012 22:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Argentinian Dirty War victim identified after 36 yearshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/argentinian-dirty-war-victim-identified-after-36-years/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/argentinian-dirty-war-victim-identified-after-36-years/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 13:40:37 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=70537 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The body of a man who had dissappeared 36 years ago during Argentina’s “dirty wars” was identified, bringing closure to a daughter brought up by military parents. The man, Roque Orlando Montenegro, who had been buried in an unmarked grave in Uruguay, is suspected of having been on a death flight, where [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/25/argentinian-dirty-war-victim-identified-after-36-years/feed/ 0 Bolivia seizes Spanish power companyhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/03/bolivia-seizes-spanish-power-company/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/03/bolivia-seizes-spanish-power-company/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 02:00:03 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=69791 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Bolivian president Evo Morales announced the expropriation of Spanish power firm Red Eléctrica Española’s shares in that country during a televised celebration Tuesday to commemorate International Workers’ Day. Morales justified the move by saying that the company, which operates under the name Transportada de Electricidad (TDE) in Bolivia, had not invested enough in [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/03/bolivia-seizes-spanish-power-company/feed/ 0 Falklands/Malvinas anniversary observed with some tensionhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/falklandsmalvinas-anniversary-observed-with-some-tension/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/falklandsmalvinas-anniversary-observed-with-some-tension/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:52:14 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=68509 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Thirty years ago today, 2 April 1982, the Falklands War began, when the UK sent troops to rebuff what the British refer to as an invasion of the island they have ruled since 1833. Argentina sees it differently and despite defeat at the hands of the British 30 years ago, the South [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/02/falklandsmalvinas-anniversary-observed-with-some-tension/feed/ 0 Sports,football: Messi magic sinks Swiss (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/sportsfootball-messi-magic-sinks-swiss-update/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/sportsfootball-messi-magic-sinks-swiss-update/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:39:55 +0000 Nicholas Bates http://genevalunch.com/?p=67109 GenevaLunch.com Dutch ride over England Update 23:00  BERN, SWITZERLAND – Three goals from Lionel Messi gave Argentina a 1-3 win over Switzerland in their friendly match, 29 February. The game was balanced until the last few minutes when a defensive error gave Messi the chance for a little piece of brilliance. The last goal was from [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/sportsfootball-messi-magic-sinks-swiss-update/feed/ 0 Wednesday night football, 2 big friendlieshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/wednesday-night-football-2-big-friendlies/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/wednesday-night-football-2-big-friendlies/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:17:10 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=67054 GenevaLunch.com Home friendly for Switzerland with Argentina Two big ones are England vs The Netherlands and Germany vs France GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Football fans who are not heading to Bern for the 29 February evening friendly with Argentina are likely to be glued to the TV, with this game broadcast on RTS (new name for Swiss [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/29/wednesday-night-football-2-big-friendlies/feed/ 0 Argentina’s Angel of Death gets lifehttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/27/argentinas-angel-of-death-gets-life/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/27/argentinas-angel-of-death-gets-life/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:52:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=62911 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Alfredo Astiz, a former Navy spy, was sentenced 26 October to life in prison, one of a dozen police and militia officers from the military dictatorship that ruled the country from 1976 to 1983. Astiz was condemned for crime against humanity. He was widely known as the Angel of Death for his [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/10/27/argentinas-angel-of-death-gets-life/feed/ 0 Sole witness to the death of Argentinian bishop disappearshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/21/sole-witness-to-the-death-of-argentinian-bishop-disappears/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/21/sole-witness-to-the-death-of-argentinian-bishop-disappears/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:19:46 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=56886 GenevaLunch.com Victor Oscar Matinez, 52, the sole witness in the death of the Argentinian Bishop Carlos Horacio Ponce de Leon. The Bishop was driving to deliver evidence of junta crimes to the Vatican’s representative in Argentina when a suspicious accident took his life. The documents he was carrying disappeared. Martinez who survived the accident says he [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/04/21/sole-witness-to-the-death-of-argentinian-bishop-disappears/feed/ 1 Messi training his “zapatillas” in Geneva, Ronaldo draws crowdhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/messi-training-his-zapatillas-in-geneva-ronaldo-draws-crowd/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/messi-training-his-zapatillas-in-geneva-ronaldo-draws-crowd/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 02:16:50 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=53670 GenevaLunch.com International sports, football friendly in Geneva (video) Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Lionel Messi was busy at work kicking his zapatillas, as Argentinians call their trainers, at the Stade de Genève where his team will meet the Portuguese squad in the first exciting football friendly of the year. Messi and the rest of the team were [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/09/messi-training-his-zapatillas-in-geneva-ronaldo-draws-crowd/feed/ 1 Confirmed: Ronaldo to lead Portugal against Argentina’s Messi in Genevahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/05/confirmed-ronaldo-to-lead-portugal-against-argentinas-messi-in-geneva/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/05/confirmed-ronaldo-to-lead-portugal-against-argentinas-messi-in-geneva/#comments Sat, 05 Feb 2011 08:34:13 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=53478 GenevaLunch.com Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Portuguese Seleçao has confirmed that Ronaldo Cristiano will lead the squad in Geneva 9 February in the friendly match against Argentina, and football fans everywhere are preparing for the Swiss showdown between Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Portugal and the South Americans have played only six times previously, with Argentina beating [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/02/05/confirmed-ronaldo-to-lead-portugal-against-argentinas-messi-in-geneva/feed/ 3 Argentina: travel cash robbed ahead of president’s triphttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/14/argentina-travel-cash-robbed-ahead-of-presidents-trip/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/14/argentina-travel-cash-robbed-ahead-of-presidents-trip/#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:25:08 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=52393 GenevaLunch.com Three men on motorcycles held up a man, a government official, carrying $90,000 in cash in a backpack in downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina 13 January. The cash was withdrawn ahead of President Cristina Fernandez’ visit to the Middle East, where she is to visit Qatar, Kuwait and Turkey, beginning Sunday 16 January. Police were investigating [...]

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