GenevaLunch » Argentina http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:57:55 +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.jpg GenevaLunch http://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Argentina’s Angel of Death gets life http://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 disappears http://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 crowd http://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 Geneva http://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 trip http://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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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/14/argentina-travel-cash-robbed-ahead-of-presidents-trip/feed/ 0 Ronaldo vs Messi: duel in Geneva (update: tickets on sale now) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/11/ronaldo-vs-messi-duel-in-geneva-update-tickets-on-sale-now/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/01/11/ronaldo-vs-messi-duel-in-geneva-update-tickets-on-sale-now/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 09:18:27 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=52054 GenevaLunch.com International sports, football Update 20:00 / Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – February 9 is the date for a battle of the famous when footballer Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal and his national team face the world’s most valuable player in football, Lionel Messi from Argentina, and his squad. Ronaldo, the highest paid soccer player in the world, [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/12/07/argentina-recognizes-independent-palestinian-state/feed/ 0 Argentinian female legislator slaps fellow lawmaker (video) http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/18/argentinian-female-legislator-slaps-fellow-lawmaker-video/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/18/argentinian-female-legislator-slaps-fellow-lawmaker-video/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 09:24:01 +0000 Laila Rodriguez http://genevalunch.com/?p=50039 GenevaLunch.com A budget spat erupted into a name-calling and a mini-slap session when Argentina’s opposition legislator Graciela Camano slapped fellow lawmaker Carlos Kunkel in the mouth. Under congressional rules, Kunkel, a close-ally of the president, can file a complaint that could lead to possible sanctions against Camano. The session had been politically charged for hours, then [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/18/argentinian-female-legislator-slaps-fellow-lawmaker-video/feed/ 0 Former admiral Massera, leader of Argentina’s ’76 coup, dies http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/09/former-admiral-massera-leader-of-argentinas-76-coup-dies/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2010/11/09/former-admiral-massera-leader-of-argentinas-76-coup-dies/#comments Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:23:31 +0000 Sean Ecker http://genevalunch.com/?p=49646 GenevaLunch.com Emilio Eduardo Massera, a leader of the military coup against Isabel Perón’s government in Argentina, has died, aged 85. He died in the Naval Hospital in Buenos Aires of a brain hemorrhage 9 November. Massera, known as “Almirante Cero”, was head of the Navy when the junta led by Jorge Videla took power in Argentina [...]

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