Resistencia, Argentina News

Argentine mobile operator CTI Movil has launched 3G services in greater Buenos Aires, Rosario and Cordoba, following similar launches earlier this year by rivals Telecom Personal and Movistar. via TeleGeography CommsUpdate

I was watching live television news from Argentina Thursday night, and it struck me that the announcer spoke with what seemed to me to be a strong Argentine accent. via Lonely Planet

“There are people who have nothing to eat and the only thing they have is the dump.”

By Jorge A. Otaola

RESISTENCIA, Argentina (Reuters) - "Sometimes I have enough for milk, sometimes I don't," said Marisel Rivas as she cradled her underweight baby in an Argentine shantytown, where hunger persists despite the country's economic boom.

One of Latin America's wealthiest countries, Argentina has prided itself on having less of the acute poverty common across the region. But five years of strong economic growth have not lifted Chaco's residents out of poverty.

The slums that circle Chaco's main city of Resistencia are a world away from the elegant shopping malls and bustling steakhouses of Buenos Aires, some 650 miles to the south, where Argentina's 8 percent annual economic growth is palpable. Read more

"Sometimes I have enough for milk, sometimes I don't," said Marisel Rivas as she cradled her underweight baby in an Argentine shantytown, where hunger persists despite the country's economic boom. via Reuters UK

“All we want is respect from the government”

The Toba are one of the few remaining indigenous groups in Argentina. They live in The Impenetrable Forest, the poorest area in the poorest province of the country. via From Our Own Correspondent

“In most cases, the only time a child in those areas sees a medical professional is when our train comes”

T his is an old railroad town, with severed telegraph lines dangling from track-side poles and a depot where graffiti is the one obvious sign of recent activity. via StarTribune

Hopefully Love and Resistance will post a more detailed report on Neo Nazism in South America later this year. via Guerrillanews.com

Aboriginal communities in the province of Resistencia recently contested health minister Ricardo Mayol, regarding him responsible for the serious lack of healthcare services in the area. via Fides News