Tag: argentina

Argentine Sweatshops

By Erik Loomis

In General

On June 1, 2015

The use of sweatshop labor in the apparel industry is not just a U.S. thing and it doesn’t just take place in Bangladesh. Rather, it’s a worldwide phenomenon that needs to be fought on an international scale. This story about the terrible conditions of sweatshops in Buenos Aires is an example. Taking advantage of impoverished […]

General

Abuelas

By Erik Loomis

On August 8, 2014

The story is still incredibly tragic, but it is amazing that the leader of the Argentina abuelas, leading the resistance to the dictatorship by demanding to know what happened to her and others grandc

General

Vultures

By Erik Loomis

On August 4, 2014

At the same time that U.S. courts are limiting the ability of foreign citizens to sue American corporations for their malfeasance abroad, they are facilitating U.S. banking companies to collect debts

Ambassadors

By Erik Loomis

In General

On February 7, 2014

I know that ambassadorships to comfortable nations of low to middling strategic importance have been used to reward friends of presidents for a long time, but it would be nice if the appointees had marginal knowledge of the nation of appointment. Or you know, had been there before. I mean, does the fact that Norway […]

General

A World Less Evil

By Erik Loomis

On May 18, 2013

Jorge Rafael Videla, former dictator of Argentina, is dead, much to the benefit of the world. Lillie Langtry with more.

General

Worst Person in the World

By Erik Loomis

On March 13, 2013

Erick Erickson for this lovely tweet: That lefties are accusing the new pope of handing over lefties to the right wing junta for execution makes me adore the new pope. Says just about all you need to

No War Over Oil (in the Falklands . . . )

By Dave Brockington

In Dave Brockington

On February 24, 2010

The British are searching for oil just off the coast of some small islands far away from anywhere, though I understand that Argentina is relatively near by, thinks the Falklands go by some other name, and are, in fact, theirs. They are bemused that the British are drilling, baby. International law on the issue is […]

Robert Farley

Party Like it’s 1982

By Robert Farley

On February 7, 2010

The Royal Navy could use a good crisis.

Uncategorized

Jeebus

By Robert Farley

On June 24, 2009

Words cannot begin to describe the anticipation I’m feeling for tonight’s Colbert Report.

Is This a "Sanford Goes to Argentina" Moment?

By Robert Farley

In Uncategorized

On June 24, 2009

What? Gov. Mark Sanford arrived in the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport this morning, having wrapped up a seven-day visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, he said. Sanford said he had not been hiking along the Appalachian Trail, as his staff said in a Tuesday statement to the media. Sanford’s whereabouts had been unknown since Thursday, and the […]