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Search results for "Argentina" ...
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"South Carolina Governor"
After news broke of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford's affair with a woman living in Argentina, the AP immediately started investigating his travel habits. They found the governor often neglected to record flights to visit his mistress as "taxable benefits" and also ignored state rules and regulations by traveling extravagantly.
Tags: Mark Sanford; affair; Argentina; Jenny Sanford; Maria Belen Chapur; soul mate
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Crossroads of Crime
"In a two part series, Trish Regan investigated counterfeiting (Part I) and terrorist fundraising (Part II) in the wild-west jungle town of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. Although Ciudad del Este is largely unknown to Americans, intelligence officers regard the region as a lawless frontier, which is perhaps the most dangerous place in the Western Hemisphere. Located deep in the heart of South America and known as the tri-border region because it borders Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil, Ciudad del Este has become a safe haven for counterfeiters and terrorist organizations."
Tags: terrorism; money; fundraising; counterfeit; South America; Middle East; Hezbollah;
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The Woman Who Disappeared Twice
CNN en español investigates the disappearances of political dissidents in Argentina between 1976 and 1983. They follow the case of a woman whose body was thrown from an airplane into a river, where it was found by fishermen. Local officials said the body could not be identified, but that was not the case. CNN tracked down the victims family, one among thousands who disappeared in that bloody time.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; Latin America; Cold War; disappearances; missing persons; Operation Condor; Dirty War; Argentina; dictatorship; Uruguay
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The Dirty War
"60 Minutes investigated one of the dirtiest secrets of the Dirty War, in which at least 500 infants born in the regime's prisons were handed over to childless military couples - in some cases to the very people responsible for the deaths of the mothers."
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; wars; Argentina; The Dirty War; kidnapping; children; child abuse; military; ESMA; disappeared
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No title (id: 13186)
Audubon examines the plight of the Swainson's hawk. The birds migrate from the United States and Canada to Argentina in the winters. Thousands of birds have perished in recent years due to exposure to acutely toxic chemicals that Argentine farmers use to kill grasshoppers, the hawk's prey. It is estimated that 5 percent of the hawk population perished in one season. (September - October, 1996)
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No title (id: 10979)
A report on the migration of Nazi war criminals to Argentina, with the discovery of a former Gestapo chief of Rome, responsible for the execution fo 335 civilians in the Ardeatine caves of Rome. ABC News found Erich Priebke living in a resort village in the Argentine Andes, 40+ years after his escape from post-war Europe.
Tags: Sam Donaldson; Harry Phillips; tape; 7 pages
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No title (id: 5358)
Wall Street Journal investigates the dealings of a West German company that sells heavy water, used in producing plutonium; finds the company is delivering the heavy water to India, South Africa, Israel, Pakistan, and Argentina, violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Jan. 3, 1989.
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No title (id: 3559)
KRON-TV (San Francisco) exposes activities of Sen. Jesse Helms, including a secret trip to Argentina to encourage a military coup there; a slush fund company which financed his private policies; an attempt to foment rebellion in the Azores with the help of a mafia family and members of a terrorist group, Aug. 7-8, 1986.
Tags: TAPE; Sen. Jesse Helms