JTB World Blog (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
On eVolo Architecture you find amazing ideas for buildings. Here are some images from the 08 Skyscraper competition. First place: Elie Gamburg Second place: Rugel Chiriboga - Ted Givens Third place: Alberto Fernández - Susana Ortega Competition mentions: Christopher Talbott - George Tolosa, Daekwon Park, Tingxing Tao, Sohta Mori - Yuichiro Minato, Claudiu Barsan-Pipu - Oana Nituica - Irina Dragomir...
inca kola news (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008
All gone. Lousteau (right) was first, ironically forced out by Moreno. Alberto Fernandez (centre) went last week. Guillermo Moreno (left) will join them this week. Secretary of Interior Commerce, Guillermo Moreno, is toast. By all accounts he is out in the next 72 hours and has already been saying his goodbyes at the Ministry. This can only be a positive for Argentina; Moreno is a thug in a
France24 (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
President Cristina Kirchner's loyal and powerful cabinet aide Alberto Fernandez resigned Wednesday, after a crushing defeat last week over attempts to increase export taxes on soy, the country's main crop.
News: Moldova.org: Politics (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Argentine President Cristina Kirchner named Sergio Massa her new Cabinet chief Wednesday, the day after Alberto Fernandez resigned the key advisory post.Fernandez quit following the defeat in the Senate of a controversial export tax on certain crops, La Nacion reported. His resignation came after days of speculation that he would leave the administration. Last week, an export tax bill covering some...
inca kola news (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Well I nailed this one, dudes and dudettes. Alberto Fernandez was 8/11 fav then went 1/4 white hot favourite over the weekend after Otto got the real freshly squeezed juice from deep inside the Klishtina gov't circles. Yes indeed....yet again you read it here first. Here's the link to how Bloomie broke the news about Alberto's stepdown to people who don't read the pace-setting IncaKola. What's
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Buenos Aires - Just days after the government of Argentine President Cristina Kirchner gave in to a massive and extended farmers' strike,her cabinet chief Wednesday submitted his resignation. Alberto Fernandez, one of the country's most influential p...
inca kola news (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Argentina: Alberto Fernandez is now 1/4 favourite for the chop in our resignation sweepstakes game (looks like I can pick'em). Guillermo Moreno also rumoured to be out, but less certain. Bolivia: Tom Shannon heads up a US delegation arriving in Bolivia tomorrow. He says he wants to "understand the country." 7 1/2 years into an 8 year Bush administration.....let's be generous and say "better late
DIRTY FOUND (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
Argentina left floating effect taxes to strong exports of agricultural raw materials such as soybeans, maize, sunflower and derivatives, after the Senate rejection of the government initiative that imposed, announced on Friday the Cabinet chief Alberto Fernandez.
Latin America News Review (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez attends a ceremony at the government house during the visit of Lithuania's President Valdas Adamkus, not seen, in Buenos Aires, Friday, July 18, 2008. Cabinet minister Alberto Fernandez told reporters at a news conference on Friday that the government is dropping a widely protested farm export tax hike that the Senate has rejected and has led to months of protests...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/18/2008
Buenos Aires - Argentine Chief of Staff Alberto Fernandez met with pro-government legislators Wednesday to discuss the chances of approval of a bill that would increase tariffs on farming exports - an issue that has been at the root of a farmers' str...
Grape Wall of China (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
By Jim Boyce Alberto Fernandez has been running the China operations of Torres since the year 2000. I interviewed him about his take on China’s wine scene, Torres’ relationship with local winery Grace Vineyard, the preferences of Chinese consumers, the rapid growth of wine importers and imports, and more. Torres China General Manager Alberto Fernandez How did [...]
Inhabitat (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
In the spirit of Daekwon Parks’ Symbiotic Superstructure, we’re continuing coverage of the eVolo Competition with another incredible entry. This dispatch from the future of skyscraper technology takes us to the northern coast of Chile, where Alberto Fernández and Susana Ortega have conceived of a Fog Tower that absorbs and channels water from its [...]
Eating Fabulous (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
Here’s another report touting the health benefits of olive oil. After analysing samples from 15 olive oil mills, researchers have demonstrated that olive oil is very rich in polyphenols. According to Professors Alberto Fernández and Antonio Segura, “as preventive substances, polyphenols help to combat any oxidative disease associated with the degenerative process.” The polyphenols found in olive [...]...
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 01/27/2008
Sudan summoned the top United States diplomat in Khartoum saying he had interfered in the internal affairs of the country and rejected US criticism of the appointment of Musa Hilal to a central government post. US Charge D'Affaires Alberto Fernandez told Reuters that Khartoum's lack of implementation of internal peace accords had created an environment of distrust.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 12/17/2007
The U.S. government fabricated the so-called "political contribution case" in Argentina in an attempt to drive a wedge among Latin American countries, said Argentina's chief of cabinet Alberto Fernandez on Sunday. The United States ...
