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That description could also fit Fernàndez and her husband Néstor Kirchner. Both cut their political teeth not amid the upper crust of Buenos Aires but in his home province of Santa Cruz, in the country's Patagonian south. When they moved to the capital, she was already a seasoned politician, known for anticorruption and human-rights crusades. Although she had greater name recognition with voters, the couple decided that Kirchner would run for President in 2003 because his greater familiarity with economic policy made him better suited to a country on the verge of bankruptcy. Smart call...
...floating islands totaling nearly two million acres in northeastern Argentina. And so American businessman Douglas Tompkins started buying it up in 1999; he owns 442,000 acres of it so far. Together, directly or through foundations they control, Tompkins and his wife have acquired properties encompassing Pacific coastal fjords, Patagonian virgin forest and tropical wetlands, a total area of some 3,437 square miles (2.1 million acres) in both Argentina and neighboring Chile. That is the approximate area of Cyprus. He is not trying to create his own country, however. He is trying to save the planet...
...profile foreigners fuels passions here. The Italian clothing giant Benetton holds 2.2 million acres in sheep farms in Patagonia and has clashed with the indigenous Mapuche people over land ownership. Another high-profile foreigner is American media magnate Ted Turner, who indulges a taste for trout fishing on his Patagonian estate...
...Richard Di Giacomo at Miami's pan-Latin restaurant Cacao. "The real fun of wine is sharing new discoveries," says Di Giacomo. And as Casa Silva's plans show, the designer-grape push is broadening wine tourism for countries like Chile and Argentina, once remote outposts to all but Patagonian penguin watchers but now magnets for vini-vacationers tired of Napa and Burgundy...
...scrapyard when pontoons supporting it broke away in a heavy storm, sending the sub down in 170 m of water. Navy officials claimed that the submarine's nuclear reactor posed no environmental threat. Great Catch THE SOUTHERN OCEAN An Uruguayan fishing vessel suspected of poaching the prized Patagonian toothfish from Australian waters was escorted back to Australia after armed fisheries officials boarded the ship following a three-week chase. The trawler has 85 tons of fish aboard; its crew could be fined up to $350,000 and spend 12 months in jail. MEANWHILE IN FRANCE ... Almost Poached President George...