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Mayer fires Argentina into Davis Cup final

Argentina’s Leonardo Mayer ended Britain’s reign as Davis Cup champions with a four sets win over Dan Evans in the fifth rubber of the semi-finals on Sunday.

18/09/2016

Argentina

'Giant meteorite' unearthed in northern Argentina

An excavating team in Argentina have unearthed a rock weighing over 30 tonnes it is thought could be one of the world’s largest meteorites.

14/09/2016

Argentina

Shall we dance? - World Tango Championship draws to a close

Argentinian dancers Cristian Palomo and Melisa Sacchi have been crowned the Salon Tango world champions in front of a home crowd.

01/09/2016

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Opera goes underground in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires’ subway commuters broke their daily routine in mid-August when an opera company took to Las Heras station’s main hall to perform an 18th century…

26/08/2016

Sport

Messi reconsiders decision to leave Argentina's national team

It seems public pressure or a sense of duty have proved too much for Lionel Messi, who suffered a traumatic loss to Chile in the Copa America this summer along with his teammates and said he would nev

12/08/2016

Sport

New Argentina boss Bauza presented to media

Edgardo Bauza was presented to the media on Thursday as the new head coach of Argentine national football team.

06/08/2016

Argentina

Argentina: crowds shield prominent human rights activist from arrest

Prominent human rights activist Hebe de Bonafini has been protected from arrest by hundreds of supporters in Argentina.

05/08/2016

Sport

New Argentina coach Bauza aims to keep Messi from retiring

Edgardo Bauza has been appointed the new head coach Argentina.

02/08/2016

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The right to breastfeed

Hundreds of Argentine women came out in greater Buenos Aires Saturday (July 23) to rally in defence of their right to breastfeed in public whenever and wherever they…

25/07/2016

Argentina

Lionel Messi retires from international football

The Argentina and Barcelona forward missed the goal in a penalty shoot-out as Chile won the final of the Copa America.

27/06/2016

Sport

Copa America: Argentina thump Venezuela to reach semi-finals

Argentina’s Lionel Messi and his team-mates gave their fans something to cheer about when they thumped Venezuela 4-1 in the quarter-finals of the Copa America in Massachusetts on…

19/06/2016

Argentina

Operation Condor: Argentina's ex-junta leader jailed

Argentina’s last dictator General Reynaldo Bignone has been sentenced to 20-years in jail for crimes committed under a programme called Operation…

28/05/2016

Argentina

Operation Condor: historic human rights trial verdict expected

The final verdict in an historic human rights trial is expected in Argentina later on Friday.

27/05/2016

Argentina

Argentina ex-President Fernandez de Kirchner indicted on state fraud allegations

Indicted alongside her economy minister and former central bank chief they stand accused of selling the bank's dollars at below market rates to shore up the Argentinian peso.

14/05/2016

Economy

Bonds are back for Argentina

Argentina is back selling government bonds for the first time in 15 years having settled a long-running legal battle with investors after it defaulted on its debts in 2001.

19/04/2016

Argentina

Argentina: Fernández de Kirchner says court case is 'political persecution'

Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has refused to testify in court over claims of state fraud when she was in office

14/04/2016

Economy

Argentina passes deal ending debt battle with hedge funds

After a drawn-out debate, Argentina’s Senate approved a deal that should put an end to a 14-year-old dispute with U.S. creditors over the nation’s

31/03/2016

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Remembering Argentina's 1976 coup

Tens of thousands of Argentines marched in Buenos Aires on Thursday (24 March) to mark the 40th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Isabel Peron

26/03/2016

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Argentina: Thousands march 40 years after military dictatorship began

Thousands of people have marched in Buenos Aires to mark the 40th anniversary of the start of Argentina’s military dictatorship, calling for justice

25/03/2016

Argentina

Obama says US too slow to react to Argentina's "Dirty War"

US President Barack Obama admitted Washington was too slow to react to Argentina’s “Dirty War” as he attended a ceremony to honour the victims. His

24/03/2016

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Care to dance?

US President Barack Obama takes to the dance floor at a state dinner in Argentine city of Buenos Aires, trying out the traditional Argentine Tango.

24/03/2016

Argentina

Obama adds Argentina to South America reset list

US President Barack Obama has promised a new era in relations with Argentina, with US firms announcing more than two billion dollars of new

23/03/2016

Argentina

Obama arrives in Argentina

The US president wants to reset diplomatic and trade ties with the free market Mauricio Macri.

23/03/2016

Argentina

Argentine coastguard sinks illegal Chinese trawler

Argentina’s coastguard has sunk a Chinese fishing trawler that was apparently operating illegally within its territorial waters. Warning shots were

16/03/2016

Argentina

WATCH: Argentina ice arch collapse caught on video

Chunks of Argentina’s Perito Moreno glacier collapsed on Thursday (March 10) as large chunks of ice plunged into Lake Argentina. The Patagonian

10/03/2016

Sport

Argentine champions Boca Juniors appoint Schelotto as coach

Argentine champions Boca Juniors have appointed former player Barros Schelotto as their new coach following Monday’s sacking of Rodolfo Arruabarrena

03/03/2016