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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

Argentina

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

Argentina

Argentina strikes deal with US 'holdout' creditors

Argentina agrees in principle to a deal with US hedge funds ending a 15-year-old dispute over repayment of billions of dollars worth of bonds.

01/03/2016

Argentina

French Peugeot driver Stéphane Peterhansel wins Dakar Rally for 12th time

French Peugeot driver Stéphane Peterhansel has won the Dakar Rally for the 12th time. He crossed the finish line on the 13th and final stage of this

16/01/2016

Sport

Peterhansel chalks up his 12 Dakar Rally victory

Stephane Peterhansel won his 12th Dakar Rally after crossing the finish line of a drama-free 13th stage of the race in Rio Cuarto, Argentina. The

16/01/2016

Sport

Dakar Rally: Price and Peterhansel close in on Dakar titles

Helder Rodriguez won the penultimate stage of the Dakar Rally on Friday for his first victory in the 38th edition of race. The Portuguese Yamaha

15/01/2016

Sport

Dakar Rally: Al-Attiyah wins stage 11 in San Juan

Defending cars champion Nasser Al-Attiyah won his second stage in this year’s Dakar Rally on Thursday. The Qatari Mini driver won stage 11 from La

15/01/2016

Sport

Peterhansel leads Dakar as former pacesetter Sainz pulls out

Stephane Peterhansel is the new leader of the 38th edition of the Dakar Rally. The French 11-times champion steered his Peugeot to stage 10 honours –

13/01/2016

Sport

Sainz takes control of Dakar Rally after stage nine victory

Carlos Sainz took control of the Dakar Rally on Tuesday after the 2010 champion won a shortened ninth stage around Belen in Argentina. The day’s

12/01/2016

Sport

Price claims fourth win in Dakar Rally

After a well deserved rest day for the competitors of the Dakar Rally Toby Price got back to business in the 38th edition of the gruelling race. The

11/01/2016

Sport

Dakar racer ploughs into spectators injuring ten

A car racing in the Dakar Rally careered off the road and smashed into a crowd of spectators injuring ten, five of them seriously.

03/01/2016

Sport

On your marks, get set, go! Dakar Rally underway

Security fears mean the Dakar Rally is held in South America these days.

02/01/2016

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Streets turned to rivers in Argentina

As heavy rains cause rivers to swell in north-eastern Argentina, at least 20,000 people have been forced to be evacuated by the worst flooding in 50

27/12/2015

Argentina

Argentina: grandmother of missing child vows to 'continue fighting' after ID error

After almost four decades, she was filled with hope that a missing granddaughter had finally been found. But Maria Isabel de Mariani, the founder of

27/12/2015

Argentina

DNA dashes hope of Argentina activist searching for stolen child

The woman thought to be the lost granddaughter of an activist who searches for babies stolen during Argentina's military dictatorship was someone else, DNA tests show.

26/12/2015