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Argentina moves to the right as Mauricio Macri wins presidential poll

It was a celebration full of typical Latin American enthusiasm. Conservative opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has been confirmed as the winner of

23/11/2015

Argentina

Argentina goes to the polls

More than 30 million voters are heading for the ballot box in Argentina. Centre-left candidate Daniel Scioli is going up against the centre-right’s

22/11/2015

Argentina

Argentina: voters pick new president in landmark run-off election

It is decision time in Argentina, with more than 30 million voters expected to head to the ballot box in the country’s first ever presidential

22/11/2015

Sport

Dakar 2016 race route unveiled

Details of the 2016 Dakar Rally were unveiled at a ceremony in Paris on Thursday. The 37th running of the event will be the eighth successive year

19/11/2015

Argentina

Argentine presidential forced to a surprise second round run-off

The pro-business opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has caused a major upset by forcing Argentina’s presidential election into a second round

26/10/2015

Argentina

Argentina votes with economy in chaos

Argentina is voting for a new president with Buenos Aires state governor Daniel Scioli well ahead in the opinion polls. Argentina election: Is

25/10/2015

Sport

Rugby World Cup: Argentina vs Australia battle for place in final

Argentina and Australia will come face-to-face on Sunday at Twickenham in the second of the two-all Southern Hemisphere Rugby World Cup semi-finals

24/10/2015

Argentina

Argentina: man suspected of keeping wife and son locked in cage for 6 years

Argentinian police have arrested 66-year-old Edgardo Oviedo on suspicion of keeping his wife and son locked up for six years. They were allegedly

07/09/2015

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Running with man's best friend

01/09/2015

Culture news

Argentina's World Tango Championships bigger than ever

The World Tango Festival and Championship is held annually in the Argentine capital from the 14th -27th August. Couples swirl and sweep across the

28/08/2015

Sport

World Tango Festival and Championship kicks off in Buenos Aires

Salon tango dancers from around the world showed off their skills in Buenos Aires on Tuesday (August 18) as part of the World Tango Festival and

19/08/2015

Argentina

Argentinians go to the polls to decide who will run for president

Argentinians went to the polls on Sunday in the country’s presidential primary election. The vote is to decide which candidates will represent the

10/08/2015

Sport

River Plate win third Copa Libertadores title

River Plate capped off a remarkable comeback to the top of South American football after winning their third Copa Libertadores title in the club’s

06/08/2015

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Painters protest oil giant's Arctic drilling plans

03/08/2015

World

Pump up the volume: essence of Botero's sculptures revealed in Spoleto exhibition

He is one of Latin America’s most celebrated artists. Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero’s voluptuous figures are considered a

24/07/2015

Sport

Tevez receives heroes welcome at Boca Juniors

Carlos Tevez has been officially unveiled as a Boca Juniors player. Some 50,000 fans packed into La Bombonera to welcome him back to Argentina after

14/07/2015

Argentina

Argentina: thousands of protesters call for end to 'femicide'

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Buenos Aires to call for tougher measures to end “femicide” – the killing of a woman by a man

04/06/2015

Argentina

Argentine court to rule on 'depressed' orangutan

In a world first, a court in Argentina is to rule on whether an orangutan named Sandra is entitled to certain human rights including the right to be

21/05/2015

Sport

River Plate players sprayed with eye irritant by Boca fans in Buenos Aires

Four River Plate players have been treated in hospital after they were sprayed with an eye irritant by fans of city rivals Boca Juniors in Buenos

15/05/2015

Argentina

Argentina President Fernandez bombing case could be reopened

Last month’s court decision that cleared Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez of charges that she tried to derail the investigation into a deadly

27/03/2015

Argentina

[WATCH] Trucks hit low bridge moments apart

24/03/2015

Argentina

'Nazi hideout' discovered deep in Argentine jungle

Deep in Argentina’s northern jungle, archaeologists have come across the unexpected….! In among the lush vegetation – the ruins of a house-like

23/03/2015

Argentina

Argentina: Nisman supporters call for justice on anniversary of his suspicious death

Hundreds of protesters in Buenos Aires called for justice as they marked the two-month anniversary of the death of federal prosecutor, Alberto

19/03/2015

Argentina

Argentina opens all files on 1994 Jewish community centre bombing

The Argentinian government has declassified all documents relating to the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires. The demand for

14/03/2015

Argentina

France steps up role in probing deadly 'reality TV' helicopter crash

Air accident investigators from France are already at the scene. Now five French police officers have reportedly been sent to Argentina to help probe

12/03/2015

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Tearful French athletes gather to mourn victims of Argentina crash

12/03/2015