Argentina

Argentina enters new political era as Kirchner dies (Reuters)

October 28th, 2010

UNASUR secretary general and former Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner arrives at Miraflores Palace in Caracas August 5, 2010, for a meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. REUTERS/Jorge SilvaReuters - Tens of thousands of Argentines paid tribute on Thursday to Nestor Kirchner, the powerful former leader whose death robbed President Cristina Fernandez of her husband and most trusted…

Argentina gives asylum to alleged Chilean assassin (AP)

September 30th, 2010

AP - Argentina granted asylum Thursday to a former leftist guerrilla charged in his native Chile with assassinating a senator and kidnapping a businessman, a decision sure to sour relations…

Argentina Belatedly Celebrates a Journalist Hero (Time.com)

July 31st, 2010

Time.com - When the generals began disposing of thousands of young people in the late 1970s, only one journalist dared stand up for the rights of the “disappeared.” And then…

Argentina legalizes gay marriage in historic vote (AP)

July 15th, 2010

Demonstrators wave a gay pride flag outside Congress in support of a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in Buenos Aires, Wednesday July 14, 2010. Argentina's House of Deputies has approved same-sex marriage and sent the legislation to the Senate, which is discussing its consideration Wednesday. President Cristina Fernandez promises not to veto the measure if it reaches her desk. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Argentina legalized same-sex marriage Thursday, becoming the first country in Latin America to grant gays and lesbians all the legal rights, responsibilities and protections that marriage brings to…

Argentina: Colombian model arrested on drug charge (AP)

May 26th, 2010

AP - A Colombian model accused of leading a drug-trafficking gang that persuaded pretty young women to smuggle cocaine to Mexico was arrested Wednesday after evading Argentine police for five…

Argentina: Greek financial rescue doomed to fail (AP)

May 14th, 2010

In this May 12, 2010 photo, a worker controls the machinery at the Lavalan wool-processing plant in Buenos Aires.  Employees worked for a year without pay and endured blows from riot police to keep creditors from carting off the equipment after Argentina's economy imploded in 2001 and the country defaulted on a record $95 billion debt. In the end, they formed a worker-run cooperative to save their jobs. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)AP - Gregorio Lopez has a message for the Greek workers who are protesting deep cuts in salaries and pensions that come with an international, trillion-dollar rescue package: You’re on…

Russian president on trade mission to Argentina (AP)

April 14th, 2010

Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev,left, shakes hands with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the government palace in Buenos Aires, Wednesday, April 14, 2010. Medvedev is on a one-day visit to Argentina. (AP Photo/ Eduardo Di Baia)AP - Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday used the first-ever visit by a Russian president to Argentina to urge the countries to boost economic ties and cooperate more on nuclear energy.


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Argentina asks US help to end Falklands spat (AP)

March 1st, 2010

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, stands with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, left,, following their joint news conference at Casa Rosada in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 1, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool)AP - Argentina asked for U.S. help Monday in resolving a brewing dispute with Britain over the Southern Atlantic islands that were the subject of a brief war more than…