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Wed, 24 Nov 2021 09:00:00 GMT
Argentina: Jailbird judge found having a snack at a restaurant
A former Federal Judge who had been found guilty of crimes against humanity while in office during Argentina's military dictatorship, was spotted Tuesday at a restaurant while he was supposed to be under house arrest.

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:43:00 GMT
Major Buenos Aires newspaper attacked with Molotov cocktails
Hooded attackers launched Molotov cocktails late Monday at the building of the Buenos Aires leading daily Clarín, but no injuries or material damage were reported other than fuel stains and traces of a small fire.

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 09:29:00 GMT
Florencio Randazzo makes it to the House after edging Libertarian candidate
Former Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo finally made it through to the House of Deputies on his own Vamos con Vos front after the final vote count ended up granting him the votes he needed to snatch the seat from the Libert...

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 08:54:00 GMT
"Argentine Bolsonaro" not quite so after taking second dose of Covid-19 vax
Far-right Deputy-elect Javier Milei, whom many had likened to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has been pictured taking what turned out to be his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, very much to the disappointment of his cons...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 23:05:00 GMT
Kast is very much anti-Argentine, says ambassador
Argentina's Ambassador in Santiago, Rafael Bielsa, said right-wing candidate José Antonio Kast, who finished first in Sunday's elections was an anti-Argentine Pinochetist “that dares speak its name” and likened him to form...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:58:00 GMT
Vigilante group on horseback fends off Mapuche attack
Residents of the Argentine town of El Bolson Sunday confronted reasoning Mapuches on horseback and kept them from doing any further damage as authorities failed to provide an institutional response to the increasing unrest caus...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 22:37:00 GMT
Maradona buried without his heart, TV anchorman says
Argentine neurologist and TV host Nelson Castro has said former football legend Diego Armando Maradona has been buried but his heart was not in his coffin.

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:58:00 GMT
Fears of devaluation loom over Argentina as Central Bank reserves run almost dry
Argentine Economy Minister desperately needs to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this week, because the Central Bank (BCRA) has only US $ 800 million left in cash with which to intervene in the loca...

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 09:31:00 GMT
Malvinas Islands' crest in all Tierra del Fuego sportswear and school uniforms
In anticipation of the 40th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas War, in 2022, the Argentine Tierra del Fuego province legislative passed several bills making it mandatory that all teams' sportswear in all the different compet...

Sat, 20 Nov 2021 09:55:00 GMT
Argentina's National Sovereignty Day: “We won't trade the islands for vaccines,” President says
Argentine President Alberto Fernández Friday insisted the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands belonged to his country, which would never trade them “neither for vaccines nor for debts.”



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