Category: Argentina
February 23, 2012 > Staff
Buenos Aires Train Crash Kills 50; Argentina Declares Period of Mourning
Today in Latin America Top Story — Fifty people died when a commuter train crashed into a barrier in a Buenos Aires train station on Wednesday morning, leading Argentine President Cristina […] Read More >
October 24, 2011 > Staff
Argentina: Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Wins Landslide Election
Today in Latin America Top Story — Cristina Fernández de Kirchner won a second term as Argentina’s president Sunday in a landslide election. She sailed to victory by the largest […] Read More >
September 18, 2011 > Hugo Passarello Luna
Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo Win Peace Prize
PARIS — Argentina’s Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo received the 2010 Félix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize in ceremony in Paris on Sept. 14 for their work in defense of human […] Read More >
September 14, 2011 > Staff
Argentina: Former Pres. Menem Acquitted of Arms Smuggling
Today in Latin America Top Story — Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was acquitted Tuesday of illegally exporting arms to Ecuador and Croatia between 1991 and 1995. Menem, who headed the […] Read More >
September 13, 2011 > Andrew OReilly
Bus-Train Collision In Argentina Leaves 7 Dead, Over 160 Hurt
At least seven people were killed and more than 160 injured after a bus in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires was hit by a train Tuesday morning as it […] Read More >
August 17, 2011 > Staff
Argentina: Two Suspects Linked To Dead Tourists By DNA
Today in Latin America Top Story — Investigators in Argentina have DNA and ballistics evidence implicating some of the eight suspects under arrest in the July killing of two French […] Read More >
August 15, 2011 > Staff
Argentina: Fernández de Kirchner Wins First-Ever Open Primary
Today in Latin America Top Story— In Argentina’s first-ever open and simultaneous presidential primary Sunday, exit polls showed that President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led her nine rivals, but it was too […] Read More >
July 11, 2011 > Staff
Buenos Aires Mayor Macri To Face Run-Off Election Against Fernández de Kirchner’s Candidate
Today in Latin America Top Story — The mayor of Buenos Aires now faces a run-off for his re-election bid against the hand-picked candidate of Argentine President Cristina Fernández de […] Read More >
May 16, 2011 > Mari Hayman
U.S. Congress Votes “No” to Releasing Classified Argentina Documents
An amendment that would declassify U.S. intelligence documents about the Argentine military dictatorship lost in a vote of 214–194 on Friday, frustrating human rights groups and marking the fourth time […] Read More >
May 12, 2011 > Mari Hayman
Argentina Arrests Pilots Believed to be Responsible for 1977 “Death Flights”
Three former pilots for the Argentine Coast Guard were brought before Federal Judge Sergio Torres on Tuesday to face charges for their involvement in death flights that killed hundreds of […] Read More >