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November 20, 2009
The Argentine Senate approved a government bill to eliminate criminal penalties for libel and slander, as demanded by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in a ruling earlier this year.
November 19, 2009
Argentine Fans Cheer Change In Soccer TV Rights
November 18, 2009
Buenos Aires Grants First Marriage License To Gays
November 16, 2009
La película mexicana “Cinco días sin Nora”, de Mariana Chenillo, obtuvo hoy el Astor de Oro, el principal premio de la competencia internacional de la XXIV edición del Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, el único con categoría A de América Latina.
November 10, 2009
Argentine teens are now totally smitten with the “Twilight”
Argentine journalists, academics and ruling party lawmakers met Monday to challenge the conclusions of an international media group that Latin American leaders are exerting too much control over the press.
November 9, 2009
Argentine Photographer Humberto Rivas Dies in Barcelona
November 4, 2009
Last Argentine dictator, ex-generals go on trial
November 2, 2009
Drought Affects 90% of Argentina
October 27, 2009
Director Sebastián Silva borrowed from his own childhood to make ‘The Maid.’
October 12, 2009
Argentina’s Senate overwhelmingly approved a law that will transform the nation’s media landscape on Saturday, and President Cristina Fernandez quickly signed it into law.
October 9, 2009
Drug Use Among Argentine Teenagers Up 62%
Several acclaimed Argentine writers presented a new work that uses the Bible as its starting point but takes creative liberties with some of the most widely read passages of that holy text.
October 4, 2009
Se apaga la voz de América Latina – Fallece a los 74 años Mercedes Sosa, la cantante argentina que popularizó el folclore hispanoamericano – Detenida durante la dictadura, se exilió en España
October 2, 2009
Singer Mercedes Sosa Hospitalized in Argentina
United States and Four Latin American Countries Partner to Battle Cancer
October 1, 2009
Bizarre Argentine Record Covers
Mercedes Sosa, quien acaba de cosechar tres nominaciones para los Grammy Latinos 2009, se encuentra hospitalizada con pronóstico reservado y asistida por un respirador artificial,
UNESCO Declares Tango Part of World Cultural Heritage
September 28, 2009
Nearly 70% of Argentine forests lost in a century
September 17, 2009
The 12th edition of Lincoln Center’s Latinbeat Film Festival is underway at the Walter Reade Theater, featuring 21 films, more than half of them from the healthy movie industries of Argentina and Mexico.
September 15, 2009
Argentina recalls 40,000 IUDs, may be contaminated
Argentina’s Juan Martin del Potro ended Roger Federer’s five-year unbeaten reign at the US Open in five dramatic sets to win his first Grand Slam title.
September 14, 2009
Argentina Says Swine Flu Ebbing as Death Toll Hits 514
Argentine Cattle No Longer Just Home On The Range – ever so quietly, Argentina is increasingly fattening its herd in American-style feedlots.
September 8, 2009
An appeals court on Tuesday overturned the dismissal of murder charges against former President Fernando de la Rua in the deaths of five protesters during violent street demonstrations that marked the end of his tenure in 2001.
September 4, 2009
FASINPAT: A Factory that Belongs to the People- Argentina
September 2, 2009
Mexico and Argentina move towards decriminalising drugs – In a backlash against the US ‘war on drugs’, Latin America turns to a more liberal policy
August 26, 2009
Argentina court ruling decriminalizes marijuana and makes personal use a constitutional right
August 21, 2009
The international financial crisis and the outbreak of swine flu have had a profound effect on Argentina, including what many see as part of its very essence – the tango.
Argentina’s Impoverished North Battles Ferocious Dengue Epidemic
August 16, 2009
Doctored Data Cast Doubt on Argentina – Economists Dispute Inflation Numbers
August 11, 2009
LA-based MarVista Entertainment has formed a joint venture with Argentina’s Snap TV to produce and distribute content for Latin American and US Hispanic audiences.
August 10, 2009
Argentine faithful pray for jobs as poverty soars
August 5, 2009
Argentina imported 4.4 million mobile telephones during the first half of this year, 28.9 percent fewer than during the same period in 2008
In Argentina, Flu Takes Center Stage – Capital’s Lively Theater District Grows Quiet With Arrival of H1N1
Brazil and Mexico see ad declines, but Colombia, Argentina and Venezuela are growing.
Online advertising is growing in Latin America, especially Brazil and Argentina.
July 16, 2009
Swine flu bites Southern Hemisphere – Schools and theaters are closed while swine flu deaths rise during Argentina’s winter.
In Argentina, Pepsi Becomes ‘Pecsi’ – Responding to Local Pronunciation, the Brand Changes Its Name
July 14, 2009
Fernanda Cohen illustrates for The Gap
July 9, 2009
Members of Cabinet Are Replaced in Argentina
June 29, 2009
Maria Chapur Speaks: Argentine Woman Admits Sanford Relationship
June 26, 2009
The race to find Maria Belen Chapur pictures – Or did a TV station already provide the first look at S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s mistress?
June 16, 2009
JEFSA Introduction Applauded by The Latino Coalition
Argentina reports 1st swine flu death
June 5, 2009
Grilling The Argentine Way Author Of New Grilling Book “Seven Fires” Chef Francis Mallmann Brings His Favorite Recipes For Cooking Over Open Fire To “The Early Show”
A total of 1.2 million books under 800 titles are pirated in Argentina every year, costing publishers $10 million in annual losses, the Argentine Publishers Association, or CAP, said over the weekend.
May 29, 2009
Fear of an increasing crime wave in Argentina is turning into a major issue for President Cristina Kirchner’s government ahead of next month’s crucial midterm election.
Argentina: Clarín Media Group Forces Removal of Videos from YouTube
May 27, 2009
Some 100,000 jobs were lost in Argentine during the first quarter of this year due to the impact of the global recession, according to a report released Tuesday by the private Institute for Argentine Development.
April 5, 2009
Bolivia: Unlikely and Historic 6-1 Win Over Argentina
March 24, 2009
El autor argentino Andrés Neuman ganó el lunes el Premio Alfaguara de Novela 2009 con su libro “El viajero del siglo”.
March 19, 2009
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced that, formalizing an agreement reached in November 2007, Argentina would be taking over Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed’s Area Material Cordoba — with annual revenues of $50 million — for approximately $64 million.
February 25, 2009
Fewer, Better-Cared-for Clients: A Radical Idea From Buenos Aires A Former McCann Star Leaves the Multinational to Start His Own Shop
Fewer, Better-Cared-for Clients: A Radical Idea From Buenos Aires A Former McCann Star Leaves the Multinational to Start His Own Shop – Papon Ricciarelli
January 28, 2009
Argentina’s president declared an agricultural emergency Monday in the nation’s breadbasket provinces, responding to a key demand by powerful farm organizations amid the worst drought in decades.
December 28, 2008
Ventas en Argentina – Ricardo Arjona, en lo más alto del ranking de discos
December 22, 2008
Argentina’s breadbasket battered
December 18, 2008
Argentina: 50,000 March against Hunger
The German company Siemens AG has acknowledged paying millions of dollars in bribes to secure business in Venezuela and Argentina
December 10, 2008
The Dream That Moved to Miami – Newsweek Argentina Magazine
December 5, 2008
Argentina unveils $3.9 bln economic stimulus plan
December 3, 2008
La revista ‘The Banker’ ha nombrado al Santander ‘Banco del Año’ en América Latina, España, Portugal, Argentina y Uruguay por las habilidades de gestión y la prudente política de riesgos que caracteriza al grupo, informó hoy la entidad que preside Emilio Botín.
Invita Luis Miguel a salir a modelo en Argentina – Afirma un sitio de internet argentino que el cantante intentó concretar una cita con Karina Jelinek, quien presuntamente rechazó la invitación de El sol
Argentina: Fernández recibe a Ingrid Betancourt
November 25, 2008
Producción sobre Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo da a Argentina su primer Emmy
November 21, 2008
With Spain’s Nadal absent, Argentines are Davis Cup favorite
November 20, 2008
El cineasta argentino Pablo Trapero recibió el miércoles el premio del festival Cineuropa 2008 en el Teatro Principal de Santiago de Compostela.
November 19, 2008
Presenta Chayanne producción en vivo de concierto en Buenos Aires
El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Barack Obama, llamó hoy por teléfono a la mandataria argentina, Cristina Fernández, con quien dialogó sobre la relación entre Washington y América Latina, informaron a Efe fuentes oficiales.
November 18, 2008
For more than half her life, Mercedes Doretti has been digging deep into the earth, searching for clues on some of the most horrific crimes against humanity. As co-founder of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, the Buenos Aires-born Doretti, 49, has led missions to burial grounds from Ciudad Juarez to Bosnia, exhuming the remains of victims of mass killings and analyzing what they reveal about their final fates.
El sórdido relato de dos inmigrantes mexicanos que cometen un crimen en Estados Unidos y que Amat Escalante retrató en Los bastardos, se levantó ayer con el galardón a la Mejor Película Latinoamericana del 23 Festival Internacional de Cine de esta ciudad, que al ser un certamen de primera categoría mundial, convierte a la segunda cinta de Escalante en una de las mejores del año.
November 17, 2008
Argentine beauty products company successfully moves beyond its local market through exports to the United States and elsewhere.
November 7, 2008
Buenos Aires: The Poorest Resist “Social Cleansing” – The shantytowns of the Argentine capital are the site of an intense conflict between the city’s government, presided over by businessman Mauricio Macri, and their inhabitants, the poorest and most marginalized who have been persecuted for decades.
November 6, 2008
Sabrina’s breasts now weight 11 lbs. each! – The Argentine TV personality added on to her already big set of breast implants
November 3, 2008
Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee has been robbed in Argentina.
October 17, 2008
Argentine inflation means daily scramble for coins – One peso — worth about US$0.31 — now buys so little, it makes more sense to melt down its metal than to save the 20 pesos it would take to buy an average box of chocolates
October 16, 2008
The interior minister says Argentina will soon charge visitors from the U.S. and 21 other countries a fee to enter the country.
September 15, 2008
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival: Argentina’s ‘disappeared’ in the spotlight
September 10, 2008
Argentina: Uncertain Outlook – What should Argentine President Cristina Fernandez do to regain investor confidence?
September 9, 2008
Un jurado federal empezó a escuchar el martes los alegatos iniciales en el juicio de un venezolano acusado de actuar como agente extranjero para encubrir un escándalo político en la Argentina.
September 8, 2008
Argentina’s 2001 default and 2005 restructuring cost bondholders, taxpayers, and investors worldwide an estimated $155 billion.
August 14, 2008
Pérez Celis, 69; Argentine Artist Had Popular Appeal
Con un magno concierto en el estadio Luna Park en Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ricardo Montaner festejará este 21 de agosto sus primeros veinte años de carrera, en un show que repasará los más grandes éxitos del artista
Defending Olympic basketball champion Argentina dumped previously unbeaten Croatia.
Olympics: Argentina, Brazil and Italy lead way to quarter-finals – Soccer
August 12, 2008
WalMart invertirá entre 100 y 130 mlns dlrs en Argentina en 2009
August 6, 2008
Argentine Eduardo “El Gato” Romero won the U.S. Senior Open on Sunday, beating Fred Funk by four strokes.
Perez Celis, 69, an Argentine painter, sculptor and muralist whose highly visible works adorned museums, banks, airports and universities as well as soccer stadiums and wine bottles, died of leukemia Aug. 2 at a clinic in Buenos Aires.
Argentine winemaker says malbec put his country on world’s wine map
Argentine farmers and officials agree after months of strife
August 5, 2008
Los presidentes de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, y de Argentina, Cristina Fernández, suspendieron su visita a Bolivia este martes tras los disturbios en Tarija, en el sur del país, donde los gobernantes iban a reunirse con el mandatario Evo Morales, se informó oficialmente.
El actor mexicano Gael García debutará como papá el próximo mes de diciembre, luego de que su novia, la actriz argentina Dolores Fonzi, tiene casi cinco meses de embarazo.
August 3, 2008
Renowned Argentine artist Perez Celis dies at 69
Argentine President holds 1st news conference in 8 months
July 30, 2008
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