Buenos Aires

Argentina protesters to Peres: You deserve Nobel for murder

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home


Thousands of people in Buenos Aires protested against President Shimon Peres' visit to Argentina on Monday, some of whom carried a banner telling the ...

Argentine River Cleanup Greeted With Skepticism: Can The Job Be Done?

Joseph B. Treaster | Posted 11.05.2009 | Green


Joseph B. Treaster

Argentina has some of the most severe pollution in the world. The country's leaders have mainly ignored the issue and there has been little public clamor.

Kirchner and Clarin: Argentina Media Fight Gets Personal

AP | By MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media


BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP)-- An epic battle between Argentina's two reigning powers -- the presidency and media giant Grupo Clarin -- started with a...

Ahmad Vahidi, Iranian Cabinet Nominee, Wanted In Bombing Of Argentine Jewish Center

Posted 09.21.2009 | World


HADEEL AL-SHALCHI, Associated Press Writer CAIRO — The man Iran's president has named to be defense minister is wanted in the 1994 bombing of a...

Argentina Election: Crime Wave Becomes Election Focus

wsj.com | MATTHEW MOFFETT | Posted 06.28.2009 | World


BUENOS AIRES -- Fear of an increasing crime wave in Argentina is turning into a major issue for President Cristina Kirchner's government ahead of next...

Cannes Reveals Directors' Fortnight Titles

Dygest.net | Dygest.net | Posted 05.25.2009 | Home


Francis Ford Coppola is to open the 41st edition of Directors' Fortnight (May 14-24) with his Argentina-set family drama "Tetro". The self-financed pr...

Dengue Fever Spreading, Worsening In Latin America

Inter Press Service | Marcela Valente | Posted 05.22.2009 | World


BUENOS AIRES, Apr 21 (Tierramérica) - The population's susceptibility to suffering more severe forms of dengue is worrying health experts, as the e...

The Incredible Power of Chance Events

Lee Schneider | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living


Lee Schneider

The amazing things that have happened to me recently include kismet, random romance, encountering the famous and meeting my future wife in an unheated...

Cristina vs. Hillary: International Women's Day in Argentina

Odile Weissenborn | Posted 04.09.2009 | World


Odile Weissenborn

Despite the Argentine government's effort to make International Women's Day a public holiday, and despite its female president, Argentina isn't recognized for its prominent women.

Melting Man: Red Cross-Sponsored Activist "Melts" On Sidewalk

Treehugger | Kimberley D. Mok | Posted 01.10.2009 | Green


A young man melting into a puddle of himself is something you don't see everyday, much less in a busy public square. Yet this humourous but surprisin...

Blogging The DNC For Buenos Aires Expats

Yanqui Mike Skowronek | Posted 10.16.2008 | Home


Yanqui Mike Skowronek

An American-born Argentine travels to Denver to cover the DNC, and gets a taste of America.

Argentina Cattle Herders Forced To Cut Back Beef Production

AP | JEANNETTE NEUMANN | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


Argentines are passionate about their beef -- from cattle grazed on the sprawling pampas grasslands, it's a national staple, delivered inexpensively a...