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In Argentina, Football as Political Weapon

Jerry Nelson | Posted 05.20.2013 | World
Jerry Nelson

Imagine Steve Kroft, 60 Minutes anchor, being a critic of President Obama. Now, imagine Obama mandating the Washington Redskins change their starting...

Argentina's Kirchner Is One Misstep Away From Calamity

Jerry Nelson | Posted 05.13.2013 | World
Jerry Nelson

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's president has found herself in the middle of an economic and political minefield and the map she is using has been proven to be outdated, inaccurate and explosive.

PHOTOS: Eva Peron's Style Set The Bar For Fashionable First Ladies

The Huffington Post | Renee Jacques | Posted 05.06.2013 | Style

When we hear the name "Evita," we immediately think of Madonna's infamous portrayal of the Argentinean first lady in the 1996 biopic -- especially tha...

Latin American Presidents Love Twitter... Maybe Too Much

Reuters | Posted 04.30.2013 | World

By Brian Winter BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - When a million angry Argentines flooded the streets earlier this month to protest her governme...

For Argentina's Nationalized Oil 'Industry': A Year of Nothing

Pierpaolo Barbieri | Posted 04.24.2013 | Business
Pierpaolo Barbieri

Unlike true democracies, authoritarian leaders can never admit mistakes, lest they show their fallibility. That is why in spite of the facts, new commercials are being broadcast explaining the victories of YPF and its nationalization.

'Never In My Life Has A Pope Kissed Me'

AP | NICOLE WINFIELD | Posted 05.18.2013 | World

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis' diplomatic skills will be put to the test on Tuesday as he hosts political leaders from 130 nations and religious r...

An Unhealthy Nexus: Iran and Argentina

Abraham H. Foxman | Posted 03.04.2013 | World
Abraham H. Foxman

Argentina now seems set on a path of colluding with the those who stand accused as the perpetrators to replace the Argentine criminal justice process with a vague arrangement that will, at best, further delay justice and, at worst, result in a gross miscarriage of justice.

Argentina's President To UK: Stop 'Blatant Colonialism' In Falklands

AP | DANICA KIRKA | Posted 03.05.2013 | World

LONDON — Argentina's president called on Britain on Thursday to relinquish control of the Falkland Islands, accusing London of taking part in an...

Raul Castro Avoids the Ibero-American Summit in Cadiz

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 01.17.2013 | World
Yoani Sanchez

Raul Castro travels little and when he does he prefers politically like-minded countries. His absence in Cadiz was expected, as he has never gone to any Ibero-American summits. Perhaps he prefers to avoid possible critiques of the state of human rights on the island.

Pot-Banging And Chanting Mark Anti-Fernández Protests In Argentina

AP | DEBORA REY | Posted 09.14.2012 | Latino Voices

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Thousands of Argentines marched Thursday night in the largest protests yet against the government of President Cristina Fer...

When the State Takes Stock

Elana Shever | Posted 07.04.2012 | World
Elana Shever

The Argentine government has seized control of Spanish oil giant Repsol's stake in what was Argentina's national oil company. The takeover is being celebrated in Argentina and criticized elsewhere as a repudiation of the neoliberal reforms that opened up Argentina's crisis-plagued economy.

Argentina's Critics Get It Wrong Again

Mark Weisbrot | Posted 06.30.2012 | World
Mark Weisbrot

It is interesting that Argentina has had such remarkable economic success over the past nine years while receiving very little foreign direct investment and being mostly shunned by international financial markets. Maybe that's another reason why Argentina gets so much flak.

Argentina Boots Repsol, Nationalizes Petroleum Company

AP | LUIS ANDRES HENAO | Posted 06.22.2012 | World

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Less than a decade ago, Argentina was an exporter of oil and natural gas. Now the government has to spend billions of ...

Argentina's Expropriation and the Lessons of History

Daniel Wagner | Posted 06.17.2012 | World
Daniel Wagner

Given how entrenched oil politics have become in Argentine political culture -- and given how deftly both the current president and her husband played the nationalism card -- only a naïve investor would agree to invest in YPF believing that expropriation was impossible.

Argentina's President Never Had Thyroid Cancer

Reuters | Posted 03.08.2012 | World

BUENOS AIRES, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Argentine President Cristina Fernandez never had cancer despite having been diagnosed with the disease last month an...

Argentina's President Undergoes Cancer Operation

Posted 01.04.2012 | World

A little over a week after Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced that she has thyroid cancer, the Argentine President is undergoing surgery in a ho...

Our Leadership Crisis

Richard Attias | Posted 01.10.2012 | Business
Richard Attias

When people are fighting adversity every day they want politicians whom they trust, and if those don't appear there is trouble.

Obama Congratulates Argentine President

AP | Posted 01.04.2012 | World

CANNES, France -- President Barack Obama says a meeting with Argentina's president gave them a nice opportunity to build on the long history between t...

'Bittersweet' Election For Argentine President After Landslide Victory

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 12.23.2011 | World

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina's vice president-elect is a hoodie-wearing, Harley-riding rock 'n roll guitarist who plays up the pace of th...

Argentine President Wins Reelection In Landslide Victory

AP | MICHAEL WARREN | Posted 12.23.2011 | World

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — President Cristina Fernandez was re-elected in a landslide Sunday, winning with one of the widest victory margins in A...

Power, Grief Forged Argentine Leader's Character

AP | By MICHAEL WARREN and DEBORA REY | Posted 12.22.2011 | Latino Voices

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- There is a before and after to Cristina Fernandez, the combative Argentine leader likely to win a landslide re-election vic...

Bout Of Low Blood Pressure Forces Argentine President To Cancel Event

AP | Posted 12.11.2011 | World

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentina's president has had to cancel an event because of a bout of low blood pressure. President Cristina Fernandez was...

Argentine President Tweets: A Grandmother-To-Be

AP | Posted 09.12.2011 | World

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Argentine President Cristina Fernandez is tweeting that she will soon be a grandmother. "I'm going to have a grandchild! C...

New Tango Argentino... Peronism and Globalism Hook Up

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 07.03.2011 | World
Eric Ehrmann

Cristina Kirchner has moved her image to the political center to attract dollar investors. Instead of a dirty war, Argentina is fighting a war against food price inflation and syndicalists.

Nobel-Winning Author's Argentina Trip Stirs Controversy

AP | ALMUDENA CALATRAVA | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The choice of Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa to inaugurate Argentina's annual book fair is turning into a political...