Bolsonaro claims 'freedom is at risk' as he riles up base in Brazil
Less than a week before primaries, Diego Santilli is polling higher than neuroscientist Facundo Manes in Buenos Aires Province. Two surveys show that share of vote going to opposition in key battleground region outscores ruling coalition candidate Victoria Tolosa Paz.
by Gabriel Ziblat The 16-29 age-group in the PASO represents 30 percent of the electorate, or well over 10 million possible votes.
Cuba on Monday became the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against Covid-19, using home-grown jabs.
The Taliban announced the top members of their government on Tuesday, a move that cements the group's power over Afghanistan, just days after a chaotic US troop pullout.
CRYPTOCURRENCIES
El Salvador officially becomes the first country in the world to accept bitcoin as legal tender.
PROFILE: EDUARDO LEITE
Eduardo Leite is one of the few Brazilian governors of the millennial generation, and he’s the first openly LGBTQ politician to run for the presidency. But, as a relative unknown, is there any way he can compete with Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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China’s beef supply options are shrinking after the latest move by Brazil to halt exports there following the discovery of two cases of mad cow disease.
South America's second-longest river has dropped to its lowest level since the 1940s, baffling experts and leaving environmentalists concerned.
In Nordelta, giant rodents are vying with the rich for top real estate in a tale about ecosystems and the environment.
Sunday's match at São Paulo's Neo Quimica Arena on Sunday was halted when Brazilian health officials ran onto the pitch seven minutes after kick-off.
Argentina's World Cup qualifying clash against Brazil was dramatically suspended shortly after kick-off on Sunday, as controversy over Covid-19 protocols erupted.
Investigation into birthday party at Olivos presidential residence last year will be picked up by federal courts in San Isidro. President Alberto Fernández among the accused.
Shortly after the upcoming PASO primaries, the members of the Supreme Court will vote to choose their next chief justice. As ever, the Casa Rosada has its preferences.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Friday that Paris maintains its opposition to the trade agreement agreed between the European Union and Mercosur.
Renowned actors Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani to play prosecutors Julio Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo in Santiago Mitre’s ‘Argentina, 1985,’ the first Amazon Original film produced in the country.
Norberto Oyarbide was one of the most controversial judges in Argentina’s history. He died last Wednesday at the age of 70, after spending two months in hospital with double pneumonia produced by coronavirus.
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Top food firm Molino Cañuelas files for bankruptcy
by Lorena Rodríguez New data from the CACE (Cámara Argentina del Comercio Electrónico) shows invoicing doubled in the first half of the year, reaching 630 billion pesos.
by Lorena Rodríguez Luis Paolini directs Business Management at the Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires (ITBA), teaching a select group of around 30 students with a priority on critical mentality.
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THE WEEK IN REVIEW
A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.
International football
Argentina maintained their unbeaten start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, cruising to a 3-1 victory at 10-man Venezuela on Thursday night.
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In the mountains and jungles of southwestern Colombia, peasants and migrantstoil determinedly in fields of coca despite the dangers and persecution they suffer.
Tensions between Argentina and Chile boil over, with the Foreign Ministry in Buenos Aires accusing Sebastián Piñera's administration of attempting to "expropriate" part of its maritime territory.
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino presents new semi-autobiographical film at Venice, recalling Diego Maradona and a heartbreaking story about growing up in 1980s Naples.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presses Bolivian authorities for information on the health of jailed ex-president Jeanine Áñez, who reportedly attempted suicide last month.
Judge tells Karina Moyano, daughter of veteran trade unionist Hugo Moyano, to hand over 600,000 pesos and US$434,000 within the framework of money-laundering and drug-trafficking probe.
Argentine stocks are jumping amid growing speculation that allies of President Alberto Fernández are poised for a poor showing in midterm elections scheduled for November.
On average, a disaster linked to weather, climate and water extremes has thus occurred every single day over the past 50 years, killing 115 people and causing US$202 million in daily losses, according to new report.
Some women, particularly those in the health and education sectors, say they have continued to go to work in the weeks since the Islamist militants took over Kabul on August 15.
In crisis-stricken Venezuela, crypto mining presents an economic opportunity for a lucky few, made possible by one of the world's lowest electricity prices.
Argentine pontiff dismisses media reports that he might resign following surgery earlier this year, saying it "didn't even cross my mind."
La Plata announced Monday that it had managed to restructure almost all its US$7.1 billion of defaulted debt, swapping it for new securities valued at just over 50 cents on the dollar. But some creditors say in practical terms they had no other choice than to accept the deal.
Argentina’s government on Tuesday extended beef export restrictions until the end of October, prompting an angry response from producers.
Heavily armed gangsters strapped hostages to their getaway cars after robbing two banks in Brazil, in a rampage that left three people dead, police and reports said Monday.
As Argentina’s economy recovers from last year’s crash, young men who lost their jobs are being re-hired at a much faster pace than young women.
Argentina's 1978 World Cup winner Ubaldo Matildo Fillol said late on Monday he is in hospital after contracting coronavirus.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accuses Joe Biden's administration of having "almost an obsession" with environmental issues.
