Bloomberg Tech billionaire Galperín bets on growth of rugby in US with Miami team 29-04-2023 08:32 MercadoLibre billionaire Marcos Galperín and a group of Argentine friends and businessmen invest about US$6.5 million to found the Miami Sharks rugby team.
Football Higuaín determined to end on high after confirming retirement 03-10-2022 15:20 Gonzalo Higuaín, striker who donned the shirt of clubs including River Plate, Juventus, Real Madrid and Napoli, announces he will retire at the end of the season.
CRIME & THE COURTS Argentine charged with laundering in US$1.2-billion Venezuelan fraud case 13-07-2022 14:15 Swiss and Argentine citizens charged in Miami for allegedly helping launder part of US$1.2 billion taken from Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA in a long-running corruption and bribery investigation.
HUMAN RIGHTS Fifty years from Trelew massacre, ex-Navy officer stands trial in Miami 01-07-2022 10:22 Ex-military officer Roberto Bravo, who has evaded Argentina’s justice system for five decades while living in Miami, faces civil trial in a US court for his alleged role in the infamous 1972 Trelew Massacre.
SUPERSTAR SET TO UNITED STATES? Reports: Messi to move to MLS after PSG, acquire 35% of Inter Miami 17-05-2022 17:01 Multiple reports emerge that Argentine superstar is set to sign deal that would see him move to Inter Miami after his spell with Paris St Germain in a transfer that would see him acquire 35% of MLS club.
MARADONA ALLEGATIONS Cuban woman alleges Maradona abused and raped her 23-11-2021 10:17 Mavys Álvarez Rego, a 37-year-old Cuban woman who had an affair with Diego Maradona as a minor 20 years ago, accuses late footballer and his entourage of violence and abuse, including rape and holding her against her will.
Bloomberg MercadoLibre, BigCommerce ally to boost US sales to Latin America 21-07-2021 10:46 MercadoLibre partners with Texas-based BigCommerce Holdings to give the online-shopping software-maker’s web merchants access to a new region.
MIAMI CONDO COLLAPSE Rest of collapsed Florida apartment block demolished ahead of tropical storm 05-07-2021 08:47 Controlled explosion brings down unstable remains of collapsed apartment block in Florida ahead of a threatening tropical storm, with the confirmed death toll at 24 and 121 people missing.
Miami Collapse Florida collapse toll now 24, rest of building to be razed soon 03-07-2021 22:03 Searchers recovered two more bodies to bring the death toll in the Florida apartment block collapse to 24, as demolition crews could prepare to bring down the part of the building still standing.
MIAMI CONDO COLLAPSE Death toll rises to 16 in Miami condo collapse 30-06-2021 16:56 At least 29 other Latin Americans still missing, with no news to date: nine from Argentina, six from Colombia, six from Paraguay, four from Venezuela, three from Uruguay and one from Chile.
TRAGEDY IN MIAMI Florida building collapse reverberates across Latin America 25-06-2021 23:43 Several Latin Americans, some who reportedly travelled to get vaccinated, are among the missing after an apartment building collapsed in the Miami area earlier this week.
UNITED STATES Miami apartment building collapse: Nine Argentines among those missing 25-06-2021 00:09 Authorities said they were still without news of 99 people who may have been inside the building when it collapsed. So far 102 others have been accounted for, and one has been confirmed dead.