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Expert to trial: Maradona should have been admitted to a ‘rehabilitation facility’

02-09-2026 15:52 Diego Maradona should have been admitted to a “rehabilitation facility” due to alcohol withdrawal symptoms following neurosurgery, expert tells trial.

Maradona trial: Expert stands by conclusions despite medical test confusion

27-08-2026 17:30 Expert tells trial that a mix-up between Diego Maradona’s medical tests and those of his father did not alter his diagnosis of chronic kidney disease.

‘Liberty as a mandate’ – Milei links Presidency to San Martín’s ‘ideas and values’

18-08-2026 09:34 After several days without public activity, President Milei appears in public to deliver a speech urging defence of San Martín’s ideals against those who "attack our ideas and values, making us believe that sin and robbery are justified."

Thousands march on Day of San Cayetano, patron saint of bread and work

07-08-2026 04:49 Traditional pilgrimage to patron saint of bread and work doubles as protest against Milei’s austerity measures.

Ex-navy commander convicted over 2017 ARA San Juan submarine tragedy

08-07-2026 15:48 Submarine force commander Claudio Villamide handed three-year suspended sentence for negligence and breach of duties; Three other Navy officers acquitted.

Maradona death trial: Star's former manager questions conditions of home care

03-07-2026 08:55 Matías Morla tells court Diego Maradona would never have accepted the conditions of the Tigre house where star spent his final days, arguing the home as ill-equipped for a medical emergency.

Maradona was 'shielded' by people around him before death, trial hears

19-06-2026 10:50 Witness echoed testimony from previous witnesses, including relatives, doctors and healthcare workers, who have described the house where Maradona was looked after as dirty and lacking the necessary medical equipment.

Maradona’s former aide tells trial that star was manipulated

17-06-2026 23:12 Support worker who aided Maradona in his final days says star was manipulated by those around him.

Maradona's doctors should 'never' have allowed home care, trial hears

02-06-2026 21:28 Surgeon questions conditions of home care following the operation on late footballer during trial into deah.

Nineteen players from Argentina's top flight heading to World Cup 2026

02-06-2026 09:32 FIFA will pay Liga Profesional clubs US$11,000 a day for each player called up for the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico; River Plate will receive the most of the domestic clubs, supplying seven of the 19 footballers from Argentina's top flight for tournament.

‘Diego would defend me,’ says lead suspect in trial over Maradona’s death

21-05-2026 17:14 Leopoldo Luque says late star would be the only person who “would tell the truth” and “defend” him.

Maradona’s daughter: Lead doctor pushed for star’s home hospitalisation

20-05-2026 16:21 Jana Maradona says that main defendant in the case, neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, was adamant the star should be treated by healthcare professionals at a home, rather than a clinic or hospital.

Autopsy doctor says Diego Maradona’s heart had signs of ‘prolonged agony’

06-05-2026 10:12 One of the doctors involved in late star's autopsy tells trial that late football legend’s heart showed signs of "prolonged" agony.

Daughter says Maradona died after carers' plan 'went out of control'

03-05-2026 22:04 Gianinna Maradona, the late star's daughter, points finger at footballer's former lawyer and representative Matias Morla and his former assistant Maximiliano Pomargo.

Authorities say fatal school shooting linked online ‘TCC’ crime community

09-04-2026 18:49 Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva says San Cristóbal school shooting was not “an isolated case nor a case of bullying,” claiming the shooter “participated in an international digital network” and Internet subculture dedicated to such incidents.

Santa Fe town in shock after 13-year-old killed in school shooting attack

01-04-2026 15:53 Community gathers to mourn 13-year-old victim of unprecedented school shooting attack; 15-year-old suspect – a pupil at the school – set to be charged with aggravated murder.

2017 implosion of ARA San Juan submarine was 'foreseeable,' trial hears

04-03-2026 15:37 Trial into shocking submarine tragedy that killed 44 sailors in November 2017, the country's worst naval disaster in decades, gets underway.

ARA San Juan trial to determine criminal liability begins

03-03-2026 18:51 Court proceedings get underway in a Federal Criminal Oral Court in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz Province.

The football season has started – much to Chiqui Tapia’s relief

24-01-2026 07:02 The 2026 Liga Profesional de Fútbol is underway – and AFA chief Claudio ‘Chiqui’ Tapia has surely been counting down the days until the distractions on the pitch kick off.

by Dan Edwards

Crime ranking shows ‘security incidents’ up 20% in Argentina last year

22-12-2025 13:47 National report by private Verisure firm shows 20 percent increase in “security incidents” over past 12 months; Province of Tucumán leads crime ranking with 65% surge, with sustained growth in Córdoba, Mendoza and the Atlantic coast.