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Amid turbulence and tensions, PRO puts on united front

27-04-2023 19:47 Key leaders from the centre-right party meet on Friday in San Isidro with talks over the opposition coalition’s line-up for the elections ongoing. 

'Suárezmania' in Brazil as Uruguayan shines at Grêmio

21-04-2023 18:45 Since joining Brazilian club Grêmio, veteran Uruguayan striker Luis Suárez has taken the city of Porto Alegre by storm.

Reino Infantil, Argentina's YouTube empire, streams to success

05-04-2023 16:00 The most popular Spanish-language YouTube channel in the world is Reino Infantil, best known for its massive break-out series La Granja de Zenón. But behind its multi-million-dollar success story – and one of its most successful songs, lies a dispute with Salta-born singer Ricky Maravilla.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

Indigenous Colombians in stand-off over wind farms

05-04-2023 13:23 Wind farm expansion in north Colombia, earmarked as the El Dorado of renewable energy, is unsettling indigenous Wayuu inhabitants in the region.

Surprise as Ibero-American Summit opens with Maduro in tow

25-03-2023 09:26 XXVIII Ibero-American Summit of Heads of State and Government gets underway in Santo Domingo; President Alberto Fernández among those in attendance, while officials announce Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro will also be making a surprise visit to the Dominican Republic.

US-Argentine researcher Luis Caffarelli wins Abel Prize for maths

22-03-2023 11:00 Prestigious Abel Prize for Mathematics awarded to Argentine-American Luis Caffarelli. An expert in "partial differential equations," he is the first South American-born mathematician to win the prestigious Norwegian prize.

Berlin police search home of suspect accused of dictatorship-era crimes

31-01-2023 16:42 Prosecutors in Germany confirm police have raided the home of Luis Esteban Kyburg, a 75-year-old accused of crimes against humanity dating back to Argentina’s 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

Lacalle Pou voices discontent at CELAC summit

24-01-2023 21:35 Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou delivers forceful remarks at “ideological” CELAC summit, declaring that “there are countries here that do not respect democracy or human rights.”

Mercosur members avoid rupture at summit as leaders voice concerns

07-12-2022 00:55 Summit ends with parties reiterating their differences over free-trade deals, as President Alberto Fernández accuses Uruguay’s Luis Lacalle Pou of wanting to ‘break up’ the Mercosur trade bloc.

South American trade partners pile pressure on rebel Uruguay

05-12-2022 20:37 Three nations warn Uruguay’s move to chase trade deals without the agreement of its Mercosur partners risks undermining or rupturing customs union.

Mercosur in open conflict ahead of summit showdown

01-12-2022 14:03 President Alberto Fernández joins forces with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro and Paraguay’s Mario Abdo Benítez to formally complain over Uruguay’s move to sign trade deals without approval from partners; Next week’s Mercosur summit will be "entertaining," jokes Luis Lacalle Pou, with regional trade bloc set for showdown.

Messi, Suárez, Cavani, Di María... farewell to an unforgettable generation

17-11-2022 14:12 Qatar 2022 will be remembered as the farewell cup for a golden generation of Latin American footballers.

Santiago Mitre: ‘I’m convinced of fiction’s capacity to transmit reality’

08-09-2022 10:07 Film director and screenwriter Santiago Mitre, 41, premiered his new film, 'Argentina, 1985,' at the Venice Festival last weekend, a feature which is a leading contender for the prestigious Golden Lion prize. This is the first time that the director has turned reality into a film and he chose as his subject a milestone for Argentina’s contemporary democracy – the trial of the military juntas of the dictatorship, with Ricardo Darín and Peter Lanzani in the key roles of the prosecutors Julio César Strassera and Luis Moreno Ocampo.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

Pneumonia of 'unknown origin' kills three in Tucumán

01-09-2022 09:39 Provincial health authorities say three people have died and four others are suffering with bilateral pneumonia. Experts rule out Covid, influenza and Hantavirus as culprits but are continuing to run more tests.

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.

Four sentenced to life imprisonment for Campo de Mayo ‘death flights’

05-07-2022 15:09 Courts recognise that planes from Campo de Mayo military garrison were used to throw disappeared detainees to their death in Río de la Plata; Four ex-Army officers handed life terms for crimes against humanity.

Centro Cultural Borges re-opens in state hands after two-year closure

27-05-2022 12:00 Historic building that houses the Galerías Pacífico shopping mall welcomes back the CCB, this time with a federal agenda.

by Hannah Gonzalez

Fernández to attend Summit of the Americas despite LatAm drop-out threats

12-05-2022 17:32 President confirms attendance in Los Angeles next month, but backs Mexican leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s demand that Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela be invited.

Argentina, Bolivia call for preservation of democracy in Peru

07-04-2022 23:14 Luis Arce and Alberto Fernández express "concern" over events in Peru and called for “the attention of all Latin American leaders” to be directed at the troubled nation.

Fernández secures ‘guaranteed’ gas supply from Bolivia

07-04-2022 23:06 Luis Arce’s government commits itself to delivering a daily 14 million cubic metres of gas to Argentina this winter, the same volume as last winter; Amount could rise to 18 million if Brazil’s energy requirements are lower.