News of tragedy

Seven killed in helicopter crash in San Juan Province

29-07-2026 18:20 Seven dead after a forest fire-fighting helicopter crashes in San Juan Province, confirms Marcelo Orrego.

INTERVIEW

ARA San Juan culpability trial: Plaintiff lawyer says sentences are ‘offensive’

21-07-2026 09:42 In an exclusive interview with the Noticias Argentinas news agency, plaintiff lawyer Valeria Carreras says the verdict will be appealed and that the sentence was “a slap in the face.”

SUBMARINE TRAGEDY

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.

HEALTH

Health Ministry says experts will travel to Ushuaia to test rodents for hantavirus

06-05-2026 18:35 Argentina to send experts to Ushuaia to investigate possible hantavirus in rodents in wake of cruise ship tragedy.

ANALYSIS

ARA San Juan tragedy: Trial exposes limits in explaining sinking

04-03-2026 16:15 There is no certainty answers will be found as prosecutors seek to clarify why one of the Navy’s worst tragedies occurred.

SUBMARINE TRAGEDY

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 SUBMARINE

Eight years on, trial into ARA San Juan submarine tragedy begins

03-03-2026 11:24 Trial into shocking submarine implosion that killed 44 sailors in November 2017, the country's worst naval disaster in decades, gets underway.

POLITICS

Milei vetoes aid fund for flood-ravaged Bahía Blanca

24-06-2025 13:19 President Milei strikes down law to create special relief and reconstruction fund for Bahía Blanca.

BAHÍA BLANCA DEVASTATION

Milei pledges 200 billion pesos for Bahía Blanca after criticism

13-03-2025 00:20 President insulted during surprise visit to Bahía Blanca, deluge-stricken city devastated by last Friday’s storm; Milei announces US$184 million in funding, but local authorities say reconstruction could cost up to US$400 million.

TRAGEDY IN BAHÍA BLANCA

Five days on, Milei travels to storm-hit Bahía Blanca

12-03-2025 15:21 President insulted during surprise visit to Bahía Blanca, city devastated by last Friday’s storm; Reconstruction could cost up to US$400 million, says local authorities.

Tragedy in Bahía Blanca

The politics of distance

11-03-2025 13:07 Not even a symbolic gesture of accompaniment at a time when the population feels abandoned.

by Eduardo Reina

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

Five charged over death of late One Direction singer Liam Payne

30-12-2024 16:09 Prosecutor's office announces that five people charged in the investigation into the death of British musician Liam Payne in October 2024 have been indicted, with two remanded in custody.

Tragedy in Villa Gesell

Rescuers confirm second fatality from Villa Gesell hotel collapse

31-10-2024 15:40 Second fatality recorded after 10-storey building housing hotel collapses in seaside resort of Villa Gesell; Rescue workers scramble to find missing, as fears grow for those trapped by rubble.

Tragedy in Villa Gesell

One dead, several missing as hotel collapses in Villa Gesell

29-10-2024 18:11 Elderly man killed after a 10-storey building housing a hotel in the seaside resort of Villa Gesell collapses; Rescue workers still scrambling to find between seven and nine people who remain missing.

News of tragedy

Seven killed in helicopter crash in San Juan Province

ARA San Juan culpability trial: Plaintiff lawyer says sentences are ‘offensive’

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

Health Ministry says experts will travel to Ushuaia to test rodents for hantavirus

ARA San Juan tragedy: Trial exposes limits in explaining sinking

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

Eight years on, trial into ARA San Juan submarine tragedy begins

Milei vetoes aid fund for flood-ravaged Bahía Blanca

Milei pledges 200 billion pesos for Bahía Blanca after criticism

Five days on, Milei travels to storm-hit Bahía Blanca

The politics of distance

Five charged over death of late One Direction singer Liam Payne

Rescuers confirm second fatality from Villa Gesell hotel collapse

One dead, several missing as hotel collapses in Villa Gesell

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