News: Argentina

We have started to collect the most important news related to Argentina in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• 'Bribe' in Argentine cash affair – Argentina bids to halt pulp mills
• Argentina brave heat to take gold – Argentina holds 'Dirty War' trial
• Argentina launches new debt deal – Argentina takes over airline
• Argentina to open secret archives – Argentine 'death squad' man held
• Argentine army in torture ruling – Argentine farmers 'to stop sales'
• Argentine farmers block exports – Argentine leader defends tax hike
• Argentine leader joins mill rally – Argentine protests over farm row
• Argentine rallies for missing man – Barenboim gets ovation in Cairo
• Benitez rules out Mascherano sale – Chavez in Argentina trade talks
• Chavez, Kirchner in 'unity' talks – England 16-9 Argentina
• England change four for Argentina – Football: Mascherano freed up
• Football: Women's World Cup – India arms scandal suspect 'held'
• India wants suspect extradited – Latin artist Mercedes Sosa dies
• Latin stars hold charity concerts – Maradona 'needs psychiatric help'
• Maradona 'sedated and recovering' – Menem charged with arms sales
• Menem on trial for arms smuggling – Parched Pampas
• Pekerman hails 'deserved' victory – Rugby: Sella tips France
• Rugby: Sella tips France – Stricken Antarctic ship evacuated
• Swine flu emergency in Argentina – UN plan to increase food supplies
• Uruguay 'strangled' by Argentina – Zabaleta set to sign for Man City

Argentina: news

'Bribe' in Argentine cash affair

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 3:17
related countries: United States

A man who tried to fund an Argentine campaign was offered a bribe to hide the sources, a US court hears.
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'Corrupt' Argentine police purged

Saturday, April 1st 2006, 21:27
related places: Buenos Aires

The Argentine authorities try to clean up the Buenos Aires police force with a purge of more than 100 officers.
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'Dirty war pilot' held in Spain

Wednesday, September 23rd 2009, 17:36
related countries: Spain

An airline pilot is arrested in Spain over his alleged role in the Argentine "Dirty War" tactic of dropping dissidents into the sea.
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'Dirty war' general found guilty

Thursday, August 13th 2009, 4:52

An Argentine court sentences a former general to life in prison for human rights abuses during the country's military rule.
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'Dirty War' priest gets life term

Wednesday, October 10th 2007, 1:02

A Catholic priest is sentenced to life in jail for involvement in murders during Argentina's 1976-83 military rule.
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'Dirty War' rears its ugly head

Thursday, October 19th 2006, 12:03

The disappearance of a witness in the trial of a former Argentine police chief has raised bad memories of the 1970s, Daniel Schweimler reports.
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'Dirty War' witness safe and well

Saturday, December 30th 2006, 2:28

A man who testified he was tortured by Argentina's military junta is found three days after going missing.
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'Fossils for sale' seized in US

Friday, February 24th 2006, 2:04
related countries: United States

US agents say they have seized tonnes of prehistoric fossils they suspect were smuggled from Argentina.
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'Sleazy' La Plata

Saturday, December 20th 2008, 15:43

Behind the dark streets of Argentine sex capital
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1976 Falklands invasion warning

Friday, December 29th 2006, 0:48
related countries: Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), United Kingdom

British officials predicted in 1976 that Argentina would invade the Falkland Islands, official documents show.
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Agency to monitor tri-border area

Wednesday, August 16th 2006, 16:51
related countries: Paraguay

Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay set up a joint intelligence centre to monitor the area where their borders meet.
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Anger at Argentina airport delays

Sunday, January 13th 2008, 1:17

Passengers at Argentina's main airport damage ticket counters after flights are cancelled for a second day.
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Antarctic cruise passengers saved

Friday, December 5th 2008, 14:24

The Chilean navy rescues all 89 passengers from a cruise ship which ran aground off the Antarctic coast on Thursday.
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Anti-Morales protests hit Bolivia

Wednesday, September 10th 2008, 12:24
related countries: Bolivia, Brazil

Protesters storm public buildings in eastern Bolivia, as opposition to President Evo Morales's reform plans escalates.
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Argentina 'dirty war' sentences

Wednesday, December 19th 2007, 5:43

An ex-army chief and seven other officials are sentenced for abuses during Argentina's military dictatorship.
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Argentina acts to end coin crisis

Wednesday, February 4th 2009, 23:09
related places: Buenos Aires

Argentina announces an electronic ticketing system for Buenos Aires' transport to tackle a shortage of small change.
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Argentina and Uruguay's tango row

Saturday, August 16th 2008, 11:03
related countries: Uruguay

Daniel Schweimler looks at the mystery of tango legend Carlos Gardel's disputed birthplace.
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Argentina backs airline seizure

Thursday, December 4th 2008, 11:29
related countries: Spain

Argentina's lower house of Congress approve a bill to seize back the country's biggest airline from its Spanish owners.
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Argentina bids to halt pulp mills

Thursday, June 8th 2006, 16:55
related countries: Uruguay

Argentina asks the top UN court to order Uruguay to stop building two paper mills it says will pollute their border.
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'Bribe' in Argentine cash affair – Argentina bids to halt pulp millsArgentina brave heat to take gold – Argentina holds 'Dirty War' trialArgentina launches new debt deal – Argentina takes over airlineArgentina to open secret archives – Argentine 'death squad' man heldArgentine army in torture ruling – Argentine farmers 'to stop sales'Argentine farmers block exports – Argentine leader defends tax hikeArgentine leader joins mill rally – Argentine protests over farm rowArgentine rallies for missing man – Barenboim gets ovation in CairoBenitez rules out Mascherano sale – Chavez in Argentina trade talksChavez, Kirchner in 'unity' talks – England 16-9 ArgentinaEngland change four for Argentina – Football: Mascherano freed upFootball: Women's World Cup – India arms scandal suspect 'held'India wants suspect extradited – Latin artist Mercedes Sosa diesLatin stars hold charity concerts – Maradona 'needs psychiatric help'Maradona 'sedated and recovering' – Menem charged with arms salesMenem on trial for arms smuggling – Parched PampasPekerman hails 'deserved' victory – Rugby: Sella tips FranceRugby: Sella tips France – Stricken Antarctic ship evacuatedSwine flu emergency in Argentina – UN plan to increase food suppliesUruguay 'strangled' by Argentina – Zabaleta set to sign for Man City