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Do or die time for World Cup 2018 hopefuls

With 15 teams already certain for Russia 2018, the final round of qualifiers sees some big names facing elimination from football's top tournament.

09/10/2017

Sport

Three South American nations in joint bid for World Cup 2030

Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay have formally launched South America’s three-nation bid to host the 2030 World Cup and said Argentina would likely host the majority of the tournament’s stadiums.

05/10/2017

Argentina

Violence at protest for missing Argentinian activist

There have been angry scenes in Argentina as tens of thousands of protesters gathered to call for a missing indigenous rights activist to be found.

02/09/2017

Argentina

Gutierrez & Ballejo take Salon Tango World Cup in Buenos Aires

A Argentine dance partnership beat off all competition to win the 2017 Salon Tango prize in Buenos Aires.

23/08/2017

Argentina

World Tango Festival and Championship opens in Buenos Aires

The world's greatest Tango dancers have gathered in Buenos Aires for the famous World Tango Festival and Competition

15/08/2017

Argentina

Argentina: thousands protest over missing indigenous rights activist

Santiago Maldonado disappeared after clashes as security forces evicted a group of Mapuche Indians from land owned by Benetton in Patagonia.

12/08/2017

Argentina

[In pictures] Lionel Messi's star-studded wedding in Argentina

The Argentine football star married his childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo on Friday in his hometown of Rosario.

01/07/2017

Argentina

Violent clashes in Buenos Aires

Several people were arrested although there has been no official confirmation of the numbers detained.

29/06/2017

Argentina

Nazi relics hidden behind sliding bookcase in Argentina

20/06/2017

Spain

Spanish archaeologists uncover mass graves with victims of Franco’s regime

Ascensión Mendieta searched for her father's remains for 78 years.

16/06/2017

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Argentina protests against law helping human rights criminals

Tens of thousands protested in Buenos Aires against a Supreme Court ruling that could have led to the early release from jail of those convicted of human rights abuses during the military…

11/05/2017

Argentina

People power: Argentina blocks early release for human rights criminals

Under pressure from the street, Congress stopped a ruling from applying to dictatorship-era human rights offenders.

11/05/2017

Argentina

Argentine prosecutor found bound and gagged

An Argentine prosecutor was found bound and gagged in his office in Buenos Aires province on Wednesday (May 3).

04/05/2017

Sport

Thierry Neuville wins in Argentina

Belgian Thierry Neuville has snatched his second rally victory in a row for Hyundai in Argentina with a last-gasp burst of speed

30/04/2017

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Produce given away in Buenos Aires protest

Farmers in Buenos Aires are giving away their produce to people in protest over conditions for small-scale producers.

27/04/2017

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Vegetable march in Argentina

Around 2,000 small-scale farmers came together in the Argentine capital on Monday (April 24) to hand out 20 tonnes of produce to members of the public as part of a demonstration calling for improved w

25/04/2017

Sport

Argentina coach Edgardo Bauza sacked after eight-match stint

Edgardo Bauza has been sacked as Argentina’s coach, bringing his brief stint with the national side to an abrupt end.

11/04/2017

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Argentina: clashes erupt when police try to disperse protesting teachers

Clashes have broken out between protesting teachers and police in Argentina’s capital Buenos Aires.

11/04/2017

Argentina

Violence in Buenos Aires as police and strikers clash

Police and protesters clash in Buenos Aires

10/04/2017

Argentina

Argentina: police and protesters clash during general strike

Protesters in Argentina have clashed with police during demonstrations against government austerity measures.

06/04/2017