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Argentina

  • Saturday, November 4th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Maradona's medical team to be tried for manslaughter

    Maradona died at the age of 60 on Nov. 25, 2020.

    A Court of Appeals and Guarantees in the district of San Isidro in the province of Buenos Aires upheld this week a decision to try for manslaughter the healthcare team involved in the death of football legend Diego Armando Maradona, it was reported Friday in Buenos Aires.

  • Saturday, November 4th 2023 - 11:00 UTC

    Football clubs of Brazil and Argentina agree on joint appeal against violence

    The match is to be played Saturday at the legendary Maracana Stadium

    Directors of football clubs Fluminense of Brazil and Boca Juniors of Argentina launched an appeal against violence after brawls between fans in Rio de Janeiro ahead of the Libertadores Cup final to be played Saturday at the legendary Maracana Stadium, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Friday, November 3rd 2023 - 10:12 UTC

    Argentina asks ICRC to broker release of hostages in Gaza

    Cafiero also stressed the “urgent need for all parties to respect international humanitarian law”

    Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero Thursday held a telephone conversation with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger to express the South American country's interest in “the immediate and unconditional” release of the Argentine nationals held hostage in Gaza by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.

  • Friday, November 3rd 2023 - 10:09 UTC

    French tourist dies in Buenos Aires after robbery

    André René Meteier had a daughter living in the Argentine capital

    A 77-year-old French tourist dropped dead of an apparent heart attack at a police station in Buenos Aires Thursday. He was going to file a report after he had been robbed of his belongings when he was about to board an intercity bus at the Retiro Terminal in the Argentine capital.

  • Friday, November 3rd 2023 - 09:33 UTC

    Argentine and Brazilian football fans clash in Rio ahead of Libertadores Cup final

    Boca Juniors have won the Libertadores Cup six times, but it would be a first for “Flu”

    At least two Argentine football fans of Boca Juniors were arrested Thursday in Rio de Janeiro as they reportedly clashed with supporters of Fluminense. Both teams are to play the Libertadores Cup final next Saturday at the legendary Maracana Stadium.

  • Thursday, November 2nd 2023 - 09:14 UTC

    Price of fuel goes up in Argentine to secure supply

    Gasoline must not increase more than it should ahead of the presidential runoff, Massa argued

    Argentina's state-run oil company YPF ordered an average increase of 9.75% in the prices of gasoline and diesel oil at pumps, as the freezing deal between the Economy Ministry and fuel producers came to an end Oct. 31 following a 12.5% adjustment the week after the Aug. 13 Open, Mandatory, and Simultaneous Primary (PASO) elections and their ensuing devaluation of the local currency.

  • Thursday, November 2nd 2023 - 08:39 UTC

    Divergent positions: Argentina backs Israel, then condemns attacks in Palestine

    Hamas must still release the Argentine hostages, the Foreign Ministry also said.

    Three weeks apart, the Argentine Foreign Ministry issued two communiqués with different positions on the Arab-Israeli conflict. In the first, dated October 7, Argentina clearly supports the position of Israel, which claims its position as the nation under attack and condemns the attacks of the terrorist group Hamas against the Israeli population.

  • Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 09:13 UTC

    Fuel supply in Argentine getting back to normal pending price increase

    “All of a sudden the trucks appeared,” Massa said in an ironical tone

    Fuel supply in Argentina is slowly getting back to normal as an increase in the price at pumps has been admitted onto a negotiating table, it was reported in Buenos Aires. After shortages throughout the weekend, the Government acquiesced to an increase in the price of gasoline.

  • Wednesday, November 1st 2023 - 08:56 UTC

    Lula hails Messi's Ballon d'Or achievement

    “How many years has it been since Brazil has had a real idol?” Lula wondered

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Tuesday praised Argentine football start Lionel Messi on winning his eighth Ballon d'Or award. “Messi should serve as an example to Brazilian players,” said Lula on social media.

  • Tuesday, October 31st 2023 - 10:55 UTC

    Avian flu keeps killing seashore mammals along South Atlantic shores

    A sea lion, presumably killed by avian flu, lies on the beach at Cabo Polonio, Uruguay. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    Health authorities in Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina are increasingly concerned over the appearance of hundreds of dead sea lions presumably killed by avian flu, it was reported.