Argentina

Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 08:53 UTC
Argentine agro-export industry workers on strike freezing shipments

Two major unions in Argentina's agro-export industry, one of the world's top grains exporters, said that they would launch an indefinite strike starting Tuesday morning, ramping up a standoff that has been simmering for months.
Wednesday, December 2nd 2020 - 08:16 UTC
Maradona's death investigation: police raids the office and home of the psychiatrist

The investigation into Diego Maradona’s death continued on Tuesday with police raids on the office and home of the psychiatrist who cared for the football star and is being investigated for possible medical negligence.
Tuesday, December 1st 2020 - 08:40 UTC
Conflicting reports about Maradona's convalescence conditions in his last week

Diego Maradona fell and hit his head a week before he died - and was left alone “without help”, his nurse has reportedly claimed. The Argentine football legend, 60, passed away from “chronic heart failure” at his home in Buenos Aires last week.
Monday, November 30th 2020 - 09:55 UTC
Argentina in no rush to sign an agreement with IMF, says minister Guzmán

Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman played down the chances of an early agreement with the International Monetary Fund to repay a US$ 44 billion loan, the Financial Times reported.
Monday, November 30th 2020 - 08:30 UTC
Maradona's personal doctor under investigation for alleged manslaughter

Diego Maradona's doctor is under investigation for manslaughter four days after the football idol died of a heart attack at his home, the Argentinean news agency Telam reported on Sunday.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
Maradona: why the English can’t let go of the Hand of God and Latin Americans love it

By Matthew Brown, Professor of Latina American History, University of Bristol – The death of the greatest player in the history of the game of Association Football, Diego Armando Maradona, on November 25 produced an outpouring of grief and nostalgia around the world. He was such an important figure in his native Argentina that the president declared three days of mourning.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 08:05 UTC
Argentine billionaire Eurnekian will erect a statue of Diego Maradona at Ezeiza airport

Argentine billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian is preparing to fulfil an old promise to the late football icon Diego Maradona by erecting a statue of the player at the country’s main airport. Eurnekian, founder of Corporacion America Airports and one of the country’s top businessmen, announced the plan in a note of condolences published in newspaper La Nacion on Friday.
Saturday, November 28th 2020 - 06:47 UTC
Maradona's inheritance anticipates a formidable legal battle

In the coming days, the time will come for Diego Armando Maradona's lawyer, Matias Morla, to begin the process of distributing the inheritance he leaves behind. While Maradona once said, half in jest, that he would donate all his earthly possessions, the details of this difficult situation and who will inherit what eventually become known is a great mystery
Friday, November 27th 2020 - 09:46 UTC
Maradona in life, as in death, involved in chaos and controversy: fans overwhelm and invade the presidential palace

Diego Maradona in life, as in death, was involved in chaos and controversy, and his funeral was not the exception. In effect Argentine police and fans who were lined up to see the casket of the football icon clashed on Thursday as authorities moved to shut down access to the Casa Rosada presidential palace ahead of a planned mid-afternoon shutoff for the public wake.
Friday, November 27th 2020 - 08:49 UTC
Maradona buried next to his parents, amid a global outpouring of grief in the streets of Buenos Aires and Naples

Argentina’s Diego Maradona, one of the world’s greatest ever soccer players, was buried on Thursday amid a global outpouring of grief from the streets of Buenos Aires to Naples in Italy.