A prosecutor said Monday that he would ask a federal judge to investigate accusations that Vice President Amado Boudou had enriched himself illegally. full story ![]()
Former President Carlos Saúl Menem was sentenced to seven years in prison on Thursday for illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia in violation of international embargoes in the 1990s.
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Argentina’s president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, has announced increases of as much as 35 percent in cash handouts to the poor, students, pregnant women and retirees.
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Uruguayan lawmakers voted Wednesday to legalize same-sex marriage, making the South American country the third in the Americas to do so, after Canada and Argentina.
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Vice President Nicolás Maduro, the self-appointed successor to President Hugo Chávez, said that Mr. Chávez was still fighting for his life.
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A United States court of appeals gave Argentina until March 29 to submit a plan for the repayment of $1.33 billion in debt that the country defaulted on 11 years ago.
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President Ollanta Humala said that he would grant a pardon to former President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a prison sentence for human rights violations and corruption.
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The State Department will allow President Raúl Castro’s daughter to travel to Philadelphia to receive a gay civil rights award.
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Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina becomes the first pope from the Americas and the first from outside Europe in more than a millennium. His choice recognizes a shift in the Roman Catholic Church's center of gravity while maintaining its conservative theology.VATICAN CITY — Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina became the first pope from the Americas and the first from outside...
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama was briefed for an hour Friday morning on the developments in the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.Vice President Joe Biden also attended the briefing in the White House Situation Room. The briefing was led by Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller.Secretary of State John Kerry, Homeland Security Secretary Janet...
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Congress approved an accord with Iran to create a fact-finding commission of foreign legal experts to investigate the bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center in 1994.
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