Argentina
Teachers pour into streets to protest rising inequality in Argentina
March 28, 2017On Wednesday March 22, hundreds of thousands of public and private school teachers left their classrooms, marched and protested in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital.
Read moreArgentina’s President Macri has a Trump problem
February 16, 2017Mauricio Macri has trashed labor laws, laid off thousands of workers, and tightened immigration restrictions all in the hope of attracting U.S. investment. Trump’s nationalist
Read moreThis week in history: Argentina independence bicentennial
July 5, 2016July 9, 1816 marks the declaration of Argentine independence by the Congress of San Miguel de Tucumán, a city in the northwest of the country.
Read moreEx-dictator, others sentenced in Argentina for “Operation Condor” crimes
May 31, 2016A court in Buenos Aires convicted General Reynaldo Bignone and 14 other officers of crimes against humanity committed during the "Dirty War" of 1976-83.
Read moreArgentina Elections: Right wins presidency, struggle goes on
November 25, 2015In a blow to the left, right wing candidate, Mauricio Macri, beat Daniel Scioli, the candidate of the ruling leftist Front, by 51.4 percent to 48.6 percent.
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