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Prosecutors call for Maradona medical staff to face trial

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Prosecutors investigating the 2020 death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona have asked that the medical staff who treated him be tried for negligent homicide.

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Argentina inflation surges to decades-high in March, sapping spending power

Argentina's monthly inflation rate soared to 6.7% in March, the government said on Wednesday, far above forecasts and the highest level in two decades as spiraling food and fuel prices dent the value of salaries and savings.

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Maradona's daughter claims wrong jersey is up for auction

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Diego Maradona's eldest daughter claims that the Argentina shirt expected to sell for several million dollars when it is sold at auction this month is not the one her late father wore when he scored the infamous "Hand of God" goal against England.

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British sovereignty over the Falklands is an absurd imperial hangover that must end

Forty years after the war in the South Atlantic, common sense demands a negotiated settlement with Argentina, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Chile, Argentina seek to strengthen ties as Boric visits

Chilean President Gabriel Boric, making his first trip abroad since taking power last month, and Argentina President Alberto Fernandez vowed on Monday to cooperate on economic, energy and cultural issues.

Reuters

Forty years after Falklands conflict a 'battle for memory' goes on

Argentine army veteran Luis Poncetta has traveled twice to the Falkland Islands to pay tribute to comrades who fell in a 74-day conflict with British forces 40 years ago. The divisions, he has found, still linger.

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Returning Messi scores as Argentina take unbeaten run to 30

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Lionel Messi scored on his return to the national team as Argentina stretched their world-leading unbeaten run to 30 matches with a routine 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Venezuela on Friday.

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Incredible moment escaped ostrich knocks woman off her bicycle in street

CCTV footage has captured the bizarre moment a speeding ostrich crashed into a woman and knocked her off her bicycle in Ranchos, Buenos Aires, Argentina on Monday

Daily Mirror

Argentina recall Messi, add Man Utd starlet for WC qualifiers

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Star forward Lionel Messi returns to the Argentina fold for two World Cup qualifiers later this month after he was included in coach Lionel Scaloni's squad announced on Friday.

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Argentina parliament approves IMF deal for $45 billion debt

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina's Senate on Thursday gave final approval to an agreement with the International Monetary Fund that restructures a $45 billion debt, clearing the country's short-term financial horizon but leaving a serious inflationary challenge.

AFP

Cheika named as new Argentina coach ahead of World Cup

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Australian globe-trotter Michael Cheika was Friday named as the new coach of Argentina on a contract which will take him through to the 2023 World Cup.

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Argentina lawmakers approve deal with IMF to repay vast debt

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Lawmakers in Argentina on Friday approved a deal with the International Monetary Fund to restructure a ruinous $45 billion debt ahead of a vote in the upper house.

AFP

Argentina anti-IMF protesters burn tires, hurl rocks as Congress debates deal

Argentine protesters burned tires, hurled stones and smashed windows outside the Congress building on Thursday, railing against a $45 billion agreement with the International Monetary Fund.

Reuters

Argentine judge shelves abuse case by Maradona ex

Buenos Aires (AFP) - An Argentine judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit brought by a Cuban ex-girlfriend of the late football icon Diego Maradona over alleged people trafficking.

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Argentina, IMF agree on loan repayment plan

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentina and the IMF said Thursday they had reached agreement on a "pragmatic and realistic" plan for the country to repay a ruinous $44-billion debt.

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Ukrainian couple, lovers during Soviet rule, watch Russia invade from afar

Viktor Paniouk and Lyudmyla Bots met and fell in love in Kyiv in October 1990 during a hunger strike for Ukrainian independence from Soviet rule, achieved a year later. Now the two 54-year-olds, thousands of miles away in Argentina, are watching in horror from afar as Russian troops invade their…

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'She woke up with bombs': Ukrainian diasporas in Latin America protest invasion

Leila Antonovsk, 28, a Ukrainian living in Argentina, fears for the safety of her mother back in Odessa some 12,642 kilometers (7,855 miles) away after an invasion of the Eastern European country by Russian forces this week.

AFP

Clay master Ruud wins seventh career title with Argentina triumph

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Norway's Casper Ruud won his seventh career title and sixth on clay with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Diego Schwartzman in Sunday's Argentina Open final.

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'No to the IMF': thousands protest in Argentina against debt deal

Thousands of Argentines marched through the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday to protest against a likely deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to revamp more than $40 billion of debt the country cannot pay back.

AFP

Tearful Del Potro loses comeback at Argentina Open

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentine great Juan Martin del Potro made a losing return to tennis after a two-and-a-half-year injury absence on Tuesday, beaten in straight sets by compatriot Federico Delbonis in the Argentina Open.

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Juan Martín del Potro Likely to Retire from Tennis Soon

Juan Martín del Potro, who won the 2009 US Open, says he is likely to retire from professional tennis after playing tournaments in Buenos Aires this week and then in Rio de Janeiro. Del Potro’s career has been marred by injury and he has been off the circuit since 2019.…

AFP

Del Potro set for 'farewell' at Argentina Open

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Former US Open champion Juan Martin del Potro said Saturday his comeback next week after two and a half years of injury is "more a farewell than a return" to tennis.

AFP

Death toll from laced cocaine in Argentina climbs to 24

Buenos Aires (AFP) - The death toll among dozens of people who consumed cocaine likely laced with opioids in Buenos Aires rose to 24 on Friday, with 23 still in hospital, health officials said.

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Death toll from laced cocaine in Argentina climbs to 23

Buenos Aires (AFP) - The death toll among dozens of people who consumed cocaine likely laced with opioids in Buenos Aires rose to 23 on Friday, with 37 still in hospital, health officials said.

AFP

Argentine police race to eradicate laced cocaine that killed 22

Buenos Aires (AFP) - Argentine police on Thursday seized vast quantities of cocaine likely laced with opioids and made several arrests after 22 people died and dozens ended up in hospital poisoned in Buenos Aires.

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