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Economic downturn fueling Argentine crypto craze

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 04 02:27 PM

Argentina's economic downturn, with high inflation, a deflating currency and a shortage of US dollars to invest in, has in fact proved a shot in the arm for one sector: cryptocurrency. Read more »

Argentine president tests positive for COVID-19

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 04 08:14 AM

Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez, who has been vaccinated against COVID-19, announced late Friday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus.   Read more »

Fossils of oldest member of huge dinosaur group found in Argentina

Agustin Geist, Reuters
Posted at Mar 02 02:50 PM

Scientists have unearthed in Argentina's Patagonian wilderness fossils of what may be the oldest-known member of the dinosaur group known as titanosaurs that includes the largest land animals in Earth's history. Read more »

Pope Francis expects to spend his final days in Rome: new book

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 28 07:36 AM

Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, still the Catholic pontiff, without returning to spend his final days in his native Argentina, according to a new book titled "The Health of Popes."   Read more »

Football: Rapinoe brace boosts US in 6-0 SheBelieves Cup win over Argentina

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 12:20 PM

The United States romped to a 6-0 victory over Argentina Wednesday to retain the SheBelieves Cup friendly football title. Read more »

Argentina health minister resigns after reports of VIP vaccine access

Maximilian Heath, Reuters
Posted at Feb 20 12:51 PM

Argentina's health minister resigned following reports that people had been able to use connections to get access to COVID-19 vaccines to which they were not entitled. Read more »

Argentina detects first cases of Brazilian coronavirus variants

Reuters
Posted at Feb 08 09:31 PM

Argentina has detected the first cases of two Brazilian variants of the coronavirus in travelers from the neighboring nation, the government said on Monday. Read more »

Abortion becomes legal in Argentina

Sonia Avalos, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 15 09:18 AM

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina on Thursday became one of just a handful of Latin American countries to allow elective abortion, as neighboring Chile initiated its own debate on decriminalizing a procedure denied to most women on the continent. Read more »

Football: Old container promises treasure trove of Maradona memorabilia

Ramiro Scandolo, Reuters
Posted at Dec 16 10:52 PM

BUENOS AIRES - A long-forgotten container with hundreds of items of memorabilia from the career of late Argentine soccer star Diego Maradona could provide a treasure trove for collectors – and open a new front in the contest over his estate. Read more »

Chile, Argentina witness total solar eclipse

Ronaldo Schemidt, AFP
Posted at Dec 15 10:05 AM

The total solar eclipse as seen from Piedra del Aquila, Neuquen province, Argentina on Tuesday. Read more »

Solar eclipse plunges southern Chile, Argentina into darkness

Alberto Peña, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 15 04:58 AM

PUCON, Chile - A solar eclipse that lasted around two minutes plunged southern Chile and Argentina into darkness on Monday. Read more »

Scientists clarify origins of pterosaurs, the dinosaur era's flying reptiles

Will Dunham, Reuters
Posted at Dec 10 07:07 AM

WASHINGTON - Scientists may have solved one of paleontology's enduring mysteries - the evolutionary origins of the flying reptiles called pterosaurs that ruled the skies at the same time that dinosaurs dominated the land. Read more »

Football: Argentine senator wants Maradona on country's bank notes

Andrew Downie, Reuters
Posted at Dec 08 11:21 AM

An Argentine senator wants to put Diego Maradona on the country's bank notes. Read more »

Football: Messi fined for Maradona tribute celebration

Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 11:01 AM

Messi paid homage to his late compatriot by taking off his Barca shirt to reveal a Newell's Old Boys shirt belonging to Maradona. Read more »

Football: Maradona's surgeon responds tearfully to investigation into star's death

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 09:57 AM

Prosecutors in San Isidro said they were investigating surgeon Leopoldo Luque while Argentine television showed police raiding the doctor's surgery and home. Read more »

Mara and Dona: Argentine twins living tribute to soccer great

Leonardo Benassatto, Reuters
Posted at Nov 28 11:32 AM

BUENOS AIRES - In the Rotundo household in Buenos Aires, the spirit of Diego Maradona has a living tribute: twin nine-year-old girls, Mara and Dona, named after the soccer legend who died this week. Read more »

Argentina fans, police clash over access to Maradona wake

Reuters
Posted at Nov 27 01:42 PM

BUENOS AIRES - Argentine police and fans who were lined up to see the casket of soccer icon Diego Maradona clashed on Thursday as authorities moved to shut down access to the Casa Rosada presidential palace ahead of a planned 4pm (1900 GMT) shutoff for the public wake.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 26, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 11:48 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Maradona 'shone a very bright light', says former agent

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 11:47 PM

Diego Maradona "shone a very bright light" despite his well-documented struggles off the pitch, his British former agent told AFP. Read more »

Football: 'Passionate about everything': Pumas coach pays tribute to Maradona

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 26 05:15 PM

Diego Maradona epitomised what it meant to wear the Argentina jersey, the nation's rugby coach Mario Ledesma said Thursday, remembering him as "passionate about everything". Read more »