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'Diego is eternal: Football world reacts to Maradona's death

Reuters
Posted at Nov 26 03:46 AM

Lionel Messi, fellow players and a number of clubs around the world paid homage to the Argentine sports legend. Read more »

Football: Maradona leaves hospital following surgery

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 12:13 PM

Argentine football legend Diego Maradona left hospital on Wednesday, eight days after undergoing surgery to remove a blood clot on his brain. Read more »

Football: Maradona progressing well after brain surgery

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 10 09:45 AM

Argentine football great Diego Maradona is progressing well after brain surgery on a blood clot and could be discharged this week, his doctor said Monday.   Read more »

Football: Doctor says Maradona recovering well after brain surgery

Daniel MEROLLA / Sonia AVALOS, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 05 10:54 AM

Doctors treating Argentine football legend Diego Maradona, who had successful brain surgery to remove a blood clot, are "amazed" at the rate of his recovery.   Read more »

Football: Maradona undergoes successful brain surgery on blood clot

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 04 01:48 PM

Argentine football great Diego Maradona underwent successful brain surgery for a blood clot in a specialist private clinic in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, his doctor said.   Read more »

Century Tuna maker says Q3 profit up 15 pct on strong sales

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 03 05:22 PM

Century Pacific Food (CNPF) on Tuesday said it posted a 15 percent increase in net income for the third quarter on robust sales of its branded canned goods and milk products. Read more »

Argentina expects 10 million doses of Russian COVID-19 vaccine

Reuters
Posted at Nov 03 11:02 AM

Argentina is expecting 10 million doses of Russia's main experimental COVID-19 vaccine between December and January, the government said on Monday, as infections continue to climb in the South American country. Read more »

Football: Maradona admitted to hospital in Argentina

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 03 09:58 AM

Argentine football great Diego Maradona was admitted to hospital Monday for medical checks, his personal doctor announced. Read more »

Argentina exceeds 1 million coronavirus cases as spike strains health system

Marina Lammertyn, Horacio Soria and Jorge Otaola, Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 08:46 AM

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina has become the fifth country with more than 1 million coronavirus cases, its Health Ministry and a Reuters tally confirmed on Monday, making it the smallest nation by far to reach the grim milestone after infections accelerated in recent weeks.   Read more »

Argentina surpasses 900,000 COVID-19 cases, virus spreads to the interior

Jorge Otaola, Reuters
Posted at Oct 13 10:00 AM

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina surpassed 900,000 cases of coronavirus on Monday, with strong growth of infections in large populated centers in the interior of the country after months of the virus' being concentrated in Buenos Aires and its suburbs. Read more »

Football: Messi fires Argentina to WC qualifying win over Ecuador

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 03:16 PM

Lionel Messi put his Barcelona troubles behind him to fire Argentina to an opening 1-0 victory over Ecuador in World Cup qualifying on Thursday. Read more »

Coronavirus shatters Latin America's middle class dreams

Adam Jourdan, Aislinn Laing, Maria Cervantes and Diego Oré, Reuters
Posted at Oct 07 09:41 PM

When the coronavirus hit Chile and abruptly cost Lorena Rodriguez her job, the 47-year-old nanny took a painful decision to pawn her jewelry - gifts from decades earlier - for cash. Read more »

Tennis: World 131 Podoroska becomes first qualifier to make women's French Open semis

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 06 10:56 PM

Argentina's Nadia Podoroska became the first qualifier in the Open era on Tuesday to reach the women's semi-finals at Roland Garros after stunning third seed Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-4.   Read more »

'No isolation, few tests': Argentina has world's highest COVID-19 positive rate

Marina Lammertyn and Miguel Lobianco, Reuters
Posted at Oct 06 08:57 AM

Argentina has the world's highest rate of positive COVID-19 tests, according to Oxford-linked tracker Our World In Data, with nearly six out of 10 yielding an infection, a reflection of low testing levels and loose enforcement of lockdown rules. Read more »

Argentina lawmaker kisses partner's breast during videoconference

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 25 11:08 AM

BUENOS AIRES - An Argentine lawmaker was suspended Thursday after kissing his partner's breasts during a parliamentary session being held by videoconference, a scene that quickly went viral on social media. Read more »

Transgender workers say Argentina jobs quota a step towards acceptance

Sonia Avalos, Magali Cervantes and Carlos Reyes, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Sep 17 06:14 PM

A decree by President Alberto Fernandez's government published last week in the official Gazette requires that 1 percent of all public sector jobs be set aside for transgender people. Read more »

Creditors back Argentina restructuring of $66 billion debt

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 08:46 AM

Recession-hit Argentina has managed to restructure 99 percent of $66 billion in debt issued under foreign legislation, Economy Minister Martin Guzman announced on Monday. Read more »

Argentina surpasses 5,000 coronavirus dead

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 13 05:15 AM

Argentina surpassed 5,000 deaths from the novel coronavirus on Wednesday after registering a record 325 new fatalities over the last 24 hours, the health ministry said. Read more »

Argentina president rejects latest debt counter-offer

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 21 08:38 AM

Argentinian president Alberto Fernandez on Monday dismissed a counter-offer from three groups of creditors who said they had rejected the country's proposal to restructure $66 billion of debt. Read more »

Argentina passes 100,000 COVID-19 cases

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 13 02:59 PM

Argentina has registered more than 100,000 COVID-19 cases, its Ministry of Health said Sunday, despite the Buenos Aires area -- the country's coronavirus hot spot -- being under extended shutdown. Read more »