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How Lionel Messi went from the tiniest boy on the field to the biggest athlete in the world

MIAMI — Long before Lionel Messi was a larger-than-life soccer icon with 468 million Instagram followers, before he became one of the world’s richest athletes and immortalized on giant murals from Buenos Aires to Barcelona to Calcutta to Miami, he was the tiniest boy on the field at Grandoli, the…

Miami Herald

Argentina's 'death flights': Plane repatriation brings closure to families of victims

One of the most chilling pieces of evidence of the brutal Argentinian dictatorship, which lasted from 1976 to 1983, is a small airplane. The Skyvan, a British-made aircraft, was used by Argentina's military junta to make political opponents disappear. The "death flights" saw dozens of people killed when they were…

France 24

Argentina travel guide: Everything you need to know before you go

From the mega metropolis of Buenos Aires to its jungle regions and high-altitude plateaus, Argentina is a fusion of culture, wildlife and natural wonder

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Argentine dictatorship’s ‘death flight’ plane returned home for a historical reckoning

Flying from Florida to Buenos Aires usually takes about 10 hours

The Independent UK

A tour of Argentina: Golf, steaks, the tango and so much more for Golfweek’s Best raters

From Buenos Aires to Patagonia, a group of Golfweek's Best course raters take in some of the best golf, food and scenes in Argentina.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Alexis Mac Allister and the untold story of Liverpool signing's rise to stardom

The ECHO's Keifer MacDonald speaks to leading figures in Argentina about Alexis Mac Allister's journey from Buenos Aires to Anfield

Liverpool Echo

Argentina eases access to 'morning after pill', broadening reproductive rights

Argentina will no longer require a prescription to obtain emergency contraception, commonly known as the 'morning after pill', the government said on Wednesday, broadening reproductive rights in the traditionally conservative South American country.

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A growing number of LGBTQ+ Russians seek refuge from war, discrimination in Argentina

Anastasia Domini and wife Anna are part of an increasing number of Russians from the LGBTQ+ community who have decided to leave their homeland to escape discrimination and settle in Argentina, where same-sex marriage has been legal for more than a decade

The Independent UK

Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visit

Pope Francis has tapped an Argentine bishop with years of ministry in the country’s prisons as his successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires

The Independent UK

Liverpool to be hotter than Buenos Aires as sunny spell continues

The city enjoyed a sunny weekend and the weather will continue

Liverpool Echo

Argentina president, protesters slam IMF debt, austerity as economy creaks

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and protesters in Buenos Aires pushed back against the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Thursday amid heightened tensions with the lender as the country faces nearly 109% inflation and dwindling dollar reserves.

Reuters

The Delinquents review – beguilingly surreal slow-motion Buenos Aires heist tale

If Pedro Almodóvar and Eric Rohmer teamed up to compose a meanderingly long crime caper it might look like this

The Guardian - UK

Another mega-dinosaur found in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES: Argentine paleontologists have discovered the remains of a gigantic new species of long-necked herbivorous dinosaur in the country’s southern Patagonia region, saying the beast ranks as one of the largest ever discovered.

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‘Every song took you on a musical odyssey!’ The rediscovery of Soda Stereo, Argentina’s biggest band

The trio’s Police-inspired sound shot them to Latin megastardom. 40 years later, audiences worldwide are finally tuning in – including Bono and Chris Martin

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Argentina inflation smashes past every forecast to hit 109%

Argentina's annual inflation rate soared to 109% in April, the country's statistics agency said on Friday, smashing past analyst forecasts and stoking anger among hard-hit consumers who are increasingly having to skimp and save to get by.

Reuters

Pope says Argentina government wanted 'my head' when he was in Buenos Aires

Pope Francis said that when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires more than a decade ago, the Argentine government wanted "to cut my head off" by backing false accusations that he had collaborated with the military dictatorship of the 1970s.

The National (Scotland)

The Scottish descendant who was a pioneer for feminism and health in Argentina

IN Puerto Madero, the most exclusive neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, there is a small street named after Cecilia Grierson. Small buildings and…

The Independent UK

Argentina: A desperate search for a door as currency tumbles

Antonela Massarelli desperately needed a front door for a new house she and her family will be moving into this weekend in a Buenos Aires suburb

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Police in Argentina's capital to start using stun guns

The opposition-run city of Buenos Aires has announced that its police will start using stun guns

Reuters

Argentina battles major dengue outbreak with atomic radiation

Argentine, fighting one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years, is sterilizing mosquitoes using radiation that alters their DNA before releasing them into the wild.

Reuters

'Zero capacity to save': Argentines buckle as inflation tops 104%

Argentina's annual inflation rate soared to 104.3% in March, the official statistics agency said on Friday, one of the highest rates in the world, straining people's wallets and stoking a cost-of-living crisis that has pushed up poverty.

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How Argentina went from one of the world's richest nations to 100 per cent inflation, with 'mountains of money worth nothing'

Argentina's economy hit 100 per cent inflation in February — the highest it's been in 32 years. But the crisis has done nothing to dampen Argentines' enthusiasm for spending.

The Independent UK

Security official in Argentina punched, kicked at protest

Protesting bus drivers punched, kicked and threw rocks at the top law enforcement official of Buenos Aires province on Monday

Daily Mirror

Naked model plummets to her death from businessman’s luxury flat in mystery fall

Police are trying to determine whether a fight broke out moments before a model plummeted to death from a sixth-floor luxury flat in in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Reuters

Metal worker, soccer coach, honey salesman: three jobs to beat Argentina's 100% inflation

As Argentina's over 100% inflation rate saps earning power and outstrips wages, Jorge Pedro Armoa, 67, has found a painful solution: juggling three jobs as a metal worker, soccer coach and part-time salesman of medical creams, flip flops and honey.

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