Argentina’s inflation rate soars past 100%, its worst in over 30 years
Annual rate of 102.5% is denting purchasing power, savings, economic growth and government’s chances in elections next year Argentina’s annual inflation rate tore past 100%...
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Weather tracker: world braces for sudden stratospheric warming event
SSW phenomenon is linked to polar vortex, an area of low pressure across the North Pole There has been keen interest over recent weeks in...
Crackdown on ‘birth tourism’ as pregnant Russians flock to Argentina
South American country has seen rise since Ukraine invasion in Russian women arriving to have children and thus gain citizenship Immigration authorities in Argentina are...
Argentinian rugby players sentenced to life in prison over teen’s murder
Fernando Báez Sosa, son of Paraguayan immigrants, was attacked outside nightclub in what family see as racially motivated attack Eight amateur rugby players have been...
‘I feel at home here’: descendants of Galicia’s emigrés return to the old country
Spain’s poor western region is welcoming back heirs of those who once left it – especially from troubled Argentina Galicia has long been one of...
Blue and white euphoria grips Buenos Aires after Argentina’s World Cup win
More than a million people were in the streets of Buenos Aires celebrating the victory, according to estimates from authorities Around the Obelisk in Buenos...
‘Your life depends on whether Argentina wins’: Buenos Aires at fever pitch as Messi’s team face France
In the capital, where Maradona is worshipped as a god, World Cup victory would take on a spiritual dimension In June, Tomás Kuklis visited family...
‘Like paradise’: Argentina erupts in celebration of World Cup win
Streets of central Buenos Aires are a cacophony of yelling and horns after shootout victory against France Paris reaction: ‘You can’t begrudge Messi’ Match report:...
Weather tracker: Heatwave sweeps South America as Argentina hits 43C
Weather warnings issued as worshippers brave temperatures to celebrate Catholic holy day A heatwave has hit parts of central South America this week, coinciding with...
Argentina’s Cristina Fernández sentenced to six years in $1bn fraud case
Vice-president and former president also given lifelong ban on holding public office after being found guilty Argentina’s vice-president and former president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner,...
