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...
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‘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,...
‘The sheer scale is extraordinary’: meet the titanosaur that dwarfs Dippy the diplodocus
One of the largest creatures to have walked the Earth is to become the Natural History Museum’s new star attraction It will be one of...
Head of rights group during Argentina’s military dictatorship dies at 93
Hebe de Bonafini co-founded Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo in 1977 after her two sons were arrested and then disappeared Hebe de Bonafini, who...
Third person arrested in Argentina over attempt to assassinate vice-president
Agustina Díaz was arrested reportedly after a forensic examination of Brenda Uliarte’s phone revealed messages regarding the attack A third suspect has been arrested over...
