Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner

Jorge Rafael Videla dies at 87; Argentine dictator

2013-05-17 11:46:00

BUENOS AIRES — Former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, who presided over that country's so-called dirty war in which up to 30,000 dissidents were murdered or disappeared, died Friday while serving a 50-year prison sentence. He was 87. He...

Bondholders spark U.S. legal drama over Argentine debt

2013-05-27 17:47:00

Collection agencies profit by buying up old debt, chasing borrowers for payment and, when all else fails, using the courts to recover as much as they can. It's a business model polished and perfected over decades of litigation. But what if the...

The Week Ahead: Suu Kyi sojourn, Thatcher farewell, Italy adrift

2013-04-15 01:00:00

Testing the waters for a revitalized Asian alliance Now through Saturday, April 20: Democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi’s visit to Japan this week is purportedly unofficial, but the Nobel Peace Prize laureate probably has more clout than any...

Death of Thatcher stirs up wartime memories in Argentina

2013-04-08 15:50:00

Argentine veterans of the bitter war over the Falkland Islands said Monday that they had no sorrow over the death of Margaret Thatcher, who launched British forces to recapture the South Atlantic islands more than three decades ago. “She won&...

Argentina mourns as flooding death toll rises to 55

2013-04-04 12:06:00

As the waters receded Thursday, Argentina mourned scores of people killed in floods that raged through Buenos Aires province, knocking out power and forcing thousands to evacuate. Gov. Daniel Scioli told reporters in Argentina that the death toll in the...

Pope Francis takes office

2013-03-19 03:29:00

VATICAN CITY -- Before crowned heads, government leaders and masses of the faithful, Pope Francis formally took office Tuesday as head of the Roman Catholic Church in a ceremony replete with pageantry and symbols from ancient Christendom. In a homily,...

Pope Francis meets Argentine president, smooths tensions

2013-03-18 10:28:00

ROME – He called her policies an “attack on God’s plan.” She described him as “medieval.” But Pope Francis and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, the leader of his native Argentina, kissed and made up Monday...

Funeral begins for Venezuela's Chavez

2013-03-08 09:55:00

CARACAS, Venezuela -- The funeral ceremony for late Venezuelan President� Hugo Chavez got underway Friday at a military base in the capital before 32 heads of state and with the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra directed by Los Angeles conductor Gustavo...

Argentina is cautionary tale as U.S. debates debt limit

2013-01-15 16:20:00

You know all those warnings about how America's addiction to deficit spending is going to make us look like Greece? Stop worrying. The bigger concern should be that America will look like Argentina. That could happen, theoretically, if the...

Latin American governments congratulate Chavez win in Venezuela

2012-10-08 10:33:33

Evita now graces Argentina's 100-peso note

2012-07-26 12:33:52

Paraguay faces fallout after president's ouster

2012-06-25 16:41:53

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff talks to journalists along with her Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (out of frame) after a working meeting, at the presidential palace in Buenos Aires on April 25, 2013. Rousseff is on a one-day oficial visit to Argentina.

2013-04-25 23:38:00

Pope Francis meets Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Monday in Vatican City.

2013-03-18 00:00:00

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio shakes hands with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires.

2013-03-13 13:36:16