Rain in Argentina on Tuesday brought some relief to the drought-stricken central part of the country, but concerns remained.
A medical group in Argentina is asking for more drug-testing regulations in the South American country after a officials fined pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline for alleged irregularities in a pediatric pneumonia vaccine trial.
Rafael Romo reports on the Argentinian Fed. of Health Professionals' accusations against GlaxoSmithKline over a vaccine.
Argentina's president is scheduled to temporarily hand over power Wednesday as she undergoes thyroid cancer surgery.
Authorities were investigating Sunday after a gunshot wound to the face killed the governor of Argentina's Rio Negro province, state media reported.
Former Argentine dictator Gen. Reynaldo Bignone was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in prison for crimes against humanity at a clandestine detention center during his rule. He was already serving a 25-year sentence from a previous trial.
Argentina's president will undergo surgery next week after doctors diagnosed her with thyroid cancer, a spokesman said Tuesday.
Argentina's bid to host a Formula One race for the first time in more than a decade is under way after work started on a new circuit outside the capital Buenos Aires.
Argentina's David Nalbandian and Eduardo Schwank kept Argentina's Davis Cup dreams alive after they thrashed Spain's Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco in the doubles rubber 6-4 6-2 6-3 in Seville on Saturday.
A former Colombian beauty queen, sentenced in Argentina for drug trafficking, speaks out. Rafael Romo reports.
From her very humble beginnings in Barranquilla, Colombia, she rose to be one of her country's most coveted beauty queens. At 21, Angie Sanclemente Valencia was crowned as Colombia's "Queen of Coffee."
At QB9's bricked-walled workspace in Buenos Aires, about 50 employees stay busy day and night creating video games.
Latino video game developers are full-fledged players after years sitting on the sidelines. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
Barack Obama, Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel descended on the G-20 summit last week intent on stabilizing Greece and resolving the European debt crisis. But Athens may instead end up seeking guidance from an unlikely source: Argentina.
At least seven people were killed -- including five children -- when a freight train collided with a bus carrying schoolgirls on their way to a spiritual retreat in Argentina, state media reported Wednesday.
Brian Byrnes was in Argentina as former military officers were sentenced for human rights abuses from the dirty war.
Argentina's economic growth comes with a consequence - inflation. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
A decade later, Argentina is enjoying a remarkable comeback from its 2001 financial crisis. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
In December 2001, Argentina defaulted on $100 billion in debt -- the largest default in history. The move ushered in an era of utter chaos: five presidents in two weeks, cash and food shortages, deadly riots and dire poverty.
Argentina this week moved forward in a pair of cases alleging human rights abuses during the country's dictatorship by having a fugitive returned to the country and refusing the extradition of a separate suspect.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 struck near San Salvador de Jujuy, in northern Argentina, on Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Latin America is pulling out the stops to get more Chinese tourists. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
Maria Jose Martinez Waldner grew up speaking Spanish and English at her home in Buenos Aires. Several years ago she decided to learn Mandarin Chinese, a language that is rarely heard in Argentina.
Argentina is a huge, diverse country. Large cities and breathtaking vistas are just some of your travel options there. Every journey has to start somewhere, and many people choose to begin in the capital city, Buenos Aires.
A collision between a bus, cement truck and a pre-metro (lightrail) train injured 90 people on Thursday during morning rush hour traffic in Buenos Aires, according to police.
At least 11 people died when two trains and a bus collided in Buenos Aires on Tuesday, state media reported.
At least seven people were killed and dozens more injured when a bus and two trains collided in Argentina.
The body of a girl whose disappearance triggered a public outcry in Argentina was found naked inside a garbage bag in Buenos Aires Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.
Early returns in Argentina's presidential primary Sunday showed President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is likely to win, moving her closer to re-election.
One worker was killed and another was critically burned Wednesday morning in an explosion at a refinery in Argentina, the state-run Telam news agency reported, citing firefighters.
Authorities in Argentina have arrested a second suspect in the case of two French tourists found dead near a hiking trail last week, police said on Tuesday.
Julio Grondona announced last month that he will run for a next consecutive term at the helm of Argentina's Football Association (AFA), clocking a potential 36 years in a row as president. The elections are due to take place in October. Argentina's elimination from the Copa America as host might -- under other circumstances -- trigger some sort of shake up. But the word from AFA is that there will be no changes to the structure of the national squad's leadership.
SANTA FE, Argentina -- As Martin Caceres' penalty soared into the top corner and confirmed Uruguay's passage to a fifth successive Copa America semifinal, a sense of disbelief fell over the Estadio Estanislau Lopez.
A look at how the Copa America quarterfinals match up:
One player has emerged from the first week of the Copa America with his reputation enhanced. Sadly for Argentina, that player is Spain's Xavi Hernandez.
BUENOS AIRES -- Some thoughts after the first round of group games in the Copa America:
The Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez was once told that "'In this century, only three important things have happened to Colombia: the political violent outburst of 1948, the publication in 1967 of 100 Years of Solitude, and the 5-0 defeat of Argentina by Colombia's national squad in 1993." Laughing, Márquez replied, "You know what the worst thing about that is? It's true."
One could make a very strong case that no other team in the world has forwards as talented as Argentina's, the team currently has no less than six world-class options -- Carlos Tevez even pronounced it with confidence after La Albiceleste's last pre Copa America 2011 friendly against Albania last week. But then, in the famous adage of former England midfielder John Gregory, strikers win you games, but defenders win you championships.
Argentina's biggest soccer team, River Plate, is relegated for the first time in its history. Brian Byrnes reports.
Where would you take a loved one for an anniversary or other special occasion?
Guests at restaurants in Argentina's Buenos Aires province must say good-bye to the salt shaker.
The ash cloud from a Chilean volcano reached Buenos Aires, the capital of neighboring Argentina, but was not expected to cause problems for area residents, officials said.
Google has not altered its search engine in Argentina despite a court order to do so because the company has not yet received an official order from the court, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
All 22 people aboard a commuter plane were killed when it crashed in southern Argentina, the airline said Thursday.
An Argentine court this week granted an injunction that blocks internet giant Google from "suggesting" searches that lead to certain sites that have been deemed anti-Semitic, and removes the sites from the search engine's index.
The Copa Libertadores can seem like a slow burner, but it is about to catch fire.
A locomotive train collided with a stopped passenger train carrying 250 people early Monday in the town of Monasterio, Argentina, about 150 kilometers (about 90 miles) south of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires, injuring 70 passengers, a report said.
The Canadian crooner married actress Luisana Loreley Lopilato de la Torre Thursday
Rating the U.S. team's performance against Argentina:
The U.S. plays Argentina on Saturday at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. The last time the two times faced each other, the U.S. tied Argentina 0-0 in June 2008 thanks to a series of outstanding saves by goalkeeper Tim Howard.
The last time Bob Bradley's national team met Argentina in New Jersey (June 2008), it took a night of breathless, outstanding goalkeeping from Tim Howard to keep the Americans from being routed.
Ever since Cesar Luis Menotti, with a World Cup trophy under his belt, took the unprecedented decision of leading the Argentina U-20 national team to the FIFA World Cup in Japan in 1979, Argentina's youth divisions soccer has been a source of national pride.
There is no place for Carlos Tevez or Sergio Aguero in the Argentina squad that coach Sergio Batista brings to New York for Saturday's friendly against the U.S.
Tension between Argentina and the United States continued to simmer Tuesday as the two could not see eye-to-eye on the seizure, by Argentinian authorities, of materials that arrived on a U.S. Air Force cargo plane last week.
Here's a date for your diary. On Sunday Feb. 6 I can't believe there's anything more fascinating taking place in the world of soccer than the clash between Argentina and Brazil in the South American U-20 Championships. Whatever might be happening in England, Spain or anywhere else, this is the date when the city of Arequipa in the south of Peru can claim to be, for 90 minutes at least, the capital of the global game.
Authorities in Argentina's capital are searching for at least three people who allegedly broke into a bank through an underground tunnel, state media reported.
Argentina's president has said she will deploy 6,000 border guards to police the streets of the country's capital amid a wave of protests.
Prosecutors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, are investigating clashes between authorities and homeless squatters in a vacant park that left three people dead and 14 others injured last week, state media reported.
A city in central Argentina has banned the use of cell phones inside banks, punishable by 15 days in jail, state media reported Thursday.
Nestor Kirchner, the former Argentinian president who arguably remained the most potent political force in the country, died unexpectedly Wednesday of an apparent heart attack.
Fourteen people -- four of them dance students between the ages of 9 and 19 -- were killed late Sunday in northeastern Argentina when a shuttle van and a cargo truck collided, the state-run Telam news agency reported Monday morning.
A 13-year-old boy has been detained in Argentina in connection with a beating death Tuesday during the national Day of Spring celebrations, the official state-run news agency said Thursday.
At least 74 young people were injured Tuesday in Argentina during the annual Day of Spring celebration, and 20 of them required hospitalization, the state-run Telam news agency reported Wednesday.
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It had to happen some time. And at least that time was after the World Cup. At least if Spain was going to lose, Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires was as good a place as anywhere. At least the fact that it happened against Argentina, led by the world's best player, was no disgrace. But, still, no one expected it to happen quite like it did Tuesday. No one expected it to be quite so painful.
A 4-1 win Tuesday over world champion Spain should do much to transform Sergio Batista from caretaker to full-time coach of Argentina. More than that, though, it rams home a lesson forgotten by predecessor Diego Maradona amid the euphoria of South Africa 2010 -- midfield is not an optional extra.
Rebuilding the sense of team after the painful World Cup exit, and following on from the discharge of Diego Maradona, was never going to be easy for Argentina. Only a handful of Argentinian press travelled to Dublin, to cover the 1-0 friendly win against Ireland on Tuesday, which marked the international soccer launch of the new Aviva stadium, as well as that of Sergio "Checho" Batista's interim appointment to the adult men's squad.
Argentinian authorities rescued 12 people who had become trapped in rubble after a gym in Buenos Aires collapsed Monday. Rescuers continued to search in the debris, but they said they didn't expect to find anyone else.
At least five people died Tuesday night in a four-vehicle crash in northeastern Argentina, the state news service reported Wednesday.
The battle over same-sex marriage in Latin America has moved to Chile, where the nation's Roman Catholic archbishop said this weekend such unions are an "aberration."
Two men who have been together for 34 years have become the first couple to obtain a same-sex marriage since it became legal in Argentina on July 15.
Today marks the first nationally-recognized Argintine homosexual marriage.
An intense cold front in southern Latin America continues to blanket the region, causing deaths, school and highway closures, and other woes.
A weeklong cold snap that has killed at least eight people in Argentina is expected to continue Monday, state media reported.
At least eight people have died in a cold snap in Argentina in the past several days, the nation's state-run news agency reported.
Argentina became the first Latin American country on Thursday to legalize same-sex marriage.
Lawmakers in Argentina consider whether to legalize same-sex marriage. CNN's Rosemary Church reports.
Thousands of Argentine protesters opposed to a same-sex marriage bill to be debated in the Senate demonstrated in front of Argentina's Congress Tuesday.
A dark and somber mood descended over a nation as the whistle marked end of play and the young men who had carried the dreams and hopes of millions marched -- tearful, exhausted and drained -- off the field for the last time at this World Cup.
A former Argentinian dictator and an ex-army chief are scheduled to go on trial this week on charges of human rights abuses during the nation's right-wing rule from 1976-83, the government's Judicial Information Center said.
An Argentine pilot accused of participating in "death flights" during the nation's "dirty war" in the 1970s and '80s has been extradited from Spain and will face charges Friday, the government's Judicial News Service reported.
Argentina's ambassador to the United States, Hector Timerman, will become the new foreign minister, replacing Jorge Taiana, who resigned Friday, the government said.
A news helicopter for Buenos Aires, Argentina, TV station C5N crashed Friday, killing both men on board, the station announced.
Three doctors in Argentina have been charged with homicide in the death of a baby during birth in 2008, the government-funded news agency said Friday.
An Argentina federal court released a 423-page decree Tuesday detailing the facts against a former dictator sentenced last month to 25 years in prison for violating human rights.
Latin America's first gay senior citizens center opens in Buenos Aires. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
Despite what has traditionally been regarded as a macho culture, Argentina has been viewed in recent years as a leader on gay rights issues in Latin America.
Carrot or stick?
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CNN's Bryan Byrnes reports on a new form of consumer activism taking root in Buenos Aires.
In Argentina, two giants of international football are having their worst seasons in memory. CNN's Brian Byrnes reports.
A provincial government passes chemical castration law, in order to reduce sex crimes. CNN's Rosemary Church reports.
Officials in Argentina's Mendoza province have authorized chemical castration for rapists after a significant increase in sexual assaults last year.
My first venture was a door-to-door laundry business for students that I started while on a partial tennis scholarship at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. I wanted to do something that didn't depend on my hands to create value.
A federal appeals court in Argentina has ruled that a grandmother must stand trial for growing two marijuana plants in her backyard.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it is important for Argentina and Britain to hold talks about the disputed Falkland Islands, but she did not commit to mediating them.
A number of Latin American countries have rushed to offer their support to Argentina in its long-running territorial dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.
Three days after a consumers' group called for a meat boycott, the head of Argentina's beef industry said Thursday prices will fall by week's end.
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner signed a decree Tuesday requiring all ships navigating from Argentina to the disputed Falkland Islands to carry a government permit.
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