As a child, Leonardo Martinelli studied classical music at a prestigious Buenos Aires conservatory.
Argentina's last dictator and five military leaders who helped rule the country more than 25 years ago went on trial Monday on human rights charges.
Argentina's capital city was beset by strikes Thursday, with teachers, doctors and transit employees refusing to work over money matters.
Eight people died early Monday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when a city bus and a police ambulance collided, the government news agency reported.
Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, known as "the voice of Latin America" for her songs about the plight of the poor, died Sunday, according to an announcement on her Web site. She was 74.
James Brandon is concerned about getting old and looking older. So the 44-year-old events planner from Canada decided on plastic surgery to help bring his boyish looks back.
It didn't take much for Martin Frankel to realize that Buenos Aires was a good place to start a business.
Iran summoned Argentina's top diplomat in Tehran on Monday after the country complained about the nomination of a man who has been linked to a 1994 terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, Iranian media have reported.
A bomb exploded early Tuesday at a Chilean airline office in Buenos Aires, causing moderate damage but no injuries, the airline and government news agencies reported.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford visited Argentina exactly one year ago as part of a state-funded trade mission, according to a copy of the trip itinerary obtained by CNN.
As a child, Leonardo Martinelli studied classical music at a prestigious Buenos Aires conservatory.
Argentina's last dictator and five military leaders who helped rule the country more than 25 years ago went on trial Monday on human rights charges.
Argentina's capital city was beset by strikes Thursday, with teachers, doctors and transit employees refusing to work over money matters.
Eight people died early Monday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when a city bus and a police ambulance collided, the government news agency reported.
Argentine singer Mercedes Sosa, known as "the voice of Latin America" for her songs about the plight of the poor, died Sunday, according to an announcement on her Web site. She was 74.
James Brandon is concerned about getting old and looking older. So the 44-year-old events planner from Canada decided on plastic surgery to help bring his boyish looks back.
It didn't take much for Martin Frankel to realize that Buenos Aires was a good place to start a business.
Iran summoned Argentina's top diplomat in Tehran on Monday after the country complained about the nomination of a man who has been linked to a 1994 terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires, Iranian media have reported.
A bomb exploded early Tuesday at a Chilean airline office in Buenos Aires, causing moderate damage but no injuries, the airline and government news agencies reported.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford visited Argentina exactly one year ago as part of a state-funded trade mission, according to a copy of the trip itinerary obtained by CNN.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, just back from a secret trip to Argentina unknown to his staff or his wife, admitted Wednesday he has carried on an extramarital affair with a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I stole a laundry bag from the Alvear Palace Hotel in Buenos Aires. It was made of thick ivory linen, embroidered with the words "dry cleaning" in cerulean blue, and looked like something that I could have found at an antique textiles show. But that wasn't the case.
As with most industries around the globe, the art world has been taking a hit, as collectors pare down purchases on expensive pieces.
I'm off to Lima this week on a mission: to try to understand how the current contradiction in Peruvian soccer can be explained.
Some people travel so they can climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower, or ski the Rockies, or feast on rare delicacies in Bangkok. Not me. I think of the world as a series of fabulous flea markets, displaying each culture's best bibelots -- many of which can be had for a paltry few pounds or yen, euros, or dollars.
An estimated 10,000 Argentines marched on the historic Plaza de Mayo in the capital, Buenos Aires, on Wednesday to demand more anti-crime measures, reflecting a top priority among Argentines, according to recent polls.
The governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Daniel Scioli, said Tuesday that he received a death threat possibly linked to narcotraffickers upset at his government's strong anti-drug policy.
Fares increased by as much as 25 percent on mass transit in the Argentine capital, sparking a round of grumbling among some straphangers about the cost and paucity of coins necessary for city bus rides.
Dancing the tango in Argentina takes more than just a command of the steps and some semblance of rhythm. You also need to understand the subtle signals that regulate life in a milonga, or tango hall, where tradition still holds great sway. With one misstep, you may kiss finding a partner good-bye.
More than 10,000 charred bone fragments were found buried at the site of a former Argentine government detention center, the first find of its kind at one of the secret centers, Argentine officials said.
A blossoming of cinematic creativity has swept Argentina in recent years, bringing about a second golden age of film.
Vegetarians, beware. It's Wednesday night at the Garden House Hostel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the unmistakable scent of juicy slabs of meat on the grill is wafting through the halls, luring guests to its source.
A dog sheltered a newborn baby abandoned by its 14-year-old mother in a field in rural Argentina until the boy was rescued, a doctor said Friday.
In a nationwide measure, Argentina has granted gay couples the right to collect the pensions of their dead partners.
Argentine senators have approved a bill declaring obesity and other eating disorders diseases covered by the nation's public and private health care programs
Fritz Lang's classic sci-fi movie has been given a new lease of life, after missing reels were unearthed in Argentina
A three-month standoff between the Argentine government and farmers over export taxes turned violent Saturday.
Intimate, design-driven hotelitos are opening throughout Buenos Aires. We've uncovered four neighborhood favorites that deliver style without sacrificing value.
Disagreements between the Argentine government and farmers over export taxes flared up Wednesday as drivers used their trucks to snarl traffic.
There has been a distinctly Latin flavor to this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Nearly a week after a volcano erupted in Chaiten, Chile, disgorging its contents across a wide area of the Andes Mountains, authorities finished evacuating the area most affected.
Smoke blanketed the Argentine capital Friday as brush fires apparently set deliberately consumed thousands of acres in the provinces of Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos.
Land-clearing fires covered Buenos Aires in thick black smoke in a huge ecological mess. The president blames her political foes: the farmers
Argentine farmers seething at export taxes on their crops resumed blockades of rural highways Monday after talks failed to end a 19-day-old strike that has halted grain exports and emptied supermarket shelves of meat.
Argentine farmers lifted roadblocks Friday, easing a 15-day agricultural strike that has caused traffic jams and depleted grocery shelves across the country.
A train slammed into a bus on Sunday killing 18 people and injuring 50, police said.
Colleen Hiltbrunner spent two years researching her dream trip to South Africa. But she wasn't looking for the perfect safari lodge. She was hunting for the right cosmetic surgeon.
Was the campaign of Argentina's new president illegally funded by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez? The allegations have rocked her first days in office
A night of tangoing is the sensual highlight of many a trip to Argentina. But to get on the dance floor, tourists, need a competent dance partner
It's not enough to take a vacation any more -- it has to be a vacation with intent, according to the latest trend forecasts from the travel industry.
The election reveals a worrisome divide among the country's voters -- and a predilection for show over substance in the winning party
Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner declared victory Sunday night as election returns showed her leading all rivals in her bid to succeed her husband and become the country's first female president.
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A bag stuffed with $800,000 chills his friendship with Buenos Aires -- and gets in the way of a First Lady's ambitions.
Thick fog descended on Buenos Aires on the day of the Copa Libertadores semifinal second leg tie between local heroes Boca Juniors and this year's surprise side, C�cuta of Colombia.
With a total of nine titles between them, Argentina's Boca Juniors and Brazil's Gr�mio and Santos are no surprises as Copa Libertadores semifinalists. The same can't be said for the other member of South America's last four. No one could possibly have expected C�cuta Deportivo of Colombia to get this far.
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- "El papa es alemán, pero el Dios es Argentino."
When Daniel Barenboim was just eight years old, he played his first concert on piano with an orchestra in Berlin.
A college student was detained Friday after customs agents found what they suspected was dynamite in his checked luggage, but authorities said he was not involved in terrorism.
South America's most sophisticated city sure knows how to kick up its heels. But you better pace yourself: primetime is way north of midnight.
Bono has met with President Nestor Kirchner, saying he admired U2's fervent fans and was glad that Argentina is as passionate about music as it is about soccer.
FOR THE TYPICAL EXPENSE-ACCOUNT traveler in Buenos Aires, exploring the city all too often means grabbing a bite to eat in the drab financial district. But with Argentina getting back on its feet a...
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A fire in a crowded Buenos Aires nightclub has killed at least 169 people and injured 375, officials said.
Explosions ripped through three Buenos Aires banks on Wednesday, killing a security guard, police in Argentina said.
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In another country, Guillermo Perez, who will soon graduate from an elite university with an economics degree, could probably look forward to a bright future--a career in finance, perhaps a job wit...
It isn't easy becoming a great place to do business, but once a city cracks the list, chances are it will stay there. Of this year's 15 best international cities, nine also ranked last year; the re...
It was a classic early '90s sound of summer in sweltering Buenos Aires, that tinny "thunk" when the air conditioning died, victim of a disastrous water system that tortured Latin America's richest ...
DANIEL ARBESS was a baby-faced associate at the venerable New York law firm White & Case when he first traveled to Prague on vacation. It was December 1989, and the Czech capital was just emerging ...
IN 1924, HERBERT SCHMITZ FLED GERMANY and headed for America, the land of opportunity. But when his grandson went searching for fortune 68 years later, the U.S. got left behind. In 1992, Michael Sc...
Back in 1988, MONEY introduced you to the Terhorsts, then both 39 and in the fourth year of a dream retirement in Buenos Aires. At the time, Paul, formerly a partner in San Francisco with the accou...
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