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Argentine Senate passes controversial media bill

After 16 hours of debate, Argentina's Senate passed a controversial reform law Saturday that critics say targets media outlets critical of the government.

Argentina media bill advances

The lower house of Argentina's Congress has approved a controversial media law that spells out media ownership rules and calls for the creation of a regulatory agency.

Critics say Argentine media bill targets single conglomerate

Argentina's Congress debated a broadcast reform bill Wednesday, a proposal analysts say is the latest blow in a fight between President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and media conglomerate Grupo Clarin.

Argentina's First Couple face election test

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband -- who was her predecessor -- have held power since 2003, and Sunday's midterm elections will prove pivotal to her hold on the presidency.

Ex-Argentine president resigns top party post

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner resigned as leader of the ruling political party Monday following a poor showing in Sunday's elections, the official news agency Telam reported.

Argentine farmers protest export taxes

Farmers in Argentina blocked highways and rural routes throughout the country to protest anew the lack in progress in negotiations with the government over export taxes on farm goods.

Argentina's government, farmers reach accords

After months of confrontations, Argentina's government and its farmers appeared Tuesday to have made progress toward resolving their differences.

Argentine farmers face ruin as drought kills cattle, crops

In a small farming town 105 kilometers (65 miles) southwest of Buenos Aires, farmers are struggling to nourish their crops and feed their animals. The worst drought in half a century has turned Argentina's once-fertile soil to dust and pushed the country into a state of emergency.

Castro reflects on health, praises Obama

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro said Thursday he doubts he'll still have the "privilege" of observing world events in four years, cryptically indicating awareness that he is drawing ever closer to death.

Castro watched inauguration, Argentine leader says

Fidel Castro appeared "very well" during a meeting this week with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, telling her that he watched President Obama's inauguration on television, Argentina's official news agency reported.

Argentine Senate passes controversial media bill

After 16 hours of debate, Argentina's Senate passed a controversial reform law Saturday that critics say targets media outlets critical of the government.

Argentina media bill advances

The lower house of Argentina's Congress has approved a controversial media law that spells out media ownership rules and calls for the creation of a regulatory agency.

Critics say Argentine media bill targets single conglomerate

Argentina's First Couple face election test

Ex-Argentine president resigns top party post

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner resigned as leader of the ruling political party Monday following a poor showing in Sunday's elections, the official news agency Telam reported.

Argentine farmers protest export taxes

Farmers in Argentina blocked highways and rural routes throughout the country to protest anew the lack in progress in negotiations with the government over export taxes on farm goods.

Argentina's government, farmers reach accords

After months of confrontations, Argentina's government and its farmers appeared Tuesday to have made progress toward resolving their differences.

Argentine farmers face ruin as drought kills cattle, crops

Castro reflects on health, praises Obama

Castro watched inauguration, Argentine leader says

Argentine leader visits Cuba

Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will meet Monday evening with Cuban leader Raul Castro during her first official visit to the island.

Argentina grapples with fierce drought

The northern province of Santa Fe usually boasts lush vegetation in September -- the Southern Hemisphere's spring -- but not this year, as Argentina grapples with its worst drought in a century.

Argentine president calls for decriminalization of drug use

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner repeated her call this week to decriminalize personal drug use and crack down on traffickers and dealers.

Argentine president drops farm tax after mass protests

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is dropping an agricultural export tax that has provoked months of protests from farmers, a spokesman said Friday.

Export tax defeat a setback for Argentine leader

With Argentina's vice president casting the deciding vote, the country's Senate on Thursday narrowly defeated an increase on an agricultural export tax, which has provoked months of farmers' rebellion.

Fernandez defends Argentine grain export tax

President Cristina Fernandez on Tuesday defended an increase in export taxes on grains that has riled many farmers, and she called on them to respect the law in protesting her policies.

Argentina farm strike turns violent

A three-month standoff between the Argentine government and farmers over export taxes turned violent Saturday.

Controversial tax to fund Argentina's social programs

Argentine farmers are planning their next move after the country's president announced plans to fund a public works program with revenues from a controversial agrarian export tax.

Traffic snarls are latest bump in Argentine farm crisis

Disagreements between the Argentine government and farmers over export taxes flared up Wednesday as drivers used their trucks to snarl traffic.

Time.com: A Meltdown for Argentina's Hillary

The fortunes of Argentina's new leader are falling even faster than those of the former First Lady she's been compared to

Argentine farmers say no to tax changes

Farmers on Friday moved quickly to reject President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's tax concessions made a day earlier.

Farmers resume strike against export tax

Argentine farm groups went on strike Wednesday for the third time in nearly three months to protest high export taxes.

Argentina's economy minister steps down

Argentina's economy minister has resigned in the wake of a crippling farmers' strike that emptied store shelves and cut exports, the country's news agency reported.

Smoke chokes Argentina's capital

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.

Time.com: The Great Argentine Smoke-Out

Land-clearing fires covered Buenos Aires in thick black smoke in a huge ecological mess. The president blames her political foes: the farmers

Striking farmers resume blockades in Argentina

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 move to end strike

Argentine farmers lifted roadblocks Friday, easing a 15-day agricultural strike that has caused traffic jams and depleted grocery shelves across the country.

Time.com: Troubles for Argentina's New Evita

Was the campaign of Argentina's new president illegally funded by Venezuela's Hugo Chavez? The allegations have rocked her first days in office

Time.com: A Mixed Message in Argentina's Vote

The election reveals a worrisome divide among the country's voters -- and a predilection for show over substance in the winning party

Kirchner claims Argentine victory

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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