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Now 48, Man Becomes 140th 'Stolen Grandchild' Tracked In Argentina

Nearly five decades after he was born in a dictatorship-era detention center and snatched from his mother, a Buenos Aires man has become the 140th person identified as one of Argentina's hundreds of "stolen grandchildren."

International Business Times

Lula visits former Argentinian president under house arrest in snub to Milei

Brazilian president meets Cristina Fernández de Kirchner at her flat in Buenos Aires after regional summit

The Guardian - US

Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, Argentine friar held up by Pope Francis as model confessor, dies at 98

The Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor has died in Buenos Aires at age 98

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Argentina to put Iranians and Lebanese on trial in absentia over 1994 Jewish center bombing

An Argentine judge has ordered that the 10 Lebanese and Iranian citizens accused of involvement in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires face trial in absentia

The Independent UK

Argentina To Try 10 In Absentia Over 1994 Bombing Of Jewish Center

Argentina will try in absentia ten Iranian and Lebanese nationals suspected of the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, which killed 85 people, a ruling seen by AFP on Thursday said.

International Business Times

Photos of Cristina Fernández supporters as she serves a prison sentence for corruption in Argentina

Supporters of former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner have been gathering outside her Buenos Aires apartment and in the Plaza de Mayo for the past week after the nation's highest court upheld her sentence in a corruption case. Fernández was found guilty of illegally directing state contracts to a…

The Independent UK

Takeaways from AP report on President Javier Milei's dramatic cuts to Argentine health care

Cancer patients say they’ve grown sicker since Argentina’s radical libertarian President Javier Milei took his chainsaw to the public health system

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Argentines reel from health care cutbacks as President Milei's state overhaul mirrors Trump's

Cancer patients say they’ve grown sicker since Argentina’s radical libertarian President Javier Milei took his chainsaw to the public health system

The Independent UK

Argentine tribunal allows ex-President Fernández to serve corruption sentence at home

A federal court in Argentina has granted former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request to serve a six-year prison sentence for corruption at her home in Buenos Aires

The Independent UK

The Eternaut speaks to our uneasy times – that’s why this cult comic has become a global Netflix hit

There are no happy endings in this Argentinian sci-fi thriller – but it has already inspired real-world protests, says journalist Jordana Timerman

The Guardian - UK

Scandalous Mormons, dystopian Buenos Aires and Nicolas Cage down under: what to watch in June

As we head into a new month of streaming, here’s a fresh wave of TV ready to challenge, transport and entertain you.

The Conversation

Inside the city where people are choosing pampered pets over children

The rising passion for dogs has coincided with falling human fertility

The Independent UK

Why Netflix’s The Eternaut is one of the most important shows to come out of Argentina in recent years

It all starts when a group of old friends in Buenos Aires meet for a round of the card game truco on a hot summer night. Suddenly – a power outage. As darkness engulfs the city, a mysterious poisonous snow falls from the sky.

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Javier Milei's party comes first in Buenos Aires election upset

In a boost for the party ahead of October's midterms, the Argentinian president's spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, secured 30.1% of the vote.

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‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder

Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertaken

International Business Times

Buenos Aires Farewells Native Pontiff With Tears And Calls To Action

With songs, candles, tears and prayers, Buenos Aires mourners marked the burial of pontiff and native son Pope Francis Saturday.

The Independent UK

Pope Francis' beloved soccer team in Buenos Aires mourns its most famous fan

Pope Francis’ beloved soccer club in his native Buenos Aires, San Lorenzo, has celebrated a Mass dedicated to its most famous fan two days after his death, with Argentina still awash in emotional tributes to the first Latin American pontiff

International Business Times

Argentina 'Slum Priests' Take Pope's Message To The Poor

Down a narrow street in Villa 31, the oldest of Buenos Aires's informal settlements, Father Ignacio "Nacho" Bagattini celebrates mass in a community center for homeless drug addicts.

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Euronews

The pope who loved football: How Francis brought the beautiful game to the Vatican

Pope Francis had a lifelong passion for football, from supporting San Lorenzo and organising peace-promoting matches to inviting legends like Messi and Maradona to the Vatican.

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Leaders and believers around the world pay tribute to 'everyone’s pope'

As the Vatican announces that the funeral of Pope Francis will take place on Saturday at 10am local time, world leaders, representatives of other religions and the Catholic faithful around the world have been reacting to the death of the pontiff on Monday, 21 April.

The Conversation

To truly understand Pope Francis’ theology – and impact – you need to look to his life in Buenos Aires

Pope Francis’ journey from the streets of Flores, a neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to the Vatican, is a remarkable tale.

Euronews

Argentina bids farewell to Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff

The death of Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff and a key figure of the Catholic Church in the 21st century, generated reactions around the world.

The Guardian - US

‘He listened to everyone’: Buenos Aires remembers pope as voice for the poor

Locals hail pontiff’s work in city’s poorest neighbourhoods – but express sadness that he never came back as pope

International Business Times

'One Isn't Born A Saint': School Nuns Remember Pope Francis As A Boy

At the school in Buenos Aires where he started his religious journey at the young age of 5, the nuns remember the boy who would later become Pope Francis as "mischievous."

International Business Times

Argentina Mourns Loss Of Papal Son

Grief-stricken Argentines massed at Buenos Aires Cathedral early Monday to collectively mourn their late pontiff, compatriot and hero, Pope Francis.

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