President Mauricio Macri,

Vice-President
Gabriela Michetti, Cabinet chief Marcos Pena and Maria Eugenia Vidal, governor of the Buenos Aires province, tweeted congratulatory messages to security forces and promised to continue the fight against drug trafficking.

By Jorge Otaola and Richard Lough BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - In a huge embarrassment for President Mauricio Macri, Argentina's federal police chief said a manhunt was still on for two of the South American country's most notorious criminals hours after the government celebrated their capture. Earlier, the prosecutor's office released a statement confirming the detention of three fugitives convicted of drug gang-related killings who escaped from prison on Dec. 27. Macri congratulated the security forces Read more [...]

SALTA, Argentina Jan 9 (Reuters) - A Bolivian spectator was killed at the Dakar Rally on Saturday when he was hit by a Mitsubishi driven by Frenchman Lionel Baud during the seventh stage from Bolivia to Argentina, organisers said. "The organisation's medical service could only confirm, unfortunately, the death of the person involved (in the accident)," they said in a statement after the stage from Uyumi in Bolivia to Salta in northwest Argentina. Read more [...]

Argentinian police have recaptured three fugitive prisoners convicted of drug-related killings, a security source said, ending a 13-day manhunt across the country’s vast farm belt. The search has gripped Argentina and shone a light on the country’s growing role as a transit point for narco gangs smuggling South American drugs to the US and Europe. In an operation carried live at times by television channels, hundreds of security agents, including police commandos and sharpshooters, hunted down Read more [...]

World Rugby: January 9, 2016 - A new era beckons for Argentina rugby now that the Jaguares, the new Buenos Aires-based professional team to play in the extended Super Rugby competition, has started their pre-season full of excitement for the season ahead. Led by Puma captain Agustn Creevy (pictured above) and with 20 of his Rugby World Cup 2015 teammates, including the likes Juan Martn Hernndez, Martn Landajo, Leonardo Senatore Read more [...]

Six Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank riders will contest the 2016 Tour Femenino de San Luis in Argentina in their vibrant new kits. From left to right: Lauren Komanski, Lauren Hall, Kendall Ryan, Brianna Walle, Lauren Stephens, Alizee Brien. Team TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank is off to a roaring start in 2016 this weekend at the Tour Femenino de San Luis in Argentina—and it’s a high-profile opportunity to roll out not just a new look, but a new name. Until this year, the team, of course, was known Read more [...]

The new Argentine government recently declared two states of emergency. The first was a normal response to severe flooding in the north of the country that has left 20,000 people homeless. The second, however, was a shocker – a typically Argentine shocker.The government declared a “national statistical emergency.” It instructed the agency responsible for collecting and publishing statistics to stop. No longer – at least until the agency is overhauled – will Argentines have information Read more [...]

Demonstrators in the Argentinian capital held banners reading "Monsanto get out", chanted and beat on drums. They wore gas masks symbolizing the dangers of Monsanto’s activities.Protests were also held in other cities across Argentina. Protesters marched in support of an activists’ camp, which is blocking the Monsanto-owned property in Malvinas Argentinas in the Cordoba region. The camp recently received an eviction notice from the authorities.A labor appeals court in north-central Argentina Read more [...]

Cars, motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and trucks are taking part in what's known as the world's most challenging endurance race. Here's a look at some of the terrain and competitors as they navigate more than 9,000 kilometres through Argentina and Bolivia for the Dakar Rally, running from Jan. 3-16. Dry, dusty terrain in southwest Bolivia The race started in Buenos Aires, Argentina, before moving on to Bolivia. Spectators gathered Friday to watch as drivers reached Uyuni, the first Read more [...]

09 de enero de 2016, 00:45La Paz, Jan 9 (Prensa Latina) Argentina will complete a debt payment of $ 300 million for purchasing energy to Bolivia before the end of March 2016, it was learned here today. Until last January 6, the Argentine government paid 100 million dollars and promised to pay the rest before the end of next March, said the president of the company Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), Guillermo Acha, to Red Patria Nueva. The agreement is the result of the Read more [...]