Paolo Menghini's t-shirt bears the face of his son, Lucas, a victim of one of Argentina's deadliest train accidents, which occurred a year ago today. The crash at Once train station in Buenos Aires killed a total of 51 people, and will be commemorated this evening by the victims' families, led by Mr. Menghini. Argentina’s trains, however, are still unsafe. The crash at Once was not an isolated incident. In the first six months of 2012, there were more than 1,200 accidents and 190 deaths on Argentina’s Read more [...]

Following a decision by President Cristina Fernandez to call for a special session of the National Congress to address the MoU, the ruling party - the Front for Victory and the opposition discussed the issue for more than ten hours. As announced prior to the debate, the opposition blocks rejected the move calling it a "step backward" and a "decline" of Argentina's sovereignty and jurisdiction.Heads of the Israeli-Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA) and the Delegation of Israeli-Argentine Associations Read more [...]

Following a decision by President Cristina Fernandez to call for a special session of the National Congress to address the MoU, the ruling party - the Front for Victory and the opposition discussed the issue for more than ten hours. As announced prior to the debate, the opposition blocks rejected the move calling it a "step backward" and a "decline" of Argentina's sovereignty and jurisdiction.Heads of the Israeli-Argentine Mutual Association (AMIA) and the Delegation of Israeli-Argentine Associations Read more [...]

Australia's favourite food blogger, Not Quite Nigella, aka Lorraine Elliott is treated to the full Argentinian dining experience, complete with beautifully rare eye fillet. Imagine you had a friend in every city that you visited. Imagine that they were enthusiastically into food and knew the lowdown on how the city worked, that they warned you against any potential dangers and taught you how to speak that language and fed you the best of that country in a meal, all in the space of a few hours. Read more [...]

Australia's favourite food blogger, Not Quite Nigella, aka Lorraine Elliott is treated to the full Argentinian dining experience, complete with beautifully rare eye fillet. Imagine you had a friend in every city that you visited. Imagine that they were enthusiastically into food and knew the lowdown on how the city worked, that they warned you against any potential dangers and taught you how to speak that language and fed you the best of that country in a meal, all in the space of a few hours. Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's Senate approved on Thursday an agreement with Iran to set up an international "truth commission" to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.The two governments reached the agreement last month on how to deal with the attack in which Argentine court authorities have accused Iranian officials, including the defense minister, of involvement. Iran has denied any link to the bombing.Many Jewish groups in Argentina Read more [...]

BUENOS AIRES - Argentina's Senate approved on Thursday an agreement with Iran to set up an international "truth commission" to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.The two governments reached the agreement last month on how to deal with the attack in which Argentine court authorities have accused Iranian officials, including the defense minister, of involvement. Iran has denied any link to the bombing.Many Jewish groups in Argentina Read more [...]

A FRESH transatlantic row has blown up after the US said it will not recognise next month’s Falklands referendum. The 3,000 islanders are expected to overwhelmingly back remaining British in a historic poll on March 10. David Cameron ordered the vote in a bid to silence Argentina’s claim to the territories. But in a brutal snub, the US Government has said its neutrality over the islands’ sovereignty will not change — effectively branding the result irrelevant. Read more [...]

02/21/2013| 02:59pm US/Eastern By Shane Romig BUENOS AIRES--Argentina's January trade surplus narrowed to $280 million, down sharply from the $550 million surplus posted a year earlier and the $530 million surplus reported for December. Exports in January totaled $5.67 billion, down from $5.91 billion a year earlier, national statistics agency Indec reported Thursday. Imports in January were relatively flat on the year at $5.39 billion, compared with $5.36 billion a year earlier. Read more [...]

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