File this one as predictable: In a newly released tape from 2012, Argentina’s former foreign minister admits that Iran was behind the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center. But Hector Timerman’s conversation with local Jewish leaders is the first concrete admission to become public. And it bolsters the evidence that Argentina’s government tried to cover up Iran’s involvement in the blast, which left 85 dead and hundreds wounded. It was that evidence that special prosecutor Read more [...]

Image copyright EPA Image caption Some districts of Asuncion are vulnerable to flooding, as here on 7 December More than 150,000 people in Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil have been driven from their homes by some of the Read more [...]

What marks the difference between grandeur and pettiness? Argentina’s recently termed-out president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner seems to have her own answer to that question. Since her Peronist party lost the presidential elections in October, she has been embroiled in a series of questionable spats with her successor to the presidency, Mauricio Macri. The latest: Fernandez de Kirchner has refused to give up the presidential Twitter account. Instead, she has kept on tweeting Read more [...]

Inflation casts long shadow as Argentina’s Macri tries to fix economy By Sarah Marsh BUENOS AIRES, Dec 24 (Reuters) – Days into his presidency, Mauricio Macri faces his first big threats as he seeks to fix Argentina’s ailing economy: inflation and recession. In his first policy moves since taking office on Dec. 10, the free markets advocate made good on his promises to eliminate capital controls and cut hefty export taxes. But floating the peso triggered an immediate 26.5 percent Read more [...]

One of the Grandmothers of the founders of the Plaza de Mayo, an NGO founded for the purpose of finding children stolen by the military dictatorship in Argentina, found Thursday evening her granddaughter, 39 years after her disappearance. Thirty-nine years of research "for a beautiful 2015 Christmas gift". Maria "Chicha" Mariani, one of the founders of the "Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo", an NGO that looks for Read more [...]

1- A football fan president https://twitter.com/mauriciomacri In Argentina, football is a state affair. On his Twitter profile, the newly elected president of the republic Mauricio Macri defines himself as a Boca Juniors supporter. Indeed, he is perhaps all the more committed a supporter given that he was president of the country’s most popular club (between 1995 and 2008), with which he scooped no less than 17 titles, Read more [...]

Eco-Stim Energy Solutions Inc (OTCMKTS:ESES) major shareholder Argentina Opportunit Bienville acquired 17,222 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 21st. The shares were purchased at an average price of $2.81 per share, for a total transaction of $48,393.82. The acquisition was disclosed in a filing with the Securities Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Large shareholders that own at least 10% of a company’s stock are required Read more [...]

Buenos Aires: The long-lost granddaughter of a founder of an Argentine rights group that fights to find babies stolen by the 1976-1983 military dictatorship has been found, her organisation said on Thursday.Clara Anahi Mariani, who was abducted at three months old when regime agents killed her mother, is the 120th stolen baby to be found since her grandmother Maria “Chicha” Mariani helped found the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo to look for them in 1977.“After 39 years of tireless searching, Read more [...]

The number of elected governments competing to be the world’s worst has now fallen by two. Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe remains in office, as does Hungary’s Viktor Orbán. Poland is slipping into illiberalism, and regimes stretching from North Africa to the Hindu Kush are already there.But 12 years of arrogant autarchy under Néstor and Cristina Kirchner have just ended in Argentina. And a stunning defeat in parliamentary elections surely marks the beginning of the end of 16 years of churlish Read more [...]

Over 20,000 residents of five coastal provinces in Argentina have been forced to evacuate due to floods caused by the overflowing of the Parana, Paraguay, and Uruguay rivers. According to a report from Prensa Latina, the water levels in the rivers could reach up to 16 meters because of the heavy rainfall. The cities of Chaco, Corrientes, Formosa, and Santa Fe have been affected, specifically Entre Rios, whose provincial government declared a state of emergency. Officials in Corrientes also reported Read more [...]