(AFP) – 14 minutes ago  BUENOS AIRES — Seven retired military officers were sentenced to life in prison for rights abuses committed during Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship, officials said Saturday.The seven were found guilty of kidnapping, torture and homicide in the case of 69 people who were held at navy bases in the city of Mar del Plata, 400 kilometers (250 miles) south of Buenos Aires.The case was brought by relatives of victims and rights groups including the Grandmothers Read more [...]

Malaga coach Manuel Pellegrini is a big fan of Athletic Bilbao counterpart Marcelo Bielsa. The two South Americans have been a great success in Europe. "He’s a fantastic coach and has had great success everywhere, in Argentina, Chile and Spain," Pellegrini told a press conference. "He always instills certain characteristics on his teams. Unfortunately, Athletic haven’t had the best season this year, but they’ll always be a dangerous rival who focuses on the attack, with strong determination Read more [...]

Nadal jumped and thrust both of arms into the air after he closed the match against the 78th-ranked Berlocq in 2 hours, 24 minutes, staying on track to win his first tournament after a long layoff to recover from a left knee injury.Earlier, two-time defending champion and second-seeded Nicolas Almagro fell to David Nalbandian in three sets at the indoor clay-court tournament in South America's biggest city.With the crowd behind him, Nadal broke Berlocq's service in the final game of the match Read more [...]

Ronaldinho's cheeky assist

Solvay Indupa SA, an Argentine petrochemicals maker, had its biggest gain in 10 months after Belgian parent Solvay SA tagged the unit for sale, raising the prospect of a deal that could benefit minority shareholders. Indupa surged 13 percent to 1.98 pesos at 3:28 p.m. in Buenos Aires. It was the biggest intraday increase since April, leaving the stock up 37 percent over the past four days. Brussels-based Solvay put Buenos Aires-based Indupa in its “held for Read more [...]

Simone Bolelli of Italy reached his first ATP semifinals since 2008, defeating Albert Montanes of Spain 6-4, 6-4 in the Brazil Open on Friday.The 80th-ranked Bolelli, who successfully played challengers last year to get back into the top 100, broke Montanes' service twice in the final set to secure the victory at the indoor clay-court tournament in Sao Paulo.The Italian, who had five of his nine aces in the second set, will face either two-time defending champion Nicolas Almagro of Spain Read more [...]

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Ahead of a referendum in the Falkland Islands on keeping its status as a British overseas territory, can Argentina and the UK both come to some agreement on the islands?VoR’s Brendan Cole discusses this with his guests:Dr Alasdair Pinkerton, lecturer in Geography and Geopolitics at Royal Holloway University of London;Neil Clark, a journalist and author;Mike Summers, a member of the Legislative Assembly for the Islands;and in Buenos Aires, Adrian Salbuchi,a political analyst and author, and founder Read more [...]

SAO PAULO: Spain's Rafael Nadal scored an easy two-set victory in his singles debut at the Brazil Open late Thursday. The former world number one needed only 78 minutes to prevail over Brazilian Joao Souza, ranked 101st in the world 6-3, 6-4.     Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals which will be played Friday. "It was an important victory for me," Nadal said. "the conditions are very difficult. The court is very fast, the ball too."   Asked about his injured left knee, he replied: "Today Read more [...]

Nadal broke Souza's service late in each set to win in 1 hour, 18 minutes at the indoor clay-court tournament in South America's biggest city.The victory over the 140th-ranked Brazilian came a day after Nadal withdrew from the doubles tournament to preserve the sore knee that sidelined for seven months. The 11-time Grand Slam winner, the tournament champion in 2005, had a bye in the first round."Today I felt good," Nadal said. "It's not perfect yet, I don't know when I'll be at 100 percent. Read more [...]