BUENOS AIRES— Argentina was on high alert after getting a tip that escaped Mexican drug boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman may be somewhere along the country's mountainous southern border with Chile, Argentine Security Secretary Sergio Berni said on Friday. Guzman, the world's most wanted drug trafficker, escaped in July from a Mexican maximum-security prison through a mile-long tunnel that surfaced right inside his cell, in a major embarrassment for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. There Read more [...]

The Argentine government is acting on a tip that fugitive Mexican drug boss Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman could be in the South American nation, the South American country's top security official said Friday Security Minister Sergio Berni said authorities have "received information that 'El Chapo' tried to cross the Chilean-Argentine border." Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman, fugitive drug lord, hides in mountains Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman: The rise and fall of Mexico's drug lord Berni said that Read more [...]

The nation has dropped by two places on the World Rugby rankings, as Japan and Argentina have moved up the table, according to the World Rugby Federation report. The report obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos said that the country which ranked as 73 before had dropped to the 75th position. According to the report, this was after the Rugby World Cup held from Sept.18 to Oct.31 in England. It said that Japan and Argentina were the biggest climbers in the World Rugby Read more [...]

MAR DEL PLATA:  Argentina’s box office looks set for an all-time record B.O. peso trawl in 2015 as it ended October 20% up year-on-year on 2014. Part reason: the Argentine film industry’s dramatic and sustained home market surge. Now, Argentina’s INCAA Film Institute, a partner with the Cannes Festival and Market in mega-mart Ventana Sur, aims for more, hoping that build will grow all the more as it introduces a novel Virtual Print Fee (VPF) incentive to help Argentina’s indie distributors Read more [...]

The celebratory cries of "Marici weu" "Marici weu[1]" could be heard echoing throughout the streets of the sleepy mining town of Zapala in southwest Argentina. After eight days of intense deliberations in court and more than three years of preparation, Relmu Ñamku and two other Mapuches, Mauricio Rain and Martin Velasquez Maliqueo, were free. "Today justice has been done," said a tearful Ñamku in court on Wednesday, November 4. "From the onset, we said that this was an unjust trial and denounced Read more [...]

Diageo Plc (DGE.L), the world's largest spirits company, said on Thursday it had sold its wine interests in Argentina to Grupo Peñaflor for an undisclosed amount.The sale includes the Navarro Correas and San Telmo wine brands, together with production sites and vineyards, the company said. (Reporting by Aastha Agnihotri in Bengaluru; Editing by Ted Kerr) Read more [...]

StockMarketWire.com - Diageo has agreed the sale of its wine interests in Argentina to Grupo Peñaflor. In addition, Peñaflor will be appointed as the distributor of Diageo's international spirits brands and, after an interim period, will jointly produce with Diageo its domestic spirits brands across Argentina. The appointment of a dedicated distributor in Argentina will strengthen Diageo's route to market and is expected to accelerate the performance of Diageo's brands there. The Read more [...]

The nation has dropped by two places on the World Rugby rankings, as Japan and Argentina have move up the table, according to the World Rugby Federation report. The report obtained by pressmen on Thursday in Lagos said that the country which ranked as 73 before had dropped to the 75th position. According to the report, this was after the Rugby World Cup held from Sept.18 to Oct.31 in England. It said that Japan and Argentina were the biggest climbers in the World Rugby rankings after grabbing Read more [...]

Montevideo: Uruguay's national football coach Oscar Tabarez has announced the 24 players for the upcoming matches against Ecuador and Chile for the 2018 World Cup qualifiers.Excluded from the starting list were winger Cristian Rodriguez (Independiente, Argentina) due to a recurring injury and forward Jonathan Rodriguez (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain). Goalkeeper Rodrigo Munoz (Libertad, Paraguay) was also missing from the list along with defender Emiliano Velazquez (Getafe, Spain), reports Xinhua.To Read more [...]

Reuters | Nov 5, 2015, 01.07 PM ISTLONDON: Bernie Ecclestone wants to take Formula One back to Argentina but is waiting to see who wins presidential elections later this month, according to Lotus deputy team principal Federico Gastaldi. Gastaldi, an Argentine whose family was involved in promoting the last grand prix in Buenos Aires in 1998, said his brother Marcos had been discussing a new proposal with Ecclestone. "Bernie had this idea to wait and see what happens with the election which is in Read more [...]