Argentine navy not giving hope of submarine survivors
November 26, 2017 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's navy says it's not giving up hope that crew members could be alive 11 days after a submarine vanished off the Atlantic coast with 44 people aboard...
Argentina navy says missing sub was in good condition
November 25, 2017 GMTMAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's navy insisted Saturday that a missing submarine had seemed to be in good condition when it set off on a training mission, despite fears it later exploded beneath the sea with 44 crew members aboard...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The prosecutor in Argentina who is leading the investigation into the failed assassination attempt against Vice President Cristina Fernández called on Monday for the three detained suspects to face trial and said there is so far no evidence that points to political financing or planning of the alleged crime.
Argentina president: Search for missing sub will continue
November 25, 2017 GMTMAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AP) — Argentina's president said Friday an international search will continue for a submarine carrying 44 crew members that has been lost in the South Atlantic for nine days and that the sub's disappearance will be investigated...
Right-wing populist Javier Milei gains support in Argentina by blasting ‘political caste’
May 28, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — He believes selling human organs should be legal, climate change is a “socialist lie,” sex education is a ploy to destroy the family and that the Central Bank should be abolished.
A growing number of LGBTQ+ Russians seek refuge from war, discrimination in Argentina
Another deceased Jesuit priest accused of sex abuse in Bolivia as pedophilia scandal grows
May 26, 2023 GMTLA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Spanish Jesuit priest who died in 2012 has been accused of sexually abusing a minor in Bolivia three decades ago, the latest in a string of pedophilia cases that have shaken the Catholic Church in this Andean country.
Pope taps successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, again says he might finally return home to visit
May 26, 2023 GMTVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Friday tapped an Argentine bishop with years of ministry in the country’s prisons as his successor as archbishop of Buenos Aires, a day after again saying he might finally visit his home country next year.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It is hard to understand the immense popularity of Indianapolis 500 driver Agustín Canapino back home in Argentina until you consider this: Five years ago, while racing in one of his nation’s touring car series, he was voted the country's top athlete.
Argentina introduces larger bank note amid galloping inflation
May 22, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has put a new 2,000-peso bill into circulation as the country endures one of the world’s highest inflation rates that has decimated the value of the local currency.
Argentina wins London Sevens from 6-man Fiji in final
May 21, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Argentina made its first London Sevens final count when it defeated short-handed Fiji 35-14 at Twickenham on Sunday.
The final was handicapped in the second minute when Josese Batirerega was sent off for a tip tackle on Luciano Gonzalez.
NEW YORK (AP) — An unrepentant and defiant Islamic extremist received 10 life sentences and another 260 years in prison on Wednesday for killing eight people with a truck on a bike path in Manhattan on Halloween in 2017, as a judge decried his “callous and cowardly” crimes.
Argentine tourist killed in Mexico machete attack
May 16, 2023 GMTMEXICO CITY (AP) — A tourist from Argentina who was seriously wounded in a May 12 machete attack in Mexico died on Monday, officials said.
Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Oaxaca said the tourist — whose name was not released — died of his injuries at a hospital in Mexico City.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Gimena Páez could barely pay her bills.
Then inflation in Argentina started rising even faster.
Argentina’s Fernandez seeks dollar relief from Brazil’s Lula
May 3, 2023 GMTBRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Argentine President Alberto Fernández and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, vowed Tuesday to keep working to come up with a mechanism that would allow them to avoid using the U.S.
Argentina: A desperate search for a door as currency tumbles
April 26, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Antonela Massarelli desperately needed a front door for the new house she and her family will move into this weekend in a Buenos Aires suburb.
The 29-year-old mother of two said she found one prospect Tuesday morning at about 20,000 pesos, but noted with exasperation that the price went up by afternoon to more than 30,000.
Pope Francis hopes to visit native Argentina next year
April 24, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pope Francis said he hopes to travel to his native Argentina in 2024, which would mark the first time he would step foot in his homeland since becoming pontiff a decade ago.
Argentina’s President Fernández won’t seek reelection
April 21, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández announced Friday he won’t seek reelection for a second term this year, a decision that follows months of infighting among the ruling coalition as it grapples with a fragile economy and galloping inflation.
Earth’s warriors, young and old, keep battling and hoping
April 21, 2023 GMTThey fight for Earth.
Young and old, famous and not so well known, there are many people from around the globe who make it their mission to try to save the planet, especially from the ravages of climate change.
Maradona’s medical team on trial in former great’s death
April 19, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Eight health care professionals will stand trial in the death of soccer great Diego Maradona in 2020, an Argentine court has ruled.
The date of the proceedings has yet to be set, but they are unlikely to begin before next year, the court said Tuesday.
Police in Argentina’s capital to start using stun guns
April 18, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The opposition-run city of Buenos Aires said Tuesday its police will start using stun guns, matching a similar move at Argentina’s national level as officials seek to address an election year preoccupation with crime.
Argentina replaces Indonesia as U20 World Cup host
April 17, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina has replaced Indonesia as the host of the Under-20 World Cup next month.
FIFA announced the decision on Monday, just over two weeks after Indonesia was stripped of the hosting rights.
Food or medicine? Inflation squeezing retirees in Argentina
April 15, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — With trembling hands, the bingo players at a Buenos Aires retirement center put the buttons they use as markers on their cards. Small containers hold their betting money, coins and crumpled low-denomination bills that every day seem able to buy less.
NZ wins Singapore 7s beating Argentina in final showdown
April 9, 2023 GMTSINGAPORE (AP) — New Zealand won the Singapore Sevens for the first time in 18 years after beating Argentina 19-17 in a final showdown of the world series leaders on Sunday.
The Kiwis shot to 12-0 and the Argentines came back to trail 12-10 while New Zealand co-captain Dylan Collier was in the sin-bin.
NZ defeats Aussies, South Africa to reach Singapore quarters
April 8, 2023 GMTSINGAPORE (AP) — Sevens world series leader New Zealand took a big step toward Olympic Games qualification by beating rivals Australia and South Africa in Singapore on Saturday.
New Zealand will become the second men's team, after host France, to secure a place in the Paris Games next year if it can win the Singapore Sevens on Sunday for the first time in 18 years.
Buenos Aires airport turns into unofficial homeless shelter
April 7, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the start of the long Easter weekend, the airport in Argentina’s capital is eerily quiet before dawn, hours before it will fill with travelers. About 100 people who sleep inside the facility are getting ready to start their day.
Juan Martín del Potro eyes US Open, advises Miami padel club
April 4, 2023 GMTEven though he hasn’t played a real tennis match in more than a year and spends time on other pursuits — such as a role with a Pro Padel League team in Miami announced Tuesday — Juan Martín del Potro is hoping for one final Grand Slam hurrah at the U.S.
Security official in Argentina punched, kicked at protest
April 3, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Protesting bus drivers punched, kicked and threw rocks at the top law enforcement official of Buenos Aires province Monday, unleashing a level of violence rarely seen in the demonstrations that are common around Argentina’s capital.
High inflation pushes poverty rate even higher in Argentina
March 31, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — One of the world’s highest inflation rates is making it more difficult to make ends meet in Argentina, where at the end of last year nearly four of every 10 people were poor, official figures revealed Thursday.
Fernández, Biden hold talks amid Argentina’s economic strain
March 29, 2023 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Alberto Fernández of Argentina used a White House meeting Wednesday to spotlight the economic strain his country faces as he looks for President Joe Biden to back Argentina's effort to renegotiate with the International Monetary Fund on terms of $44 billion debt.
Messi mania grips Argentina in 1st match as World Cup champs
March 24, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Messi mania gripped Buenos Aires as the Argentina national team led by Lionel Messi beat Panama 2-0 on Thursday in a friendly match that was essentially a celebration of their World Cup victory last December.
Farmers struggle in Argentina as drought withers their crops
March 23, 2023 GMTURQUIZA, Argentina (AP) — The ground crackles as Guillermo Cuitino walks across dry farmland that should be green and lush this time of year. He grabs a soy plant and easily disintegrates its leaves with his hands.
Messi mania in Argentina as soccer star mobbed at restaurant
March 21, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A steakhouse in the trendy Buenos Aires neighborhood of Palermo was mobbed by hundreds of frenzied soccer fans late Monday night when word spread that Lionel Messi was inside having dinner.
Huge demand in Argentina to see World Cup champs at friendly
March 16, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Argentina’s upcoming friendly quickly sold out Thursday after more than 1 million people formed an online queue for tickets to see the World Cup champions play at home for the first time since Lionel Messi's team lifted the trophy in Qatar.
Argentines struggle to make ends meet amid 100% inflation
March 16, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Jesica Fernández used to join seven family members every weekend for a large beef barbeque. Beef is no longer on the menu, and now they’re more likely to eat spaghetti or chicken wings.
Ecuador, Argentina order out envoys amid diplomatic clash
March 16, 2023 GMTQUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Argentina and Ecuador are in a diplomatic clash after a former Ecuadorian Cabinet minister who had been convicted of corruption and taken refuge with the Argentine ambassador escaped from Ecuador’s capital of Quito to Venezuela
Argentina’s initial fervor for Pope Francis has faded
March 12, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — When Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina became Pope Francis, much of his home country celebrated as if it had just won a soccer World Cup championship. A decade later, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church generates divided opinions and much less fervor.
Argentina boosts security forces in violence-plagued Rosario
March 7, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s president said Tuesday he will send hundreds more federal security forces to the central city of Rosario where drug violence has drawn international attention due to a recent threat against soccer star Lionel Messi.
Argentina: Police arrest suspect in killing of 11-year-old
March 7, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Police detained a man on suspicion of killing an 11-year-old boy and neighbors wrecked his home Monday amid anger over escalating drug violence in the Argentine city of Rosario, where a threat was directed at soccer superstar Lionel Messi last week.
After World Cup win, Argentina has eyes set on an Oscar too
March 6, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Less than three months after Argentina won its third soccer World Cup trophy in Qatar, there is growing excitement about the possibility that the country could take home another major prize – an Academy Award.
Argentina men, New Zealand women win at Vancouver Sevens
March 6, 2023 GMTVANCOUVER (AP) — The New Zealand women’s team has assured itself of a place at the 2024 Paris Olympics after beating Australia 19-12 on Sunday in the final of the Vancouver stop on the World Rugby Sevens Series.
Etcheverry and Jarry through to Chile Open final
March 5, 2023 GMTSANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Home-crowd favorite Nicolas Jarry and Argentina's Tomas Martin Etcheverry have advanced to the final of the Chile Open on Saturday.
Jarry beat Spain's Jaume Munar 1-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 to play his second professional final, the first since his doping suspension in in April 2020.
UK says Falklands are British as Argentina seeks new talks
March 4, 2023 GMTLONDON (AP) — Britain has reasserted its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after Argentina pulled out of a cooperation agreement and demanded new talks over the South Atlantic territory that sparked a 1982 war between the two countries.
Gunmen threaten Messi, shoot up family-owned supermarket
March 2, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi in a written message left Thursday when they opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina, police said.
Argentina wants Ukraine war to end, says foreign minister
March 1, 2023 GMTDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Argentina’s Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said Tuesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine must stop and has not only destabilized peace but also impacted prices in his country.
Argentine fishermen find remains of missing man inside shark
February 28, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The remains of a man who had disappeared in southern Argentina earlier this month appear to have been found inside a school shark that was captured by local fishermen.
Argentina extends Scaloni’s contract to 2026 World Cup
February 27, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — World Cup winner Lionel Scaloni will remain as coach of Argentina to the end of the 2026 World Cup.
The Argentine Football Association and Scaloni confirmed the deal on Monday.
New Zealand wins Los Angeles 7s title, extends series lead
February 27, 2023 GMTCARSON, California (AP) — Brady Rush scored with seconds remaining to seal New Zealand’s 22-12 victory over Argentina in the Los Angeles Sevens final on Sunday, avenging an upset loss on home soil a month ago.
Alcaraz drops set but recovers to beat Fognini at Rio Open
February 24, 2023 GMTRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Defending champion Carlos Alcaraz was far from his best against veteran Fabio Fognini but managed to advance to the Rio Open quarterfinals on Thursday.
The top-seeded Alcaraz overcame the 35-year-old Italian 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 in 2 hours, 47 minutes.
Pregnant Russians flock to Argentina seeking new passports
February 23, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Shortly after Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of Ukraine, Alla Prigolovkina and her husband, Andrei Ushakov, decided they had to flee their Sochi, Russia, home.
Ushakov had been detained for holding up a sign that read “Peace,” and Prigolovkina, a pregnant ski instructor, feared he would soon be drafted and potentially killed, leaving their baby fatherless.
Alcaraz wins at Rio Open, eyes race with Djokovic for No.1
February 23, 2023 GMTRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz advanced to the second round of the Rio Open on Wednesday, with his mind already set for a year-long contest with Novak Djokovic for the No. 1 ranking.
Norrie advances, Alcaraz leads at rain-suspended Rio Open
February 22, 2023 GMTRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Top seeds Carlos Alcaraz and Cameron Norrie have carried over their momentum from last week's tournament to the Rio Open on Tuesday.
Finalists two days earlier in Buenos Aires, Norrie advanced to round of 16 in the clay court event on Tuesday, while Alcaraz was a game away from moving on before rain suspended play for the day.
Alcaraz beats Norrie on clay for 1st title since U.S. Open
February 19, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz won his first title since his milestone U.S. Open triumph by beating Cameron Norrie in straight sets at the Argentina Open on Sunday.
Alcaraz to face Norrie in Argentina Open final
February 18, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz reached his first final since his milestone U.S. Open triumph at the Argentina Open on Saturday.
Alcaraz beat Spanish countryman Bernabe Zapata Miralles 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals.
Top seeds Alcaraz, Norrie advance to semis at Argentina Open
February 18, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The top two seeds advanced to the semifinals of the Argentina Open on Friday.
Top-seeded and second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz beat Dusan Lajovic of Serbia 6-4, 6-2 at the clay court event.
Thiem, Schwartzman beaten at Argentina Open
February 17, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Dominic Thiem and Diego Schwartzman were eliminated from the Argentina Open on Thursday.
Thiem, the 2020 U.S. Open champion who is trying to regain his form after falling to 99th in the rankings, lost 6-4, 6-4 to Juan Pablo Varillas.
Study: Don’t blame climate change for South American drought
February 16, 2023 GMTClimate change isn’t causing the multi-year drought that is devastating parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Bolivia, but warming is worsening some of the dry spell’s impacts, a new study says.
Alcaraz wins 1st match of the year at Argentina Open
February 16, 2023 GMTBUENOS AIRES (AP) — Second-ranked Carlos Alcaraz won his first match of the year on Wednesday, beating Laslo Djere 6-2, 4-6, 6-2 in the Argentina Open.
The 19-year-old U.S. Open champion missed the Australian Open with a leg injury and ceded the No.