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Pieces of 'skin, fat and human flesh' were found inside a school shark near the town of Comodoro Rivadavia (stock image)

Remains of missing Argentinian man found in shark

Two fishermen found the remains of an Argentine man who mysteriously disappeared ten days ago inside a shark they caught, investigators said.

World • 28 Feb

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, the President of Brazil

Brazil's Lula floats shared 'trading currency'

Brazil and Argentina are in early talks to establish a shared unit of value for bilateral trade to reduce reliance on the US dollar, Brazilian …

Business • 24 Jan

Vice President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has received international support following the attack this month

Suspect in shooting attempt on Argentine VP charged

A man armed with a gun who tried to shoot Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been charged with attempted homicide.

World • 16 Sep 22

Footage showed the gun being pointed at Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (Pic: TV Publica Argentina via Reuters)

Gun jams in attempt to kill Argentinian vice president

Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was unharmed when a man with a loaded gun tried to shoot her but the gun did not …

World • 02 Sep 22

Symptoms of the mystery pneumonai included vomiting, a high fever, diarrhea and body aches (Stock image)

Three dead of mystery pneumonia in Argentina

A third person has died this week in Argentina from a type of pneumonia of unknown origin, with the fatalities thus far limited to a …

World • 02 Sep 22

Maradona lifting the World Cup trophy in 1986

Medical team to be tried over death of Maradona

Eight people who took care of football legend Diego Maradona will be tried in Argentinian courts for homicide, according to a ruling released following an …

Argentina • 23 Jun 22

With all the killers long dead, guilt has never been officially assigned for the 1924 massacre of members of the Qom and Moqoit communities

Trial in Argentina 98 years after indigenous massacre

Almost 100 years after Argentine police and settlers mowed down hundreds of indigenous people protesting living and working conditions on cotton plantations, a landmark trial …

World • 19 Apr 22

Gustavo Zanchetta was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison

Former Argentine bishop sentenced in sex abuse trial

A Catholic bishop accused of sexually abusing young men studying to be priests has been found guilty by a court in northern Argentina.

World • 04 Mar 22

Officials said the incident, which highlighted the dangers of illegal drug use, had been brought under control

At least 22 dead in Argentina due to laced cocaine

Argentine police have seized vast quantities of cocaine likely laced with opioids and made several arrests after 22 people died and dozens were poisoned in …

World • 04 Feb 22

House collapses into the sea in Argentina

A house fell into the sea in Argentina's Mar del Tuyu in the Buenos Aires province on Wednesday, with rising sea levels blamed for increased …

News Lens • 30 Jul 21

Residents have long complained of foul smells and other environmental issues around the river and lagoon

Pollution turns Argentina lake bright pink

A lagoon in Argentina's southern Patagonia region has turned bright pink in a striking, but frightful phenomenon experts and activists blame on pollution by a …

World • 26 Jul 21

Reigning champions Brazil are to host next month's Copa America

Brazil to host Copa America after Argentina pull out

The South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) said on Monday it would move next month's Copa America to Brazil, after original host nation Argentina pulled out …

World • 31 May 21

A digital sign reading, 'El Aborto Es Un Derecho. Desde Hoy, Es Ley!' (Abortion is a right. From today, it is law!)

Argentina senate votes to legalise abortion

Argentina became the first major country in Latin America to legalise abortion when the senate voted early today to allow it through the 14th week …

World • 30 Dec 20

Anti-abortion supporters wearing light blue scarves as they protest in Argentina

Split Argentine senate to vote on legalising abortion

A polarised Senate will decide today whether to legalise abortion in Argentina in a vote experts say could go either way.

World • 29 Dec 20

Today's approval was received with an outburst of joy by thousands of young people in green scarves who had spent the night outside the congress building in Buenos Aires

Argentina's lower house votes to legalise abortion

The lower house of Argentina's congress has approved the legalisation of abortion, sending the proposal to the Senate, which rejected a similar bill two years …

World • 11 Dec 20

The existing Club Atlético pitch is being replaced by a SISGrass hybrid grass system

SIS Pitches starts South America's most advanced pitch

Irish-owned SIS Pitches has started the full reconstruction of the stadium pitch at Club Atlético River Plate in Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Business • 16 Nov 20

Image: Policia de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires

Man distracted by phone falls onto train tracks

A man ambling along the platform of a Buenos Aires subway stop was engrossed in his cell phone to the point that he didn't notice …

News Lens • 28 Nov 19

Priests Nicola Corradi and Horacio Corbacho have been sentenced to more than 40 years in prison in Argentina for the sexual abuse, including rape, of deaf children

Priests in Argentina jailed over sex abuse of children

The abuse of some 20 children took place at a school for deaf and hearing-impaired children between 2004 and 2016

World • 26 Nov 19

Adopted 'kitten' turns out to be a puma

When Argentinian woman Florencia Lobo and her brother found two kittens next to a dead adult cat near the Santa Rosa de Leales settlement in …

News Lens • 21 Nov 19

Argentinian officers parading to a bust of Admiral William Brown in Foxford

Argentinian navy officers in Mayo to honour founder

More than 200 Argentinian military personnel travelled to Co Mayo to visit the town where the founder of the country's Navy was born.

Connacht • 03 Nov 19

Pope Francis kisses the Falkland (Malvinas) unknown soldier's marble stele during his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square today

Britain returns statue taken at Falklands to Argentina

Thirty-seven years after the Falklands War, a tiny statue of the Madonna taken at the end of the conflict and held in Britain ever since …

World • 30 Oct 19

Alberto Fernandez' win also caps a remarkable political comeback for his running mate, ex-president Cristina Kirchner

Argentine president-elect vows to 'turn page' on IMF

Argentina's president-elect Alberto Fernandez has vowed to "turn the page" on the IMF-backed policies of incumbent Mauricio Macri, after voters weary of rising poverty and …

World • 28 Oct 19

Argentina's central bank is now authorised to restrict purchases of dollars as it burns through its reserves in an effort to prop up the peso currency

Argentina returns to currency controls

Argentina's government has authorised currency controls in an about-face by President Mauricio Macri, who had previously lifted many protectionist practices of his predecessor, Cristina Fernandez …

Business • 02 Sep 19

Minister Michael Creed said that 99,000 tonnes of beef coming from South America was a concern

Mercosur not a 'done deal', Minister tells Dáil

The Minister for Agriculture has said the Mercosur trade deal must not be spoken about as if it is a done deal.

Politics • 09 Jul 19

The Mercosur trade bloc consists of Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay

EU and Mercosur group agree draft free trade deal

Trade negotiators for the European Union and the South American Mercosur trading block have reached agreement on a new free-trade deal.

World • 29 Jun 19