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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 investigation into his November 2020 death due to cardiac arrest.

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 opened today to finally secure some form of accountability.

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 Buenos Aires.

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 erosion in the area.

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 chemical used to preserve prawns for export.

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 at the last minute due to a surge in Covid-19 cases.

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 of pregnancy, in the face of opposition from the influential Catholic Church.

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 ago.

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 as he approached the edge and fell off directly onto the tracks earlier this month.

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 Tucuman province, they decided to take them home.

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 is going home to Argentina in a gesture of reconciliation blessed by Pope Francis.

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 inflation swept the left back to power in Latin America' third biggest economy.

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 de Kirchner.

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

Two Argentine power companies confirmed the failure knocked out electricity throughout Argentina, without specifying the cause

Power in Argentina, Uruguay partially restored

Electricity services have been restored to more than 50% of Argentina and Uruguay following a massive blackout that left around 48 million people without power, authorities said.

World • 16 Jun 19

Women's rights campaigners demanded that the girl allowed have an abortion

Outcry as 11-year-old Argentina rape victim gives birth

An 11-year-old rape victim in Argentina was forced to deliver her baby prematurely by caesarean section despite requesting an abortion, sparking an outcry by women's rights campaigners.

World • 01 Mar 19

Residents in the town of around 2,500 people arrived early this morning to pay their last respects

Argentines pay tribute to Sala at special memorial

Grieving Argentines have paid tribute to footballer Emiliano Sala at a special memorial in his home region of Santa Fe.

World • 16 Feb 19

Trade issues will be the focus of today's meeting between the US President and his Chinese counterpart

G20 backs world trade reform ahead of Trump-Xi talks

European officials said that G20 nations had agreed to commit to reforming the World Trade Organisation in a preliminary draft of the communique due to be released at the end of a two-day meeting today.

World • 01 Dec 18

Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, US President Donald Trump, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sign a new free trade agreement

New US-Mexico-Canada trade deal signed at G20 summit

The United States, Canada and Mexico have signed a new North American trade pact, with US President Donald Trump predicting an easy passage through US Congress to approve the deal despite some opposition.

World • 30 Nov 18