The contest’s home stretch has been tainted by fake news, as far-right candidate Javier Milei’s party questions the electoral system, though it has not filed a formal complaint
The pop superstar’s three concerts in Buenos Aires injected much needed foreign exchange into a country burdened by high inflation, low growth and political strife
The arrest of a former police officer who illegally surveilled over 1,000 politicians, judges and civic leaders stings the ruling party less than two weeks before polls open
The community was created eight years ago on a 173-acre plot belonging to the town of Tornquist. It is supplied with renewable energy and its buildings are bioclimatic. Nowadays, more and more people are being encouraged to live there
Police databases have no record of José Ignacio Fernández Guaza, who claims that he was part of a ‘commando’ unit of 15 civilians that executed terrorists in the south of France in the mid-1970s
The general court of the European Union confirmed Tuesday that it declined to transfer the trademark to Sattvica, an Argentine company belonging to Maradona’s former lawyer
The defendants were sentenced to between four and 25 years in prison for their involvement in crimes such as the kidnapping of a newborn baby and torturing inmates
The incident marred the excitement ahead of the game between Brazil’s Fluminense and Argentina’s Boca Juniors, due on Saturday at Rio de Janeiro’s famed Maracana stadium
EL PAÍS tracks down the perpetrator of a fatal attack during a demonstration for amnesty for political prisoners that marked the Spanish Transition in 1977
The diplomatic moves by Chile, Colombia and Bolivia, all of which are led by leftist leaders, come as others in the region have ramped up their criticism of Israel’s military activity
Six years after the legalization of marijuana for medicinal use, its defenders fear that a change of government will roll back their hard-won rights
The presidential candidate had previously called the leader a ‘coward,’ ‘fascist’ and a ‘socialist,’ but after securing his support ahead of the November 19 runoff, he says they ‘agree on 90% of things’
The awards for the Spain and Argentina World Cup-winners are vindication of Barcelona’s La Masía ethos and the club’s commitment to its women’s team
Economy Minister Sergio Massa, one of the two remaining candidates, blamed oil companies for a lack of supply in the South American country and threatened to prohibit their exports
The fictional series ‘Máxima’ will focus on the Argentine economist who became a princess after she married Prince Willem of Orange. The show’s creators avoid comparisons with ‘The Crown’ and say that they are telling a true story, even if it looks like a fairytale
The moderate sectors of Together for Change, the coalition that brought Mauricio Macri to power in 2015, warn that they will not support the endorsement of the radical libertarian
Some of the other elements in her coalition, mainly members of the more left-leaning Radical Civic Union, made clear they would not support Milei
The 6.2 million people who voted for the conservative candidate in the first round are the key to deciding which candidate will win the presidency in the November runoff
The economy minister won 36.6% of the vote, while his rival secured 30%. They will both try to win over the voters for Patricia Bullrich, who came in third place and was knocked out of the race
Javier Milei, a dictatorship denier who promises to dollarize the economy, leads the polls heading into Sunday’s first round vote, surpassing more moderate Peronist and conservative candidates
Ahead of Sunday’s vote, the far-right candidate has garnered support from all ages and social classes, although his most active followers are young men
Sunday’s elections will be decided between an angry man who talks to his dead dog, an economy minister who is sinking what he is supposed to float and a former minister who has only displayed her inefficiency
The unexpected success and popularity of Javier Milei’s political party sparked immediate comparisons with Donald Trump and Jair Bolsonaro, prompting questions about the digital landscape
The far-right Libertad Avanza party is also in favor of legalizing the sale of organs, the free use of weapons and repealing the 2020 abortion law
A firebrand economist-turned-lawmaker who describes himself as an anarcho-capitalist and says the answer to reining in annual inflation now running around 140% is to get rid of the Central Bank and dollarize the economy
Beyond pizzas and ice creams, the Argentine capital enjoys a rich gastronomic and cultural tradition from Armenia, Lebanon and the countries of Eastern Europe
This week’s currency worries have an unprecedented feature: the favorite candidate in the polls, the far-right Javier Milei, has exacerbated it by recommending that the public get rid of their pesos because they are not worth ‘excrement’
