• Argentina ex-dictator takes secrets to the grave

  Late Argentine dictator General Jorge Videla will be buried without revealing what happened to the tens of thousands who "disappeared" during his rule, rights groups said Saturday. Videla, 87, died Friday of natural causes in Marcos Paz prison, where he was serving two consecutive life sentences plus 50 years for massive rights abuses, including stealing the babies of female ...

• AP reporter recalls brush with death during Argentinas dictatorship under Jorge Rafael Videla

  FILE - In this March 24, 1976 file photo, Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla, center, is sworn-in as president at the Buenos Aires Government House accompanied by Adm. Emilio Massera, second from left, and Brig. Orlando Agosti, second from right, members of the junta that overthrew President Isabel Peron. The former Argentine dictator died of natural causes Friday, May 17, 2013, while serving life ...

• Reporter remembers fear in Videlas Argentina

  BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already ...

• Assad tells Argentine paper he wont go

  SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad says he welcomes a US-Russian peace initiative to end Syria's civil war, but had no plans to resign, in an interview with an Argentine newspaper. "To resign would be to flee," he told the Clarin on Saturday when asked if he would consider stepping aside as called for by US Secretary of State John Kerry. "I don't know if Kerry or anyone else ...

• LATAM Airlines to resume Argentina flights later Saturday

  SANTIAGO (Reuters) - LATAM Airlines Group SA LAN.SN said on Saturday it will resume flights to, from and within Argentina by 1530 GMT after state company Intercargo unilaterally decided on Friday to stop providing services to the ...

• Buenos Aires has all you can eat and more

  Whether grilling slabs of meat at an outdoor market or tricking up a fillet in a fine-dining establishment, the portenos of Buenos Aires bristle with a braggadocio about their beef that would silence even the most boastful of Australian backyard barbecuers. Thousands more of us are heading to South America for one of the world's premium culinary experiences as our love of cooking drives ...

• Argentina Ex-military leader Videlas death leaves unanswered questions for disappeared

  The death of former Argentine military leader Jorge Rafael Videla has been greeted with mixed feelings of relief and anguish. He passed away in prison on Friday serving a life sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the 1976-83 military dictatorship. For human rights groups the hope of finding the 30,000 ‘disappeared’ died along with him. President of the ...

• Argentinas former dictator dies behind bars

  The news of the former strongman's death was first disclosed by Cecilia Pando, a military spouse known for defending the actions of the junta."I learned from the wife of a detainee who was in the prison with Videla," Pando told Cadena 3 radio. "He didn't feel well last night. They took him to the hospital inside the prison, but he didn't have anything and they ...

• Economic activity in Argentina expanded 2.6 during March says Indec

  Argentina's economic activity expanded 2.6% in March from a year earlier and 0.7% over February, the national statistics institute Indec said on Friday. Accumulated growth in the 12 months through March was 1.3%, down from 1.9% in full-year ...

• Argentine Antarctic campaigns disarray and corruption claims turn off recruiting

  Argentina’s Antarctica campaigns are losing their flair and the country is having difficulties to fill vacancies for the 2013/14 season. This follows repeated claims of alleged corruption and delays in supplying the bases and stations plus an overall lack of support from the Defence ...

• Architect Of Argentinas Dirty War Dies In Prison

  Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. The architect of state terror in Argentina's so-called Dirty War has died. Dictator Jorge Rafael Videla was a general who led ...

• Pope Francis tours launched in Buenos Aires

  You can see the streets where he grew up and played soccer, the church where Jorge Bergoglio prayed as a teenager and the cathedral where the man who would become Pope Francis said Mass. You can even visit the stand where he bought his newspapers every weekend and where he went for a haircut. With an Argentine on the throne of St. Peter, the South American country's capital city has ...

• Argentina forces cancellation of all Lan flights by suspending ground services

  LAN Chile halted on Friday all its flights in Argentina until Saturday morning after the state company Intercargo which provides ground support for the airline, unilaterally decided to cancel the service despite court orders to the ...

• “Blue” dollar in Argentina picks up in last day of trading and reaches 8.95 Pesos

  In the last business day of the week in Buenos Aires, the parallel market or ‘blue’ dollar rose to 8.95 Pesos (selling price) after its declining tendency during the week, while the official rate ended steady at exchange houses at 5.245 Pesos (selling price). The gap between the two markets stands at over ...

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