Argentina News

Crime constantly lurks in the subconscious of most minds in contemporary Argentina but once in a while an especially ugly example of this everyday scourge comes along to plunge this issue into the forefront - the brutal shooting of a heavily pregnant woman by motorcycle robbers in La Plata on Thursday shocked an entire nation .

There's a spot in Argentina where tango is all around, and it's not Buenos Aires city.

Two men who have been together for 34 years have become the first couple to obtain a same-sex marriage since it became legal in Argentina on July 15.

Lulacruza. Photograph courtesy of Lula Bauer. Alejandra Ortiz and Luis Maurette met at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 10 years, and now live in Bogota, Colombia, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Friday, July 30, 2010 at 7:41 a.m. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - An architect and a retired office worker are the first couple to wed under Argentina's historic law legalizing same-sex marriage.

Colombia and Venezuela squared off Thursday in Quito, Ecuador, at an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of the Union of South American States , a recently created regional political and security association.

Two outstanding wine dinners are coming up next week, so start making reservations now to get your seat at the table.

Lynne Sachs' experimental documentary work has taken her across the globe, from Memphis to Uruguay to Vietnam.

You will only find one place that makes Belgian ale in Mendoza, Argentina. Take a drive on highway 7 through the Malbec vineyards toward Chile from the city of Mendoza.

With: Robert Spano, conductor; Sol Gabetta, cello When: Friday, July 30, at 6 p.m. Where: Benedict Music Tent, Aspen ASPEN - Sol Gabetta's early demands to play the cello were fueled by childish desires.

Naila Qureshi has lived in Houston for 14 years, but she didn't notice how green her city was until she started showing around visitors from foreign countries two years ago.

Juan Vera took his brand new Volkswagen Gol to the second floor of an Argentine parking garage in order to learn how to drive it.

Herald staff Farm leaders confronting President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner's administration for more than two years continued to insist that they are in agreement to eliminate export duties on all farm products except soybeans, which will be segmented.

SOUTH OF THE BORDER Hey, at least it's better than World Trade Center . SOUTH OF THE BORDER opens with a clip from Fox News in which a cohort of be-spackled talking heads attempts to wrap their minds around the difference between coca leaves and cocaine.

Thursday, July 29, 2010 One of the fundamental qualities that many travelers, including myself, find most thrilling about their journeys is the ability to truly disconnect from their daily routines.

Argentina and Uruguay have agreed to a joint environmental monitoring program along the shared Uruguay River, ending a seven-year pollution controversy over a Finnish paper mill on the Uruguayan side.

Two bodies dug up in Argentina have been identified as a French activist and his Mexican girlfriend who disappeared during the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship, President Cristina Fernandez said on Wednesday.

Two bodies dug up in Argentina have been identified as a French activist and his Mexican girlfriend who disappeared during the country's 1976-1983 military dictatorship, President Cristina Fernandez said on Wednesday.

Ali Sheets, center, who has received a Fulbright teaching assistantship, is pictured with students during a teaching internship in Vienna.

New Delhi, July 28: International Hockey Federation vice president Antonio Von Ondarza Wednesday held out a veiled threat of sanctions if Hockey India does not hold its election by July 31, the deadline set by the world body.