Tag: argentina
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Football to Restart in Argentina on Oct 30
Football will restart in Argentina on Oct 30.
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Argentina president hopes for IMF deal ‘as soon as possible’
Buenos Aires, Oct 5 (AFP/APP):Argentina President Alberto Fernandez said on Sunday he hoped to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to refinance a $44 billion loan “as soon as possible.” His announcement comes ahead of the arrival Tuesday of an IMF mission to focus on the country’s debt restructuring. “I have had many…
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Morales arrives in Argentina to seek asylum
Buenos Aires, Dec 13 (AFP/APP): Bolivia’s exiled ex-president Evo Morales arrived in Buenos Aires on Thursday where Argentina’s new leftist government of President Alberto Fernandez has granted him asylum. Morales “has just landed at Ezeiza (airport). He’s coming to stay in Argentina as an asylum seeker and will then have refugee status,” Foreign Minister Felipe…
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Goat farmers at climate change in Argentina’s wine belt
Malargüe, Argentina, Nov 6 (AFP/APP): In a vast valley at the foot of the Andes, Antonio Sazo counts his goats, having ushered them down mountain slopes in the south of the Argentine province of Mendoza, where climate change forces them higher every year in order to graze. From a third generation of goat breeders, 68-year-old…
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Messi Returns for Argentina after Ban for Brazil, Uruguay Friendlies
Buenos Aires, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): Lionel Messi was called up by Argentina on Thursday for friendly games against Brazil and Uruguay next month. Messi has not played for Argentina since he was sent off against Chile in their victorious third-place play-off match in the Copa America on July 7. The striker was then handed a…
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Argentina’s Grossi elected as UN’s nuclear watchdog head
Vienna, Oct 29 (AFP/APP): Argentina’s Rafael Grossi was elected on Tuesday to head the UN’s nuclear watchdog, which is tasked in particular with monitoring the implementation of the increasingly shaky Iran nuclear deal. “With Rafael Grossi securing a qualified majority in the board of governors, IAEA has taken a decisive step towards electing its director…
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More than Tango, Messi or Malbec: understanding Argentina
Buenos Aires, Oct 27 (AFP/APP): Resource-rich Argentina derived its name from the Latin for silver, but its real wealth has come from agriculture, earning it the nickname “breadbasket of the world” at the beginning of the 20th Century. Farm exports are still a driving force of Latin America’s second biggest economy despite a grim economic…
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Evangelical churches gain ground in Pope’s crisis-hit Argentina
Buenos Aires, Oct 11 (AFP/APP): The pastor’s voice bellows through an old converted cinema in a rundown Buenos Aires barrio and hundreds of hands reach out in prayer. Though not a typical place of worship, Evangelical churches like this one are sprouting up all over Pope Francis’ former archdiocese, as once staunchly Catholic Argentina battles…
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Argentina coach hails ‘positives’ despite
Argentina Coach Lionel Scaloni praised his team’s battling side despite missing Lionel Messi
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Icardi opens PSG account to claim victory at Galatasaray
Istanbul, Oct 2 (AFP/APP):Mauro Icardi scored his first Paris Saint-Germain goal as the French champions beat Galatasaray 1-0 to move four points clear at the top of their Champions League group on Tuesday. Argentina forward Icardi, who joined PSG on loan from Inter Milan last month, opened his account for the club to maintain their…