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Fans of San Lorenzo soccer club attend a Mass at San Antonio Parish in honor of the late Pope Francis, a lifelong supporter of the club, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Pope Francis’ beloved soccer team in Buenos Aires mourns its most famous fan
Pope Francis’ beloved soccer club in his native Buenos Aires, San Lorenzo, has celebrated a Mass dedicated to its most famous fan two days after his death, with Argentina still awash in emotional tributes to the first Latin American pontiff.
April 24
Gianinna Maradona, center right, daughter of the late soccer star Diego Maradona, and her mother Claudia Villafane, wait to enter the courtroom in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, April 15, 2025, for a trial over allegations of homicide by negligence against the medical team that treated Diego Maradona. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Fernandez)
Diego Maradona’s daughter testifies in negligence trial saying family was deceived by doctors
One of Diego Maradona’s daughters has testified in the trial of seven medical professionals accused of negligence in the soccer great’s death, describing the room where her father underwent home hospitalization in 2020 as “disgusting” and “smelling of urine.”
April 15
Alejandro Dominguez, president of CONMEBOL, enters the stadium during a Copa America quarterfinal soccer match between Venezuela and Canada, July 5, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
CONMEBOL president makes official proposal to expand men’s 2030 World Cup to 64 teams
CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez has made an official proposal to expand the men’s 2030 World Cup 64 teams.
April 11
Ana Maradona, a sister of late soccer star Diego Maradona, arrives at court to testify in a trial of the medical team that treated her brother who are facing charges of homicide by negligence, in San Isidro, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
The legal dispute over Maradona’s brand pops up in trial of late star’s medical team
The legal dispute over the capitalization of Diego Maradona’s brand crept into the trial of seven medical professionals accused of negligence in the soccer star’s death, emerging in testimony of his younger sister.
April 3
Argentina's Leandro Paredes celebrates after defeating Brazil in a World Cup 2026 qualifying soccer match at Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Argentina hopes Messi will play at 2026 World Cup even as team wins without him
Argentina is proving it can win without Lionel Messi, just in case he opts not to play in the 2026 World Cup.
March 26
A large mural of the late soccer start Diego Maradona, by artist Martin Ron, stands in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Medics who treated soccer legend Maradona before his death go on trial for homicide
Seven members of the medical team that treated Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona before his death will go on trial for homicide starting Tuesday in Buenos Aires.
March 10
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez attends a joint press conference at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, June 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Argentine judge accepts charges alleging ex-president committed violence against former first lady
A federal judge has ruled that sufficient evidence exists to proceed with formal charges against Argentina’s former President Alberto Fernández for committing violence against former first lady Fabiola Yáñez.
February 18
FILE - Presidential hopeful Javier Milei holds up a replica of the World Cup soccer trophy during a campaign rally in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
What is the power struggle between President Milei and Argentina’s soccer federation?
Argentina produces some of the best soccer players on the planet and has three World Cup titles to prove it.
November 21, 2024
Argentine top flight team fields streamer in league match, upsets players
A top flight team in Argentina has fielded a social media influencer in a league match, in a move that upset rival players.
November 12, 2024
Argentine prosecutors accuse Opus Dei leaders in South America of trafficking and labor exploitation
A team of prosecutors in Argentina has concluded that there are grounds for launching a criminal investigation into the highest authorities of Opus Dei in South America between 1983 and 2015.
September 30, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, right, and Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello gesture during an event marking the United Socialist Party Youth's 16th anniversary in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A court in Argentina orders the arrest of Venezuela’s president and his right-hand man
A federal court in Argentina has ordered the “immediate” arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello for alleged crimes against humanity committed against dissidents.
September 24, 2024
FILE - Argentina's Lionel Messi controls the ball during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026 against Uruguay at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. Two players regarded as key for Argentina's renovation will be in the United States for the tournament, Brighton left back Valentín Barco and Monza striker Valentín Carboni. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello, File)
Lionel Messi and defending champion Argentina still hungry for titles ahead of Copa America
Lionel Messi won the World Cup in 2022, won the Copa America in 2021, and wants to show he has the hunger to win some more.
June 13, 2024
Police stand guard outside the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism, to prevent workers from entering after they were laid off in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. During his four months in office, President Javier Mile has closed the Ministry of Women, Gender and Diversity, banned the government’s use of gender-inclusive language and shuttered the National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
In progressive Argentina, the LGBTQ+ community says President Milei has turned back the clock
A quota law in Argentina that promotes the inclusion of transgender people in the workforce has helped many find jobs, including a former sex worker who was hired in the country’s Foreign Ministry.
May 12, 2024
FILE - Cesar Luis Menotti, of Argentina, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference after his official presentation as Tecos' new coach in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2007. Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, has died, the Argentine Football Association said Sunday, May 5, 2024. He was 85. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias, File)
César Luis Menotti, coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, dies at 85
César Luis Menotti, the charismatic coach who led Argentina to its first World Cup title in 1978, has died at age 85. The Argentine Football Association announced his passing in a statement Sunday, but did not give a cause of death.
May 6, 2024
FILE - An Argentine and Israeli flag stand side by side at the office of Guillermo Borger, president of the Jewish community center AMIA, during an interview with The Associated Press in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Feb. 8, 2013. Argentina’s highest criminal court on Thursday, April 12, 2024, reported a new development in the elusive quest for justice in the country’s deadliest attack in history – the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center headquarters – concluding Iran had planned the attack and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group had executed the plans. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
Argentine court blames Iran and Hezbollah for deadly 1994 Jewish center bombing
Argentina’s highest criminal court has reported a new development in the elusive quest for justice in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center headquarters, the deadliest attack in the country’s history.
April 16, 2024
The relative of a victim embraces a person after the reading of the verdict for former police officers on trial for crimes against humanity during the 1976-1983 dictatorship, in La Plata, Argentina, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The officers were convicted on Tuesday of torturing over 20 pregnant women and stealing at least 10 babies, seven of which have been identified and recovered. Hundreds of babies were abducted during the Argentine dictatorship. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
In first, an Argentine court convicts ex-officers of crimes against trans women during dictatorship
Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina have convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity.
March 27, 2024
Sergio Gómez and Carla Cavallini pose for a picture outside their store, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Gómez and his wife are among a large group of Argentines who say their economic situation is worse now than a year ago as a consequence of a series of austerity and deregulation measures ordered by President Javier Milei in his first 100 days in office. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Milei’s first 100 days: Argentines struggle to make ends meet as support for president remains high
A butcher shutting down his shop barely eight months after opening it. A 72-year-old retiree singing in the streets of Buenos Aires to make ends meet.
March 22, 2024
Women play their drums as they march against gender-based violence marking International Women's Day, in Mexico City, Friday, March 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Aurea del Rosario)
Facing historic shifts, Latin American women bathe streets in purple on International Women’s Day
Women across Latin America are bathing their city streets in purple in commemoration of International Women’s Day at a time when gender rights advocates in the region face both historic steps forward and setbacks.
March 9, 2024
Rita Canteros walks out of a parish church carrying a painting of María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, more commonly known by her Quechua name of “Mama Antula,” on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. The canonization of “Mama Antula” in a Feb. 11th ceremony to be presided by Pope Francis at St. Peter's Basilica marks the first time a female from Argentina will become saint. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Mama Antula, the Jesuit who didn’t want to marry or be a nun, will be Argentina’s first female saint
A Catholic laywoman who lived in 18th-century Argentina and joined the Jesuits in their evangelical mission throughout the South American country will become the first female saint from the home country of Pope Francis on Sunday.
February 10, 2024
A vendor arranges vegetables at a market on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. The price for lettuce reads 500 Argentine pesos per kilogram, or about .60 US cents. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Argentina’s annual inflation soars to 211.4%, the highest in 32 years
Argentina’s statistics agency says the country has registered a monthly inflation rate of 25.5% in December and closed 2023 with an annual inflation of 211.4%. That’s the highest rate in 32 years.
January 12, 2024
Protesters march against new economic shock measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. Days after taking office, Argentine President Javier Milei's government announced drastic economic measures that angered some social and labor groups, and warned it would crack down on any protests blocking streets. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Argentina’s president announces economy deregulation as thousands protest against austerity
Argentine President Javier Milei has announced sweeping initiatives to transform the country’s struggling economy, including easing government regulation and allowing privatization of state-run industries as a way to boost exports and investment.
December 21, 2023
FILE - Pedestrians walk past a money exchange shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Oct. 10, 2023. Argentina's new economy minister said in a televised message on Tuesday, Dec. 12, the Argentine peso will be devalued by 50% from 400 to the U.S. dollar to 800 pesos to the dollar (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
Argentina sharply devalues its currency and cuts subsidies as part of shock economic measures
Argentina has announced a sharp devaluation of its currency and cuts to energy and transportation subsidies as part of shock adjustments new President Javier Milei says are needed to deal with an economic emergency.
December 13, 2023
Argentina's newly sworn-in President Javier Milei waves to supporters from the balcony of the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
In inaugural speech, Argentina’s Javier Milei prepares nation for painful shock adjustment
Right-wing economist Javier Milei has been sworn in as Argentina’s president and has immediately moved to prepare the public for a painful shock adjustment with drastic public spending cuts.
December 10, 2023
Presidential candidate Javier Milei, right, celebrates with his sister Karina Milei during his victory speech after winning a presidential runoff election in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Meet the influential women behind Argentina’s President-elect Javier Milei
Argentina’s populist President-elect Javier Milei lacks a group of well-known political advisers but has surrounded himself with a group of women who are set to be influential players in his administration.
November 22, 2023
Jonatan, 26, smokes a cigarette in a designated area of the Bepo Ghezzi Social Inclusion Center, in the Parque Patricios neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Jonatan said he would be sleeping on the streets if it weren't for the city-run shelter where in addition to a bed, hot showers and four meals a day, residents receive psychological support and training to reenter the workforce. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Rising poverty grips Argentina as runaway inflation takes its toll
Homeless shelters in Argentina’s capital are seeing demand soar as more people are struggling to make ends meet amid an annual inflation rate above 100% that is pushing more people into poverty.
September 27, 2023
Argentina's Lionel Messi, celebrates scoring his side's first goal against Ecuador during a qualifying soccer match for the FIFA World Cup 2026, at Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Gustavo Garello)
Messi scores from a free kick to give Argentina 1-0 win in South American World Cup qualifying
Lionel Messi scored from a free kick in the 78th minute to give Argentina a 1-0 win against Ecuador in the first round of South American World Cup qualifying.
September 8, 2023
Argentina and IMF discuss debt in shadow of 2001 crisis
Argentina has been here before: recession, growing poverty, high inflation, billions of dollars in debt, a looming deadline for repayment and simmering anger toward the International Monetary Fund.
February 12, 2020
Alberto Fernández inaugurated as president of Argentina
Alberto Fernández has assumed the presidency of Argentina, returning the country to the ranks of left-leaning nations in a moment of right-wing resurgence in the Western Hemisphere. The new vice president is Cristina Fernández.
December 11, 2019
Navy brass, low budget blamed for Argentina sub tragedy
An Argentine legislative commission has concluded that the sinking of a submarine with all 44 crewmembers was caused by the inefficiency of naval commanders and budget limitations, discarding theories the vessel was attacked or hit by a ship.
July 19, 2019
Messi says it would be ‘crazy’ to see Argentina out of Copa
Argentina is on the brink of another embarrassing elimination. Lionel Messi knows his team needs to improve _ and quickly.
June 20, 2019
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