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Crisis-hit Argentina inks $20-b rescue with US

BUENOS AIRES—Argentina and the United States signed off on a $20 billion financial lifeline Monday (Tuesday Manila time), hoping to avert economic meltdown and...

New setback for Milei as spending vetoes nixed

BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s struggling President Javier Milei suffered a new setback Thursday (Friday Manila time) as Congress overturned his vetoes of laws increasing...

PH temporarily bans poultry imports from Argentina after bird flu outbreak

The Philippines has temporarily banned the import of domestic and wild birds and other poultry products from Argentina after an outbreak of highly pathogenic...

In Argentina, tango keeps Parkinson’s away

BUENOS AIRES – When the tango begins to play, Lidia Beltran shrugs off the Parkinson’s that plagues her, takes hold of her therapist and...

Argentina ratifies its withdrawal from WHO

BUENOS AIRES — Argentina has ratified its decision to withdraw from the World Health Organization and reaffirmed its collaboration with Washington, during a visit...

Buenos Aires farewells native pontiff with tears and calls to action

Buenos Aires, Argentina—With songs, candles, tears and prayers, Buenos Aires mourners marked the burial of pontiff and native son Pope Francis Saturday. As the 88-year-old was...

‘One isn’t born a saint’: School nuns remember Pope Francis as a boy

Buenos Aires, Argentina—At the school in Buenos Aires where he started his religious journey at the young age of five, the nuns remember the boy...

Argentina mourns loss of papal son Francis

BUENOS AIRES—Grief-stricken Argentines massed at Buenos Aires Cathedral and across the city Monday (Tuday Manila time) to collectively mourn the late pontiff, hero, defender...

IMF board approves new $20 bn Argentina bailout

Washington, United States — The International Monetary Fund on Friday approved a new four-year $20 billion bailout for Argentina to support President Javier Milei's...

Argentina declares national mourning

BAHIA BLANCA – Argentina announced three days of national mourning late Sunday (Monday, Manila time) after authorities raised the death toll from recent flash...

Hundreds attend special mass in Pope Francis’s home city, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Argentina—Hundreds of Argentines attended a special mass Monday for their countryman Pope Francis, hospitalized in a critical condition with pneumonia in Rome. They gathered...

Cryptocurrency promoted  by Argentina’s Milei crashes

BUENOS AIRES—Argentina’s President Javier Milei admitted making a mistake on Saturday after promoting a cryptocurrency whose value soared and then crashed, with his office...

Argentina’s northern prairies consumed by fires

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Wildfires have consumed up to 250,000 hectares of land in northeast Argentina since January, local officials said Tuesday as firefighters...

Argentina quits World Health Organization

Buenos Aires, Argentina—Argentina said Wednesday it will quit the World Health Organization (WHO), following in the footsteps of Donald Trump's United States and citing similar...
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