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Five Die From Mystery Drug At Rave Festival
At least five people have died and five are critically ill after apparently taking an unknown drug at an electronic music festival in Argentina. Two people in their 20s died during the Time Warp festival in Buenos Aires on Friday and three others died in an ambulance or at a hospital. Officials say most of those still in hospital are in comas. Dr Alberto Crescenti said medics are trying to determine what sort of drug caused the deaths.
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Macri-nomics: Argentina’s Fast and Furious Return to Neoliberalism
When on October 25, 2015, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s (CFK) designated presidential candidate, Daniel Scioli, won the first round of elections by a 3% margin, many viewed it as a defeat. There are good reasons for this… By Alan B. Cibles.
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Panama Papers: Argentina President Macri has 'nothing to hide'
Argentine President Mauricio Macri has pledged to assert his innocence when he appears before a federal prosecutor on Friday to explain his finances. An investigation began on Thursday after it transpired Mr Macri was mentioned in the Panama Papers, leaked files of law firm Mossack Fonseca. Mr Macri said he would file a judicial "declaration of certainty" so the court can see he is telling the truth. In a televised address, he vowed to prove he had done nothing wrong.
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Argentine cleaner Enrique Ferrari’s double life as prize-winning writer
When the Buenos Aires subway closes at night, Enrique Ferrari goes underground to mop the platforms -- and to polish his next thriller. By Sonia Avalos.
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Obama’s Argentina visit stirs memories of ‘dirty war’
The US president has arrived in Argentina to start a visit aimed at rapprochement. It is expected he will seek to sweeten relations soured by US support for the former dictatorship’s “Dirty War” against dissidents.
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Dolphin Dies Being Passed Around For Selfies
A young dolphin has died after beachgoers took it from the sea to pose for photographs with it. Huge crowds gathered around the small animal on the beach resort at Santa Teresita in Argentina after one man picked it up. But it appears it quickly overheated and died while out of the water. It was still being passed around by the beachgoers after its death and was later left discarded in the sand.
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Argentina's Underwater Town that was Submerged for 30 years
The town of Epecuen in Argentina was flooded 30 years ago, but the ruins of the town have now emerged.
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Mauricio Macri: Argentina’s new president vows to unite nation
Mauricio Macri vows to unite Argentina as he is sworn in as president, in a ceremony boycotted by predecessor Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
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Argentina elections: Voters pick new president
Argentines have been voting to choose a new president to replace Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term. Ms Fernandez, who stands down after eight years in power, says she leaves Argentines a better country. Her hand-picked successor, left-winger Daniel Scioli, led opinion polls. He is facing a strong challenge from the centre-right mayor of Buenos Aires, Mauricio Macri.
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500 Days Alaska to Argentina - The Modern Motorcycle Diaries
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Patagonia’s subterranean, moon-like landscape
Getting to Patagonia’s Viedma Glacier requires a day’s hike – but the landscape’s raw, sculpted beauty and striking glacial caves make the trek more than worth it.
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Argentine F1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio exhumed
The body of 1950s F1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio has been exhumed on the orders of a judge in Argentina to try to resolve two paternity cases.
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Slow Moving, Very Bright Fireball Turns Sky Green Over Argentina
A slow moving and very bright fireball was observed and recorded over Argentina around midnight UTC on July 31, 2015 (21:00 local time on July 30). Observers say the spectacle lasted about 10 seconds, turning the whole sky green.
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A Deadly Conspiracy in Buenos Aires?
Alberto Nisman accused Iran and Argentina of colluding to bury a terrorist attack. It may have got him killed. By Dexter Filkins.
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The gruesome, untold story of Eva Peron’s lobotomy
Did Evita die as the result of sinister brain surgery? One neuroscientist believes so, as David Robson discovers.
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In Welsh Patagonia
After years of idle dreams, Jasper Rees visits the valleys in Argentina that have been an outpost of Wales for 150 years.
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Who killed Alberto Nisman?
In January a high-profile prosecutor was found in a pool of blood in his bathroom, days before he was due to release a report condemning the Argentine government. Wyre Davies examines claims that he was murdered and that the investigation into his death was bungled. Buenos Aires may be fading at the edges but it is still one of the world's great capitals - witness to some of the most tragic and momentous events in Argentine history.
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Child abuser has sentence halved as judges rule six-year-old victim 'was gay'
Two Argentine judges are under fire after cutting the sentence of a paedophile in half on the grounds that his six-year-old victim was gay. Describing the now 11-year-old as having a “homosexual orientation”, appeal court judges Horacio Piombo and Benjamín Sal Llargués decided to cut the prison sentence for Mario Tolosa from six years to three, as they felt his victim was “accustomed to sexual behaviour” following years of abuse by his father.
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Argentinian man dies after having sex with a scarecrow
An Argentinian sheep farmer was found dead on his farm when he was discovered alongside a scarecrow. However, it appears Jose Alberto was having sex with the scarecrow as it was wearing a woman's wig and was adorned with lipstick. It also had a six-inch dildo attached to its frame. Investigators initially thought there were two bodies in the field, however on closer inspection, the remains were identified as Alberto.
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Argentine President Kirchner is being formally investigated for alleged cover-up of 1994 bombing
Kirchner is being investigated over an alleged cover-up of Iran's role in the 1994 bombing in Buenos Aires.
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