RECIFE, Brazil—USA Basketball won’t repeat as AmeriCup champions. Gabriel Deck scored 30 points, Nicolás Laprovittola added 18 and Argentina topped the U.S. 82–73 in the semifinals on Saturday. It was a rematch of the gold-medal game from the most recent AmeriCup tournament in 2017, a game where the U.S. prevailed. Not this time, not after…
Legionnaires’ Outbreak Linked as Cause to Pneumonia Deaths in Argentina
Health authorities confirmed on Saturday that an infectious pneumonia outbreak which killed four people in northwest Argentina had died of Legionnaires’ disease. The cases are linked to a single private clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucuman, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Local health officials so far have reported 11…
Pistol-Wielding Gunman Attempts to Assassinate Argentina’s Vice President
In the fashionable neighborhood of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, a lone gunman attempted to shoot Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner while she was returning to her apartment on the evening of Sept. 1. Minister of the Economy Sergio Masa called the event an “attempted assassination” on Twitter. This arrives only eight days after legislators…
Argentinians Speak out From Inside Spiraling Inflation Nightmare
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The sound of dozens of car horns filled the air as thousands of protesters from socialist unions blocked three main avenues in Buenos Aires near Plaza de Mayo in front of the office of President Alberto Fernandez on Aug. 4. It has become part of the city’s background noise in recent months, just…
Protests in Argentina Continue as Officials Resign Amid Food Rationing and Looting
Groups of protesters marched on the square Plaza de Mayo in the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires on July 28, led by professional organizers or “piqueteros” demanding more social plans and a basic universal income from the nation’s center-left government. The demonstrators called for a minimum monthly income subsidy of 100,000 pesos, which amounts to…
Mass Protests in Argentina Fueled by Decades of Socialist Handouts | WideAngle Shorts
The only thing better than the “free” break from work many of us had during the pandemic was the “free” stimulus checks that came rolling in. But how long can the “free gravy train” chug along before it runs out of steam? Recession looms on the horizon in America. Meanwhile in Argentina, for months, thousands…
The Eva Peron Myth: A Dior-Donning Socialist Who Made Argentina Cry
Commentary Today marks the anniversary of Eva Peron’s death, a tragic event for those who don’t know her real story. Honored in the Broadway musical “Evita,” the popular Madonna song “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” from the movie “Evita,” and even a new Disney show, Evita is often celebrated as a champion of labor and…
Beyond the Glitz—What Was the Real Legacy of ‘Argentine Rose’ Eva Peron?
“Don’t Cry for Me Argentina!” The life of Eva Peron is immortalized in song, film, theater, and somewhat macabrely, by her embalmed remains that lie under seven meters of concrete in La Recoleta Cemetery, Bueno Aires. Her “rags to riches” rise to fame and her storybook romance with Juan Peron—the man she would help propel…
Argentina, Iran Apply to Join BRICS Group of Emerging Economies That Includes China and Russia
Argentina and Iran have applied to join to become members of the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS, according to officials. The BRICS includes the world’s leading emerging market economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and is an acronym for those developing nations, which represent 42 percent of the world’s population…
GM to Launch Production of Chevrolet Tracker SUV in Argentina in July
General Motors Co. (GM) will begin production of its Chevrolet Tracker SUV in Argentina next month, the U.S. automaker and the Argentine government said Wednesday. Shilpan Amin, a GM senior vice president and president of GM Internationational, discussed production plans with Argentine President Alberto Fernandez in a meeting in Los Angeles, GM and the Argentine…
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