Fifty years ago, a disallowed goal during a match between Peru and Argentina led to tragedy at the Estadio Nacional in Lima Lima, May 25 The Peruvian Government today decreed a seven-day period of national mourning for yesterday's football match tragedy in which 263 men, women, and children were killed, and announced it would pay all funeral expenses. Hospital authorities are still unable to give...
Rabbi Abraham Skorka only one of large number of Argentinian Jews with whom pope has developed strong, personal ties Rabbi Abraham Skorka has spent many long days as the pope's house guest at Casa Santa Marta, the modest Vatican guesthouse that Francis chose over the sumptuous Apostolic Palace as his residence in Rome. The pontiff even makes sure that Skorka and his wife are served only kosher meals...
Argentinian philosopher whose ideas influenced politicians from Latin America's new left Ernesto Laclau, who has died aged 78, was a renowned Argentinian political philosopher whose ideas about "radical democracy" and populism influenced politicians from Latin America's new left as well as activists around the world. His highly original essays and books drew on the work of Antonio Gramsci...
As Pius XII's canonisation is considered, Nazi hunters want to see files on alleged links between Vatican and war criminals The pope's visit to Jerusalem this weekend has given fresh hope to campaigners some of whom are close friends of the pontiff who believe that he might use the occasion to open the Vatican's secret Holocaust-era files. Among them is Efraim Zuroff, chief Nazi hunter of the Simon...
Britain's police lead on football says Brazilian counterparts are concerned about potential clashes 'given shared history' British police chiefs are concerned that violent Argentinian gangs are planning to travel to Brazil and target England fans during next month's World Cup. Britain's police lead on football, deputy chief constable Andy Holt, said he had been warned by his counterparts in Brazil...
The fossilised bones of one of the largest dinosaurs ever to have roamed the earth go on display at a museum in Trelew, Argentina. Jose Luis Carballido, the palaeontologist who led the excavation on remote farmland in Chubut, says the 2.4-metre-long femur bone indicates that the sauropod dinosaur would have been up to 40 metres long and 20 metres tall Continue reading... ...
Analysis of the 90-million-year-old fossil suggests the dinosaur weighed about 100 tons - the equivalent of 14 grown elephants Paleontologists in Patagonia, southern Argentina on Friday announced they have unearthed a 90-million-year-old fossil of what they claim is the largest dinosaur found to date. "It's the largest example ever found," said Ruben Cuneo, director of the Feruglio Museum...
Ricardo Darin features in this Pedro Almodóvar-produced collection of fine, fractious stories showing a nation at the end of its tether and a people poised to implode Some say the portmanteau movie is dead. Argentinian film-maker Damián Szifrón proves it isnt. His Wild Tales are a collection of delicious, horrible, scary and scabrous stories from Argentina, a country which here seems...
The former military dictatorship is a theme that continues to resonate with authors and readers long after its time The dictatorship came to an end in 1983 but the "mothers" are still walking in circles in the Plaza de Mayo, the main square of central Buenos Aires. They gather on Thursdays outside the Casa Rosada, the seat of government, wearing white headscarves to symbolise the nappies...
Laws for updating government-issued ID with accurate gender markers are a patchwork at best and have far-reaching effects Transgender people and some of the issues they face have achieved an unprecedented level of media visibility in the last year, from trans celebrities Janet Mock and Laverne Cox , to Chelsea Manning and CeCe McDonald , to gender non-conforming students Grayson Bruce and Sunnie Kahle...
Briefings reveal growing anxiety over sporting clashes with Argentina and Spain as conflict continued in South Atlantic The national football teams of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland faced the prospect of having to abandon their places in the World Cup finals at the height of the Falklands war, as the Thatcher government agonised over the political implications of playing in a tournament with...
Robbers riding a motorbike tried to grab the victim's backpack and shot him when he resisted, a newsagency has reported A New Zealand tourist has been shot dead during a botched bag snatch in Argentina. Continue reading... ...
An unidentified New Zealand man has been killed in Argentina in an apparent robbery attempt, police say. Local reports say thieves on a motorcycle tried to grab the victim's backpack in a park in Mendoza city, and shot him when he resisted. Continue reading... ...
Tracy Johnson, who told benefits staff she could not go outside when she was actually abroad, jailed for falsely claiming benefits A woman who claimed she was trapped at home in the UK by agoraphobia but in fact led a lavish globetrotting lifestyle has been jailed for falsely claiming benefits. Tracy Johnson, 52, told benefits staff that her condition meant she could not go outside while, in fact,...
A new report says the supranational body is interfering more than ever in domestic affairs. What's more, its loans often make a bad situation worse A new report published by the European Network on Debt and Development (Eurodad) will make uncomfortable reading for the International Monetary Fund . The report, entitled "Conditionally yours: An analysis of the policy conditions attached to IMF loans",...
What can a growing middle class and narrowing gap between rich and poor in Latin America teach policymakers? Join our live Q&A on Thursday 3 April, 1-3pm Emerging economies and the middle class is one of the topics at this week's World Economic Forum on Latin America (1-3 April) in Panama City. The event, bringing together the public, private and civil sectors, hopes to focus on inclusivity, sustainability...
Confessions of a recovering fat cat who saw the same poverty Francis did and knows what a pope can teach a president about income inequality Plus: Barack Obama meets Pope Francis at Vatican Video: Obama and Francis talk income inequality In the 1990s, I was part of a wave of investment bankers that invaded Argentina, evangelizing the mantra of the unregulated free market, which had made us millions....
Richard Wike: The numbers are in, and the people want their internet freedom – no matter what Putin and Erdogan say Richard Wike ...
Cristina Fernández draws parallels with 2013 Falklands vote as president steps up campaign over south Atlantic territory The Argentinian president, Cristina Fernández, who has been campaigning for the Falkland Islands to become part of Argentina, said last week's referendum in Crimea was as worthless as a vote held last year over the British territory in the South Atlantic. Fernández has been increasingly...
Man Fridays', is not the person to encourage dialogue between nations The British government has appointed Colin Roberts, who was previously director for overseas territories in the Foreign Office, to be the "governor" of the Malvinas, or Falkland, islands . Since their seizure in 1833, the Malvinas islands have been a territory under sovereignty dispute, a pending case for decolonisation. As such,...