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Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and her Argentine counterpart Cristina Fernandez signed a treaty on Friday to promote integration and cooperation between the two countries.

A law passed in Argentina earlier this month placing limits on media ownership, has raised eyebrows over the motivations of the government of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner , with many arguing she is attempting to restrict press freedom.

Chopper crashes at Ecuador military parade Oct. 28: A helicopter crashes after catching fire while flying in formation over a military parade in Ecuador.

President Cristina Fernandez decreed Thursday that Argentina will provide direct cash subsidies of about $47 a month per child to families whose parents are unemployed or work informally.

A Vancouver man was found gunned down early Wednesday morning in a Buenos Aires parking lot in what local authorities say could have been an execution-style murder, an Argentine official said.

Guillermo Schaab, of the Rotary Club of Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Fedra Caron; and Guillermo Salas with the symbolic check representing the District 4920 Foundation alumni association's $1,000 contribution to Rotary's challenge for polio eradication.

The Miss Pole Dance Argentina 2009 competition was held in Bueno Aires on Tuesday, October 20th.

Buenos Aires, Oct 21 A forum about forests and climate change is among the most outstanding aspects of the 13th World Forest Conference that gathers in this capital 4,500 delegates from over 160 countries.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina Eduardo Freije is proud of his beef. The 52-year-old rancher likes ribs and filet mignon barbequed over a wood-charcoal fire and served up with gizzard, kidney or tongue.

Explore a land of mystic peaks, enchanted forests and crystal fields of ice. Not so far, far away in a place called Montana.

Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina. Currently, Buenos Aires has a population of roughly 12 million people.

Editor's Note: Thousands of Argentinians disappeared during the "Dirty War" in that country during the 1970s.

Six family members riding in a police vehicle were among the eight people killed in a crash with a city bus, Argentina's government said Tuesday.

IHG has signed a new franchise agreement for a Holiday Inn Express here. The nine-story, 175-guestroom hotel will be located at Salta 1950, Rosario, Provincia de Santa Fe, in the commercial district and is scheduled to open in December 2009.

Argentina built its reputation around the world as a wine producing region on the back of the Malbec grape.

Every September, students stream back to school with tales of their summer vacations.

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The Real Deal: Round-trip airfare on LAN Airlines, arriving in Santiago and departing from Buenos Aires, plus regional flights; one night at Hotel Cabo de Hornos in Punta Arenas; three nights each at Hotel CostAustralis in Puerto Natales, Hotel Kosten Aike in El Calafate, and the Dazzler Tower in Buenos Aires; nine breakfasts, three lunches, and ...

News that a 32- year-old pregnant woman died in June from complications of H1N1 Swine flu took the small city of Alta Gracia by surprise.

The Hockeyroos wrapped up its series against Argentina with a 1-0 triumph in Mendoza this morning .

The first decapitated woman found in Juarez since the drug wars began was discovered Sunday in the Francisco Madero subdivision, Chihuahua state authorities reported.

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 12 - While civil society groups celebrated Argentina's new broadcasting law, media giants threatened to fight it with a wave of lawsuits, and opposition lawmakers pledged to revise it after the next Congress convenes in December.

On September 28, Slovakia's Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak opened a UN workshop on security sector reform in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

This past October 1, in the Basilica of Our Lady of Itati, there was a celebration for the launching of the Missionary Month of October, with a Mass presided by Archbishop Andres Stanovnik of Corrientes, concelebrated by Bishop Ricardo Faifer of Goya, and Bishop Vicente Conejero of Formosa, Presidnet of the Bishops' Committee for the Missions, ...

A couple traveling along the river in the area north of Rosario claimed having seen an animal being abducted by a flying saucer.

Argentina's Senate overwhelmingly approved a law that will transform the nation's media landscape on Saturday, and President Cristina Kirchner said she would sign it immediately.

Forget the tango - malbec is fast becoming the beloved icon of Argentina. I first wrote about this humble red grape in 2006, when it was creeping into the spotlight, but since then its popularity has spread like the "Macarena" at a redneck wedding.

He was 91. Mr. Zadunaisky was a pioneer in celestial mechanics, applying mathematical models to determine how gravity and other forces alter the orbits of other objects in the solar system.

Swipe a chip into Sound Bites hummus, and you're sweeping up more than a velvety mouthful of a party staple.

The landmark agreement was reached after two weeks of negotiations involving hundreds of scientists and government ministers attending the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 21 September to 2 October.

Qatar: 1 minute ago Qatargas Chairman and CEO, Mr. Faisal M. Al Suwaidi, delivered a key-note address at the 24th World Gas Conference , currently being held from 5-9 October 2009 being held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband, Nestor Kirchner attend Mercedes Sosa's wake .

The forests of Argentina have suffered a loss of between 60 percent and 70 percent overall, the Environmental Secretariat reported on Friday.

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2007 file photo, Argentina's famed fold singer Mercedes Sosa gives a press... FILE - In this Oct.

Buenos Aires - A 'fireball' that streaked across the sky surprising residents of the Argentine provinces of Mendoza and La Pampa has sparked controversy after several scientists said that it was Russian space junk while others are insisting that it was a meteorite.

Argentina revamped the government's agriculture administration in a bid to calm farmers who are angry over the farm taxation policies of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner .

BUENOS AIRES Argentina's former president Carlos Menem was charged Thursday with obstructing a probe into the 1994 bombing of a building housing Jewish charities in Argentina that killed 85 people.

In spite of a leash bylaw and the availability of an off-leash park, many dog owners continue to allow their pets to run free.

A crowned solitary eagle flies to its trainer Andres Capdevielle, unseen, before being released after going through a rehabilitation program at the Buenos Aires zoo, Wednesday, Sept.