News of anniversary

Catholic faithful celebrate decade of Francis' papacy in Luján

12-03-2023 09:18 Thousands of Catholic faithful gathered Saturday in Luján to celebrate 10 years of Francis' papacy on Saturday as festivities in honour of the Buenos Aires-born pontiff got underway.

Popular but facing opposition, Pope Francis marks 10 years as pontiff

12-03-2023 09:07 Pope Francis marks 10 years as head of the Catholic Church on Monday, hugely popular but facing internal dissent after a decade of reform, even if he has left basic doctrine intact.

Fans at World Cup pay homage to Maradona with shirts and chants

24-11-2022 08:12 Fans at the World Cup have noisy plans for Friday's second anniversary of the death of Diego Maradona.

Peronism unites but also divides to honour Evita

01-08-2022 16:42 Main celebrations by organised labour with separate marches by CGT and CTA umbrellas, President marks day in Chapadmalal.

Mothers of Plaza de Mayo mark 45 years of indefatigable search for disappeared

01-05-2022 09:34 Mothers of Plaza de Mayo commemorate 45th anniversary of the human rights group's first march in front of the Casa Rosada.

Forty years after

02-04-2022 00:15 If the war beginning 40 years ago was a tragedy of human weaknesses masquerading as a show of force, the best thing we can do today is to highlight the positive side of being human.

Just a year of Brexit has thumped UK’s economy and businesses

22-12-2021 09:31 In the months after Boris Johnson signed his post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union, the coronavirus masked the economic damage of leaving the bloc. As the pandemic drags on, the cost is becoming clearer – and voters are noticing.

20 years on from 2001, society has yet to find a balance

18-12-2021 08:30 Social demands multiply in a scenario like the present day and might reach that level of social fatigue before reaching the 20 percent unemployment then.

by Guido Lorenzo

Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue celebrates 90th birthday

13-10-2021 09:16 Iconic statue that towers over Rio de Janeiro celebrates its 90th birthday with a Mass, new song and a new bottle of booze.

Closing time in the gardens of the West

11-09-2021 09:48 Perhaps it is premature to talk, as the British essayist Cyril Connolly did soon after World War II, of “closing time in the gardens of the West,” but for many it does feel that something like that is taking place.

by James Neilson

Pandemic gives 9/11 conspiracists fresh impetus

11-09-2021 00:01 Twenty years after al-Qaeda terrorists flew two hijacked aircraft into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center, conspiracy theorists are more emboldened than ever.

9/11: Victims' families find solace, help in support groups

10-09-2021 21:50 Twenty years later and they still talk regularly: 9/11 survivors and relatives of victims have formed strong friendships through support groups that have proved effective antidotes to their trauma.