News of death

Fans in Buenos Aires remember late singer Liam Payne, one year on from death

16-10-2025 19:45 Fans of late One Direction singer, who passed away one year ago, descend on the hotel in Palermo where he lost his life.

sports

Xeneize fans gives late Boca coach Russo emotional stadium send-off

09-10-2025 16:35 Argentine football fans queued up Thursday to pay their respects to one of the national game's greats at La Bombonera.

TRIBUTE TO MIGUEL ÁNGEL RUSSO

We'll miss you, Miguel

08-10-2025 23:43 Charismatic, easy-going and more often than not spotted on the touchline with a smile on his face, Miguel Ángel Russo was an old school symbol of Argentine football who was able to adapt enough to stay relevant almost three decades into the 21st century.

by Dan Edwards

VETERAN COACH DIES

Boca confirm death of coach Miguel Ángel Russo Russo at 69

08-10-2025 23:29 Veteran coach and former player Miguel Ángel Russo has died at the age of 69; Beloved across football world, ex-Rosario Central coach led Boca to Copa Libertadores glory in 2007.

COURTS: DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Judges in new Maradona trial reject request to step aside

07-08-2025 16:02 The new court hearing the case into the death of Diego Maradona rejects defence request for two judges to be removed.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

False start delays new Maradona death trial, timeframe uncertain

22-07-2025 16:53 Doubts remain after a preparatory hearing between prosecutors, defence lawyers and the new judges appointed after the first trial was declared null and void.

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Maradona's physician, accused in star’s death, requests trial by jury

13-07-2025 11:38 Leopoldo Luque, Diego Maradona's personal physician, seeks trial by jury following the annulment of the trial that had begun in March.

COURTS

Scandal-hit judge responsible for scrapped Maradona trial resigns

25-06-2025 11:44 Pre-empting her likely impeachment and removal from office, Julieta Makintach sends a letter to Governor Kicillof announcing she will resign her post in order to help “rebuild institutional prestige.”

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Anger as Maradona death trial annulled due to disgraced judge

29-05-2025 17:53 The trial over Diego Maradona’s death has been annulled after a judge involved secretly participated in a documentary; Julieta Makintach has been suspended and disgraced, forcing a full restart of proceedings.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona death trial collapses in scandal as court orders restart

29-05-2025 13:04 Trial into the death of Diego Armando Maradona declared null and void by San Isidro court following the scandal involving Julieta Makintach, one of the three judges overseeing the case.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Scandalous scenes as Maradona death trial is thrown into disarray

28-05-2025 12:33 The fate of the trial into Diego Maradona's will be decided on Thursday, following a scandal involving one of the judges over her participation in a documentary about the case.

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Future of Maradona death trial in doubt as scandal-hit judge steps down

27-05-2025 21:47 Judge Julieta Makintach forced to recuse herself following outcry; Court says it will decide Thursday if case goes to retrial.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona death trial in peril with judge under microscope

27-05-2025 09:14 The future of the trial for the death of star Diego Maradona will be defined Tuesday following questions about a judge's impartiality.

ELECTIONS 2025: BUENOS AIRES CITY

PRO versus La Libertad Avanza: Chronicle of a death foretold?

18-05-2025 23:26 With the necessary caveats, the time that passed between the 2023 election and this weekend’s elections in Buenos Aires City could be seen as a remake of ‘The Sixth Sense’: PRO had been “dead” all along – but didn’t know it.

by Juan Luis González

DEATH OF JOSÉ 'PEPE' MUJICA

Uruguay bids fond farewell to popular ‘Pepe’ Mujica

15-05-2025 00:19 Thousands line streets of Montevideo to bid farewell to deceased former leader José ‘Pepe’ Mujica.

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Police unsuccessfully raid firm in charge of Maradona’s care

14-05-2025 22:00 On order of the courts, police raid Medidom, the firm put in charge of Diego Maradona's home care – only to find out the company moved from address two years ago.

DEATH OF JOSÉ 'PEPE' MUJICA

Tributes for Mujica, Milei government’s lukewarm condolences

14-05-2025 00:02 Allies hail Uruguay ex-president’s legacy as Argentina’s government expresses condolences; Libertarian influencer’s distasteful response.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona trial: Daughter says doctors staged care to isolate him

13-05-2025 18:33 Gianinna Maradona, daughter of late legendary footballer, points the finger at Dr Leopoldo Luque and rest of medical team: "They convinced us that my father needed to be hospitalised at home."

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Doctor: Maradona's 'self-harming behaviour' should've ruled out home care

07-05-2025 13:24 Pablo Dimitroff, director of the Clínica Olivos, says home care was not a "valid option" for late footballer.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Catholic Church's direction in the balance as conclave looms

05-05-2025 13:33 More than 130 cardinals, hailing from 70 countries across five continents, are gathering for a conclave to elect the successor to the late Pope Francis.

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Maradona death trial: Diego was not fit for home care, says doctor

30-04-2025 00:20 Fernando Villarejo, head of Clínica Olivos' intensive care unit, says he expressed his opposition to home care.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona was 'very difficult patient,' surgeon tells court during trial into death

24-04-2025 23:58 A doctor attending Diego Maradona a few weeks before his death said Thursday that the football star "was a very difficult patient."

Death of Pope Francis

Vatican welcomes world leaders for farewell for Francis

24-04-2025 21:34 Some 50 heads of state and 10 reigning monarchs to attend the funeral. Alongside Trump and Milei, they include Brazil President Lula, Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Britain's Prince William.

A POPE FOR LATIN AMERICA

Latin America bids fond farewell to its first pontiff

22-04-2025 13:17 News of death of Pope Francis moves many in Latin America; Personalities such as Lionel Messi and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pay tribute.

Death of Pope Francis

Pope’s funeral to take place on April 26 in Rome

22-04-2025 09:25 Pope Francis's funeral will be held on Saturday, the Vatican announced, as world leaders from US President Donald Trump to Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky said they would attend to honour the Catholic leader.

DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

Pope Francis died of a stroke, confirms Vatican in statement

21-04-2025 15:35 Francis died of "cerebral stroke, coma, irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse," says Vatican in a statement.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

‘I’m not well,’ Maradona told a doctor, weeks before death

11-04-2025 09:38 Doctor Flavio Tunessi said the late footballing icon had told him "I’m not well," a few weeks before star's death.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona's former doctor bemoans 'neglect of care' before star's death

08-04-2025 17:19 Dr Mario Schiter, Diego Maradona's former doctor, says there was a "neglect of care" in late star's medical treatment in the period leading up to his death.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona ‘sometimes resisted’ medical treatment, admits sister

03-04-2025 23:48 Diego Maradona "sometimes resisted" medical attention, admits one of his sisters at the trial into his 2020 death.

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Maradona trial: No alcohol or drugs in star's blood when he died

02-04-2025 18:10 Diego Maradona had no alcohol or recreational drugs in his blood when he died, despite his history of substance abuse, an expert witness testifies during trial.

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Maradona ‘was in agony’ before he died, says autopsy doctor

27-03-2025 18:48 Diego Maradona “was in agony” before he died and his doctors should have foreseen his condition, autopsy doctors testify before court.

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Witness arrested for false testimony at Maradona death trial

25-03-2025 17:39 Julio Coria, Diego Maradona's former bodyguard, detained for false testimony after the court in charge of trial into legendary footballer's death noted contradictions in his statements.

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Maradona trial: Star's room was ‘very dirty,’ says doctor

21-03-2025 11:47 Details of star's death emerges during trial; Doctor who saw Maradona after death says medical team was attempting to resuscitate a body that had long been dead.

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No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court

18-03-2025 22:13 Lucas Farías, an officer in the Buenos Aires Province Police Force, says he saw no "medical items" in the room where Diego Maradona received post-operative care.

Death of Diego Maradona

'This is how Maradona died' – prosecutor shows shocking photo at trial

11-03-2025 15:22 Shocking image of Diego Maradona on his deathbed shown to court in San Isidro as trial into legendary footballer's death gets underway.

NATURAL DISASTER

Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16

10-03-2025 11:47 President Javier Milei announces three days of national mourning and authorises 10 billion in emergency reconstruction aid after destructive flood leaves 16 dead, including two young sisters.

CRIME & SECURITY

Milei tells Kicillof to resign over Buenos Aires Province ‘bloodbath’

28-02-2025 15:46 Opposition expresses outrage as President Javier Milei calls on Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof to resign in response to shocking killing of seven-year-old.

Death of Liam Payne

Death of Liam Payne: Court dismisses charges against trio

20-02-2025 20:37 An appeals court dismissed involuntary homicide charges against three people accused in the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne.

ENVIRONMENT

One dead, hundreds evacuated as wildfires continue to burn in Patagonia

03-02-2025 09:01 Authorities in Río Negro Province say a man has died and more than 800 people evacuated as forest fires continue to rage near El Bolsón.

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

Milei government remembers Nisman, describes death as ‘murder’

19-01-2025 09:08 President’s Office reaffirmed its “commitment to seek justice for the victims of AMIA” bombing in statement marking 10th anniversary of late prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s death.

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

The 86th victim

18-01-2025 06:41 Ten years later, Argentine society is still owed an explanation of a bafflingly mysterious death.

by Michael Soltys

FIRES IN LOS ANGELES

Search for bodies as LA firefighters brace for more wind

13-01-2025 17:45 Multiple wildfires fuelled by intense Santa Ana Winds are still burning across Los Angeles County while some containment has been achieved. At least 24 people have died and over 100,000 people are still under evacuation orders.

OBITUARY

Jimmy Carter: president, global mediator, Nobel laureate

29-12-2024 21:10 Jimmy Carter's 1977-1981 US presidency included successes like the Camp David peace accords, but also enough controversy for US voters to send him packing after only one term in office. His legacy, however, was largely built on his post-presidency era – the longest in US history.

Latin America

Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79

25-12-2024 16:06 Desi Bouterse, former dictator and elected president of Suriname, passed away at 79, leaving a complex legacy marked by a history of coups, human rights abuses, and significant support among the impoverished population.

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

Two new suspects charged in relation with Liam Payne’s death

12-12-2024 00:22 Judge orders host of suspects to testify, including businessman Rogelio Nores and employees from hotel where One Direction star died.

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

Late One Direction singer Liam Payne finally laid to rest at UK funeral

20-11-2024 16:29 Late One Direction star’s bandmates Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson among mourners at service in Buckinghamshire.

TRAGEDY IN PALERMO

Police charge trio in connection with Liam Payne’s death

07-11-2024 19:24 Three people charged with supplying British musician with drugs, one with abandoning a person in a vulnerable state who later died. One Direction star consumed cocaine, alcohol and a prescription antidepressant before falling to his death last month at a hotel in Buenos Aires, prosecutors reveal.

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

Liam Payne's body repatriated to UK from Argentina

06-11-2024 17:52 Liam Payne's body has been released by authorities in Buenos Aires and is on the way to the airport for repatriation; Large funeral in late singer’s hometown expected.

DEATH OF LIAM PAYNE

Report: Liam Payne's body to be repatriated this week

05-11-2024 22:30 Liam Payne's family expect hisbody to be released by authorities in Buenos Aires and repatriated this week; Large funeral in late singer’s hometown expected.

OBITUARY

Abuelas and Madres founder Mirta Acuña de Baravalle dies at 99

04-11-2024 14:30 Mirta Acuña de Baravalle, one of the founders of the Madres de Plaza de Mayo and Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo, has died at the age of 99.

News of death

Fans in Buenos Aires remember late singer Liam Payne, one year on from death

Xeneize fans gives late Boca coach Russo emotional stadium send-off

We'll miss you, Miguel

Boca confirm death of coach Miguel Ángel Russo Russo at 69

Judges in new Maradona trial reject request to step aside

False start delays new Maradona death trial, timeframe uncertain

Maradona's physician, accused in star’s death, requests trial by jury

Scandal-hit judge responsible for scrapped Maradona trial resigns

Anger as Maradona death trial annulled due to disgraced judge

Maradona death trial collapses in scandal as court orders restart

Scandalous scenes as Maradona death trial is thrown into disarray

Future of Maradona death trial in doubt as scandal-hit judge steps down

Maradona death trial in peril with judge under microscope

PRO versus La Libertad Avanza: Chronicle of a death foretold?

Uruguay bids fond farewell to popular ‘Pepe’ Mujica

Police unsuccessfully raid firm in charge of Maradona’s care

Tributes for Mujica, Milei government’s lukewarm condolences

Maradona trial: Daughter says doctors staged care to isolate him

Doctor: Maradona's 'self-harming behaviour' should've ruled out home care

Catholic Church's direction in the balance as conclave looms

Maradona death trial: Diego was not fit for home care, says doctor

Maradona was 'very difficult patient,' surgeon tells court during trial into death

Vatican welcomes world leaders for farewell for Francis

Latin America bids fond farewell to its first pontiff

Pope’s funeral to take place on April 26 in Rome

Pope Francis died of a stroke, confirms Vatican in statement

‘I’m not well,’ Maradona told a doctor, weeks before death

Maradona's former doctor bemoans 'neglect of care' before star's death

Maradona ‘sometimes resisted’ medical treatment, admits sister

Maradona trial: No alcohol or drugs in star's blood when he died

Maradona ‘was in agony’ before he died, says autopsy doctor

Witness arrested for false testimony at Maradona death trial

Maradona trial: Star's room was ‘very dirty,’ says doctor

No 'medical items' around Maradona deathbed, policeman tells court

'This is how Maradona died' – prosecutor shows shocking photo at trial

Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16

Milei tells Kicillof to resign over Buenos Aires Province ‘bloodbath’

Death of Liam Payne: Court dismisses charges against trio

One dead, hundreds evacuated as wildfires continue to burn in Patagonia

Milei government remembers Nisman, describes death as ‘murder’

The 86th victim

Search for bodies as LA firefighters brace for more wind

Jimmy Carter: president, global mediator, Nobel laureate

Suriname ex-dictator and fugitive Desi Bouterse dead at 79

Two new suspects charged in relation with Liam Payne’s death

Late One Direction singer Liam Payne finally laid to rest at UK funeral

Police charge trio in connection with Liam Payne’s death

Liam Payne's body repatriated to UK from Argentina

Report: Liam Payne's body to be repatriated this week

Abuelas and Madres founder Mirta Acuña de Baravalle dies at 99

Argentina's Foreign Minister Gerardo Werthein presents resignation to President Javier Milei

Milei flees Buenos Aires Province campaign, leaving Santilli solo for final stretch

US Treasury sells dollars to keep peso within Argentina FX band

Bessent’s plan runs short on time to line up Argentina financing

US and Latin American nations back Bolivia’s new president-elect

Dónde voto en las Elecciones 2025: cómo consultar el padrón definitivo antes del 26 de octubre

Gustavo "El Pulpo" Scaglione, el nuevo dueño de Telefe

Dónde voto en Córdoba en las elecciones 2025: consultá el padrón para los comicios del 26 de octubre

Astrónomos conjeturan que el cometa 3I/ATLAS envía señales a su punto de partida tras la detección de un pulso "enigmático"

Márquez y Asociados: vence el plazo para reclamar acreencias en la quiebra de la empresa constructora