News of death

World remembers Diego Maradona on first anniversary of his death

25-11-2021 21:52 Commemorative events take place across Argentina and the rest of the world, as supporters mark the first anniversary of Diego’s passing.

Diego Armando Maradona (1960-2020)

The cult of Maradona runs strong in Naples, a year after his death

24-11-2021 17:26 It is almost 30 years since Diego Maradona ended his remarkable playing spell at Napoli, but a year on from his death, the Argentine is as present as ever in the Neapolitan world.

FOOTBALL IN ARGENTINA

Emotion, ovations and plenty of tears as Argentine football remembers Maradona

05-11-2021 18:09 Local football marked what would have been the late Diego Maradona’s 61st birthday with a series of tributes to the superstar captain of Argentina’s 1986 World Cup-winning side.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Matías Morla, Maradona lawyer, says late star's medical treatment was 'very bad'

26-10-2021 10:01 Diego Maradona's former lawyer, Matías Morla, summoned to testify as a witness in the criminal case investigating legendary footballer's death. Prosecutors are looking to determine if there was neglect or malpractice in his treatment and care.

IN FOCUS

Drugs, crime and protests: Ecuador stares into the abyss

25-10-2021 12:44 Emboldened drug traffickers, hundreds of deaths in prisons, a government dogged by scandal, and an economy ravaged by Covid have Ecuador staring into the abyss.

AFGHANISTAN CRISIS

Death by sadness – or the Taliban: LGBTQ Afghans in hiding

29-09-2021 09:13 Many LGBTQ Afghans are haunted by the Taliban's brutally repressive reign from 1996 to 2001. Terrified for their lives, many have gone now underground, erasing all traces of their former lives on social networks.

Death of Diego Maradona

Maradona's daughters deny harassing his ex-lawyer in court testimony

19-08-2021 15:32 Two daughters of Diego Maradona investigated for alleged digital harassment for their messages on social networks against the lawyer Matías Morla in the middle of a dispute over the use of the brand 'Maradona.'

OBITUARY

Filmmaker David 'Coco' Blaustein dies aged 86

18-08-2021 20:55 Documentary film-maker David Blaustein has died of a stroke at the age of 68, Culture Ministry confirms.

MARADONA BRAND ROW

Court gives back brand rights to former Maradona lawyer Morla

13-08-2021 21:21 Court revokes ban on Matías Morla, Diego Maradona's former lawyer, from using the late footballer's brand and imaging rights.

world

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88

30-06-2021 17:06 Donald Rumsfeld, the cocksure and unrepentant defence secretary who led the United States into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, has died, his family announced Wednesday. He was 88.

Death of Diego Maradona

Maradona's doctor questioned as probe into star's death continues

28-06-2021 15:26 Prosecutors question Diego Maradona's personal physician, Leopoldo Luque, who stands accused, along with six other medical professionals, of having neglected the ailing football icon in his final days.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Prosecutors to question Maradona's doctor in manslaughter probe

27-06-2021 08:58 Prosecutors will on Monday question Maradona's personal physician Leopoldo Luque, who is implicated with six other medical professionals in having neglected the ailing football icon in his final days.

Death of Diego Maradona

Medical coordinator denies responsibility in Maradona death

22-06-2021 10:25 Nancy Forlini, 52, the medical coordinator in charge of Diego Maradona's home treatment, denied responsibility for his death during questioning. Sheis the fourth of seven people under investigation for manslaughter.

Brazil Under Bolsonaro

Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil surpasses half a million Covid deaths

19-06-2021 21:54 Brazil became the second country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths, and real toll may be higher.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Nurse tells prosecutors Maradona barred her from treating him

16-06-2021 12:41 A second nurse accused of neglecting Diego Maradona during the last days of his life was questioned by local prosecutors on Wednesday. Dahiana Gisela Madrid, 36, is one of seven people under investigation for manslaughter.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona's doctor, six others, to be questioned over footballer's death

14-06-2021 10:04 Diego Maradona's personal physician and six other caregivers accused of neglecting the football icon in his final days will be questioned by prosecutors in Argentina from Monday.

Global pandemic

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

07-06-2021 23:23 Brazil, already battered by the pandemic, braces for its third wave of Covid-19 fueled by vaccination delays and lack of containment measures.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Questioning of medical team over Maradona's death delayed

29-05-2021 10:42 Interrogation of late footballer's medical team under formal investigation for manslaughter delayed until June 14.

Global Pandemic

Uruguay surpasses 4,000 Covid-19 deaths

27-05-2021 18:50 Uruguay surpassed 4,000 Covid-19 deaths this Wednesday, making it the country in the world with the highest number of deaths caused by the virus in the past 14 days.

Death of Diego Maradona

Maradona's medical team face manslaughter investigation over his death

20-05-2021 13:00 Seven people have been placed under formal investigation for Maradona's death, including the football star's neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, psychiatrist Agustina Cosachov and psychologist Carlos Diaz.

CARLOS TIMOTEO GRIGUOL (1934-2021)

Griguol may have departed, but El Viejo’s teachings will live on

08-05-2021 00:22 Carlos Timoteo Griguol, legendary coach of Ferro Carril Oeste, River Plate, Rosario Central and Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata, died Thursday aged 86, after a month-long struggle with coronavirus.

by Dan Edwards

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mercedes 'Porota' Meroño, vice-president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95

22-04-2021 10:32 Mercedes 'Porota' Colás de Meroño, the vice-president of the Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, passed away at the age of 95 in Villa Devoto.

Obituary

Bernard Madoff, mastermind of giant Ponzi scheme, dies at 82

14-04-2021 12:37 Bernard Madoff, the Manhattan investment adviser who promised stellar returns to his A-list clients and instead defrauded them of more than US$19 billion in history’s largest Ponzi scheme, has died in jail at 82 years old.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip dies aged 99

09-04-2021 10:04 Longest-serving royal consort in British history, who was a constant presence at Queen Elizabeth II's side for decades, died on Friday aged 99, Buckingham Palace has announced.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona lawyer blasts late star's daughters over inheritance dispute

06-04-2021 14:31 Matías Morla, Maradona's former lawyer, hits back at the late Argentine football legend's daughters, Dalma and Gianinna, after his offices were raided by anti-fraud police, accusing them of abandoning their father.

Global pandemic

Brazil's 24-hour Covid deaths surpass 3,000 for first time

24-03-2021 12:38 Brazil's daily Covid-19 death toll soared past 3,000 for the first time Tuesday as the country struggled to contain a surge of cases that has pushed many hospitals to breaking point.

ARGENTINA ABLAZE

One dead, several missing in Patagonia forest fires

12-03-2021 14:04 One person has died and 11 are reported missing after days of blazing forest fires in Patagonia.

Global pandemic

Vaccine hope, but enduring fear one year after pandemic declared

11-03-2021 22:50 One year on from the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic, vaccinations are offering hope. But much of humanity still enduring highly restricted lives, with no clear path back to normality.

Death of Diego Maradona

Fans, family members demonstrate to demand justice in Maradona death probe

11-03-2021 15:01 Hundreds of football fans and three of Diego Maradona's children demonstrate in Buenos Aires to demand justice and a deeper invesigation into events surrounding the late footballer's death on November 25.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Expert panel begins debating cause of Maradona's death

08-03-2021 14:30 Panel of 20 experts begins debating cause of football icon Diego Maradona's death, to determine if there was negligence on the part of health care professionals.

Death of Diego Maradona

Maradona's daughters give testimony to probe into footballer's death

01-03-2021 16:42 Maradona's daughters, Gianinna and Jana, have contributed fresh witness testimonies to the involuntary manslaughter probe into their father's death.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Prosecutors convene medical board to rule on Maradona's death

23-02-2021 13:17 Prosecutors to convene a medical board on March 8 to decide whether or not Diego Armando Maradona received proper medical treatment before his death.

AND THAT REMINDS ME...

Charlie was my darling

20-02-2021 07:40 A selection of purely personal memories and perceptions of Carlos Menem, including some that differ from conventional wisdom.

by Michael Soltys

Leopoldo Luque (1949-2021)

World Cup winner Luque dies of heart attack after contracting Covid

16-02-2021 14:53 World Cup winner Leopoldo Jacinto Luque died on Monday of a heart attack while he was receiving treatment for Covid-19.

CARLOS MENEM (1930-2021)

Menem buried with military honours at ceremony in capital

16-02-2021 11:46 Former president Carlos Menem was laid to rest on Monday, granted military honours at a small ceremony on the outskirts of the capital.

Death of ex-president

Former president Carlos Menem passes away aged 90

14-02-2021 13:57 Peronist leader, who led the nation for a decade between 1989 and 1999, passes away at a hospital in Buenos Aires.

OBITUARY

Menem, ex-president who led Argentina for 10 years, dies at 90

14-02-2021 13:17 Former president, whose economic policies quashed hyperinflation during the 1990s but sowed the seeds for what became the largest debt default in history, has died. He was 90.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Maradona death probe widens to include nurses, psychologist

09-02-2021 09:17 A psychologist and two nurses – one male, one female – who helped care for Diego Maradona before his death have been added to a widening involuntary manslaughter probe.

‘ISABELITA’ TURNS 90

‘Isabelita’ Perón turns 90, ostracised in Madrid

06-02-2021 09:46 Former president, who lead nation for less than 21 months, has 90th birthday in Madrid, where she has lived for the last four decades.

IDOL’S LAST DAYS

Leaked messages reignite controversy over Maradona’s death

06-02-2021 09:25 Scandalous new details of Diego Maradona’s final days emerged this week, as rows and allegations continue to swirl over the late footballing legend’s death.

DEATH OF ALBERTO NISMAN

Sixth anniversary of Nisman’s death commemorated with reduced rally

23-01-2021 10:32 Special AMIA prosecutor Alberto Nisman was found dead with a bullet through his head in his Puerto Madero flat six Januarys ago.

THE WEEK

What we learned this week: January 9 to 16

16-01-2021 08:19 The key stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

GLOBAL PANDEMIC

Global Covid-19 death toll passes two million

16-01-2021 07:37 The global death toll from Covid-19 passed two million on Friday, with the WHO urging mass vaccinations.

EDITORIAL

A freezing summer

09-01-2021 08:04 The government’s actions speak louder than his words – the elections above all else.

CHAOS IN WASHINGTON

Latin American lessons for the United States’ damaged democracy

09-01-2021 07:16 Being able to disrupt the constitutional process, whether directly or indirectly, through the use of violence is an indication that said democratic process is breaking down.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Autopsy: Maradona suffered from liver, kidney, heart disorders

26-12-2020 10:39 Report says footballer had no alcohol or narcotics in his body at time of his death.

OBITUARY

Former Albiceleste coach Alejandro Sabella dies from cancer aged 66

09-12-2020 09:53 Former national team coach Alejandro Sabella has died at the age of 66 from cancer, local media said on Tuesday.

Ex-Uruguay president

Uruguay in mourning as ex-president Tabaré Vázquez dies aged 80

06-12-2020 09:17 Family confirms in statement that left-wing leader, who ruled Uruguay twice from 2005-2010 and 2015-2020, has succumbed to lung cancer.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Investigators await test results as fallout from Maradona’s death rumbles on

03-12-2020 23:59 Toxicological studies, heart tests, swabs, investigations and questions of care – the ‘circus’ surrounding the death of footballing great Diego Maradona continues to grow, but still no indictments.

DEATH OF DIEGO MARADONA

Leopoldo Luque denies wrongdoing as Maradona death probe heats up

30-11-2020 00:30 The home and offices of Diego Maradona’s personal doctor, Leopoldo Luque, were raided on Sunday as the investigation into the late football legend's death took a dramatic twist.

News of death

World remembers Diego Maradona on first anniversary of his death

The cult of Maradona runs strong in Naples, a year after his death

Emotion, ovations and plenty of tears as Argentine football remembers Maradona

Matías Morla, Maradona lawyer, says late star's medical treatment was 'very bad'

Drugs, crime and protests: Ecuador stares into the abyss

Death by sadness – or the Taliban: LGBTQ Afghans in hiding

Maradona's daughters deny harassing his ex-lawyer in court testimony

Filmmaker David 'Coco' Blaustein dies aged 86

Court gives back brand rights to former Maradona lawyer Morla

Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld dead at 88

Maradona's doctor questioned as probe into star's death continues

Prosecutors to question Maradona's doctor in manslaughter probe

Medical coordinator denies responsibility in Maradona death

Third pandemic wave hits as Brazil surpasses half a million Covid deaths

Nurse tells prosecutors Maradona barred her from treating him

Maradona's doctor, six others, to be questioned over footballer's death

Brazil braces for third wave of Covid-19

Questioning of medical team over Maradona's death delayed

Uruguay surpasses 4,000 Covid-19 deaths

Maradona's medical team face manslaughter investigation over his death

Griguol may have departed, but El Viejo’s teachings will live on

Mercedes 'Porota' Meroño, vice-president of Madres de Plaza de Mayo, dies at 95

Bernard Madoff, mastermind of giant Ponzi scheme, dies at 82

Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip dies aged 99

Maradona lawyer blasts late star's daughters over inheritance dispute

Brazil's 24-hour Covid deaths surpass 3,000 for first time

One dead, several missing in Patagonia forest fires

Vaccine hope, but enduring fear one year after pandemic declared

Fans, family members demonstrate to demand justice in Maradona death probe

Expert panel begins debating cause of Maradona's death

Maradona's daughters give testimony to probe into footballer's death

Prosecutors convene medical board to rule on Maradona's death

Charlie was my darling

World Cup winner Luque dies of heart attack after contracting Covid

Menem buried with military honours at ceremony in capital

Former president Carlos Menem passes away aged 90

Menem, ex-president who led Argentina for 10 years, dies at 90

Maradona death probe widens to include nurses, psychologist

‘Isabelita’ Perón turns 90, ostracised in Madrid

Leaked messages reignite controversy over Maradona’s death

Sixth anniversary of Nisman’s death commemorated with reduced rally

What we learned this week: January 9 to 16

Global Covid-19 death toll passes two million

A freezing summer

Latin American lessons for the United States’ damaged democracy

Autopsy: Maradona suffered from liver, kidney, heart disorders

Former Albiceleste coach Alejandro Sabella dies from cancer aged 66

Uruguay in mourning as ex-president Tabaré Vázquez dies aged 80

Investigators await test results as fallout from Maradona’s death rumbles on

Leopoldo Luque denies wrongdoing as Maradona death probe heats up

Argentina tightens Covid rules amid fears over new variant

'It’s not Cristina': Argentina’s VP breaks silence, pushes IMF decision to Congress

Latam Airlines reaches bankruptcy deal that hands reins to creditors

Pope appoints Martín Guzmán to Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

As Castro reign ends, Cuba is mired in a debt debacle once again

Marcha atrás: el agresor del playero iba a entregarse por orden del padre, cambió de idea y escapó con la madre

Mariano, el hermano payamédico de Horacio Rodríguez Larreta: "Mi madre dijo que le salvé la vida"

Con Jorge Macri a la cabeza, llegan los cambios porteños

Conmueve a La Pampa el calvario del chiquito de 5 años masacrado a golpes por la madre y su novia

La presencia de un universo de emociones