News of oscar

Luis Puenzo, director of Argentina’s first Oscar-winning feature, dies at 80

Today 13:08 Luis Puenzo, director who won Argentina’s first Oscar, has died aged 80; 'La historia oficial,' which tackled kidnapping of infants during dictatorship era, won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1986.

INTERVIEW

Gustavo Oscar Carrara: ‘Argentina has 6,000 villas housing five million people’

10-03-2026 06:05 Gustavo Oscar Carrara, the Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata, warns about the defunding of urbanisation works in low-income neighbourhoods and the potential elimination of government department dedicated to socio-urban integration.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Court revisits driver’s bribery testimony in ‘Cuadernos’ corruption trial

21-11-2025 12:44 Testimony from a chauffeur at heart of probe and a former public works secretary intensifies pressure on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner as bribery case accelerates.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Defendants offer millions to avoid trial in ‘Cuadernos’ graft case

17-09-2025 16:44 Business leaders offer more than US$1 billion in cash, properties and other items to avoid standing trial but run into resistance from lead prosecutor; Mega-corruption trial probing alleged bribery and kickbacks at Federal Planning Ministry under Kirchner governments due to kick off November 6.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

‘Cuadernos’ case: Forensic experts confirm graft log was written by driver

19-08-2025 20:57 Calligraphic analysis by Gendarmerie forensic experts shows that same person wrote notebooks allegedly detailing huge corruption scheme, but can not establish authorship of subsequent changes and deletions.

COURTS

Court upholds life sentence for man convicted of Tehuel de la Torre’s murder

14-07-2025 14:23 Judges confirm hate-crime ruling in killing of young trans man who has been missing since 2021.

POLITICS: MIDTERMS 2025

Who’s who: The candidates heading lists for Buenos Aires City midterms

30-03-2025 10:01 Main candidates are already defined for the Buenos Aires City midterms in May – Silvia Lospennato, Leandro Santoro, Manuel Adorni, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta and Ramiro Marra are the names that head the highest-polling options.

POLITICS & CONGRESS

Scandal as La Libertad Avanza deputies come to blows in Congress

14-03-2025 00:01 Fistfight between ruling party deputies Oscar Zago and Lisandro Almirón after the latter accused the former of treason by granting quorum brought the session to an abrupt halt.

MENDOZA RAPE CASE

Appeals court throws out rape case against French rugby players

18-02-2025 20:25 Appeals judges on Tuesday dismissed rape charges against French rugby players Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

Accuser in French rugby player rape trial vows to appeal ruling

19-12-2024 21:23 The woman denouncing two French rugby players for rape is ready to take the case to the highest instances, her lawyer says in an interview.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

Court in Mendoza drops rape case against French rugby players

10-12-2024 12:29 Court in Mendoza dismisses charges against two French international rugby players, Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou, who were accused of raping and assaulting a woman after making their international debuts against Argentina.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

Judge to decide on French rugby players' rape case next month

29-11-2024 21:23 Judge todecide on December 10 whether to dismiss the charges against two French international rugby players accused of raping a woman after a match in Argentina.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

Mendoza court hears bid to end rape case against French rugby players

25-11-2024 11:43 The Argentine justice began the examination of the request for dismissal for Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou, the two French rugby players charged with aggravated rape, nearly five months after the events that occurred on the sidelines of a tour of the French national rugby team.

ENVIRONMENT

Is Milei on the verge of withdrawing Argentina from the Paris Agreement?

15-11-2024 21:40 President Javier Milei's decision to withdraw his negotiators from the climate change conference in Baku breaks with the climate foreign policy maintained by his predecessors.

ENVIRONMENT

COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil

14-11-2024 13:18 Host Azerbaijan tries to lower tensions after top French minister cancels trip to the UN climate talks and Argentina withdraws delegation.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

Prosecutors seek dismissal of rape charges against French rugby players

04-10-2024 20:06 Prosecutor's office seeks dismissal of charges against French rugby players accused of rape, which could put an end to the case.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

French rugby players accused of rape in Argentina land back in Paris

04-09-2024 15:55 Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jégou land in Paris, after Mendoza court allowed them to return home pending the conclusion of their case probing alleged rape.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

Court allows French rugby players accused of rape to leave Argentina

03-09-2024 14:24 Oscar Jégou and Hugo Auradou, the two French rugby team players accused of rape by a woman in Argentina two months ago, will be allowed to leave the country, a court in Mendoza rules.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

French rugby players accused of rape may be allowed to leave Argentina

31-08-2024 10:26 Mendoza courts considering allowing the French rugby players accused of rape to return to their country while the trial continues in which a request for the defence's acquittal is pending.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

French rugby players' rape accuser survives suicide attempt, says lawyer

27-08-2024 10:14 Woman who denounced French rugby players for rape in Argentina tried to commit suicide last week and will miss a hearing set for Tuesday, says plaintuff’s legal representative.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

French rugby players accused of rape freed but must stay in Argentina

12-08-2024 15:48 Two French rugby players accused of rape released from house arrest on the condition they stay in the country until court proceedings are concluded.

COURTS

French rugby players questioned over alleged rape in Mendoza

08-08-2024 15:53 The two French rugby players accused of rape in Argentina were formally questioned in court on Thursday.

RAPE ALLEGATIONS

Two French rugby players charged with aggravated rape

12-07-2024 15:18 Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, formally charged Friday with the aggravated rape of an Argentine woman after a night out following a match in Mendoza.

SCANDAL IN MENDOZA

French rugby players taken to Mendoza to face rape allegation

11-07-2024 12:26 Hugo Auradou, 20, and Oscar Jegou, 21, were being transferred Thursday from Interpol's Buenos Aires headquarters to the city of Mendoza, where they will be questioned over alleged rape.

SCANDAL IN MENDOZA

Woman in Mendoza was raped, beaten by French rugby players, says lawyer

10-07-2024 22:53 Alleged victim's lawyer says her client had suffered "fierce" violence at the hands of two French rugby players and claims to have been raped repeatedly.

SCANDAL IN MENDOZA

What next for French rugby players held in rape probe?

10-07-2024 10:29 Two members of France's international rugby team touring South America were arrested in Argentina on July 9, 2024 following an allegation of sexual assault.

ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULT

Mendoza: Two France rugby players detained over alleged sexual assault

09-07-2024 09:59 Scandal as French national rugby team stars Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou are arrested in Buenos Aires for alleged sexual abuse in Mendoza after last Saturday's clash against the Pumas.

SPAIN

Javier Milei visits Spain without meeting the King or Pedro Sánchez

17-05-2024 16:45 This is Milei’s first visit to Spain since being inaugurated.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

'A mistake': Spanish minister backtracks on Milei 'substances' remark

07-05-2024 15:35 Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente says his suggestion that Javier Milei acted like he was on “substances” was an error and that he didn't foresee the repercussions.

News of oscar

Luis Puenzo, director of Argentina’s first Oscar-winning feature, dies at 80

Gustavo Oscar Carrara: ‘Argentina has 6,000 villas housing five million people’

Court revisits driver’s bribery testimony in ‘Cuadernos’ corruption trial

Defendants offer millions to avoid trial in ‘Cuadernos’ graft case

‘Cuadernos’ case: Forensic experts confirm graft log was written by driver

Court upholds life sentence for man convicted of Tehuel de la Torre’s murder

Who’s who: The candidates heading lists for Buenos Aires City midterms

Scandal as La Libertad Avanza deputies come to blows in Congress

Appeals court throws out rape case against French rugby players

Accuser in French rugby player rape trial vows to appeal ruling

Court in Mendoza drops rape case against French rugby players

Judge to decide on French rugby players' rape case next month

Mendoza court hears bid to end rape case against French rugby players

Is Milei on the verge of withdrawing Argentina from the Paris Agreement?

COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil

Prosecutors seek dismissal of rape charges against French rugby players

French rugby players accused of rape in Argentina land back in Paris

Court allows French rugby players accused of rape to leave Argentina

French rugby players accused of rape may be allowed to leave Argentina

French rugby players' rape accuser survives suicide attempt, says lawyer

French rugby players accused of rape freed but must stay in Argentina

French rugby players questioned over alleged rape in Mendoza

Two French rugby players charged with aggravated rape

French rugby players taken to Mendoza to face rape allegation

Woman in Mendoza was raped, beaten by French rugby players, says lawyer

What next for French rugby players held in rape probe?

Mendoza: Two France rugby players detained over alleged sexual assault

Javier Milei visits Spain without meeting the King or Pedro Sánchez

'A mistake': Spanish minister backtracks on Milei 'substances' remark

Milei’s auction of Argentine railroads risks sidelining US-backed bidder

Fondness for Pope Francis undimmed on first anniversary of late pontiff's death

Actor Luis Brandoni dies aged 86, nine days after suffering fall

Father Guilherme, the 'DJ Priest,' mixes religion and rave in Buenos Aires tribute to Pope Francis

Milei says US-Israel war against Iran is 'right thing to do'

El World Press Photo 2026 premió una icónica foto argentina

La inmobiliaria dijo que el departamento de Adorni de la calle Miró se pudo haber vendido a 345.000 dólares

El astronauta de Artemis II, Reid Wiseman, observó marcas de pérdida de material carbonizado en el escudo térmico

La aplanadora de Bullrich: el blindaje del Gobierno para aprobar sus tres reformas más controvertidas

Carne de ciervo axis y chancho salvaje: Corrientes proyecta un frigorífico para industrializar fauna exótica

News of oscar

Luis Puenzo, director of Argentina’s first Oscar-winning feature, dies at 80

Gustavo Oscar Carrara: ‘Argentina has 6,000 villas housing five million people’

Court revisits driver’s bribery testimony in ‘Cuadernos’ corruption trial

Defendants offer millions to avoid trial in ‘Cuadernos’ graft case

​​‘Cuadernos’ case: Forensic experts confirm graft log was written by driver

Court upholds life sentence for man convicted of Tehuel de la Torre’s murder

Who’s who: The candidates heading lists for Buenos Aires City midterms

Scandal as La Libertad Avanza deputies come to blows in Congress

Appeals court throws out rape case against French rugby players

Accuser in French rugby player rape trial vows to appeal ruling

Court in Mendoza drops rape case against French rugby players

Judge to decide on French rugby players' rape case next month

Mendoza court hears bid to end rape case against French rugby players

Is Milei on the verge of withdrawing Argentina from the Paris Agreement?

COP29 host tries to calm waters after diplomatic turmoil

Prosecutors seek dismissal of rape charges against French rugby players

French rugby players accused of rape in Argentina land back in Paris

Court allows French rugby players accused of rape to leave Argentina

French rugby players accused of rape may be allowed to leave Argentina

French rugby players' rape accuser survives suicide attempt, says lawyer

French rugby players accused of rape freed but must stay in Argentina

French rugby players questioned over alleged rape in Mendoza

Two French rugby players charged with aggravated rape

French rugby players taken to Mendoza to face rape allegation

Woman in Mendoza was raped, beaten by French rugby players, says lawyer

What next for French rugby players held in rape probe?

Mendoza: Two France rugby players detained over alleged sexual assault

Javier Milei visits Spain without meeting the King or Pedro Sánchez

'A mistake': Spanish minister backtracks on Milei 'substances' remark

Milei’s auction of Argentine railroads risks sidelining US-backed bidder

Fondness for Pope Francis undimmed on first anniversary of late pontiff's death

Actor Luis Brandoni dies aged 86, nine days after suffering fall

Father Guilherme, the 'DJ Priest,' mixes religion and rave in Buenos Aires tribute to Pope Francis

Milei says US-Israel war against Iran is 'right thing to do'

El World Press Photo 2026 premió una icónica foto argentina

La inmobiliaria dijo que el departamento de Adorni de la calle Miró se pudo haber vendido a 345.000 dólares

El astronauta de Artemis II, Reid Wiseman, observó marcas de pérdida de material carbonizado en el escudo térmico

La aplanadora de Bullrich: el blindaje del Gobierno para aprobar sus tres reformas más controvertidas

Carne de ciervo axis y chancho salvaje: Corrientes proyecta un frigorífico para industrializar fauna exótica

‘Cuadernos’ case: Forensic experts confirm graft log was written by driver