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Alleged money-launderer close to Maduro defiant after extradition to US

18-10-2021 15:45 Alex Saab, a fugitive businessman accused of acting as a money-launderer for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's regime, says he will not collaborate with the United States, a day after his extradition from Cape Verde.

Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies aged 84

18-10-2021 13:21 Colin Powell, a US war hero and the first black secretary of state who saw his trailblazing legacy tarnished when he made the case for war in Iraq in 2003, died Monday from complications from Covid-19. 

Georgieva kept on as IMF chief after data scandal review

12-10-2021 11:48 Kristalina Georgieva will remain as head of the International Monetary Fund after the lender’s board reviewed accusations that she improperly influenced a World Bank ranking of China’s business climate.

American Club of Buenos Aires falls victim to the pandemic

09-10-2021 12:58 After 103 years of history, The American Club of Buenos Aires is finally closing its doors. Hit hard by the pandemic-related closure imposed upon it, the iconic institution has been finally forced into bankruptcy.

by A Member

'Swift chariots of democracy' – all aboard Washington's secret subway

27-09-2021 09:03 The Capitol Subway System, a network of trolleys in the fluorescent-lit bowels of the labyrinthine, 600-room US Congress in Washington, has been ferrying politicians back and forth for more than a century.

Biden scrambles between multiple political fires

23-09-2021 13:34 US President Joe Biden races to extinguish political fires on the left and right, at home and abroad, in an attempt to save his hopes of transforming the United States.

Priciest food since 1970s is a big challenge for governments

15-09-2021 10:41 Governments across the world know that rising food costs can come with a political price. The dilemma is whether they can do enough to prevent having to pay it.

More than five million now recovered from Covid in Argentina

11-09-2021 10:08 Cases continue to decline; Government receives first shipment of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine.

Distrust remains as some women return to work under Taliban

01-09-2021 13:43 Some women, particularly those in the health and education sectors, say they have continued to go to work in the weeks since the Islamist militants took over Kabul on August 15.

Bolsonaro takes dig at Biden's 'obsession' with Amazon

30-08-2021 22:03 Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro accuses Joe Biden's administration of having "almost an obsession" with environmental issues.

Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy

27-08-2021 02:21 In a sombre address on Thursday evening, Biden said he took responsibility for “all that’s happened of late” in Afghanistan but stood firm on his plans to withdraw American forces by August 31.

Khalida Popal, saving Afghanistan's women footballers one player at a time

27-08-2021 01:59 Since the first women's teams started emerging about 15 years ago, football has grown rapidly in Afghanistan. But it all disappeared overnight when Kabul fell to the Taliban.

Taliban warn of 'consequences' if US extends evacuation

23-08-2021 14:44 Chaos continues to overwhelm Kabul airport, with tens of thousands of people still desperate to flee country as Taliban takes power.

A most humiliating retreat

21-08-2021 21:36 The United States handed Afghanistan back to the Taliban because years ago most of her political leaders, including Donald Trump and Joe Biden, had come to the conclusion that “nation-building” was utter folly.

by James Neilson

UN Human Rights Council to discuss Afghanistan on August 24

17-08-2021 21:33 UN Human Rights Council convenes special session on Afghanistan for later this month. Submission supported by at least a third of council's 47 members, including Argentina.

Taliban retake Afghan capital after 20 years fighting United States

16-08-2021 10:29 Taliban takes over the presidential palace and announces plan to declare a new “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.” Hours earlier, US-backed President Ashraf Ghani had fled the country.

Secrets of Mr. Sullivan’s visit

11-08-2021 16:13 The White House’s top geopolitical advisor lunched at Olivos presidential residence last week, meeting ministers, businessmen and President Alberto Fernández. Vaccines, development and debt were among a broad range of conversation topics.

by Gustavo González

Afghan leader tries to rally forces as Taliban extend gains

11-08-2021 15:48 Taliban fighters capture of another provincial capital – the ninth city to be overrun since last Friday.

Biden nominates lawyer to be next US ambassador to Argentina

06-08-2021 18:51 US President Joe Biden has nominated Marc R. Stanley, a lawyer with close links to the Democratic Party, to be Washington’s next envoy in Buenos Aires.

Nicolini: Pfizer vaccines will start arriving in Argentina in September

06-08-2021 16:25 Doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine will begin arriving in Argentina from September, confirms Cecilia Nicolini.