News of world history

The United States' history of intervening in Latin America

03-01-2026 09:41 A look at the main US interventions in Latin America since the Cold War.

One of world's oldest dinosaurs discovered in La Rioja Province

16-10-2025 10:13 Remains of one of the world's oldest dinosaur species on the planet found in La Rioja at 3,000-metre altitude; Fossils thought to be at least 225 million years old.

PAINTING HUNT SUCCESS

Police recover Nazi-looted painting spotted in online property ad

04-09-2025 01:08 Two detained as painting stolen from Dutch Jewish art collector in World War II is found in Mar del Plata; 18th-century masterwork was spotted after appearing in online property ad; Relative of dead Nazi financial guru and her partner placed under house arrest.

WORLDWIDE HUNT

Nazi-looted painting recovered, two taken into custody

02-09-2025 17:09 Long-lost Nazi-looted portrait found in Mar del Plata; Daughter of late fugitive officer and her partner placed under house arrest.

Independence claim

Small island of Annobón seeks recognition from Argentina

03-06-2025 10:18 Separatists on the tiny African island of Annobón, part of Equatorial Guinea, appeal to Argentina for support for its independence claim, citing historical ties to viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.

REMEMBRANCE

Everyone needs to go to Auschwitz-Birkenau

25-04-2025 14:00 At this potentially dark hour, the Holocaust should serve as a message of what could lie ahead, if we continue fan the flames of hatred and fear.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

On this day...

The day Argentina declared war on the Axis

27-03-2025 15:18 On March 27, 1945, 80 years ago, Argentina put an end to neutrality. “A state of war” was officially declared between the Argentine Republic and Germany, “in view of the latter's status as an ally of Japan.”

by Leonardo Torresi

BEYOND THE HEADLINES

G20 or 19+1?

23-11-2024 06:00 Argentina was an odd man out in the G20 long before the shaggy libertarian embarked on his solitary crusade against Agenda 2030.

by Michael Soltys

HUMAN RIGHTS

Almost 50 years on, French families still seeking answers about disappeared relatives

22-11-2024 11:14 Almost 50 years on, families are still seeking answers about French citizens who disappeared in Argentina in the late 1970s, during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship’s reign of terror. Last week’s visit to Buenos Aires by French President Emmanuel Macron put the topic back on the agenda.

News of world history

The United States' history of intervening in Latin America

One of world's oldest dinosaurs discovered in La Rioja Province

Police recover Nazi-looted painting spotted in online property ad

Nazi-looted painting recovered, two taken into custody

Small island of Annobón seeks recognition from Argentina

Everyone needs to go to Auschwitz-Birkenau

The day Argentina declared war on the Axis

G20 or 19+1?

Almost 50 years on, French families still seeking answers about disappeared relatives

Milei praises Trump but says he won’t break trade links with China

Trump withdraws United States from 66 global bodies, including 31 UN organisations

Venezuela releasing 'large number' of political prisoners

Trump plots offer to buy Greenland as NATO ally Denmark seethes

Trump says United States could run Venezuela and its oil for years

Año del Caballo de Fuego 2026: cuándo comienza y qué simboliza el nuevo ciclo

Este país rediseñó la pirámide alimenticia para combatir su masiva obesidad: qué cambia y por qué

El Tratado Machaín-Irigoyen: su firma en 1876, la definición de la frontera y su impacto duradero entre Argentina y Paraguay

Malvinas: los veteranos argentinos y británicos suben juntos el Aconcagua

Un banco chino ayudó a pagar deuda y expuso la dependencia financiera que Javier Milei le prometió cortar a EE.UU.