14/04/2012 | Argentina

Videla admits killings during dictatorship

Former de facto president Jorge Rafael Videla admitted for the first time that the last military dictatorship killed “seven or eight thousand people,” and said that they made the bodies disappear to “avoid demonstrations, both inside and outside the country.”

14/04/2012 | Argentina

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14/04/2012 | Argentina

YPF: Madrid summons Argentine ambassador

13/04/2012 | Argentina

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13/04/2012 | Argentina

Caló candidacy likely

13/04/2012 | Argentina

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13/04/2012 | Argentina

Opposition blasts takeover bid

13/04/2012 | Argentina

Prosecutor-general nominee under fire

The national government’s candidate to replace the outgoing prosecutor-general, Esteban Righi, has an open case against him in the courts, which, in a surprising twist, is being presided over by the same judge, Daniel Rafecas, who is presiding over the Ciccone Calcográfica case which saw his predecessor resign.

13/04/2012 | Argentina

Spain issues YPF warning

Tensions ran high in Spain yesterday as a minister stated that his government would interpret any “hostile gestures” against Spanish companies abroad as an act of aggression, in an apparent reference to a conflict with Argentina over the major oil company controlled by Spain’s Repsol.

13/04/2012 | Argentina

Still no power in 1,473 homes

Eight days after the storm that affected Buenos Aires province, thousands of people remained without electricity.