• Juan Gelman, Argentine poet who fought against a military junta, dies at 83

    Juan Gelman, Argentine poet who fought against a military junta, dies at 83

    Jan 25, 2014 02:11 AM EST

    ... JUDY WOODRUFF: Finally tonight: remembering a poet who challenged his country's military dictators.   Jeff is back with that. JEFFREY BROWN:  Juan Gelman was an Argentine poet who became a major literary figure throughout Latin America and in Spain.  He was also known for his fight against the military ...

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    Watch Pope Francis Make His First Appearance

    Mar 13, 2013 09:24 PM EST

    Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, who was announced to be Pope Francis, appeared on the Vatican balcony to greet onlookers in St. Peter's Square and say a prayer.

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    Argentinian First Lady Kirchner Elected President

    Oct 29, 2007 10:25 PM EST

    KWAME HOLMAN: Before thousands of cheering supporters at a Buenos Aires hotel, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner celebrated the election returns that transformed her from Argentina's first lady to its next president.CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER, President-Elect, Argentina (through translator): We have won by a landslide, maybe with the ...

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    Falling Peso in Argentina

    Jan 07, 2002 05:00 AM EST

    ... LERRICK: I don't believe so. I believe that first and foremost the Argentines must come up with their plan. It has to be an Argentine plan and should not be an IMF plan, a US Treasury's, a G-7 plan, because the Argentines are the people who have ...

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    Argentina Reinstates "State of Seige" After President's Resignation

    Dec 21, 2001 06:00 PM EST

    ... unemployment rate. The latest crisis started when the De la Rua government failed to procure an emergency $1.3 billion loan from the IMF that Argentina needs in order to meet its next debt payment. If Argentina fails to garner more hard currency and make its loan payments, Latin America ...

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    Argentina on the Brink

    Dec 21, 2001 05:00 AM EST

    ... MIGUEL DIAZ: Well, this play has yet to be played out completely, the story has yet to be played out completely. You still have to make very important decisions on the exchange rate regime in Argentina -- whether to dollarize or whether to devalue -- those are very important decisions that the ...

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    Argentine President Resigns, Yielding to Public Demands

    Dec 20, 2001 11:15 PM EST

    ... s recession. Cavallo's deputy finance minister resigned last week after Cavallo failed to procure an emergency $1.3 billion loan from the IMF that Argentina needs in order to meet its next debt payment. If Argentina fails to garner more hard currency and make its loan payment, Latin America ...

  • European Union and Mercosur bloc sign landmark free trade agreement

    European Union and Mercosur bloc sign landmark free trade agreement

    Jan 17, 2026 11:10 PM EST

    “We will join forces like never before, because we believe that this is the best way to make our people and our countries prosper.” Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a long-time advocate for the EU-Mercocsur deal as negotiations lumbered through his three nonconsecutive presidential terms ...

  • Delcy Rodríguez calls for opening oil industry to foreign investment and warmer US ties

    Delcy Rodríguez calls for opening oil industry to foreign investment and warmer US ties

    Jan 16, 2026 04:35 PM EST

    ... the U.S. claims to call the shots. "It's a complete sea of uncertainty, and the only one who now has the power to make decisions is the United States government," said Pablo Rojas, 28, a music producer. He said he was following Trump's meeting with Machado closely ...

  • EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur amid farmer protests

    EU delays massive free-trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur amid farmer protests

    Dec 18, 2025 10:59 PM EST

    ... to Beijing’s orbit,” she said. South America's agitation over the delays The political tensions that have marked Mercosur in recent years — especially between Argentina’s far-right President Javier Milei and Brazil’s center-left Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the bloc’s two main partners — have not ...