• Obama: U.S. slow to speak out for human rights in Argentina

    Obama: U.S. slow to speak out for human rights in Argentina

    Mar 24, 2016 12:52 PM EDT

    ... is essential to moving forward. "We've been slow to speak out for human rights and that was the case here," Obama said, standing alongside Argentina's new president, Mauricio Macri. Obama said his administration will endeavor to make amends by declassifying even more documents that could shed light on ...

  • In landmark ruling, orangutan granted legal 'person' status in Argentina

    In landmark ruling, orangutan granted legal 'person' status in Argentina

    Dec 22, 2014 05:46 PM EDT

    A court in Argentina has ruled that an orangutan was entitled to some basic rights as a "non-human individual" and can live in a partially free primate sanctuary, local media reported Sunday. Animal right lawyers argued that Sandra, held in captivity for 20 years in Argentina, was being illegally ...

  • 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    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 EDT

    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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • ‘America First’ aid policy reshapes how U.S. delivers global health assistance

    ‘America First’ aid policy reshapes how U.S. delivers global health assistance

    Apr 23, 2026 10:35 PM EDT

    ... improve the domestic infrastructure, health care infrastructure. Fred de Sam Lazaro: As part of that, Gilead Sciences has agreed to allow six generic drugmakers to make and sell lenacapavir in 120 low- and middle-income countries. Some estimates predict a potential cost as low as $20 per dose. However, the ...