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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 ...

  • Infantino abandoned his World Cup equity plan after seismic FIFA backlash. Here's what to know

    Infantino abandoned his World Cup equity plan after seismic FIFA backlash. Here's what to know

    Aug 01, 2026 03:54 PM EDT

    ... Dominguez of Paraguay, who is relying on Infantino expanding the 2030 World Cup to 64 teams. That would give more games to minority co-hosts Argentina, Paraguay and inaugural 1930 World Cup host Uruguay, who currently are set to get just one game each of the 104. The rest are ...

  • The highlights and controversies of the 2026 World Cup

    The highlights and controversies of the 2026 World Cup

    Jul 20, 2026 10:25 PM EDT

    ... it for him? Is this the last World Cup appearance? Leander Schaerlaeckens: I was convinced after 2022, when he won the thing in Qatar with Argentina, that he was done then, when he was 35 years old. So I'm not going to make the same mistake. But I will ...

  • Goals, technology and hydration breaks: How the biggest World Cup in history will be remembered

    Goals, technology and hydration breaks: How the biggest World Cup in history will be remembered

    Jul 19, 2026 03:42 PM EDT

    Egypt coach Hossam Hassan launched a furious tirade after Argentina staged a spectacular comeback from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the round of 16. “We have suffered injustice,” he said after Egypt had a goal overturned when the score was still 1-0. Fitted with sensors, the ...

  • Thunderstorms will clear wildfire smoke from Northeast ahead of World Cup final, meteorologists say

    Thunderstorms will clear wildfire smoke from Northeast ahead of World Cup final, meteorologists say

    Jul 18, 2026 08:02 PM EDT

    Saturday's storm front will largely move the smoke out of the Northeast before the final between Spain and Argentina, said Tyler Roys, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather. “There could be some lingering smoke that would make things hazy, but very faint,” Roys said. “In terms of the thickest smoke ...

  • News Wrap: Trump ends pause on ICE traffic stops

    News Wrap: Trump ends pause on ICE traffic stops

    Jul 15, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    ... person on currency, but Bessent says the new coins are permitted because they are commemorative. The coin is expected to enter circulation this fall. Well, Argentina is through to the World Cup final after a dramatic 2-1 win over England. The defending champion scored both goals late in the ...