• Late founder of North Face fought to build a spectacular park in Patagonia

    Late founder of North Face fought to build a spectacular park in Patagonia

    Dec 10, 2015 10:27 PM EDT

    ... America in a van, surfing and climbing mountains the length of Chile. DOUGLAS TOMPKINS: I'm sort of half-Chilean at this point anyway, half-Argentine. This is where I have been living and working for a long time now. MIKE CERRE: The road less traveled to Patagonia and their ...

  • News wrap: Trump and Putin won’t hold summit in Paris

    News wrap: Trump and Putin won’t hold summit in Paris

    Nov 07, 2018 11:10 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will not hold a summit when they meet this weekend in Paris. Trump said, instead, they will try to hold talks at the G-20 gathering in Argentina. Also, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's planned meeting with ...

  • How natural environments are making piano recitals less formal and more accessible

    How natural environments are making piano recitals less formal and more accessible

    Oct 08, 2024 10:20 PM EDT

    ... people are kind of quiet and don't move and they're kind of stiff. I think it's a bit liberating to play outdoors. Mike Cerre: Mauro Ffortissimo is a transplanted Argentinean pianist, sculptor and performance artist. He started this outdoor piano movement by clandestinely putting a piano on ...

  • Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

    Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60

    Nov 25, 2020 05:28 PM EDT

    ... chapter. In 2005, he underwent gastric bypass in Colombia, shedding nearly 50 kilograms (more than 100 pounds) before appearing as host of a wildly popular Argentine television talk show. On “10’s Night,” Maradona headed around a ball with Pele, interviewed boxer Mike Tyson and Hollywood celebrities, and taped a ...

  • Live updates: Donald Trump's 2025 Inauguration Day

    Live updates: Donald Trump's 2025 Inauguration Day

    Jan 20, 2025 01:07 PM EDT

    All 9 Supreme Court justices are at the Capitol The entire court entered, led by Roberts. Retired Justice Stephen Breyer also is there. 11:07 a.m. EST Italian, Argentine leaders are in the Rotunda Argentine President Javier Milei and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni are in the Rotunda. Trump broke ...

  • Biden administration restores U.S. policy calling Israeli settlements 'illegitimate' under international law

    Biden administration restores U.S. policy calling Israeli settlements 'illegitimate' under international law

    Feb 23, 2024 11:34 PM EDT

    ... law. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. believes settlements are inconsistent with Israel’s obligations, reversing a determination made by his predecessor, Mike Pompeo, in the Biden administration's latest shift away from the pro-Israel policies pursued by former President Donald Trump. Blinken’s comments came ...

  • WHO calls monkeypox outbreaks containable, proposes stockpile to share vaccines and treatment

    WHO calls monkeypox outbreaks containable, proposes stockpile to share vaccines and treatment

    May 27, 2022 02:12 PM EDT

    ... monkeypox could mostly be controlled by isolating contacts and continued epidemiological investigations. Given the limited global supply of smallpox vaccines, WHO's emergencies chief Dr. Mike Ryan said the agency would be working with its member countries to potentially develop a centrally controlled stockpile, similar to the ones it has ...

  • Guaido returns to Venezuela and calls for more anti-Maduro protests

    Guaido returns to Venezuela and calls for more anti-Maduro protests

    Mar 04, 2019 11:15 PM EDT

    Guaido visited Colombia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Ecuador over the past week — all countries that support his claim to be Venezuela's interim president and call on Maduro to resign so that the country can prepare for free and fair elections. The United States, which has warned Maduro not to ...

  • Nicolas Maduro sworn in to 2nd term amid Venezuela's economic crisis

    Nicolas Maduro sworn in to 2nd term amid Venezuela's economic crisis

    Jan 10, 2019 03:13 PM EDT

    ... of its constitutional powers and national sovereignty, adopts the decision to break diplomatic relations with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela." U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement that the United States will keep up pressure in support of the Venezuelan people. "It is time for Venezuelan ...

  • U.S., China hold security talks amid trade tensions

    U.S., China hold security talks amid trade tensions

    Nov 09, 2018 05:14 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — Even as the United States and China butt heads over trade, their top diplomats and defense chiefs were meeting in Washington on Friday, looking to tamp down tensions on other issues that have put a chill on relations between the two world powers. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and ...