Feb 22 Watch News Wrap: U.N. Team Says Iran Trip Yielded Little Nuclear Knowledge In other news Wednesday, a team from the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency ended a two-day mission to Iran, but the delegation's head said talks failed to yield any significant progress. Also, nearly 50 people were killed in Argentina when a… Continue watching
Oct 24 Argentina’s President Cruises to Victory, But is Economic Boom Sustainable? By Larisa Epatko After the August primary, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's victory in Sunday's elections was a foregone conclusion, but now many Argentines are waiting to see what will happen in her next term. Continue reading
Jul 15 Watch News Wrap: Goldman Sachs Agrees to Settle Civil Fraud Charges In other news Thursday, Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $550 million to settle civil fraud charges brought by the SEC. Continue watching
Oct 14 Gustavo Santaolalla, Making Music For Both Stage and Screen The first thing Argentine musician Gustavo Santaolalla wants people to know about him is that he is an artist: one who works with a guitar rather than an easel. The 57-year-old has spent the last four decades recording, producing and… Continue reading
Oct 13 Watch U.S. Economist Krugman Wins Nobel Prize in Economics The last of six 2008 Nobel Prizes was awarded Monday to Princeton University professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman for his research on free trade and globalization. Krugman discusses his research and theories with Jim Lehrer. Continue watching
Jul 17 Tax Hike Dispute Reveals Chink in Argentine President’s Popularity By PBS News Hour Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez, elected in a landslide vote in October, has started to encounter the country's economic and political realities, as evidenced in Thursday's legislative rejection of a proposed tax hike. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Argentinian First Lady Kirchner Elected President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, wife of President Nestor Kirchner, was elected president of Argentina Sunday. The NewsHour reports on Kirchner's transition from First Lady to the country's presidency. Continue watching
Jan 02 Argentina’s Fifth President Sworn in Tuesday Night While thousands of protesters demonstrated for new popular elections, Argentina's Congress confirmed Eduardo Duhalde, a senator from the left-leaning Peronist party, as the country's fifth president in two weeks. Continue reading
Dec 31 Argentina’s Interim President Resigns After One Week After failing to garner support within his own Peronist party and a weekend of anti-government demonstrations, interim President Rodriguez Saa resigned late Sunday after one week in office, becoming the third president to quit in two weeks. Continue reading
Dec 24 Argentina’s Interim President Takes Office, Declares Debt Default After two days of riots that toppled President Fernando De la Rua, Argentina's Congress installed Adolfo Rodriguez Saa, a Peronist governor from a rural province, to serve as interim president until new elections are held in March. Continue reading