Argentina
REVEALED: How Argentina tried to convince the UK to give up the Falklands in secret talks
ARGENTINA attempted to prise control of the Falkland Islands from the UK by proposing the territory become independent in secret talks with senior British cabinet ministers, it has emerged. Sir Malcolm Rifkind, who served as foreign secretary in the 1990s, revealed how he held discussions with Argentine officials over the...
Lionel Messi breaks record as Argentina reach Copa America final
Lionel Messi became his country's leading scorer with a superb free-kick as Argentina beat hosts the USA 4-0 reach Sunday's Copa America final. The Barcelona forward, 28, passed Gabriel Batistuta's 54-goal tally with a 25-yard strike. Messi provided the assist for Ezequiel Lavezzi's opener, then scored his...
Smug Argentina boasts of ‘wealth we don’t even know about’ after UN hands over Falklands
ARGENTINA has boasted of “wealth we don’t even know about yet” after a controversial United Nations decision expanded the country’s waters to include the Falklands. The South American country has been celebrating after a UN commission boosted its maritime territory in the South Atlantic Ocean by 35 per...
Obama visits Argentina on Eve of Coup Anniversary
U.S. President Barack Obama has arrived in Argentina for a two-day visit that signals warming relations with the economically troubled nation, but also coincides with the 40th anniversary of a coup supported by the United States. President Obama touched down in Buenos Aires just after midnight Wednesday, local time, in his next...
Argentina ends 15-year $95bn bond fight
Argentina has signed an agreement with US hedge funds to settle a protracted dispute over its failure to repay $95bn worth of bonds. It will pay the funds who sued the nation about $4.6bn to settle claims. They had bought the bonds at heavily discounted prices after the country's economy collapsed in 2001. The previous...