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Amnesty for undeclared dollars divides Argentina

The government of President Cristina Fernandez dismisses those concerns, saying the proposal to accept these dollars without charging taxes or asking whether they were obtained legally is needed...

Argentina: Boot camp for a politically savvy pope

"As Buenos Aires archbishop, Jorge Mario Bergoglio provided an outspoken counterpoint to the ever-more concentrated power of President Cristina Fernandez.

Argentine leader wishes pope well despite clashes

Bergoglio and Fernandez clashed so often that his official biographer, Sergio Rubin, compared them to "oil and water."

Argentina's shameful pact with Iran

Even Cristina Fernandez herself, when she was a senator, spoke openly of the pain and indignity that the entire episode had brought to the country.

Seized Argentine ship heading back home

Fernandez often calls holdout creditors "vultures" who are trying to collect in full after buying Argentina's debt cheaply during its worst crisis.

Argentina farmers halt sales of livestock

President Cristina Fernandez's government and farmers have been at odds since 2008 when wide protests against soy export taxes disrupted grain exports.

Argentina unions protest demanding salary hike

Moyano and some other union leaders broke away from Fernandez this year as she tried to tame the demands of a now-divided labor movement by supporting a rival slate in union elections.

Argentina tries to enforce anti-media monopoly law

President Cristina Fernandez appealed to Argentina's Supreme Court on Friday, trying to enforce a government-imposed deadline for dismembering Grupo Clarin, a media company that has become her...

Argentine leader puts Kirchner on Perons' pedestal

Analyst Roberto Bacman said Fernandez is claiming a place for herself and her husband on the same pedestal where the Perons still stand as the transformative figures of modern Argentina.

US banks, funds file against Argentina remedy

Argentina is running out of wiggle room in a billion-dollar showdown over foreign debts left unpaid since the country's world-record default a decade ago, and the stakes couldn't be higher for...

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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Venezuela leader, rivals take battle on the road

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro and his Argentine counterpart and ally, Cristina Fernandez,...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Argentina offers tax amnesty for undeclared cash

"We have a long list of people facing charges who are not eligible," Echegaray said, and named...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: In Argentina, even the beer can be political

Now it also offers "Montonero," a dark ale named after the 1970s guerrilla group, and "Double...

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Reporter Shield Law: Obama Asks Schumer For New Bill After Hampering Prior Efforts

President Barack Obama meets with Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez at the G20 Summit in...

Thatcher family will not go wobbly on Argentina

Fernandez, of course, had nothing to do with the 1982 Falklands War and all that.

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PROFILE-Argentina's central bank chief Mercedes Marco del Pont

Term: Appointed in February 2010 by President Cristina Fernandez on an interim basis and later...

Latin American presidents love Twitter

Yet it has also fueled debate on whether some are guilty of "oversharing" - making politics more...

Protest marches against Fernandez highlight strains in Argentina

Fernandez's term is set to end in 2015.