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By Paul Rudan - Campbell River Mirror Published: May 21, 2013 2:00 PM Updated: May 21, 2013 2:16 PM How about going for a "little" bike trip? Say, from Tierra del Fuego in the south of Argentina to Deadhorse at the northern edge of Alaska? Here's the last wrinkle: How about riding the entire way almost completely blindfolded or by wearing thick ... (more)

The commemoration of the May 25 will have two Te Deum. The head of Government of Buenos Aires and other opponents will be in the Cathedral and the President will go to the Basilica of Lujan.

WBO super flyweight champion Omar Narvaez went face to face with his next challenger, Felipe Orucuta of Mexico, at the final press conference for Saturday's fight at the Estadio Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Drive the streets of Buenos Aires, and you will see regal architecture that rivals wealthy European enclaves in Monaco or London.

MANUEL PELLEGRINI has confirmed he will leave Malaga at the end of the season, paving the way for his move to Manchester City.

Families of victims of the 1994 AMIA bombing mark the anniversary of the attack in 2006.

May 21, 2013 - DeGaetano is so spoiled for choice that he's got two gifted sopranos taking turns as Eva PerA3n, wife of the Argentine dictator, Juan PerA3n."We have a wonderful opportunity to bring two different looks to this demanding role," says DeGaetano, with the air of a man who's asked for a tree and been given an orchard.

Photos taken from video made available by London's The Sun newspaper appear to show one of the assailants speaking to the camera after a brutal attack in broad daylight May 22, 2013 near a military barracks in London.

Argentine government trade restrictions on overseas sales of beef have turned Paraguay into Mercosur third largest exporter behind Brazil and Uruguay.

Few places in the world provoke wonder like Patagonia . The expanse of land, carved by the Andes Mountain Range and reaching down to the end of the earth, stretches between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and across Argentina and Chile.

In this March 24, 1977 file photo, Gen. Jorge Rafael Videla is seen commemorating the first anniversary of the military coup in Asuncion, Argentina.

I had trekked out to isolated Neuquen province looking for Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, the constitutionally elected leader that Videla and his military cohorts had just toppled.

The Argentinian head coach has been heavily tipped to fill the vacancy left by Roberto Mancini at Manchester City this summer and has now stated he will not be in charge of the Champions League quarter-finalists next season.

What do you do when life is unbearable? Fight? Try to escape into a fantasy world where everything is beautiful? Kiss of the Spider Woman , Off the Wall Theatre 's latest show, musically ponders the tension between fantasy and reality, weighing swagger against swish, courage against cowardice, and coming to a surprising take on the meaning of ... (more)

Members of the Human Rights organization Madres de Plaza de Mayo Linea Fundadora, and other demonstrators, hold portraits of people who went missing in the 1976-1983 military dictatorship during a gathering to commemorate the 37th anniversary of the coup of 1976, at Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires on March 24, 2013 / Alejandro Pagni, AFP/Getty ... (more)

In this Dec. 22, 2010 file photo, former Argentine dictator Jorge Rafael Videla attends the last day of his trial in Cordoba, Argentina.

Argentinian and Iranian representatives had already inked a memorandum of understanding on the "truth commission" to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people.

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will showcase the work of Argentinian filmmaker Matas Pieiro during the upcoming Latinbeat film festival ( returns to the Film Society after debuting at this year's New Directors/New Films and will be released in the US through Cinema Guild.

Rodrigo Gimenez is not your average Santa Barbara chef. Technically speaking, he's not a chef at all, but a seasoned architect from Mendoza, Argentina, with a master's degree in historic-building restoration and a lifelong obsession with the culinary world, a man who slowly discovered that he preferred working in kitchens to designing them.

Remains of ex Ditator Jorge Rafael Videla are expected to be buried in Mercedes city, home town of the former de facto ruler during Argentina's darkest period.