Argentina News

Christian Von Wernich's story is one of the darkest chapters of the 'Dirty War'. He was the priest who heard the confessions of political prisoners, passed them on to the police, and then stood by as the detainees were tortured.

Nestor Kirchner, the former president of Argentina, resigned his post as leader of the Peronist Party on Monday, a day after he and his supporters suffered a crushing defeat in national congressional elections.

President Cristina Fernndez's Peronist ruling party suffered a major defeat, losing its legislative majority, in the nationwide June 28th congressional elections.

As Argentina struggled Wednesday to control a fast-spreading outbreak of swine flu , some health officials criticized the government's decision to go ahead with national congressional elections last weekend.

A worker cleans the entrance of a closed bingo hall in Pergamino, Argentina, Wednesday, July 1 2009.

Efforts by some state senators and Republican Party activists to oust Gov. Mark Sanford lost steam Monday: There were no plans to collectively call for the governor's resignation.

A man, wearing a face mask as a precaution against swine flu, is seen through a glass window as he seeks medical attention at a waiting area of a hospital in Buenos Aires, Tuesday, June 30, 2009.

News and Resources about Pandemic Influenza June 29, 2009 Argentina: Two new deaths; three provinces close schools Argentine provinces of Santa Fe, San Luis and Santiago del Estero decided to suspend classes due to the outbreak of the H1N1 influenza.

Three men who worked at a DuPont Co. nylon plant in Argentina are suing the chemical manufacturer, claiming that it failed to protect them from asbestos that has left them seriously ill.

Néstor Kirchner, the former president and head of the governing Peronist Party, conceded defeat early Monday in critical congressional elections that became a referendum on his leadership and that of his wife, the current president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

The former president of Argentina and husband of the current President Cristina Kirchner Monday resigned as head of the FJPV Peronist Front for Victory party after the couple suffered a huge defeat in parliamentary elections.

Some 70 Argentine soldiers are to be charged in 80 cases of torture committed by the South American country's army on its own ranks during the Falklands War against Britain, a prosecutor has said.

Voters in Argentina head to the polls in a parliamentary election widely seen as a plebiscite on the rule of President Cristina Kirchner and her husband Nestor, the former president.

Maria Belen Chapur, in an image taken from a 2001 video on YouTube. BUENOS AIRES, Argentina The mystery of who revealed Gov.

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has held power since 2003, and Sunday's midterm elections will prove pivotal to her hold on power.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Swine flu has been detected in numerous pigs at a farm near the Argentine capital, but the virus has not shown itself to be any deadlier to the animals than a normal flu, the government said Friday.

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford speaks to reporters as he leaves his house on Sullivan's Island, S.C. on Thursday, June 25, 2009.

Although Sanford described the visit in a statement Thursday as "an entirely professional and appropriate business development trip," Argentina has been a financial pariah since it defaulted on its international debt after its decade-long effort to peg its currency to the U.S. dollar collapsed in late 2001.

Mark Sanford and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the time, efforts to authenticate the e-mails were unsuccessful.

Sources say the French automaker will build the third-generation Mgane alongside the current model in Argentina.